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A monthly range and oven checklist for Philadelphia homes cooking with PGW gas or electric: burners, igniters, door seals, oven accuracy and anti-tip brackets.

A monthly dishwasher routine for Philadelphia kitchens: clean the filter, clear the spray arms, check the drain loop and door seal, and handle hard water spots.

Monthly washer care for Philadelphia homes, from basement machines by the laundry tub to second-floor stackables: hoses, filters, gaskets, drains and balance.

A monthly fridge routine for Philadelphia rowhouse kitchens: temperatures, gaskets, coils, drains and filters, plus checks for humid summers and cold winters.

Prevent cooktop and oven fires, put out a grease fire safely, plan an exit from a narrow rowhouse kitchen, and keep the hood and outlets from adding risk.

Older gas ranges and dryers in rowhouses need a CO check: alarm placement, flame color, venting and connectors, plus what to do if an alarm goes off.

Find each appliance's model and serial label, search CPSC recalls and SaferProducts.gov, register with the maker and follow the remedy if it's recalled.

Philadelphia tap water is moderately hard. See which appliance symptoms point to mineral scale, how to clean filters and screens, and when it's not scale.

Buying a Philadelphia home? Test each included appliance during inspection, read ages from serial labels, check hookups and vents, and ask the seller.