Residential Building Inspections
Find out what you need to do before scheduling a residential building inspection.
Make sure you have met your residential inspection requirements before scheduling a building inspection.
Once you've met the requirements, schedule your building inspections online and get updates using the online inspection request tool.
Single-family dwelling inspection requirements
Inspection order for single-family dwelling building permits
- Demolition (if applicable)
- Footings (when poured separate from foundation)
- Foundation
- Sheathing (if applicable)
- Framing
- Insulation
- Final
Paperwork required for each inspection
- Demolition:
- Arborist Report must be received and accepted by the trees & landscaping section
- Footing Inspection (where required)
- Foundation:
- Survey Certificate
- Geotechnical field review
- Structural field review
- Framing
- Rough electrical approvals
- Rough plumbing approvals
- Truss Specs
- Mechanical Ventilation Checklist
- Engineer’s field review
- Insulation
- Final
- Final electrical approvals
- Final plumbing approvals
- C-B Letter from the Engineer
Additional single-family dwelling requirements
Plumbing rough in approvals and electrical rough in approvals (including low voltage) are required before requesting a framing inspection.
Plumbing final approvals and Electrical final approvals (including low voltage) are required to be approved prior to requesting a final building inspection.
Requirements may vary based on individual circumstances. Approved permits and plans are required on site for all inspections.
The following information will be required to schedule inspections:
- Building permit number
- Inspection type (ex. framing)
- Address
- Name
- Phone number
Building inspection requests made without the proper information, or plumbing and electrical approvals, cannot be processed.
Scheduling a single-family dwelling inspection
Book an inspection request online, or call 604-591-4231.
See the Inspection Area Map.