State Mandated Balcony Inspection

State Mandated Balcony Inspection Key Requirements & Overview

The balcony safety inspection and filing rules are managed by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) Division of Hotels and Restaurants.

Frequency: Inspections and certifications must be completed and filed every 3 years.

Applicability: Applies to any public lodging establishment 3 stories or more in height. This includes balconies, platforms, stairways, and railings.
Qualified Inspectors: The inspection must be performed by a “competent” professional. According to the DBPR, this is limited to a State-Licensed Architect, Engineer, or General Contractor.
Legal Code: The requirement is formally established in Florida Statute 509.2112.

What the Form Covers

The DBPR HR-7020 document requires the inspecting professional to provide the following details:

Total number of areas/units inspected.
Total number of defects found.
Date repairs were completed (if applicable).
Inspector’s credentials/license information and signature.

How to File

Once the competent professional inspects and signs off on the property, the operator must submit the certified DBPR HR-7020 form to the state DBPR and the local municipal or county authority responsible for building and zoning permits.

Would you like to know more about the penalties for non-compliance, or do you need help finding the applicable DBPR county office for your property in the Fort Lauderdale area?

Don Arpin Jr. is a 3rd generation S. Fla. native, and since his grandfather, J.B Arpin 1908, we have been doing hotel/apartment balcony inspections since 1998 in S. Fla, it includes many multistory hotels and apartment balconies.

Don is the only one doing the state mandated balcony inspection.

The pictures (1&2) of multy story units show balcony inspections we have repeated for a number of years to a satisfied out of state client in Ft. Laud.

We usually serve the tri-county area for balconies and concrete restoration, but will travel if it is necessary to accomodate and satisfy our clients. The 2 story apt (red balcony stairs, images 5,6 & 7) shows remedial work for aluminum corrosion as the oxide is removed, the rail is coated with the red proprierty materials up to 1 inch from the floor thus preventing the loss of aluminum balconies due to contact with the lime in the cement.

We wish to help you and can also do balcony restoration or concrete restoration. Whatever your needs are for balconies or other single or multiple story restoration we can proudly serve you as a 4th generation (since 1999) company since 1908 in S. Florida.

More Arpin history on our about page. If you googled balcony restoration, balcony inspections, state mandated balcony inspections, or concrete restoration, concrete repair, or balcony repair.

We also serve the community as a Structural Engineer for a multitude of different kind of design projects for sub contractors and for shop drawings. We are glad to answer any questions you have or any need for referrals.

Thank You and God Bless and God Bless America!!

Call Don at 954.214.3899 10:45 to 6 PM Eastern Time

Usually we can expedeite the inspection to a 3 day turn around, some have been done same day.

Don’s mobile is on 10:45 to appx 6 pm 6 days. Please leave a message NOT a text as they quickly add up.

Or call the office @ 954-772-8345 which is open from approximately 1pm to 5.30 as we are in the field most of the time inspecting balconies and concrete restoration projects that we Design/Build as Engineers and State Cert. General Contractors since 1980.