Home Repair

Specific Activity CodeMET ValueActivity Description
060103.0Airplane repair
060204.0Automobile body work
060303.3Automobile repair, light or moderate effort
060403.0Carpentry, general, workshop (Taylor Code 620)
060506.0Carpentry, outside house, (Taylor Code 640)
060523.8Carpentry, outside house, building a fence
060603.3Carpentry, finishing, varnishing, or refinishing cabinets or furniture
060706.0Carpentry, sawing hardwood, planing and drilling wood, moderate-to-vigorous effort
060724.0Carpentry, home remodeling tasks, moderate effort
060742.3Carpentry, home remodeling tasks, light effort
060805.0Caulking, chinking log cabin
060904.5Caulking, except log cabin
061005.0Cleaning gutters
061105.0Excavating garage
061205.0Hanging storm windows
061225.0Hanging sheet rock inside house
061243.0Hammering nails
061262.5Home repair, general, light effort
061274.5Home repair, general, moderate effort
061286.0Home repair, general, vigorous effort
061304.5Laying or removing carpet
061403.8Laying tile or linoleum
061443.0Repairing appliances
061505.0Painting, outside home (Taylor Code 650)
061603.3Painting inside house, wallpapering, scraping paint
061654.5Painting (Taylor Code 630)
061673.0Plumbing, general
061703.0Put on and removal of tarp – sailboat
061806.0Roofing
061904.5Sanding floors with a power sander
062004.5Scraping and painting sailboat or powerboat
062052.0Sharpening tools
062105.0Spreading dirt with a shovel
062204.5Washing and waxing hull of sailboat or airplane
062252.0Washing and waxing car
062304.5Washing fence, painting fence, moderate effort
062403.3Wiring, tapping-splicing
Specific Activity Codes in red are estimated MET values. All other values are supported with published literature. See Reference Page.
2024 Adult Compendium of Physical Activities