| Date |
Text |
| 2003-10-01 00:00:00 | REVISIONS DATED 7/9/03 |
| | |
| | BRITO-COHAN LETTER DATED 7/11/03 SIGNED |
| | AND SEALED BY LAWRENCE S. COHAN RE: |
| | SUBSTITUTION OF FOAM CORE MOLDINGS FOR |
| | EXTERIOR TRIM. |
| | |
| | THE USE OF THIS PRODUCT WAS PREVIOUSLY |
| | DENIED PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF THE PERMIT |
| | WITH CITATIONS OF THE PERTINENT CODE |
| | SECTIONS FROM THE FBC WHY IT IS |
| | PROHIBITTED. |
| | |
| | FBC 1404.1.1 LIMITS ARCHITECTURAL TRIM |
| | OF TYPE VI CONSTRUCTION TO BUILDINGS OF |
| | THREE STORIES OR 40' IN HEIGHT WHEN THE |
| | BUILDING IS OF TYPE I, II, IV OR V |
| | CONSTRUCTION.CITY PLAZA IS TYPE I |
| | CONSTRUCTION AND HIGHER THAN 40'. |
| | |
| | FBC F102.2.7 AS AMENDED BY THE CITY |
| | ALLOWS ARCHITECTURAL TRIM ON BUILDINGS |
| | IN THE FIRE DISTRICT TO BE ONLY OF |
| | NON-COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS OR FIRE |
| | RETARDANT TREATED WOOD.CLEARLY, THE |
| | FOAM COATED WITH 0.040" OF POLYURETHANE |
| | AS DESCRIBED IN THE UNIVERSAL FOAM, INC. |
| | LETTER IS NEITHER. |
| | |
| | THE ARCHITECT'S LETTER ASSERTS THAT A |
| | FLAME SPREAD OF 25 OR LESS AS DESCRIBED |
| | IN FBC 803.2 IS EQUIVALENT TO THE CODE |
| | REQUIREMENTS. |
| | |
| | FBC (OR THE FORMER SBC) 803.2 PERTAINS |
| | TO INTERIOR FINISHES.THIS IS EXTERIOR |
| | ARCHITECTURAL TRIM.NOTE WORTHY IS 803. |
| | 4 FOAM PLASTICS, THAT PROHIBITS FOAM |
| | WITH AN EXCEPTION FOR MOLDINGS AND |
| | SIMILAR, LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM THICKNESS |
| | OF 1/2" AND A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 4". |
| | FURTHER, IT IS CONDITIONED UPON FOAM |
| | HAVING A DENSITY OF 20 LB/CU FT, NOT |
| | THE 1.25 LB/CU FT AND TICKNESSES OF 6" |
| | AND INDETERMINATE WIDTH CALLED FOR IN |
| | THE UNIVERSAL FOAM, INC. LETTER. |
| | |
| | ATTACHED TO THE ARCHITECT'S LETTER FOR |
| | DATA TO SUBSTANTIATE HIS EQUIVALENCY |
| | ASSERTION WERE COPIES OF REPORTS FROM |
| | RADCO LABORATORIES TO THE CARPENTER |
| | INSULATION COMPANY. |
| | |
| | THE PRODUCTS AND ASSEMBLIES IN THE |
| | REPORTS SUCH AS DRYVIT, PAREX AND STO, |
| | ARE PERMITTED TO BE USED WHEN INSTALLED |
| | IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR LISTING, |
| | CURRENT RECOGNIZED EVALULATION REPORT, |
| | AND MANUFACTURER'S PUBLISHED |
| | INSTRUCTIONS. |
| | |
| | ONE LETTER IS FOR A UL LISTING FOR ROOF |
| | INSULATION WHICH IS COVERED BY OTHER |
| | CODE SECTIONS AND NOT A COMPARABLE TO |
| | THE PROPOSED USE.FURTHER, AS ALL OF |
| | THE OTHER TEST LETTERS, THE FOAM |
| | PRODUCT MEETS THE DEFINITION OF A |
| | COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL AS DEFINED IN FBC |
| | 202. |
| | |
| | IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE |
| | INTRODUCTION TO THE TEST REPORTS |
| | CONTAINS THE DISCLAIMER THAT THE TEST |
| | IS NOT ACCURATE FOR CERTAIN PLASTICS. |
| | |
| | THE ARCHITECT'S LETTER SPEAKS TO THE |
| | ALLOWED USE OF FIRE RETARDANT TREATED |
| | WOOD.THE DEFINITION OF FRTW SETS OUT |
| | CRITERIA FOR SPECIFIC TESTING AND TIMES |
| | TO BE USED WITH ASTM E-84.THE LETTERS |
| | DO NOT REFLECT THOSE. IN FACT THE SGS |
| | U.S. LETTER FOR FUTURA COATINGS, IN THE |
| | OBSERVATION SECTION DESCRIBES "FLAMING |
| | PIECES FALLING TO THE FLOOR OF THE |
| | CHAMBER AFTER 2 MINUTES". |
| | |
| | THE CHARACTERISTICS OF FOAM AND FRT |
| | WOOD UNDER FIRE CONDITIONS ARE NOT THE |
| | SAME NOR IS THIS DEMONSTRATED IN THE |
| | DATA PROVIDED THUS FAR. |
| | |
| | MATERIAL MEETING THE DEFINITION OF |
| | NON-COMBUSTIBLE IS REQUIRED. |
| | |
| | A DEMONSTRATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH FBC |
| | 2603.8 FOAM INSULATION, SPECIAL |
| | APPROVAL IS A MORE LIKELY "EQUAL AND |
| | ALTERNATE" THEN THE ARGUMENT PROVIDED. |
| | IT INCLUDES TESTING IN THE "END USE |
| | CONFIGURATION". |
