What type of inspections will be needed?
There will be many inspections required throughout the course of construction. One good rule of thumb is not to cover anything before an inspection is performed. Several inspections can be combined at the same time. As for the construction of your house the following is a list, in order, of the required inspections:
- Site location including the location of the sani-can
- Footing Inspection
- Foundation walls prior to backfilling
- Sill plate
- Rough Electrical inspection
- Rough Plumbing Inspection
- Rough Structural
- Fire penetrations & sealing
- Insulation with vapor barrier
- Final Electrical
- Final Plumbing
- Fire Department - smoke& CO, oil tank, propane tank, street number
- Final structural
- Final site - no large dirt piles or holes final landscaping need not be finished