by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Mar 15, 2022 | Home Inspection
Do your bathroom electrical receptacles no longer work? Did they used to work previously? Then one day, something happened and now you plug in your hair dryer or electric shaver or charge your cordless toothbrush and NOTHING! I may have a solution! If your home was...
by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Mar 15, 2022 | Home Inspection
As a Texas Department of Agriculture licensed WDI Inspector, I perform a wood-destroying insect inspection on about every other home I inspect in the San Antonio area. The most common threat to a structure is subterranean termites; small little insects who build...
by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Mar 4, 2022 | Home Inspection
Yes, the flexible accordian-style sink drains / waste pipe are sold at the local hardware stores. That doesn’t mean that they are a good idea to install under your bathroom sink. Why are accordian drain lines bad? The quick answer is that they have a tendency to...
by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Mar 3, 2022 | Home Inspection
Ionization smoke detectors / alarms were first invented in the early 1950’s and became commerically available for low-cost household use in the mid 1970’s. Since their widespread adoption into residential use, they have saved countless lives and provided...
by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Feb 27, 2022 | Home Inspection
Ground-Fault-Circuit-Interrupter (GFCI) devices were first invented in the 1950’s with the first commercially available devices being produced in the 1960’s. By 1972 GFCIs began to be installed at bathroom and garage receptacle circuits, the first places...
by Ensure Home Inspection San Antonio | Jan 20, 2022 | Home Inspection
Recently I was performing a home inspection in the north-eastern part of San Antonio, very near to the area that I grew up in. Homes in this area were typically constructed in the 70’s and 80’s, and as such, I expect to see a wide variety of home...
