What does this dimension stone cladding final checklist cover?

13 items across 4 sections, covering face, plane and coursing, joints and sealant, face cleaning and condition, records and turnover. Each item spells out what the person walking the job is actually looking for, not just a box to tick.

Who should run this inspection?

The stone setting foreman with the GC's superintendent, walking completed elevations before scaffold comes down and before the owner's walk.

When in the schedule should this walk happen?

After the field of stone is set, pointed and cleaned, before scaffold or swing staging is removed and access to the face is lost.

Why do these items ask for a photo?

9 of the 13 items call for photo evidence, 11 photos in all. A checklist answer without the photo is a claim; the photo is what makes the record worth something in a dispute and lets a reviewer approve work without re-walking the job.

What most often fails a dimension stone cladding final inspection?

Sealant run across a soft joint that was meant to be an expansion joint, so the two panels are locked together and a hairline crack telegraphs through the stone at the next thermal cycle. Face joints pointed inconsistently, wide at eye level and pinched at the corners, so the coursing reads crooked even though every panel is plumb. Efflorescence and setting-mortar smear left on the face after cleaning, mistaken for cured-in staining and never lifted before the stone seals it in.

Can I use this checklist in RTI?

Yes. Start a free RTI workspace, build this list as a checklist, and the Photo Gate holds the submit button until every mandatory item is answered and its photos are attached. Approved inspections roll into a branded turnover package with a tamper evident audit trail.

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Dimension stone cladding

Dimension stone cladding final inspection checklist

Dimension stone cladding final inspection is where the punch list is either short or expensive. This checklist walks the finished work the way an owner or AHJ will see it: devices on, systems running, everything labeled. Each item gets the photo that closes it instead of reopening it. Work is commonly verified against the applicable building code, manufacturer's published instructions. Confirm the edition your authority having jurisdiction has adopted.

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The checklist

Every item, and the photo evidence it needs

The photo count on each row is what RTI would require before the item can be submitted. Work the list here and watch the gate hold, or load it into RTI and let it enforce the real thing.

Face, plane and coursing

Faces set to line, plumb and in plane
Courses level and to line, faces in a true plane with no lipped or proud panels, reveals and returns consistent at corners and openings.
Color and veining range reads like the approved mockup
Panel color, veining and finish across each elevation sit within the range of the approved mockup and samples, no single panel or drop standing out; shot from grade.
Panels set in their piece-mark positions
Piece marks checked against the shop drawing elevations at corners, openings and patterned areas; veined or matched panels oriented as drawn, none flipped or swapped.

Joints and sealant

Mortar joints uniform and fully pointed
Joint width consistent across the elevation, pointing tooled full with no voids or hairline separations at the stone edge.
No photo
Expansion and control joints honored
Movement joints left open of hard mortar and sealed with the specified backer and sealant, not bridged by pointing or a hard fill that would lock the panels.
Soft joints at relieving angles or floor-line supports gauged loaded
Width under each angle or support measured at its tightest point once the field is set, still within the shop drawing dimension so the sealant has room to move.
Joint edges free of halo staining from setting materials
No dark bands wicked into the stone at joint edges from setting mortar, pads, kerf fill or epoxy; any halo documented and reported to the stone supplier.
No shims, anchor tabs or setting wedges showing at joints
Sighting into open and sealed joints finds no exposed shims, anchor tabs or backer showing through, and no setting wedges left jammed in a joint.

Face cleaning and condition

Face clean, unstained and free of chips
Setting-mortar smear, efflorescence and cleaner residue lifted, no chipped arrises or open corners on set faces, wide shot placing the elevation on the building.
Cleaner on site is the one the stone supplier recommends
Container labels match the stone supplier's written cleaning recommendation for this stone; acid and high-alkaline cleaners kept off stone the supplier says they etch.

Records and turnover

Anchor deviations answered in writing by the delegated designer
Every anchor moved, added or changed in the field has the delegated designer's written response, reviewed by the engineer of record, filed with the shop drawings.
No photo
Attic stock stone labeled with stone, finish and lot
Where the specifications call for spare stone, panels crated and marked with the stone, finish, lot and piece type, and the owner's receipt of the stock recorded.
No photo
Stone care and cleaning data in the turnover package
The supplier's care instructions, recommended cleaners and any sealer product data filed for the owner, with the cautions on cleaners that damage this stone.
No photo

What usually sends this back

The failures are almost always the evidence, not the work

Sealant run across a soft joint that was meant to be an expansion joint, so the two panels are locked together and a hairline crack telegraphs through the stone at the next thermal cycle.
Face joints pointed inconsistently, wide at eye level and pinched at the corners, so the coursing reads crooked even though every panel is plumb.
Efflorescence and setting-mortar smear left on the face after cleaning, mistaken for cured-in staining and never lifted before the stone seals it in.

Common questions

6 answers

What does this dimension stone cladding final checklist cover?: 13 items across 4 sections, covering face, plane and coursing, joints and sealant, face cleaning and condition, records and turnover. Each item spells out what the person walking the job is actually looking for, not just a box to tick.
Who should run this inspection?: The stone setting foreman with the GC's superintendent, walking completed elevations before scaffold comes down and before the owner's walk.
When in the schedule should this walk happen?: After the field of stone is set, pointed and cleaned, before scaffold or swing staging is removed and access to the face is lost.
Why do these items ask for a photo?: 9 of the 13 items call for photo evidence, 11 photos in all. A checklist answer without the photo is a claim; the photo is what makes the record worth something in a dispute and lets a reviewer approve work without re-walking the job.
What most often fails a dimension stone cladding final inspection?: Sealant run across a soft joint that was meant to be an expansion joint, so the two panels are locked together and a hairline crack telegraphs through the stone at the next thermal cycle. Face joints pointed inconsistently, wide at eye level and pinched at the corners, so the coursing reads crooked even though every panel is plumb. Efflorescence and setting-mortar smear left on the face after cleaning, mistaken for cured-in staining and never lifted before the stone seals it in.
Can I use this checklist in RTI?: Yes. Start a free RTI workspace, build this list as a checklist, and the Photo Gate holds the submit button until every mandatory item is answered and its photos are attached. Approved inspections roll into a branded turnover package with a tamper evident audit trail.

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Load this list into RTI, stick a QR tag on the area it covers, and the submit button stays locked until every mandatory item is answered and the 11 required photos exist. Approved walks roll into a branded turnover package with a tamper evident record behind every line.