Exit Inspection-HPH Air Sealing: Structural Members

ENERGY STAR® Checklist

AIR SEALING
STRUCTURAL MEMBERS

Project

Builder name

Inspection date

Sill Plates

Above-grade sill plates adjacent to conditioned space are sealed to minimize air leakage.

Yes/Pass/True No/Fail/False NA See Notes

The space between the sill plate and the sub-floor is sealed with caulk, foam, or an equivalent material.

Yes/Pass/True No/Fail/False NA See Notes

A foam gasket is installed beneath sill plates that are sitting on concrete or masonry and adjacent to conditioned space.

Yes/Pass/True No/Fail/False NA See Notes

Sealing Sill Plates Resource Guide

Top Plates or Blocking at Top of Walls Adjoining Unconditioned Spaces

A continuous top plate or blocking is installed at the tops of walls adjacent to unconditioned space.

Yes/Pass/True No/Fail/False NA See Notes

Walls are designed and constructed with top plates.

Yes/Pass/True No/Fail/False NA See Notes

Balloon framing has not been specified.

Yes/Pass/True No/Fail/False NA See Notes

A continuous top plate is installed at all full height walls.

Yes/Pass/True No/Fail/False NA See Notes

Where walls of varying heights meet, blocking is installed if needed in any wall cavities that are open to an unconditioned attic or other unconditioned space.

Yes/Pass/True No/Fail/False NA See Notes

Only rigid blocking material such as lumber, plywood, OSB, or rigid foam is used as blocking.

Yes/Pass/True No/Fail/False NA See Notes

All blocking is caulked or otherwise sealed at edges.

Yes/Pass/True No/Fail/False NA See Notes

Sealing Top Plates Resource Guide

Drywall to Top Plate

All drywall to top plates connections at all attic/wall interfaces are sealed to minimize air leakage.

Yes/Pass/True No/Fail/False NA See Notes

Drywall is installed and drywall seams are sealed from the attic side with caulk, foam, or drywall adhesive (but not other construction adhesives).

Yes/Pass/True No/Fail/False NA See Notes

OR, prior to the drywall installation, caulk or other sealant or a foam gasket was applied to the face of the top plate, with drywall installation following immediately.

Yes/Pass/True No/Fail/False NA See Notes

Sealing Drywall at Top Plate Resource Guide

Garage Rim/Band Joist Adjoining Conditioned Space

The rim and band joists of walls separating an attached garage from the home’s conditioned space are sealed and insulated.

Yes/Pass/True No/Fail/False NA See Notes

The garage ceiling is designed so that floor joists run parallel to the wall separating the garage from the living space, forming a natural air barrier.

Yes/Pass/True No/Fail/False NA See Notes

OR, a rigid air barrier material (rigid foam insulation, drywall, plywood, or OSB) is installed to block open rim joists.

Yes/Pass/True No/Fail/False NA See Notes

Seams, gaps or holes in the rim joist or joist bay blocking material are sealed using caulk or foam.

Yes/Pass/True No/Fail/False NA See Notes

The rim joist area is insulated to code-required levels using rigid foam, spray foam, or batt insulation, or a combination of these materials.

Yes/Pass/True No/Fail/False NA See Notes

The air barrier is continuous and in full contact with the insulation.

Yes/Pass/True No/Fail/False NA See Notes

If spray foam insulation is used for the wall cavity insulation, the spray foam insulation is at least 5.5 inches thick if open-cell or at least 1.5 inches thick if closed-cell.

Yes/Pass/True No/Fail/False NA See Notes

An air barrier is installed at the exterior vertical surface of the wall insulation in all climate zones.

Yes/Pass/True No/Fail/False NA See Notes

If in climate Zone 4-8, an additional air barrier is installed at the interior vertical surface.

Yes/Pass/True No/Fail/False NA See Notes

►Sealing Garage Rim/Band Joist 1

►Sealing Garage Rim/Band Joist 2

Sealing Garage Rim/Band Joist CAD

Sealing Garage Rim/Band Joist Resource Guide

Multi-Family Party Walls

The common wall between units in a multi-family structure is sealed to minimize air leakage and provide a control layer for sound, smoke, fire, and air quality.

Yes/Pass/True No/Fail/False NA See Notes

The gap between the common wall and the structural framing between units at all exterior boundaries is sealed.

Yes/Pass/True No/Fail/False NA See Notes

The local code officials have been consulted and the air sealing materials in the project are per their recommendation for fire safety reasons.

Yes/Pass/True No/Fail/False NA See Notes

Air sealing materials in the project include fireproof spray foam for sealing the bottom plate to subfloor and bottom and top plates to sheathing in wood-framed walls

Yes/Pass/True No/Fail/False NA See Notes

Air sealing materials in the project include fire-rated caulk around plumbing and wiring.

Yes/Pass/True No/Fail/False NA See Notes

Air sealing materials in the project include two-part urethane foam for masonry block walls.

