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Residential Load Calculations & Energy Code Compliance

Residential plan review, in three tiers.

Three fixed-scope ways to get a plan set checked: answers to the questions you send, a published checklist review, or a full-set review scoped by quote. Pick a tier below.

Travis Smith, ICC-Certified Residential Plans Examiner. The same certification your building department's plan reviewer holds - working for you.

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Every tier is defined by what gets checked, not by how hard we look. Read the scope before you order; anything not listed is not reviewed.

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Tier 1: Questions Answered

$149 up to 5 questions, or one correction letter (every comment in it)

Send your plan set and up to five questions, or the building department's correction letter. We answer each one against the drawings with sheet references, and note anything else we hit along the way without hunting for it. For a correction letter: what each comment is asking for, which sheet it touches, and whether it needs an engineer, architect or HVAC designer.

  • Answers with sheet references
  • Correction letter walked line by line
  • Turnaround: 2 business days

Scope: answers the questions you send. Items you did not ask about are not reviewed.

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Tier 2: Checklist Review

$449 plan sets to 20 sheets; larger by quote

Send your plan set, jurisdiction and project type. We mark every row on the published checklist below against your drawings, with a sheet reference and a one-line note. Red rows say what to add or change, and on which sheet. Rows outside our lane (structural engineering, geotech) are marked "needs professional".

  • 15 published checklist rows, IRC 2021 cited
  • Sheet reference and note on each row
  • Turnaround: 3 business days

Scope: checks the 15 items printed below. Anything not on the list is not reviewed.

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Tier 3: Full-Set Review

By quote scales with sheet count + jurisdiction amendments

The whole plan set, each applicable IRC/IECC chapter, in the order the AHJ reads it. Delivered as a written review letter in correction-comment format.

  • Full plan set, each applicable chapter
  • Written review letter, correction-comment format
  • Price scoped from your plan set and jurisdiction

Scope: the whole plan set.

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What the Permit Acceptance Guarantee covers. The guarantee covers reports we prepare: Manual J, Manual S, Manual D and REScheck. Plan review delivers findings on the drawings you send; the fixes are yours to make, or to send back to us as a new order.

Tier 2 checklist: 15 items, IRC 2021

This is the published checklist. Checks the 15 items below against your drawings; anything not on this list is not reviewed on a Tier 2 order. Rows outside our lane are marked "needs professional" on your order. The list grows as more IRC chapters clear review; this is the v1 set.

Building planning (IRC ch. 3)

Wall construction (IRC ch. 6)

Energy (IRC ch. 11 / IECC-R)

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Residential Plan Review

Tell us the jurisdiction, the project and which tier you want. We reply with the scope and price.