What you should know about home building and inspections
If you are building a home, absolutely the one of the most important and central things that you need to know, along with financing, prices, and the design of your home, is all about home inspectors and the requirements for home inspection. Without knowing about building inspections and the standards that you need to meet, then your home building process will take much longer than you plan on and will also cost more than you would like it to.
Your city's building inspectors will be coming by to check on different parts of the building process while you are constructing your home. Building inspectors ensure that your local building codes are being followed and that you are not violating any of the rules of the local building code. If a violation is found by the building inspectors, then they will stop all construction on your home until the problem is fixed and you pass the inspections and comply with all of the building codes. Once you pass inspection of the particular problem, then a notice will be posted on the front door of your in order to signify that construction may continue on your home.
Building inspections generally occur at specific times during the home building process. While the timing for the inspections vary according to your particular city's building codes, most cities follow a generally standard timing for home building inspections.
The following are some of the main problems that will make a home building inspector stop construction of your new home until the problem has been fixed. Keep these problems in mind as your home is being built so that you will not be surprised by any unforeseen delays in your home building project.
Potential and typical problems in home building inspections
1. Durin
g the foundation stage of home building, poor soil conditions or cold weather are encountered.
2. During the framing stage of home construction, the point loads are not correctly transferred down to the next lower level, thus weakening the structure of you home.
3. During the mechanicals stage of home building, if you have a cathedral ceiling, there is not proper ventilation in that cathedral ceiling.
4. During the insulation and air sealing stage of home building, there is an incorrect R-value in the insulation installed in the walls and/or the ceilings of your home.
5. During the interior finish stage of home building, the electrical outlets or the electrical switches are malfunctioning.
6. During the pre-closing stage of home construction, there are exterior railings on your porches and/or your decks that are missing and that need to be installed.
If you are not participating in the actual building of your home, you need to ensure that your building site supervisor is walking through the construction site every single day to make sure that the quality of your construction is what it needs to be so that your home will be up to standards. Visit the construction site on a regular basis, and keep a careful watch for what seems to be sub-standard construction practices. Work carefully with building inspectors, and ensure that you are helpful and friendly, and comply with all of their instructions. They have the power to competely halt construction on your home, so it is benefiical to you to ensure compliance with all aspects of the building code.
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