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- Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's website has an informative section on Maintaining a Home.
- One caveat, however, is that CMHC's suggested Home Maintenance Schedule is a one-size-fits-all list.
- Most of CMHC's advice is sound, but it does not cover climatic idiosyncracies in a few places.
- For example, CMHC recommends turning off the pilot light for the natural gas central heating furnace in the spring and re-lighting it in the fall (autumn). This is fine in most of Canada, but in Calgary you should keep your gas furnace operating year-round. Although it happens only occasionally, Calgary's temperature can drop quite low in summer. If you were away on holiday, for example, and there was a cold snap during your absence, you probably would find that your insurance policy wouldn't cover you for water damage if your gas furnace had been off and a water pipe burst as a result. So, even in summer, your central heating thermostat should be set to, say, 10 deg C. Please note, this advice is for Calgary.
- So it's a good idea to find out from established local residents if there is anything unusual about the area in which you live and if there are specific measures you need to take.
- There are more articles related to housing in the Housing-Canada section of the BE Wiki.
