RESIDENTIAL BUILDING - FINAL

• Ensure that the street address is posted. Numbers/letters should be 3 inches in height minimum.
• Ensure that sediment control measures are protecting adjoining properties.
• Ensure that the finished grade, down spouts, and splash blocks are directed away from the building.
• Determine that the lot improvements, i.e., paving, walks, storm water facilities, entrance culverts, landscaping, miscellaneous structures, etc., are in substantial compliance with the permit documents.
• Determine that the building is sealed against moisture penetration, i.e., painting, caulking and flashings.
• Determine that chimneys are terminated in accordance with applicable codes and manufacturers instructions.
• Ensure that no emergency vehicles or private homeowner access to the new home is hindered by construction materials or equipment.
• Determine that all required hand and guard rails are properly installed.

Interior Inspections

• Ensure that all required inspection approvals have been secured, i.e., Plumbing, Electrical, HVAC, Fire Protection and Grading (when applicable).
• Ensure that the basement is DRY.
• Determine that handrails and guardrails are installed, where required, at the proper elevations with the required maximum picket/dowel spacing, and that the handrails have the proper handgrip sections, are continuous and are terminated correctly.
• Ensure that there are interconnected, approved battery backup smoke alarms in each sleeping room, outside of each area in the vicinity of the bedrooms and on each additional story of the dwelling, including the basement.
• Determine that safety glazing is installed in all hazardous locations including hinged, fixed, sliding and storm doors, in fixed panels adjacent to doors, along walking areas (except when horizontal bar is used), in showers and tub enclosures and any glazing less than 60 inches above a drain inlet of a shower or tub.
• Ensure that the insulation package has been completed in crawl spaces, basements, and attics.
• Ensure that the enclosed accessible space under the stairs is protected with ½ inch drywall on the enclosed side.
• Ensure that 6' 8" minimum headroom still exists in all stairways.
• Ensure that stairs have 8¼ inch maximum risers and 9 inch minimum treads.
• Ensure that sump pit and crawl space access are sealed and that the radon vent pipes are labeled “Radon Reduction System” both in the basement and attic.
• Ensure that a required fire separation wall for an attached garage is complete.

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