Upon Closer Inspection
The kids went back to school this week, and that used to mean it was fall. But it’s mid-August, and yet we’re all buying fall clothes and fall decorations. Halloween has hit the stores, and my co-worker has her pumpkin spice candle out. (Believe what you want, but pumpkin spice is of the devil, and…
It’s so hot, y’all. I know the last thing you want to hear is someone telling you to strap on a tool belt and get outside to survey your property or fix something, but the thing is, there’s stuff you need to look out for when it gets this hot. So drink lots of water…
Welcome to your new house, first-time homebuyer. Unfortunately, the doors are out of alignment, you have hail damage on the roof, the windows are unsealed, and you have conditions conducive to wood-destroying insects, but other than that… Inspection reports give important information, but sometimes it’s overwhelming, so much so that some people — even first-time…
If you’re like me, when you go on vacation, there’s always a small part of you that suspects that you’ll return to find that your home has been vaporized in an alien attack or slipped off the side of a cliff. My family just returned from a lovely vacation, and while nothing dramatic happened in…
Summer allergies? Some of those sunny-day sneezes and stuffy heads may be coming from your AC unit. Summers in North Texas take a heavy toll on your HVAC system, and homeowners often forget to keep up with maintenance. Now that the hottest part of the season is upon us, it’s the perfect time to get…
