Block Walls in Idaho Falls — questions and answers
Short answers about block walls in Idaho Falls: what the City's pages say about permits and inspections, the account its system asks for, the documents it lists, and what its pages leave out. Every answer is the City's own statement, with its read date. This site sets no prices and gives no advice.
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How much does block wall work cost in Idaho Falls?
We do not answer that with a price, because no official page we read sets one and this site builds nothing. This site states no fee for a block wall, a permit or an inspection. Ask the provider who contacts you, and ask the City's building office what applies to a project. The costs page's What the City of Idaho Falls' pages say lists the City of Idaho Falls' lines on permits, inspections, codes and documents, each with its source.
What does the City's permit page print about permits?
It says a building permit must be obtained prior to the start of construction, and prints a code section (R105.1) under which an owner or the owner's authorized agent who intends to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move or demolish a building or structure shall first make application to the building official and obtain the required permit.
Building in Idaho Falls
Six lines from the City of Idaho Falls' pages
From the permitting system to the code list, each in the City's own words with its read date.
Illustrative diagram. Layers are not drawn to scale. The top layer is listed first.
Cityworks
The Apply for a Permit page says Cityworks replaces the previous eTrakit online system, and that everyone needs a new account before applying for permits or scheduling inspections.
April 1, 2024 - To streamline the building permit review process, and better serve the development community, the City of Idaho Falls is introducing new Cityworks software. Cityworks will replace the previous system of eTrakit online.
Everyone will need to set up a new account before applying for permits/projects or scheduling inspections.
Source: City of Idaho Falls: Apply for a Permit page · read
building permit
The page says a building permit must be obtained prior to the start of construction. It does not say whether that reaches a block wall.
building permit must be obtained prior to the start of construction
Source: City of Idaho Falls: Apply for a Permit page · read
building or structure
The code section the page prints speaks of an owner who intends to construct or alter a building or structure. Whether a wall is one is not said.
Permits R105.1 Required. Any owner or owner's authorized agent who intends to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish or change the occupancy of a building or structure, or to erect, install, enlarge, alter, repair, remove, convert or replace any electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing system, the installation of which is regulated by this code, or to cause any such work to be performed, shall first make application to the building official and obtain the required permit.
Source: City of Idaho Falls: Apply for a Permit page · read
Work Exempt from a Building Permit
The page links a document with this title. It is not a saved page, so this site has not read it.
Building Permit Checklists Work Exempt from a Building Permit
Source: City of Idaho Falls: Apply for a Permit page · read
inspections
The Building page says no inspections can be made until the required permits for performing the work are issued.
Inspections are an essential part of ensuring safe building environments. However, no inspections can be made until the required permits for performing the work are issued.
Source: City of Idaho Falls: Building page · read
2018 International Building Code
The Building page lists the 2018 editions of several International codes. It does not say how any applies to a block wall.
2018 International Residential Code 2018 International Energy Conservation Code 2018 International Fire Code 2018 Property Maintenance Code 2018 Swimming Pool and Spa Code 2018 International Existing Building Code 2018 International Building Code
Source: City of Idaho Falls: Building page · read
Each layer names its source and the date it was read. None is a view on any project or a price, and the layers are not a complete list of what the City's pages say.
Process
What does the City want done before inspections?
The City of Idaho Falls' Building page says no inspections can be made until the required permits for performing the work are issued, and asks that permits be issued before work commences so that timely inspections may be performed.
Do the City's pages say how tall a block wall may be?
No. None of the three saved pages mentions a wall, and none gives a height, a setback or a footing rule for one.
Timing
How quickly can someone get to me?
We cannot promise a time. It depends on the provider's bookings. Form and phone inquiries are passed to a local provider, who contacts you directly.
How long does a block wall project take?
We cannot say, and no official page we read gives a time. The provider who takes your inquiry can say what is realistic for your project.
Rules and requirements
Does a block wall need a permit in Idaho Falls?
The pages we read do not say. The City's Apply for a Permit page prints a code section on permits for a building or structure and links a document titled Work Exempt from a Building Permit, which we have not read: ask the City's building office.
Source: This answer rests on the City of Idaho Falls' Apply for a Permit page (read October 7, 2026); it states no permit rule for a block wall.
Service area
Which areas do you cover?
Idaho Falls and eleven cities within 17 miles of it: Ammon, Basalt, Firth, Iona, Lewisville, Menan, Rigby, Ririe, Roberts, Shelley and Ucon. The rules this site quotes are the City of Idaho Falls' own. For any other city, ask the city hall of that city which office handles building permits.
Do you build block walls?
No. A marketing company runs this site and passes each inquiry to an independent local provider. We do none of the building, and we are not the City or an agent of the City.
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