The attic record: actual product, coverage evidence and inspection scope
An infill attic has installed markers, but several are unreadable from the proposed review position. The completion card lists a bag count without a clear installed area, and the team wants the inspector to sign it during the next visit.
Prepare the record and review access together, using the actual product and inspection requirements. Greenfiber’s attic card illustrates a trace from material, thermal target and area to installed thickness and the responsible entries. Complete those entries from accepted actual evidence. A card, marker or booked visit is not proof of acceptance, and reading from a hatch may not satisfy every required inspection or hidden-work question.
Prepare evidence the actual reviewer can use
- Confirm the review and record requirements. Ask which inspection or project review applies, who performs it, what notice and access it needs, and what evidence must be retained. Identify the current product and applicable completion record. Keep programme or manufacturer forms distinct from a statutory inspection outcome. Do not assume that another job’s inspector required the same card or accepted every attic from the hatch.
- Reconcile the installed-work information. Connect the actual product, chart, covered area, material use and required depth checks to the record. Distinguish installed work from ordered or planned quantities. Resolve missing inputs and discrepancies through their responsible process rather than entering a reassuring number to fill the blank. Retain the references so a later reviewer can understand the basis without depending on the original crew’s memory.
- Arrange suitable access and visible references. Plan safe review positions and any additional access the actual scope requires. Locate markers and area references so the reviewer can interpret relevant readings without an unsafe manoeuvre. Preserve the checked hatch, eave and equipment details. Do not move retaining provisions, disturb unknown material or declare concealed edges checked merely to make a photograph or hatch view more convenient.
- Retain the actual review outcome. Record the visited scope, results, outstanding items and any limitations or required return. Connect corrections and rechecks to their locations before updating completion status. Keep the product record available as required after the visit. A signature on one document has the meaning of that document and actual review; it cannot be expanded into certification of every inaccessible component or the entire building’s performance.
Common mistakes
- Copying another job’s inspection arrangement.
- Filling record blanks without actual evidence.
- Claiming inaccessible areas were checked from one hatch view.
- Expanding one signature beyond its actual review scope.
Checklist
Retain the attic-review package
- Actual record, review role, notice and access requirements.
- Product, area, chart and reconciled installed information.
- Located measurements and readable references.
- Visited scope, actual findings and remaining limits.
- Owned corrections, required rechecks and retained record.
Check your understanding
The card is complete and markers are readable from the hatch. Does that guarantee acceptance at the visit?
