Seasonal Cleaning Checklist

Use this free printable seasonal cleaning checklist to keep your home safe and clean as you are doing your semi-annual fall and spring cleaning. 

Plus get our tips for spring cleaning with kids and how to quick-clean for company. 

Semi-Annual Seasonal Cleaning Checklist

It seems like there are always little things that need to be done throughout the house that I tend to forget.

I use our custom printable cleaning binder to keep track of daily, weekly, and even monthly chores, but…

Then there are those things that are supposed to be done but don’t hamper day to day life, so I don’t always remember that they should be done.

What Am I talking about?  Well, for example:

• Changing the air filters
• Changing the Batteries on your smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors… things like that.
• Disposing properly of old medicines
• Reviewing and replacing items in a 72 hour emergency kits (don’t forget pet kits)
• Defrosting the freezer… (ha, ha, I only do this when I move, and no electricity can keep the frost on the shelves…)
• Sealing tile grout or stone and concrete countertops.

 This list is getting almost comical.

This might as well be the list of things that I don’t EVER do, instead a list of seasonal things.

Okay the one thing I remember occasionally to do is change the air filters.

Because I can see the grime build up, and it starts to make me a little sick thinking about the dust and yucky microscopic mites in the air that is stuck and not filtering out.

Read more about improving indoor air quality here. 

Free Printable Seasonal Cleaning Checklist

So, I thought it would be really helpful to create a seasonal cleaning checklist for you my friends!

I’ve partnered with Filtrete to provide this checklist and talk about how changing air filters and other tasks are an important part of keeping your home clean and safe.

GET A PRINTABLE COPY OF THIS CHECKLIST

Better yet, we re-designed the checklist to match the cleaning binder  — and there are even editable spots for you to add your own extra tasks, just like in the printable cleaning schedule creator!

Making your seasonal cleaning plan

When should you do seasonal cleaning? These tasks are every 3-6 months so…

Think about an activity or event that happens naturally with the season changes, and organize your seasonal cleaning and prep activities around that.

For example, in my church we have two yearly conference weekends, the first weekend of October and the first weekend of April, 6 months apart, so I will plan on checking my list that weekend.

The first week of January is a natural time to reevaluate things, so for me the only one I will have to think about is July and I will probably tack it on to my 4th of July preparations!

So for me, this seasonal cleaning list will get done in January, April, July, and October — yours could be different.

I typically do spring cleaning throughout March since that’s when winter starts to thaw here, so this seasonal cleaning cleaning checklist will get tagged on at the end of the spring cleaning checklist.

A few seasonal cleaning helps to consider

*Stop buying cheap one month air filters.

Instead buy Filtrete’s 3 month filters that will last for long and still work efficiently.

Then each season, when you consult your handy dandy list of things to do, you will be reminded to change it and keep your home’s air quality clean.

(Check out these 25 ways to improve your home’s air quality too!)

*Consider the type of filter you are using.

In the spring and summer, as allergens increase, consider using a Filtrete Ultimate Allergen Reduction Filter, MPR 1900, is ideal for allergen defense.

This filter captures up to 93 percent of large airborne particles and helps capture 4X times more microscopic particles (such as smoke, smog, pet dander and particles that can carry bacteria and viruses) than ordinary pleated filters — for only approx. $19.99.

In the winter months I would consider an odor eliminator, because we are spending a LOT of time cooped up in the house, cooking  food… (just saying).

*Create a place for storing partially used smoke detector batteries.

These batteries should be replaced every 6 months to be safe. So most likely they will still have some life in them.

Having a designated storage place for part-used means you know these batteries can be used in low-draw places vs. the fresh batteries that you want for your TV remote or a remote control car, for example.

Use the former smoke detector batteries in alarm clocks, or less life threatening back up items like toys (the kind of toys that you don’t mind that batteries dying quickly in!! ha, ha, you know the kind I am talking about right?).

 

 *Special Thanks to Filtrete Filters Who sponsored this post.   Filtrete Brand from 3M makes an entire line of air filters for your home’s heating and cooling system—there’s one for each family’s needs and lifestyle. They start at just a few dollars, last up to three months and can be purchased at Lowe’s, Target, Walmart, Costco and your local hardware store. Find a location near you by visiting FindMyFiltreteFilter.com.

Filtrete Filters are the most trusted brand of furnace filters. They are up to four times better than ordinary pleated filters and are consistently rated #1 by a leading magazine that rates consumer products.  Filtrete Filters help create a healthy home and healthier indoor air by capturing airborne dust, allergens, bacteria and viruses.