AndysStrongAle wrote:
-Water softener salt. I grew up in NY where we didn't have hard water, in the Midwest its normal to add in salt, that was a new one to me. - Half pink. Change the oil in the small engines. I've done it once in the 10 years I've owned my law n mower, still runs like a champ. Once in my snowblower owned it for 7 years, still runs like a champ.
- Replace smoke detectors after 7-10 years or so
- flip mattress once a year or something like that
Bingo! If you're detectors are in that date range don't wait, just replace them all. We bought a 10 year old house, within a year or so we replaced every smoke detector. Of course they never go bad during the day, just in the middle of the night.
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