Hal Brennan
Seasons, maintenance and the long view
Hal Brennan writes the maintenance guides: the regular, unglamorous jobs that keep a house warm, dry and working, and the order to do them in. His pieces follow the seasons, from winterising outdoor taps to flushing a water heater, with a checklist you can print and a note on how often to repeat each job, taken from the manufacturer or another cited source. He keeps cold-climate and mild-climate advice apart, and ends each guide with what to put on the calendar.
Writes about
- Seasonal checklists
- Water heaters
- Winterising
- Maintenance calendars
- Planning bigger projects
Hal Brennan is a house byline of the Renovation Videos editorial team. Drafts are prepared with software help, and every fact is checked against the sources cited on the page. How we check facts