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Pre-Final Construction Checklist
The following is a list of items that should be completed before final inspections in order to request a Certificate of Occupancy.
Interior
- All electrical equipment and devices installed and functional
- All garages must have access hole with sheetrock covering.
- All heat ducts screwed and taped at joists.
- All heat runs must be free of debris
- All medicine cabinets must have shelves and brackets.
- All piping through walls sealed.
- All plumbing fixtures must be installed and working and clean of debris.
- All sliding doors adjusted (flush with wall).
- Are the smoke detectors working?
- At least one support under every section of pipe, maximum 10 to 0 feet.
- Basement must be clean.
- Basement perimeter insulation in
- Bedroom type lock on garage door
- Burglar alarm, telephone, intercom and CCTV opening must be blanked off or have devices installed
- Caulking on vanity tops, bathtubs and all trim work
- Check all doors for proper opening/closing.
- Check all kitchen cabinets, shelves, handles, proper screw installation.
- Check all windows for proper opening/closing, locks and broken glass.
- Check basement windows.
- Check for all door bumpers.
- Check for basement handrail.
- Check for closet poles, shelves and brackets.
- Check pitch on stairs.
- Check sheetrock around the house. There should be no holes.
- Check stove for proper operation; water heater must be lit. Separate gas cock for all appliances.
- Check valve must be visible.
- Clean-out on sewer line, above-grade, visible and capped.
- Fire blocking in basement.
- If stove is not vented, make sure charcoal filter is installed.
- Lally columns must be painted and have lag bolts.
- Make sure all bathroom fans work.
- No cement closer than 1/2 around basement girder.
- One bulb per fixture
- Panning around heat pipe, if hole is oversized.
- Radon caulking
- Radon pipe must be marked, capped in basement and roof, or connected.
- Sump pump with cover installed; hole in pump line 3" below floor level. Sump pump to run to splash block.
- Trench drain must be clean.
Exterior
- Aluminum siding checked for dents.
- All doors and windows caulked.
- All facia and soffit must be in good condition.
- Check all roof shingles for holes and all exposed nails must be tarred.
- Check all outside flashing for proper installation and tightness.
- Chimney caulked on all sides.
- Check all leaders and gutters.
- Make sure splash blocks are down.
- "J" channels at roof line must have notches cut to allow drainage (or holes 12" on center for drainage).
- Outside edges of garage doors painted.
- Window wells to be fastened to house.
- Check for penetration of exterior walls (caulked).