| Date |
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| 2007-05-08 14:22:05 | BUILDING PLAN REVIEW |
| | PERMIT:06040957 |
| | ADD: 525 OKEECHOBEE BLVD |
| | CONT: CENTEX |
| | TEL: (561) 629-4124 |
| | FL BLD CODE= 2004 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE |
| | * WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS |
| | |
| | EFIS TRIM REVIEW: DENIED |
| | |
| | THE CONSTRUCTION BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEALS |
| | GRANTED THE USE OF EFIS TRIM AS IS STATED IN THE 2004 |
| | FBC, SECTION 1406.2.2,THAT THE PETIONER WOULD STILL |
| | NEED TO PROVIDE A PRODUCT THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS |
| | OF 703.4 THE NON-COMBUSTIBILITY TEST. |
| | |
| | 703.4 NONCOMBUSTIBILITY TESTS. |
| | |
| | THE TESTS INDICATED IN SECTIONS 703.4.1 AND 703.4.2 |
| | SHALL SERVE AS CRITERIA FOR ACCEPTANCE OF BUILDING |
| | MATERIALS AS SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 602.2 , 602.3 AND |
| | 602.4 IN TYPE I, II, III AND IV CONSTRUCTION. THE TERM |
| | ?NONCOMBUSTIBLE? DOES NOT APPLY TO THE FLAME SPREAD |
| | CHARACTERISTICS OF INTERIOR FINISH OR TRIM MATERIALS. A |
| | MATERIAL SHALL NOT BE CLASSIFIED AS A NONCOMBUSTIBLE |
| | BUILDING CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL IF IT IS SUBJECT TO AN |
| | INCREASE IN COMBUSTIBILITY OR FLAME SPREAD BEYOND THE |
| | LIMITATIONS HEREIN ESTABLISHED THROUGH THE EFFECTS OF |
| | AGE, MOISTURE OR OTHER ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS. |
| | |
| | 703.4.1 ELEMENTARY MATERIALS. |
| | MATERIALS REQUIRED TO BE NONCOMBUSTIBLE SHALL BE TESTED |
| | IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM E 136. |
| | |
| | 703.4.2 COMPOSITE MATERIALS. |
| | MATERIALS HAVING A STRUCTURAL BASE OF NONCOMBUSTIBLE |
| | MATERIAL AS DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION |
| | 703.4.1 WITH A SURFACING NOT MORE THAN 0.125 INCH (3.18 |
| | MM) THICK THAT HAS A FLAME SPREAD INDEX NOT GREATER |
| | THAN 50 WHEN TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM E 84 SHALL |
| | BE ACCEPTABLE AS NONCOMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS. |
| | |
| | THE BOARD REFRENCED ASTM E-84 AS THE STANDARD, THIS |
| | STANDARD IS TO BE USED WITH COMPOSITE TYPE MATERIALS, |
| | THAAT IS PUT TOGETHER, OR FORMED FROM DISTINCT PARTS. I |
| | DO NOT BELIEVE THE EFIS TRIM SYSTEM CAN MEET THIS |
| | CRITERIA, IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE NON-COMBUSTIBILITY |
| | TEST FOR ELEMENTARY MATERIALS ASTM E-136 WOULD BE THE |
| | TEST REQUIRED FOR THE EFIS TYPE TRIM SYSTEM. |
| | |
| | IN THE E-136 REPORT RESULTS (8) |
| | 8.1) REPORT THE MATERIAL AS PASSING THE TEST IF AT |
| | LEAST THREE OF THE FOUR TEST SPECIMENS MEET THE |
| | FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: |
| | 8.1.1) THE RECORDED TEMPERATURE OF THE SURFACE AND |
| | INTERIOR THERMOCOUPLES DO NOT AT ANY TIME DURING THE |
| | TEST RISE MORE THAN 54 DEGREES ABOVE THE STABILIZED |
| | TEMPERATURE MEASURED AT T2 PRIOR TO THE TEST. 8.1.2) |
| | THERE IS NO FLAMING FROM THE SPECIMEN AFTER THE FIRST |
| | 30 SECONDS, AND |
| | 8.1.3) WHEN THE WEIGHT LOSS OF THE SPECIMENDURING THE |
| | TESTING EXCEEDS 50%, THE RECORDED TEMPERATURE OF THE |
| | SURFACE AND INTERIOR THERMOCOUPLES DO NOT AT ANY TIME |
| | DURING THE TEST RISE ABOVE THE FURNACE AIR TEMPERATURE |
| | AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TEST, AND THERE IS NO FLAMING |
| | OF THE SPECIMEN. |
| | |
| | THE REPORT SUBMITTED IS A TEST FOR FLAMMABILITY, NOT OF |
| | COMBUSTIBILITY, THE OTHER ISSUE WITH THIS REPORT IS |
| | THERE IS NO REFERENCE TO EITHERTHE ASTM E-136 OR ASTM |
| | E-84. |
| | IN THE TEST RESULTS THE REPORT STATES THERE WAS MOLTEN |
| | EXPANDED POLYATRRENE DROPLETS FALLING FROM THE TEST |
| | SPECIMEN. THIS WOULD BE PUTTING THE FIRE FIGHTERS AT |
| | GREAT RISK! |
| | THIS IS WHY THE TEST HAS TO INDICATE |
| | NON-COMBUSTIBILITY! |
| | |
| | THE OTHER ISSUE WILL BE TO HAVE THIS PRODUCT PASS THE |
| | REVIEW THE PLANS WILL ALSO HAVE TO REFLECT THE PRODUCT |
| | THAT IS BEING PROPOSED, A REVISION. IF THE REVISION IS |
| | TO INCLUDE THE MOLDING BEING ADHERRED TO THE WALL OR IF |
| | THE MOLDING IS TO BE PINNED, THEN AGAIN THE DESIGN |
| | PROFESSIONALS WILL INDICATE THE TYPE OF FASTENING |
| | SYSTEM TO BE USED. THE BACK UP DATA WILL BE NEEDED FOR |
| | REVIEW AS WELL. |
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| | BUILDING PLAN REVIEW |
| | JIM WITMER C. B. O. |
| | PLAN REVIEW II - BUILDING |
| | TEL: (561)805-6715 |
| | FAX: (561)659-8026 |
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