Yes/Pass/True No/Fail/False NA See Notes

Sealing Multi-Family Party Walls

Sealing Multi-Family Party Walls CAD

Sealing Multi-Family Party Walls Resource Guide

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Builder representative

Builder email

Copy to

Subcontractor

Subcontractor representative

Subcontractor email

When the “Send Inspection Report” button is selected, an email with all the information in this Inspection Report will be sent to the “Builder email” address of the Company Representative completing this report and to the “Subcontractor email” address and “Copy to” addresses if provided.

🏅 Create a Business Worth Owning

📶 Integrated step-by-step program using all tools and systems

💡 Two coaching sessions per month

📊 Monthly scorecard to measure the journey

🛠️ Tools: All tools (Chart of Accounts, Cost Codes, BBOS Estimator, Builder Business Model Canvas, SubManager, ClientManager, Policy Handbook, Management Scorecard).

🤝 What we do together:

A 180+-day engagement covering financials, estimating, subcontractors, clients, and workforce.
Coaching sessions every two weeks to review your real numbers and coach policy implementation.
A monthly “Business Health Scorecard” that shows where you are strong and where to strengthen.
Focus on building a business system that allows you to:
- move out of day-to-day management;
- develop a valuable legacy enterprise; and
- create a business with significant market value.

💲 Investment: $3,500-$5,000.

🪜 Progression logic:

This is the capstone — combining all five prior steps into one system that builds a business worth owning.

🎯Outcome: "Now I control my business, not the other way around."

👷 Manage Your Workforce

👷‍♀️ Put the right people in the right position

📄 Create an Organization Chart and Position Descriptions

📄 Integrate employment policies

🛠️ Tools: OrgChart, Position Descriptions, Company Policy Template

🤝 What we do together:

Create a Company organization chart.
Create Job Descriptions.
Implement employee policy handbook
Identify inefficiencies in labor margins.
Discover hidden labor costs.

💲 Investment: $1,250-$1,500.

🪜 Progression logic:

Labor is usually the last controllable variable — now you are tackling optimization and efficiency.

🎯Outcome: "Now I am in control of the work that must be completed, and my employees understand their positions and accountabilities."

🗣️ Control the Client Relationship

📄 Client log, Change Order system

📄 Notice of Completion, Draw Requests

📄 Communication templates for disputes

🛠️ Tools: ClientManager, Client Contact Log, Initial Specifications, NAHB Residential Construction Guide

🤝 What we do together:

Implement a structured client management system.
Introduce the Client Contact Log.
Provide templates for change order and scope adjustments.
Train on reducing disputes and managing client expectations.

💲 Investment: $750-$1,250

🪜 Progression logic:

With the business financially stable and risk-protected, control of clients and their expectations ensures smoother operations and fewer profit leaks.

🎯Outcome: "Now I can manage clients and their expectations without projects spinning out of control."

🧯Identify and Manage Risks

🏠 Project Risks:

Site Risks – site injuries with no primary insurance coverage.
Reputational Risks – You don’t deliver what you promised because your subcontractors were not on the same page.
Capacity Risks – You can’t deliver what you promised because you don’t have the organizational structure to support your sales.

🔍 Management Risks:

Company Structural Risks – You don’t have the right people in the right positions.
Promotional Risks – Your market doesn’t know or care about your products.
Competitive Risks – You haven’t differentiated your company, so lowest price is the only way you can compete.
Market Demand Risks – a bad market cycle will cripple or destroy your business.

🛠️ Tools: SubManager, Organizing for Success, Builder Business Model Canvas, Budgeting Forecasts

🤝 What we do together:

Implement Terms and Conditions, Scopes of Work, and Inspection Reports for all Subcontractors.
Review how you track subcontractor insurance and compliance.
Analyze your organizational structure to optimize production capacity.
Review your business model.
Create “Expected Case”, “Best Case”, and Worst Case” budgeting scenarios.

💲 Investment: $1,000-$1,500

🪜 Progression logic:

After financial clarity and profitable estimating, risk management provides the next layer of company stability.

🎯Outcome: "Now I can reduce or transfer risk exposure; identify and appeal to my primary market; and plan for any type of economic environment."

🧮Price with Confidence

🔍 Audit your estimating process

🔎 Review all active projects monthly for budget-to-actual performance

🔍 Debrief every completed project for profitability and work flow

📶 Install a margin-tracking dashboard

🛠️ Tools: BBOS Estimator, Overhead Calculator, Completed Project Profitability Report

🤝 What we do together:

Audit your current estimating process.
Benchmark your margins against industry and market standards.
Optimize estimating margins for maximum profitability.
Track true budget-to-actual expenditures.

💲 Investment: $750-$1,250

🪜 Progression logic:

Once finances are stable, you can sharpen your pricing to stop leaving money on the table.
You’ll know the margin to use to make sure overhead is allocated profitably.

🎯Outcome: "Now I can bid jobs knowing I'll profit, not just hoping for profit."

💰90-Day Financial Reset

🗄️ Rebuild Chart of Accounts on NAHB Model

🗃️ Rebuild Cost Codes on CSI model

🛠️ Tools: Accounting platform, NAHB Chart of Accounts, CSI Cost Codes, Management Scorecard

🤝 What we do together:

Access to your accounting platform is required.
Rebuild your Chart of Accounts for project-level profitability.
Create and align Cost Codes so estimating, job costing, and reporting all “speak the same language.”
One-on-one coaching call every two weeks during the program to interpret your numbers.

