Electrical code violation repair in San Antonio

An inspection report can read like a long list of problems, but most electrical items on it are specific and fixable. Each one names a condition that does not meet the code the inspector is working from, and each has a known repair. Our work starts by reading the list the way the inspector wrote it.

A home inspection and a city inspection are different documents. A home inspector reports conditions for a buyer or a seller and enforces nothing; some items reflect current standards an older home was never built to. A city inspector enforces the adopted code on permitted work, and a failed item has to be corrected and reinspected before the permit closes. We tell you which kind of item you are holding, because it changes what has to be done.

The repairs themselves follow the report. Missing GFCI protection is added at the outlet or the breaker. A double tapped breaker gets a second breaker or a proper splice. Open junction boxes get covers. Ungrounded three prong outlets get a ground, or GFCI protection with the right labels. Missing bonding at the water or gas piping gets a bonding conductor, and an unlabeled panel gets a directory that matches what each breaker feeds.

Every item is priced on its own line. You see what each finding costs to correct and choose what to do now and what to leave for later or settle with a credit. Nothing on the list is folded into one number you cannot take apart.

Some findings turn out larger than they read. An item listed as one warm outlet can be a burned connection that runs along the circuit, and a note about the panel can point to a panel that should be replaced. When that happens we show you what we found and price it separately, before doing anything beyond the list.