Upon Closer Inspection
It’s officially fall in North Texas, and if you’re like me, your Halloween decorations have been up since Labor Day and pumpkin-everything has long since been broken out. It’s a particularly exciting year because the first weekend of fall will see highs in the 80s. I may just bust out a sweater! Anywho, the changing…
The electrical panel box is like the brain of your home’s electrical system, and you really don’t want just any Tom, Dick, or Harriet messing around with it. This is why we here at Upon Closer Inspection always say, “Do Not DIY Electrical.” However, you shouldn’t just completely forget it exists either. Every sensible homeowner…
Every homeowner has experienced a slow drain at one point or another. Whether standing in a couple of inches of water in the shower, watching that sink take forever to empty, or dealing with a toilet that’s always clogging, we’ve all been there. But did you know these could indicate a clogged or damaged pipe…
Summer may be drawing to a close, but we’ve still got some hot weather ahead in North Texas. It’s not unusual to have the AC on well past Halloween around these parts, so now that the worst of the heat is over, you may want to give your HVAC system a little love just to…
Walking the roof is one of the more dangerous parts of a home inspector’s job, but it’s an important one. When you choose a home inspector to look at a property you intend to purchase, make sure they either walk the roof or have a drone license to conduct an aerial inspection when a roof…
