Winter checklist
Cold snaps, short days and long nights: the season when pipes, heaters, cars and moods need the most care. Work down the list before the first hard freeze. Tick each one when it is done this season; the ticks are saved in this browser and you can clear them next year. Each skill opens its full guide, and every skill is on the master list with the guides to tie them together.
Winter: 11 skills worth doing now
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Before the first hard freeze, while the valves are easy to reach.
Heaters come out, and so do the fires they start.
Ice storms bring the longest outages.
Heating season is carbon monoxide season.
A drafty door is a cold room all winter.
The furnace runs hardest now.
The first snow catches drivers out.
Add the scraper, blanket and warm layer.
Frostbite and hypothermia build faster than they feel.
Short days hit mood, energy and sleep.
January statements show what the holidays cost.
Winter checklist
- How to prevent frozen pipes
- How to use a space heater safely
- What to do when the power goes out
- How to test a smoke and carbon monoxide alarm
- How to weatherstrip a drafty door
- How to change the air filter in your furnace
- How to drive on snow and ice
- What to keep in your car emergency kit
- Signs of frostbite and hypothermia
- How to cope with the winter blues
- How to make a holiday budget
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