City of Hendersonville, TN Pool Contractor ($50,000) Bond - Statewide in Tennessee

Brief Summary

A pool permit in Hendersonville comes with four inspections and a $50,000 Permit Bond on file with the Department of Codes Administration. The bond is a one-time filing that stays in force across jobs, and it lets you start building without posting $50,000 of your own money with the City.

Pool contractors working in the City of Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee post a $50,000 Permit Bond with the Department of Codes Administration. It is the same City Permit Bond form other trades use, but pool work is listed at $50,000 no matter the contract price. The bond backs compliance with City building, plumbing, gas/mechanical, health and zoning codes and covers damage to City property such as sidewalks, curbs and drainage lines.

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How to Apply for a City of Hendersonville, TN Pool Contractor ($50,000) Bond:

• Business name matching your Tennessee contractor license and the pool permit.
• Owner details for the surety's credit review.
• Executed $50,000 Permit Bond in favor of the City of Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, with surety seal and power of attorney.
• File the bond with the Department of Codes Administration, 101 Maple Drive North, Hendersonville, TN 37075.
• Workers' compensation certificate or notarized exemption affidavit.
• Certificate of insurance listing the City of Hendersonville c/o Building Department as certificate holder.
• Schedule pre-gunite, pre-deck, pre-plaster and final inspections through the Building and Codes Department at (615) 822-3802.

Detailed Information About the Tennessee City of Hendersonville, TN Pool Contractor ($50,000) Bond:

Pool work is listed at $50,000

The City Permit Bond form sets the amount by trade. A building contractor with a job under $25,000 posts $10,000, and electrical, gas/mechanical and plumbing contractors post $40,000. Pool work, like excavation, is listed at $50,000 with no smaller figure for a modest project. The obligee is the City of Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee.

The inspections the bond stands behind

The City Building and Codes Department notice to pool contractors lists four inspection stages: pre-gunite, pre-deck, pre-plaster and final. At pre-gunite the City looks at steel, conduit, bonding connections, gas piping and pressurized water lines. At pre-deck it checks forms, drains, slab thickness and bonding of nearby metal. Metal objects within five feet of the pool must be bonded.

Before the pool is filled, all safety devices must be installed and working. That includes the barrier, alarms and gates that are self-closing, self-latching and swing away from the pool. The City also checks for an AVB on the supply line and backflow preventers on hose bibs. At final, inspectors look at safety glazing, sidewalk damage and lot drainage falling toward the street.

Those last items tie straight back to the bond. Its conditions require compliance with City building, plumbing, gas/mechanical, health and zoning codes, and they bind the principal and surety for damage to City property such as sidewalks, curbs, gutters and storm water drainage lines. Repair costs a homeowner incurs because the contractor did not follow those codes are covered too.

Bond terms

The bond is continuous. The surety can cancel only by written notice served on, or sent by certified mail to, the Department of Codes Administration at least ten days before the cancellation date. Liability is not cumulative and all claims together cannot exceed $50,000. The surety must be U.S. Treasury listed or a Tennessee domestic insurance company, with seal affixed and power of attorney attached.

Before you pull the permit

The Permit Bond must be in the same name as your state license and the permit. City requirements call for a Tennessee contractor's license on bids or contracts of $25,000 or more, proof of workers' compensation insurance or a notarized exemption affidavit, and a certificate of insurance naming the City of Hendersonville c/o Building Department as certificate holder. Confirm the current bond form and filing steps with the Department of Codes Administration before the bond is issued.

Eligibility and Requirements for a Tennessee City of Hendersonville, TN Pool Contractor ($50,000) Bond:

• Bond amount of $50,000 for pool work at any contract price.
• Corporate surety listed by the U.S. Treasury or a Tennessee domestic insurance company.
• Tennessee contractor's license on bids or contracts of $25,000 or more.
• All barriers, alarms and self-closing, self-latching gates working before the pool is filled.
• Continuous bond, cancellable only on at least ten days written notice to the Department of Codes Administration.

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