The House Year

Jefferson County, Texas

September in Jefferson County

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

  1. Run the five-minute shutoff drill

    You've done the homework by now — found the main water shutoff, exercised the valves, met the gas meter.

    $75–$145to hire out here

  2. Check and refresh exterior caulk and seals

    Caulk is the disposable part of your home's skin.

    $195–$490to hire out here

  3. Fall heating-season checkup

    Your heating system sat idle all summer, and the first cold snap is when every marginal part announces itself.

    $90–$185to hire out here

  4. Driveway and walkway crack check

    Concrete cracks.

    $195–$590to hire out here

  5. Check the laundry standpipe

    The laundry standpipe — that open vertical pipe the washer's drain hose hooks into — is the most abused drain in the house.

    $145–$295to hire out here

  6. Vacuum the vents, free the returns

    Your heating and cooling system breathes through two sets of openings: supply registers that blow, and return grilles that inhale.

    $100–$195to hire out here

  7. Replace the fridge water filter

    First, the honest gate: if your fridge has no water dispenser and no ice maker, close this card — it's not for your house, and no appliance tech should ever sell you otherwise.

    $80–$145to hire out here

The rest of Jefferson County's year

Not from around here? The national September list casts a wider net.

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.

Build your house's yearGet the iPhone app

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