Various Things Contractors Call Inspections

Building

BSP - for T-Ply, deck frame
BFT - sometimes called a pier hole, footings or caissons
BFD - sometimes called a french drain, peripheral drain, perimeter drain, "p" drain, water proof and drain.
BLA - sometimes called stucco
BFN - sometimes called steel or rebar
B= - sometimes called a trim inspection, final

Electrical

ER - can be walls or ceilings, will usually tell you
EUG - sometimes called below grade, below ground or ditch
E= - sometimes called a trim inspection

Mechanical

HV - vent
HO - sometimes called yard line
HI - sometimes called a sniff test or soap test
H= - sometimes called a trim inspection

Plumbing

PB - sometimes called underground or underground iron
PTO - sometimes called a rough in or above ground rough
PGI - grease trim inspection (commercial)
P=S- is for a sprinkler system inspection, not a P= (P= is lawn sprinkler), P=S is also a backflow preventer
PRD - roof drain
P= - sometimes called a trim inspection

Footings: When regular continuous footings are sued, call for an inspection when footings are excavated, neat, clean, dry and forms are in place, level, braced and reinforcing bar is in place and tied. Reinforcing bar must be suspended in place a minimum of three inches above the soil. If footings are on fill, you must have a compaction report by an engineer on job site at time of inspection.

Footings - Caissons: When the soils engineer requires that the foundation be supported by caissons, call for inspection when you start drilling and again when you are ready to pour. Drilling and pouring my proceed simultaneously, but the first caisson must be inspected before pouring begins.

Foundations: When continuous footings are not used, or at the direction of the inspector who made the footing inspection, call for an inspection when the forms are in place, level, braced and when reinforcing steel is in place and secured. Required void material must be installed.

Specials: Thermoply (shiney material on the studs before siding is put on. Retaining wall footing is the house has already been called for the footing.

Peripheral Drains: If a peripheral drain is required by the soils engineer, the drain must be inspected. Call for an inspection prior to backfilling the foundation and when pipe, rock, filter paper and sand is installed.

Plumbing Base: When the base is in place and under test, before backfilling and before the floor is poured (if slab on grade or basement type structure. Note: outside water line must be inspected before the trench is backfilled.

Plumbing Top-Out: When all drain, waste, vent and water supply lines are in place and under test.

Lawn Sprinkler: This inspection is for irrigation systems and is limited to the inspection of the backflow prevention device.

Backflow Preventer: This inspection is for backflow prevention devices that are not a part of an irrigation system or any other device already included within the scope of another inspection, such as a plumbing Top-Out or Inside Water.

Plumbing Final: When all plumbing work is completed and all fixtures are in place.

Roof Drain: This inspection is made after the roof drainage system piping is in place, but not yet concealed.

Electric Rough: When all concealed cable is installed, all boxes set, all mud rings installed, all connections made up and all bonding and grounding connections are made. In cases where underground wiring is installed, it must be inspected prior to covering.

Electrical Service: All of the wiring needed to bring electrical use in the house including the breaker panel.

Electrical Rough & Final: When the wiring is on the surface and not sheet-rocked and all of the wiring, fixtures, and outlets are installed.

Electrical Rough & Service: Both rough and service are ready to be inspected.

Electrical Service Final: When all electrical work is done, all devices installed, fixtures hung and the building is ready for occupancy.

Electrical Final: When all electrical work is done, all devices installed, fixtures hung and the building is ready for occupancy.

Electrical Temporary Service: Service only for construction or less than one year. Will be issued only to users in Mountain View IREA or Southern Colorado Power utilities areas.

Electrical Underground: All wiring is buried in the ground both inside and outside the building.

Electrical Slab: All wiring is installed in concrete floors.

Heating Residential Rough: Residential Rough when all gas appliances vents as well as all supply, return and exhaust systems are in place.

Gas Piping: When all gas piping is in place, secured and has had ten pounds of air pressure for 24 hours prior to inspection (applied to all gas piping on the house side of the gas meter).

Heating Vent: This inspection is made after the vent is installed and before it is concealed.

Construction Meter: This is a special inspection, permitted only during the winter months, which enables the gas meter to be set prior to the final inspection.

Heating Final: When all appliances are gas piped, wired, vented and the thermostat is in place (your gas meter will be ordered by the inspector when the heating final is approved).

Outside Gas: This inspection is made after all exterior gas piping has been installed and is under test, but before it is backfilled.

Heating Duct: This inspection is made on all occupancies except R-3 (single family, duplexes and townhouses) after the ductwork is in place and before it is concealed.

Furnace Vent: When vent is installed, secured and firestops are in place.

NOTE: you may request any or all of the above inspections on any given work day if they are ready.

Framing: After the preceding inspections have been approved, roof, windows, doors, all blocking, bracing, exterior wall sheathing, stairs, chimneys and fireplaces are in place.

Lath: When ready for the application of stucco (ideally this would be ready at time of frame inspection.) Checking the wire and the lap boards.

Bond Beam: Checking the rebar in a block wall.

Masonry: A masonry fireplace rather than a heatilator insert type of fireplace which has metal sides.

Finals: Building may NOT be occupied prior to final inspections.

Electrical Final - When all electrical work is done, all devices installed, fixtures hung and building is ready for occupancy.

Plumbing Final - When all plumbing work is completed and fixtures are in place and water is supplied to the house.

Heating Final - When all appliances are gas piped, wired, vented and the thermostat is in place.

NOTE: You may call the above in whatever order they are ready.

Building Final - When building is ready for occupancy and the above inspections are approved. NOTE: BUILDINGS MAY NOT BE OCCUPIED PRIOR TO A BUILDING FINAL INSPECTION BEING COMPLETED.

CAN I CANCEL AN INSPECTION?

Inspections can be cancelled prior to 9:00 am by phone or voicemail message.