Building Control Inspections
By law, the Building Control Officer must be told when the work reaches each of the following stages. The officer will then need to inspect your works.
- Commencement (48 hours before commencing)
- Excavation for foundations (24 hours before concreting)
- Foundation Concrete (24 hours before covering)
- Oversite prior to concrete (24 hours before covering)
- Damp proof courses (24 hours before covering)
- Drains (24 hours before covering)
- Drains and Soil & Vent Pipes testing (not more than 5 days after completion)
- Occupation before completion (not more than 5 days before occupation)
- Completion (not more than 5 days after completion)
We may also carry out other inspections and check work in progress. However you should also make your own arrangements to ensure proper site supervision by a professional.
The time in brackets is the amount of notification that you are legally obliged to give us. However we will do our best to carry out an inspection on the same day, as long as you tell us before 10am.
Completion certificate
Building work must be inspected to check that you have complied with the Building Regulations . If you have told us when you have reached the relevant stages and we have completed all the inspections satisfactorily we will issue you with a completion certificate.
This will be useful for future property transactions and may be required by solicitors, banks or building societies. It is usually advisable to get this confirmation before making final payment to your builder.