Inspections need to take place while items are still completely visible.
Notifications for garage conversion to habitable room
- Stage 1 – Commencement – may be combined with stage 2
- Stage 2 – Inspect excavation for infill wall/window to replace garage door
- Stage 3 – Check DPC in wall and DPM to floor
- Stage 4 – Check new floor construction including Insulation and new drains (if needed)
- Stage 5 – Check New Insulation to Walls and roof with any associated roof void ventilation
- Stage 6 – Check the adequacy of ventilation to the room and the adequacy of means of escape in the event of a fire
- Stage 7 – Completion - may be combined with stage 6 if all is okay
Notifications for re-roof of house or block of flats
- Stage 1 – Commencement – may be combined with stage 2
- Stage 2 – Inspect roof timbers after removal of original covering
- Stage 3 – Check insulation upgraded, felt underlay provided, finish of tiles/slates, provision of flashings
- Stage 4 – Completion – may be combined with stage 3 if all is okay
Notifications for the erection or extension of a single-storey garage or carport
- Stage 1 – Commencement – may be combined with stage 2
- Stage 2 – Inspect excavation for foundations
- Stage 3 – Check DPC in Wall and Fire safety provisions (if any)
- Stage 4 – Check (if any) new drains
- Stage 5 – Check roof timbers/steels/lintels
- Stage 6 – Completion – may be combined with stage 5 if all is okay
Notifications for the erection of a new house, flat or maisonette
- Stage 1 – Commencement – may be combined with stage 2
- Stage 2 – Inspection of new foundations and drain pipes
- Stage 3 – Inspection of oversite - may be combined with stage 4
- Stage 4 – Inspection of damp-proof membrane for new floor and any tanking where needed
- Stage 5 – Inspection of new walls dpc and below ground drain pipes
- Stage 6 – Inspection of upper floor steels and timber floor joists
- Stage 7 – Inspection of roof timbers, new beams and lintels and roof void ventilation
- Stage 8 – Inspection of Drainage connections above ground including witness of drain tests
- Stage 9 – Completion - can be combined with stage 8 if all is okay. Items usually inspected include automatic smoke detectors and alarms, fire doors, and emergency lighting units (if any) and receipt of installer certificates/Sound Test/SAP/EPC etc where applicable