The House Year

Bexar County, Texas

April in Bexar County

11 tasks for a typical local house (crawlspace, heat pump) ·adjust for yours

  1. Test the water heater's relief valve

    On top or high on the side of your tank is a brass valve with a flip lever — the temperature-pressure relief (TPR) valve.

    $145–$270to hire out here

  2. Clear window weep holes and wash the screens

    Look at the bottom outside edge of any vinyl or aluminum window and you'll find two or three little slots.

    $145–$345to hire out here

  3. Walk the perimeter — grading and drainage check

    Your foundation has one enemy with a thousand disguises, and it's water sitting where it shouldn't.

    $295–$1,470to hire out here

  4. Hot tub quarterly care

    First, the honest gate: no hot tub, no task — skip this card and enjoy your quarter.

    $145–$345to hire out here

  5. Spring cooling-system checkup

    Where you live, the AC is the hardest-working system in the house — it matters more than your heat, and it's planned that way in your year.

    $90–$175to hire out here

  6. Moss and algae roof care

    In a wet climate, moss isn't a cosmetic issue — it's a slow roof killer.

    $295–$785to hire out here

  7. Walk the perimeter like a mouse

    Pest control that works is mostly carpentry: animals and insects get in through openings, and the openings are findable.

    $125–$345to hire out here

  8. First-hookup check on outdoor faucets

    Here's the cruel trick of a winter-burst outdoor faucet: the split happens in January, inside the wall, upstream of the shutoff — and then nothing leaks.

    Scheduled ahead of Bexar County's average first frost (12/02).

    $170–$390to hire out here

  9. Check your expansion tank

    Water expands when it heats.

    $145–$295to hire out here

  10. Replace your HVAC filter

    Every bit of air your system heats or cools passes through one filter.

    $75–$125to hire out here

  11. Clean the dishwasher filter

    Older dishwashers had hard food grinders.

    $100–$175to hire out here

The rest of Bexar County's year

Your county's checklist, one email a month. What's due, what it should cost, and a heads-up when the weather changes the plan. No drip campaigns — we don't have the patience for them either.

Close — but it's not your house yet.

This page plans for a typical local house. The app asks twelve questions about yours and rebuilds the year around the answers — your systems, your dates, your prices.

Free to start · the whole year is $24 · no card required