What to Do When the Building Department Closes

Let’s avoid the discussion about “why” building departments are closing (for coronavirus advice, head to the CDC), and focus on what deck builders can do to keep working.

Can you still comply with code even when the inspector is not around? As NADRA's building code expert Glenn Mathewson writes in his latest blog, the answer is yes, but it’s probably going to take more effort, since you'll run a greater risk of getting things wrong in the absence of their help. If you don’t follow the rules now, you will have to address the problems that you create later. Here are some strategies you can use to fill in temporarily for the building department, if any hope of their assistance is gone.