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Gorham ME Town Seal
 
REQUESTING INSPECTIONS                  
                        
NOTE: Please give as much advance notice as possible when requesting inspections.
A minimum of 24 hours is required.
                                        
WHAT INSPECTIONS ARE REQUIRED AND WHEN? 
                                
Foundations: Call prior to backfilling, when all the metal ties have been removed, when holes have been water plugged and tarred, and when the perimeter drains and rock have been installed.

Subsurface Waste Water System (Septic): Call prior to backfilling for 1st & 2nd inspections

Sewer Connections (House to the street): Call prior to backfilling.

ROUGH-IN INSPECTIONS INCLUDING Framing and Rough Electrical & Plumbing
ARE DONE AS ONE INSPECTION.

Framing and Rough Electrical: Call prior to any insulation and sheetrock being installed.

Plumbing: Prior to any insulation or sheetrock, and during the inspection, a water test or air test with a relief valve must be done. (The test must include all basement piping.)

Insulation: Prior to any sheetrock being installed.

Final Occupancy: Prior to occupancy of the building, a final inspection must be made and a “Certificate of Occupancy” issued.




 
 
Gorham Municipal Center, 75 South Street, Suite 1, Gorham, ME 04038 | (207) 222-1670