What does this firestopping final checklist cover?

12 items across 3 sections, covering accessible verification, inspection and deficiency closure, closeout package. 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 GC's superintendent with the firestopping installer, sampling accessible seals and assembling the closeout documentation.

When in the schedule should this walk happen?

After ceiling close, before turnover, verifying what remains accessible and packaging the log, labels and photos the authority having jurisdiction will ask for.

Why do these items ask for a photo?

4 of the 12 items call for photo evidence, 5 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 firestopping final inspection?

The penetration log assembled at the end from memory instead of from the labels logged during the work. Accessible mechanical-room seals found unlabeled during the AHJ walk because labeling stopped at the corridors.

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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Firestopping

Firestopping final inspection checklist

Firestopping 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, listed system documentation. 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.

Accessible verification

Accessible seals sampled and photographed
Mechanical rooms, electrical rooms and open ceiling areas re-walked, seals and labels photographed.
Labels legible and complete in finished areas
System number, date and installer readable on every accessible label.
Late controls and low-voltage cable through rated walls sealed
Cable pulled after ceiling close by controls, security, data or AV crews found above accessible ceilings and in rooms, sealed, labeled and logged like the rest.
No photo
Re-enterable cable pathways closed after the last pull
Where re-enterable devices, pillows or plugs are used, each one closed and seated after the final cable is in, not left open from the last pull.
No photo
Seals found without a log entry traced and added
Any seal met on the walk that is not on the map identified by system and installer, verified, and added to the log rather than skipped.
No photo

Inspection and deficiency closure

Final walk of accessible seals by the inspector logged
The AHJ's or third party inspector's closeout walk of mechanical rooms, shafts and open ceilings recorded with date, outcome and any conditions, apart from the above-ceiling results.
No photo
Inspector's deficiency list closed item by item
Each item on the AHJ or third party inspector's list tied to its corrected seal and closing record, not closed as a batch.
No photo
Sample cut locations resealed with the original system
Where seals were cut out for destructive sampling, each spot resealed with the same listed system and relabeled, logged against the sample number.
No photo

Closeout package

Penetration log complete for every rated assembly
Each logged seal has its system, location and photo; no gaps between the log and the label count.
Package exported and filed for the AHJ and owner
The firestopping records exported as a single package, not a folder of loose phone photos.
System listings and product data bound into the package
The listing sheet, product data and any engineering judgment for every system on the log included, so the owner's future contractors can reseal to match.
No photo
Re-penetration procedure handed to the owner
Owner's facilities team given how to find a seal's system, who to call and how to reseal and log it when tenant or service work opens a rated assembly.
No photo

What usually sends this back

The failures are almost always the evidence, not the work

The penetration log assembled at the end from memory instead of from the labels logged during the work.
Accessible mechanical-room seals found unlabeled during the AHJ walk because labeling stopped at the corridors.

Common questions

6 answers

What does this firestopping final checklist cover?: 12 items across 3 sections, covering accessible verification, inspection and deficiency closure, closeout package. 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 GC's superintendent with the firestopping installer, sampling accessible seals and assembling the closeout documentation.
When in the schedule should this walk happen?: After ceiling close, before turnover, verifying what remains accessible and packaging the log, labels and photos the authority having jurisdiction will ask for.
Why do these items ask for a photo?: 4 of the 12 items call for photo evidence, 5 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 firestopping final inspection?: The penetration log assembled at the end from memory instead of from the labels logged during the work. Accessible mechanical-room seals found unlabeled during the AHJ walk because labeling stopped at the corridors.
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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