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- Replace the batteries in your Smoke Detector and Carbon Monoxide Detector.
- Reverse the direction on your ceiling fan. In the Spring fan blades should rotate counter clockwise to help cool down the rooms. This measure helps save cost on heating and cooling.
- Flip and rotate your mattress to help promote even wear and tear. Unless you have a no flip mattress. Then just rotate it.
- Replace the filters in your heater and air conditioner. This should actually be done several times a year to ensure they run as efficiently as possible.
- If you have a fireplace, take some time to clean up the fireplace and brush down the walls.
- Drain your water heater. It is recommended that you drain one quart of water from your water heater every three months. Make sure to check the owner’s manual for your water heater for further recommendations and how to drain the water correctly.
- Go through you medicine cabinet, 72-hour kits, and first aid kits and discard any expired or discolored products. Dispose of any prescription medication that is expired or no longer needed. You can search on FDA.gov for how to safely dispose of medications.
- Go through your pantry and dispose of any expired or stale/opened foods.
- Daylight Savings Time is also a good time to start rotating your wardrobe. Wash your winter clothes and inspect them for damage and wear and tear. If you have clothes you know longer wear put them aside for a garage sale or donate them. Pack away clothes for winter and start washing and inspecting your Spring and Summer wardrobe.
