REPAIREDNESS – Home Maintenance Checklist by Toolman Tim
Your home is your survival shelter! We often get lured into investing in things like guns, bunkers, bug out vehicles, and other big projects while forgetting that we already have the most advanced and effective survival shelter that exists today.
IT’S YOUR HOME!!
Toolman Tim has put this list together for us as a base checklist for our home’s 4 main systems. Add this to your preparedness plans. Print a copy and save the PDF File on your computer.
REPAIREDNESS HOME MAINTENANCE CHECKLIST
FOUR MAIN SYSTEMS
- HVAC (heating and cooling)
- PLUMBING (water supply and sewer)
- ELECTRICAL
- HOME & PROPERTY
DO AN EYES, EAR, NOSE INSPECTION OF ALL YOUR SYSTEMS
EYES
- Walk around your system and looking for
- burn marks
- rust
- rubber dust
- metal filings
- shiny areas of metal or signs of wear
- loose hardware
- leaking fluids (oil, grease, water)
- stand back and watch it running does anything look strange
EARS
- run the system and listen for anything out of the ordinary
- listen during start up for bangs, squeals, slipping, scrapping
- listen while its running odd vibrations, increase or decrease in speed or pitch • listen as it shuts off, does it shut down property, does anything keep running or make a loud or high pitched noise as it shuts off
NOSE
- as you walk around the system and inspect use your nose
- smell for burning, rubber, electrical, oil or grease odours
- if you smell anything like that shut it down immediately
*IF YOU FIND ANY PROBLEMS DURING YOUR INSPECTIONS HAVE AN EXPERT COME AND FIX IT NOW BEFORE THE PRICE GOES UP
PRIORITIES
*IF EVERYTHING SEEMS FINE THEN SCHEDULE A ROUTINE INSPECTION AND SERVICE *IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER DEPENDING ON BUDGET,
*FIND ONE EXPERT TO DO A FEW SO YOU ONLY PAY ONE SERVICE CALL FEE
*ASK THE EXPERT WHAT PARTS YOU SHOULD KEEP ON HAND AND MOST COMMON FAILURES
- FURNACE
- WATER PUMP
- WATER HEATER
- WATER PIPE LEAKS
- HAVE SEPTIC PUMPED OUT IF LONG OVERDUE (OR AT LEAST INSPECTED)
- HAVE TREES TRIMMED AWAY FROM POWER LINES
- HAVE SOMEONE REPLACE MISSING SHINGLES OR SIDING 8. HAVE YOUR DUCTWORK CLEANED OUT
WHAT CAN YOU DO
HVAC
- change any filters
- purchase extra filters
- have an extra belt on hand for your blower motor
PLUMBING
- have a few shark-bite fittings on hand to fix emergency leaks
- have an extra belt for your pump if it uses one
- have an extra pressure switch for your pump if needed
- have couplings and hose clamps to repair water lines
ELECTRICAL
- keep extra of all fuses on hand if your panel uses fuses
- inspect and repair or replace all cut or worn extension cords
- keep extra light bulbs on hand surprisingly how few people do this
HOME & PROPERTY
- do a walk and inspection
- look for missing shingles or siding
- check weatherstrip on windows and doors
- make sure all windows and doors close and lock properly and no cracked glass
- check that gates, open, close, and lock properly
- inspect fences and decks are in good shape, replace missing boards
- keep a few fence and deck boards on hand
- keep extra weather stripping and bundle of shingles on hand
- look for any limbs, shrubs, or growth that needs to be trimmed
TAKE STOCK OF YOUR SUPPLIES, SKILLS, TOOLS
SUPPLIES
- what parts should you have on hand that you don’t currently have (see above)
- replace anything you have used
SKILLS
- what do you want to learn (watch videos, get books, and start practicing)
- what skills are most likely to be needed (what the most likely emergencies)
TOOLS
- organize your tools & replace anything that is missing or nearly worn out
- what other tools will you need to support the new skills you want to learn
