Plumbing
Requirements
Plumbing permits are required for:
- New plumbing (drain and waste piping and water lines)
- Any new connections to the potable water system
- Yard irrigation systems (connections to potable water supply and backflow prevention)
- House sprinkler systems
- Water heaters (gas, electric, tankless (instantaneous) and all manufactured home water heaters)
- Water heat recovery systems
- New plumbing fixtures (beyond fixture replacement/ maintenance)
- Water sanitization (new construction and remodeling/additions)
Inspections
Inspections include:
- Backflow prevention
- Final inspections
- Fire-stopping at floor and ceiling lines and wall plates
- Glues and primers/couplings
- Joints and fittings
- Notching and boring of wood
- Pipe protection
- Pipe sizing
- Plumbing materials
- Slopes and pipe supports
- Venting