Title 24 reports for Fontana permits.
Fontana posts a 3 to 4 week first review, then makes you sign that your package is complete — a missing energy form here is a rejected submittal, not a correction.
Rejected at intake, not corrected in review
Fontana publishes a real number: first plan review typically about 3–4 weeks, subsequent reviews about 2 weeks after amended plans go in, with expedited solar at 3–5 business days. Getting onto that clock is the hard part. The residential alterations and additions handout, revised January 8, 2026, says omitting any checklist item makes the package an “Incomplete Submittal” that “will not be accepted for plan review” — and the applicant signs the checklist attesting everything is there. Energy compliance is supplemental item 2, and all required forms have to be copied onto the full-size plan sheets.
The energy work lands in two places, not one: the forms on the sheets, and the electrical plan showing the Title 24 items by name — high-efficacy fixture types, vacancy sensors, dimmer switching, photo controls. There is also a sequencing trap on an addition or a garage conversion: a pre-alteration inspection is required before plans may be submitted, and the city recommends getting it before plans are drawn — exactly when existing insulation, glazing and equipment get pinned down for the model. The three pre-approved ADU plans (462, 738 and 1,143 sf) still require site-specific information and permit approval. The CEC puts Fontana in Climate Zone 10, and no local residential energy reach code beyond the state code was found on the city’s pages.
One thing that doesn’t change by city: my price and turnaround are flat statewide — $99 first report, $150 flat after, 24–48 hours on your first job. What differs city to city is what happens on the plan-check side before and after the CF1R lands in your permit set, which is what this page covers.
Prices
Flat fees, in writing before I start. No hourly, no bid package, no change-order games — the number on the quote is the number on the invoice.
Your first report with me
One per client, homes under 3,000 square feet. Full energy model, CF1R and CHEERS registration. It’s a test run — send one job and see how it goes.
Every model after the first
The standard rate once you’re a client — the second building, ADU plus main house, the next project that walks in. Back in 3 business days.
Over 3,000 square feet
Quoted from the plans before any work starts, same day.
24×36 plan-sheet set
Your CF1R laid out full size, matched to your drawing set. Comes back as a PDF you drop straight in.
Revisions
Two revisions included, plus questions any time. Past two I quote first, before I touch it.
Commercial / tenant improvement
Send the plans and you’ll have a flat quote back the same day. No deposit, no minimum.
One honest note
I’m not a licensed engineer or architect, and I don’t stamp drawings. On the CF1R I’m the documentation author — you stay the responsible designer. Nothing about your role on the job changes.
That’s on purpose. I’m not after your scope or your clients. I do one piece of the permit set — the piece that usually holds it up — and I do it fast.
Fontana plan-check questions
If yours isn’t here, see the full FAQ or call and ask.
How long does plan check take in Fontana?
Why does Fontana want a pre-alteration inspection first?
Does the project need HERS field verification?
Sometimes — typically for duct leakage, refrigerant charge, or certain heat-pump and quality-insulation measures. The CF1R lists exactly which measures need it, and I’ll flag it in the email so it isn’t a surprise at inspection. The field testing itself is done by a third-party HERS rater the owner or contractor hires; that’s outside what I do.
Plan check came back with an energy comment. Now what?
Forward it to me. If it’s a job I did, the first two revisions are free and I answer the comment directly — you don’t have to translate between your plan checker and me.
If someone else did the original report, I’ll still take it. Send the comment and the existing CF1R and you’ll get a flat quote back the same day.
Send your Fontana plans.
The CF1R comes back as full-size sheets ready to copy into the plan set, so the checklist you sign is true when you sign it.