The purpose of this guide is to provide you with the basic knowledge to work through your home project without having to re-do work or cost yourself unnecessary time and money. As an inspector, I want you to be able to get through your inspections with the smallest number of corrections possible and finish your project feeling proud and confident in what you accomplished.

My intent is not to overload you with too much information but instead provide a resource where you can go to for trusted information and guidance on proper construction practices.

States, counties, and cities adopt code at different rates and each jurisdiction will amend codes to fit the density and climate conditions of that specific market or area. This makes providing current and exact code references specific to your city virtually impossible. The homeowner, not Building Code Tips, is completely and fully responsible for their property and the work they complete on their own or hire out. Building Code Tips strongly urges owners and contractors to reach out their local building department to confirm required code and/or approved construction

practices in your area. The final decision on building requirements and code guidelines is given by the building official that manages the building department governing your area.

Building Code Tips is available through private consultation to help answer specific questions and will perform mutually-agreed upon research and due diligence where possible and to the best of Building Code Tips’ ability, including but not limited to contacting the local building department in the project’s area/market. The homeowner, not Building Code Tips, is completely and fully responsible for their property and the work that they complete on their own or hire out. Local code requirements will override any general code requirements and the building official for your local area will always have final say.

Building Code Tips cannot and will not and cannot be held at all responsible and/or liable for incorrect code information, code differences, errors made based on advice or guidance given through any and all content Building Code Tips produces. It is the homeowner and/or contractor’s whole, full, sole, and total responsibility if work is completed incorrectly, incompletely, inaccurately regardless if advice was given and followed by Building Code Tips.