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  • Home
  • Residential
    • Plan Reviews for IECC® >
      • REScheck™ Items Needed List
      • Ekotrope™ Items Needed List
      • REScheck™ vs. Ekotrope™
      • FAQs from Builders
      • Avoiding Re-Inspections
      • Energy Star®
    • Building Pressure Testing
    • Duct Pressure Testing
    • Heat Load Calculations
    • Helpful References >
      • Air Sealing Guide
      • Sample Products
      • When To Call for Inspections
  • Commercial
  • Codes & Standards
    • IECC®
    • RESNET®-HERS Index
    • Energy Star®
  • Contact Us
Avoiding Re-Inspections

 Polyseal/Envelope Inspections
  •  Windows and doors installed are list higher U-factor, SHGC and/or air leakage values that those specified on REScheck™, Ekotrope, or COMcheck™ plan review
  • Improper or non-existent seals on ductwork, register boxes, etc.
  • Sheathing is not sealed at the top and bottom plate
  • Used and/or unused electrical, plumbing, and/or HVAC wiring holes are left unsealed
 
Insulation Inspections
1.  Insulation is improperly installed
  • It is compressed too tightly
  • It is not split in half to “sandwich” pipes
  • It is not making contact with bottom side of floor or top of ceiling
  • It is missing an air barrier on the back side of attic knee walls or other "hot walls"
2.  Blown insulation is without proper documentation posted in attic
  • R value markers are not exposed
  • R value markers are folded or improperly installed
3.  Icynene (foam) insulation is improperly installed
  • R value markers are folded or improperly installed
  • It is of insufficient depth
  • It is lacking R value per inch documentation
  • It is pulling/falling away from the sheathing or roof decking
 

Final Inspections
  • Condensing unit size does not match the heat load calculation on file
  • Heat Load (Manual J) is not on file (Due BEFORE Polyseal/Envelope Inspection)
  • Vent hood back draft dampers are not installed
 

Issues Negatively Affecting Building Pressure or Blower Door Tests
  • Not sealing around stairways adjoining an outside wall or attic space
  • Improperly sealed pocket doors
  • Not sealing or covering holes for audio/visual equipment to be installed later
  • Missing weather stripping around doors and/or attic access staircases.
  • Missing tub/plumbing access panel
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