Home Maintenance Priority Planner

Free homeowner planning tool

Home Maintenance Priority Planner

Answer a few questions about a home problem to receive a general maintenance-priority estimate, initial safety considerations, and guidance about when professional assistance may be appropriate.

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Important: This planner does not diagnose property damage and does not replace an inspection. Leave the affected area and contact emergency services or an appropriate utility when there is fire, smoke, a suspected gas leak, carbon-monoxide warning, active electrical arcing, structural collapse, or another immediate danger.

Tell us about the issue

Choose the options that best describe the current situation.

Immediate warning signs

Select every sign that is currently present. Serious warning signs override the normal scoring result.

0 Priority score

Estimated maintenance priority

Result

Recommended next steps

    Safe initial checks

      Why this result

        Information to record

        • When the issue started and how often it happens.
        • Photos of visible damage from a safe location.
        • Equipment model, age, error codes, and unusual sounds.
        • Recent repairs, storms, leaks, or changes to the property.
        This result is a general planning estimate, not a diagnosis, repair quotation, engineering evaluation, code approval, or substitute for an on-site inspection. Local requirements and property conditions vary.

        Safety first

        Stop using equipment and avoid the affected area when there is an immediate risk of fire, shock, gas exposure, collapse, or contamination.

        Document changes

        Dates, photographs, error codes, weather conditions, and repair history can help a qualified professional understand the problem.

        Verify requirements

        Electrical, gas, refrigerant, structural, roofing, and permit-related work may require appropriately qualified professionals.