Home maintenance tips & insights

These overlooked tasks prevent thousands in costly damage. From dryer vents to sump pumps, here's what you're missing and how to fix it.

You change your HVAC filter religiously. You mow the lawn every week. You even remember to clean the gutters twice a year. But when's the last time you cleaned your dryer vent? Or tested your sump pump? Or flushed your water heater?

These are the tasks that slip through the cracks—and they're the ones that cause the most damage when neglected...