Knowledge center

Educational guides for permitting and compliance — by permit type, audience, and workflow. Plain-English, AI-summarized, and continuously updated.

Permit guides

  • Residential Permits

    Step-by-step residential permit help for remodels, additions, ADUs, decks, and detached structures. AI-powered checklists, code lookups, and plan review.

  • Commercial Permits

    AI-assisted commercial permitting for tenant improvements, change-of-use, restaurants, and ground-up construction. Plan review, code mapping, occupancy.

  • Electrical Permits

    AI-guided electrical permits for service upgrades, panel changes, EV chargers, sub-panels, and solar interconnections. NEC mapping included.

  • Mechanical Permits

    Mechanical permits for HVAC equipment, ductwork, gas piping, and ventilation. Permit Junkie ties Manual J/D/S to your jurisdiction's IMC/UMC edition.

  • Plumbing Permits

    Plumbing permits for water-heater replacements, re-pipes, fixture changes, and sewer laterals. Permit Junkie maps your scope to UPC/IPC requirements.

  • Roofing Permits

    Roofing permits made simple. Permit Junkie handles re-roofs, structural repair, fire-zone material rules, and solar-ready provisions.

  • Fence Permits

    Fence permits for residential and commercial lots. Permit Junkie checks height, setback, material, and HOA overlay rules in seconds.

  • Pool Permits

    Swimming pool permits for in-ground and above-ground installs. Permit Junkie handles barriers, bonding, drainage, and energy compliance.

  • Solar Permits

    Solar PV and battery permits with structural, fire-setback, rapid-shutdown, and interconnection documentation prepared automatically.

  • Sign Permits

    Wall, monument, blade, and illuminated sign permits with zoning, area-by-frontage, and structural calcs handled automatically.

  • Food Truck Permits

    Food truck permits done right — health, fire suppression, mobile vendor, commissary, and route/zoning approvals managed by AI.

  • Restaurant Permits

    Restaurant permits for new build-outs and tenant improvements: health, building, fire, occupancy, ABC liquor, and grease control.

  • Deck Permits

    Deck permits with footing, ledger, guardrail, and stair calcs handled. Permit Junkie maps your deck design to IRC R507 and your local amendments.

  • Garage Permits

    Garage permits for new detached, attached, and conversion projects. Permit Junkie handles separation walls, slab, and ADU triggers.

  • Basement Permits

    Basement finishing permits with egress windows, ceiling height, smoke/CO, and bathroom rough-in handled. Pulled in days, not weeks.

  • Home Addition Permits

    Home addition permits for room additions, second-story additions, and rear extensions. Permit Junkie handles foundation, framing tie-in, and energy.

  • Window Permits

    Window permits for replacements, new openings, and egress upgrades. Permit Junkie handles header sizing, flashing, and energy ratings.

  • Shed Permits

    Find out if you need a permit for a shed. Permit Junkie checks local size thresholds, setbacks, height limits, anchoring, electrical triggers, and HOA constraints.

  • HVAC Permits

    HVAC permits for furnace, AC, heat pump, and mini-split installs. Permit Junkie ties Manual J/D/S to your jurisdiction's IMC/UMC edition.

Solutions by audience

  • AI Permit Expeditor

    The AI permit expeditor that prepares packets, flags issues before submittal, and tracks status across every department — without the hourly rate.

  • Contractor Permit Software

    Permit software for general and trade contractors. Manage permits across every active job, share status with clients, and never miss an inspection.

  • Municipal Permit Software

    Modernize your permitting department with AI plan review, jurisdiction intelligence, autonomous workflows, and a citizen-facing concierge.

  • Enterprise Permit Management

    Enterprise permit management for retail, healthcare, energy, and logistics, with multi-site workflows, role-based access, audit trails, and scoped implementation support.