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No. 7

Maintenance.

Seasonal upkeep — the boring quarterly stuff that keeps the expensive stuff from breaking.

The boring quarterly chores. Boring is the point — these are the things that prevent the expensive things.

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The seasonal checklist nobody handed you at closing.

Twelve quarterly chores that keep the boiler from quitting in February and the gutters from peeling off in July. Print this; tape it inside a cabinet.

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This week I tried to fix our slow bathroom drain and ended up learning what a "P‑trap" is, the hard way. Here's what I'd tell past‑me on a Saturday morning…

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