Inspections: Building & Trades

Inspection Scheduling Notice

Inspections may be scheduled for the next business day, depending on inspector availability.

📞 Scheduling Requirements

• Inspections must be scheduled by phone or in person only

• To schedule an inspection, please call 989-831-7394 — calling any other number may result in delays or missed appointments

• Anyone who answers this number is authorized to schedule your inspection
  

• Do not send inspection requests via email

👤 Who Can Schedule

• The individual or contractor who pulled the permit is responsible for scheduling inspections

• A designated representative may schedule on their behalf with written authorization

🏠 Address Posting

• To avoid reinspection's, the property address must be clearly posted at the roadside in visible numbers

📅 Inspection Availability

🗓️ Observed Government Holidays (No Inspections)

Inspections are not conducted on the following U.S. federal holidays:

• New Year’s Day – January 1

• Martin Luther King Jr. Day – January 20

• Presidents’ Day – February 17

• Memorial Day – May 26

• Juneteenth – June 19

• Independence Day – July 4

• Labor Day – September 1

• Veterans Day – November 11

• Thanksgiving – November 27 & 28

• Christmas – December 24 & 25

• New Year’s Eve – December 31

🔍 Inspection Schedule by Construction Stage

🔨 Footing Inspections

Building Permit

• Property lines must be clearly visible to establish setback compliance.

• Before pouring concrete footings or placing pea stone:

  • Verify that all excavation, formwork, and reinforcement meet specifications.

• Manufactured Home Piers:

  • Holes must be dug and inspected before concrete is placed in them.

• For pole structures:

  • Concrete must be placed in holes prior to inspection and before setting poles.

⚡ Service Inspection

Electrical Permit

• When meter base and panel are set and properly grounded

🚧 Underground Inspections

Mechanical Permit

• Before covering underground ductwork, radiant tubing, or process piping

• Pressure Test Required: Radiant tubing – 50 psi for 5 minutes

Plumbing Permit

• After trenches are excavated and piping installed, but before covering

• Pressure Tests Required:

  • Supply lines – 50 psi for 60 minutes

  • Drain lines – 5 psi for 15 minutes

🏗️ Foundation (Backfill)

Building Permit

• Before backfilling

• Must include:

  • Completed foundation walls

  • Installed reinforcing and anchors (including uplift anchors)

  • Damp proofing and drainage system

  • Frost protection insulation (for shallow slab and heated post structures)

🔧 Rough-In Inspections

Electrical Permit

• Before insulation and interior finish materials are installed

Mechanical Permit

• Before insulation and interior finish materials are installed
  

• Pressure Tests Required:

  • Radiant tubing – 50 psi for 5 minutes

  • Gas lines – 15 psi for 2+ hours

Plumbing Permit

• Before insulation and interior finish materials are installed
  

• Pressure Tests Required:

  • Supply lines – 50 psi for 60 minutes

  • Drain lines – 5 psi for 15 minutes

• Shower pan test required

Building Permit

• Before insulation and interior finish materials are installed

• All sub-trades (electrical, mechanical, plumbing) must be roughed in and approved.

  • Truss diagrams must be available on-site at the time of inspection.

  • Doors and windows must be installed.

  • Flashing must be installed at all required locations.

🧱 Insulation Inspection

Building Permit

• Before covering insulation

• Exception: blown-in attic insulation may be inspected at final

✅ Final Inspections

Sub-Trades

• When all work under each sub-trade permit is completed

Building Permit

• After all sub-trades are finaled and approved

• Construction is complete

• Blower Door Test must be completed and submitted before final inspection

🚫 Occupancy Notice

A building or structure may not be used or occupied until a Certificate of Use and Occupancy has been issued by the appropriate enforcing agency.