It's your house, why don't you finish it the right way and get inspection for your finished basement and you don't have to worry about getting inspection for your gas conversion job. You have to meet fire codes, combustion air requirements, electrical inspection, etc.

Even if you get your gas conversion inspected and nobody will say anything about your basement (which I doubt nobody will), and something happens down the road your insurance company will never cover the damages not to mention someone in your family getting hurt if fire, etc happens.

I don't get some people they are willing to put their family in danger just to avoid getting an inspection and doing the job right within the code compliance and sleep good at night.

Hi,

What you need to know is that the permitting and inspection process varies greatly by location. I live in the 14th largest city in the country and we don't have a functional residential inspection / code enforcement department. We aren't alone.

Some places will track every change to your home - others... not so much.

You want to do the work right - but we can't really answer your question.

I don't know your local requirements, but I don't believe a residential boiler requires a fireproof door. In fact, unless it has an outside vent, what they will want to see is how you are providing combustion air to the boiler room. You usually need to use a louvered door, or have a vents from the living space into the boiler room.

Bruce

You might be worried about a non-problem. I had a gas fireplace insert installed by a licensed plumber, and he pulled a permit for all the work. When they inspected the fireplace installation the inspector was focused on the new work, and didn't even comment about the existing gas water heater and gas boiler that was connected to the same line. He was mostly focused on ensuring the new gas line was not leaking (which required an overnight test) and that everything was properly grounded.

I'm sure my inspector would have noted anything dangerous and written it up, but my point is that he didn't try to inspect the entire utility area, and he completely ignored the rest of the basement.

Bruce