home maintenance
Fixing your place
Home maintenance is the ongoing work of keeping a residence in good condition—repairs, cleaning, and preventive care that preserve a home's function and value.
It includes routine tasks like changing air filters, cleaning gutters, and fixing leaky faucets, as well as seasonal work like winterizing pipes or servicing heating systems.
The joys of homeownership include endless home maintenance.
- repairRestore to working order
- fixRepair or solution
- handymanVersatile home repairer
- honey do listSpouse-assigned household tasks
- toolboxContainer for implements
power tools · leaky · caulk · patch · duct tape · gutter · roof · plumbing · leaky faucet · furnace · filter · smoke detector · paint · spackle · wrench · ladder · drip · clogged drain
- DIY guidesrepair techniques, DIY projects, deck repair, door repair, leak repair
- householdhouse, kitchen, apartment, bathroom, bedroom
- life skillsreading, writing, cooking, cleaning, laundry
- family dutiescaregiving, childcare, elder care, parenting, family support
- home lifekitchen, bathroom, bedroom, living room, dining room
- houseworkdishes, sweeping, mopping, dusting, dishwashing
home maintenanceneglect
Failure to provide care
deferred maintenance · disrepair · deterioration · decay · dilapidation
home maintenancehome renovation
Upgrading a residence
remodeling · home improvement · construction · rebuilding · demolition
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