Required Inspections for Building Permits

All work for which a building permit is required, at different stages of construction, must be inspected by a building inspector. It is your responsibility to schedule all required inspections. No work can be covered or concealed without first being inspected and approved by a building inspector. The building inspector, upon request, will make the following inspections:

Foundation Inspection

• To be made after excavation for footings is complete and any required reinforcing steel is in place. For concrete foundations, any required forms must be in place prior to inspection. All materials for the foundations must be on the job site except where the concrete need not be on the site. Where the foundation is to be constructed of approved treated wood or foam block, additional inspections may be required by the building official.

Concrete slab or under-floor Inspection

• To be made after all in-slab or under-floor building service equipment, conduit, piping accessories and other auxiliary equipment items are in place and before any concrete is placed or floor sheathing including the subfloor is installed.

Frame Inspection

• To be made after the roof, all framing, fire blocking and bracing are in place and all pipes, chimneys and vents are complete and the rough-ins for electrical, plumbing and heating ducts are inspected and approved.

Insulation Inspection

• To be made after thermal insulation has been within floor-ceiling and roof-ceilings assemblies, crawl spaces, walls, partitions and on pipes and tubing.

Reinspection

• A reinspection fee may be assessed for each inspection or reinspection when the portion of work for which an inspection is called is not complete or when corrections called for are not made. Reinspection fees may be assessed when the inspection record card is not posted or otherwise available to the inspector, the approved plans are not readily available to the inspector, for failure to provide access on the date for which the inspection is requested, or for deviating from the plans requiring the approval of the building official.

Final Inspection

• To be made after the construction of the residence or addition has been finished. All interior and exterior work must be completed, including the deck and final grading. All electrical, plumbing and furnace and air is completed, inspected, and approved.

  No dwelling or addition shall be used or occupied until the building official has issued a certificate of occupancy.