💲 Investment: $1,500-$3,000

🪜 Why start here?

Without financial clarity, nothing else matters.
The reason you are in business is to make a profit.
Do you KNOW if you are doing that?

🎯Outcome: "Now I know if my business is profitable and my business model is sound."

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ENERGY STAR® Checklist

AIR SEALING
STRUCTURAL MEMBERS

Sealing Sill Plates

►Sealing Sill Plates 1

►Sealing Sill Plates 2

►Sealing Sill Plates 3

Sealing Sill Plates CAD

Sealing Sill Plates Resource Guide

Sealing Top Plates

►Sealing Top Plates 1

►Sealing Top Plates 2

Sealing Top Plates CAD

Sealing Top Plates Resource Guide

Sealing Drywall at Top Plate

Sealing Drywall at Top Plate Resource Guide

Sealing Garage Rim/Band Joist

►Sealing Garage Rim/Band Joist 1

►Sealing Garage Rim/Band Joist 2

Sealing Garage Rim/Band Joist CAD

Sealing Garage Rim/Band Joist Resource Guide

Sealing Multi-Family Party Walls

Sealing Multi-Family Party Walls CAD

Sealing Multi-Family Party Walls Resource Guide

Company

ENERGY STAR® Checklist

AIR SEALINGSTRUCTURAL MEMBERS

Sealing Sill Plates

►Sealing Sill Plates 1

►Sealing Sill Plates 2

►Sealing Sill Plates 3

Sealing Sill Plates CAD

Sealing Sill Plates Resource Guide

Sealing Top Plates

►Sealing Top Plates 1

►Sealing Top Plates 2

Sealing Top Plates CAD

Sealing Top Plates Resource Guide

Sealing Drywall at Top Plate

Sealing Drywall at Top Plate Resource Guide

Sealing Garage Rim/Band Joist

►Sealing Garage Rim/Band Joist 1

►Sealing Garage Rim/Band Joist 2

Sealing Garage Rim/Band Joist CAD

Sealing Garage Rim/Band Joist Resource Guide

Sealing Multi-Family Party Walls

Sealing Multi-Family Party Walls CAD

Sealing Multi-Family Party Walls Resource Guide

🏅 Create a Business Worth Owning

📶 Integrated step-by-step program using all tools and systems

💡 Two coaching sessions per month

📊 Monthly scorecard to measure the journey

🛠️ Tools: All tools (Chart of Accounts, Cost Codes, BBOS Estimator, Builder Business Model Canvas, SubManager, ClientManager, Policy Handbook, Management Scorecard).

🤝 What we do together:

💲 Investment: $3,500-$5,000.

🪜 Progression logic:

🎯Outcome: "Now I control my business, not the other way around."

👷 Manage Your Workforce

👷‍♀️ Put the right people in the right position

📄 Create an Organization Chart and Position Descriptions

📄 Integrate employment policies

🛠️ Tools: OrgChart, Position Descriptions, Company Policy Template

🤝 What we do together:

💲 Investment: $1,250-$1,500.

🪜 Progression logic:

🎯Outcome: "Now I am in control of the work that must be completed, and my employees understand their positions and accountabilities."

🗣️ Control the Client Relationship

📄 Client log, Change Order system

📄 Notice of Completion, Draw Requests

📄 Communication templates for disputes

🛠️ Tools: ClientManager, Client Contact Log, Initial Specifications, NAHB Residential Construction Guide

🤝 What we do together:

💲 Investment: $750-$1,250

🪜 Progression logic:

🎯Outcome: "Now I can manage clients and their expectations without projects spinning out of control."

🧯Identify and Manage Risks

🏠 Project Risks:

🔍 Management Risks:

🛠️ Tools: SubManager, Organizing for Success, Builder Business Model Canvas, Budgeting Forecasts

🤝 What we do together:

💲 Investment: $1,000-$1,500

🪜 Progression logic:

🎯Outcome: "Now I can reduce or transfer risk exposure; identify and appeal to my primary market; and plan for any type of economic environment."

🧮Price with Confidence

🔍 Audit your estimating process

🔎 Review all active projects monthly for budget-to-actual performance

🔍 Debrief every completed project for profitability and work flow

📶 Install a margin-tracking dashboard

🛠️ Tools: BBOS Estimator, Overhead Calculator, Completed Project Profitability Report

🤝 What we do together:

💲 Investment: $750-$1,250

🪜 Progression logic:

🎯Outcome: "Now I can bid jobs knowing I'll profit, not just hoping for profit."

💰90-Day Financial Reset

🗄️ Rebuild Chart of Accounts on NAHB Model

🗃️ Rebuild Cost Codes on CSI model

🛠️ Tools: Accounting platform, NAHB Chart of Accounts, CSI Cost Codes, Management Scorecard

🤝 What we do together:

💲 Investment: $1,500-$3,000

🪜 Why start here?

🎯Outcome: "Now I know if my business is profitable and my business model is sound."

AIR SEALING
STRUCTURAL MEMBERS