PMCS or preventive maintenance checks and services, the first I heard this term was in the Army. In the Army all equipment under went PMCS, which is probably why the Army has such old equipment still being used to this very day.

Even if you cannot check everything all the time like the Army, if you are consistent about your PMCS your home will have a more useful life span. With that in mind performing PMCS twice a year, once when it’s cold, and once when it’s warm, would go a long way to covering most aspect of keeping a home safe and comfortable.

Why should you implement a bi-annual PMCS program? Number one is safety, many code violations and hazards can be found and fixed easily if you know what to check. Number two is the occupants comfort, checking filters and major appliances like the furnace and water heaters can prevent outages at a later date. Number three is cost, not stopping a leak can be wasteful to the environment, also a leak dripping 2 drips per minute for a year will waste 67 gallons of water. Check for yourself here at United States Geological Survey webpage .

Having a simple log that a qualified technician can check twice a year sounds to simple. That’s what the Army does and it works, so I’m sure it can work for your home.