Live HVAC Inspections: Get Inspected Before You Leave the Job
Key Takeaways
- No appointment: request the inspection in myFCC when the install is done
- A licensed FCC inspector joins by video in minutes; the result comes before the call ends
- Many HVAC inspections can go offline with GPS-tagged photos and video
- We send the passed result to the building department for you
How do live HVAC inspections work in Florida?
With Freedom Code Compliance as your private provider, you request the inspection in the myFCC app when the install is done. No appointment. A licensed inspector joins by video in minutes, you show the work on your phone, and you have your result before the call ends. Many HVAC inspections can go offline with GPS-tagged photos and video instead.
You finish an AC changeout at 2 PM and call the building department for an inspection. Earliest slot is Thursday. Now your customer waits three days for a final, or your crew drives back out. Both cost you money.
That's the problem we built FCC to fix. Here's how a live inspection works for an HVAC contractor.
How It Works Today
You finish the install. You call for an inspection. You wait. Maybe tomorrow. In July, when every AC in the county is down and every contractor is pulling permits, maybe a week.
Your crew moves on to the next job. On inspection day somebody goes back out and sits through a four-hour window. If anything is off, you schedule a re-inspection and do it all again.
All of that for an inspection that takes a few minutes.
How It Works With Us
No appointment. When the install is done, open the myFCC app and request the inspection.
A licensed FCC inspector joins you by video in minutes and tells you what to show them. "Disconnect. Good. Pan around the condenser. Closer on the data plate. Now the electrical connections."
It's the same inspection they'd do standing next to you, through your phone. You have your result before the call ends, and we send the passed result to the building department. Your tech leaves the site with the job closed.
Don't take our word for the speed. Our homepage publishes our 7-day average wait for a live inspector and our average time to an offline result, measured during business hours.
Live or Offline
Not every inspection needs a call. Many HVAC inspections can go offline: your tech shoots GPS-tagged, timestamped photos and video, submits them in myFCC, and heads to the next job. An inspector reviews them and the result lands in the app.
myFCC tells you which method each inspection needs. Live requests are taken Monday to Friday, 9 am to 4:30 pm ET. Offline inspections can be submitted any time.
No More Callbacks to Find Out What Failed
On a live inspection you hear the result while you're standing at the unit. If something fails, the inspector tells you what and why before you hang up, while your tech and tools are still there. No waiting days to learn what was wrong, and no extra trip just to find out.
Why HVAC Is a Perfect Fit
Changeouts are standardized. The inspector knows exactly what to look for: electrical connections, refrigerant lines, disconnect placement, labeling. All easy to show on camera.
The work is contained to a few locations, not a whole house.
And HVAC crews do several jobs a day. Waiting days on each inspection is a scheduling mess. On-demand inspections let you close jobs at the pace you actually work.
What We Inspect
A lot more than HVAC. These are the inspection types we perform today, matched to your building department's own inspection list:
- Site and foundation: footing and grade beam, stem wall, piling and pile cap, slab
- Structure: framing, wall sheathing, roof sheathing, lintel and tie beam, fill cell and column, window and door framing, manufactured building tie-down
- Envelope: roof dry-in, in-progress and final, exterior wall covering (lath, stucco, siding), soffit, impact-resistant coverings, balcony and walking surface waterproofing, insulation, drywall, fire and smoke penetrations
- Electrical: temporary power, underground, rough-in, power release and service, final
- Plumbing: underground, rough-in, final
- Mechanical: underground, rough-in, final
- Gas: rough piping, final piping pressure test, final
- Pools: steel and bonding, deck, final including the barrier
- Demolition: utilities disconnected, final
- Building final
We also take the reports that ride along with inspections: compaction reports, form board surveys, elevation certificates, termite certificates and blower door tests. Residential or commercial, single trade or full new build.
Getting Started
The easiest way to see it is to do one. Most HVAC techs get it on the first call. It's their phone and a licensed inspector. Nothing to install but myFCC.
We also do plan reviews for HVAC work that needs them, in the same app.
Close HVAC Jobs Before You Leave
No appointment. No return trip. Request a live inspection in myFCC and get your result before the call ends.
How On-Demand Inspections Work →Frequently Asked Questions
Do I have to schedule an HVAC inspection with FCC?
No. Request a live inspection in the myFCC app when the work is ready. Live requests are taken Monday to Friday, 9 am to 4:30 pm ET. A licensed inspector joins in minutes and you have the result before the call ends.
Can an AC changeout be inspected without a live call?
Usually, yes. Many HVAC inspections can go offline: submit GPS-tagged, timestamped photos and video through myFCC any time. The app tells you which method each inspection needs.
What inspections can FCC do virtually?
Nearly every milestone on a residential or commercial job: footings, slabs, framing, sheathing, roofing, windows and doors, insulation, drywall, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, gas, pools, demolition and building finals. myFCC tells you whether each one needs a live call or can go offline.
How fast is FCC right now?
Check our homepage. We publish our 7-day average wait for a live inspector and our average time to an offline result, measured during business hours.
