Since February 2026 a shed permit lasts 90 days and has to be renewed and paid for. For the close-up inspection, our lift is set up in the morning and gone the same evening.
Shed permits issued or renewed from February 2, 2026 expire every 90 days, down from up to two years.
Permits no longer renew on their own in DOB NOW. Each renewal has to be filed and paid for.
From the second renewal on, the repair the shed protects must be under way, or the owner faces penalties.
A permit cannot be renewed until DOB penalties for the shed are paid.
DOB has proposed penalties for sheds kept up longer than 180 days. Check with DOB for the current version.
When a FISP report finds an Unsafe condition, protection goes up right away and stays until the repair is done.
The operator sets up the truck at the curb. The basket is up within 15 minutes.
Your inspector or mason works from the 12 ft basket, drop after drop, without a frame on the sidewalk.
The boom stows, the cones are picked up and the sidewalk is open again. Nothing stays overnight.
5nightsMacy's Herald SquareTwo inspectors covered the facade of the world's largest department store. With conventional lifts, it would have taken nearly a month.
2daysCathedral inspection, not 3 to 5Loose roof pillars at Washington National Cathedral inspected from one setup and finished before lunch on day two.
1dayBrick wall behind a roofTwo masons repaired a 50 ft wall hidden from the street, working from one setup on a narrow Philadelphia block.For the close-up inspection and for short repair work, yes: the lift works for the day and leaves the same evening. Where a report finds an Unsafe condition, DOB requires public protection until the repair is done; finishing the repair from a lift gets that shed down sooner.
Under Local Laws 48 and 51 of 2025, shed permits issued or renewed from February 2, 2026 last 90 days, do not renew automatically and cost $130 per renewal. From the second renewal the repair work has to be under way.
One day for most inspections. The lift is set up in the morning and removed in the evening, and it can come back for the next elevation.
We do. Street permits, cones, signs and flaggers are part of the booking.
Up to 300 ft high, and up to 135 ft out to the side over setbacks, roofs and existing sheds.
