| Date |
Text |
| 2008-07-10 08:28:56 | DOUG ROBERTSON MET WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO PERFORM A |
| | PRE-INSPECT: |
| | |
| | 1) THE ROOF WAS COMPLETED WITH NO PERMIT AND THE |
| | SHINGLES WERE NOT INSTALLED PER CODE. ALSO MISSING |
| | STARTER STRIPS. |
| | |
| | 2) THE ROOF VALLEY SHINGLES WERE NOT INSTALLED PER THE |
| | MANUFACTURER SPECIFICATIONS. |
| | |
| | 3) THE COMPLETED RECOVER DOES NOT MEET THE MINIMUM |
| | REQUIREMENTS OF THE CODE AND AS PER THE FEBC: |
| | |
| | 511.3RECOVERING VERSUS REPLACEMENT. |
| | NEW ROOF COVERINGS SHALL NOT BE INSTALLED WITHOUT FIRST |
| | REMOVING EXISTING ROOF COVERINGS WHERE ANY OF THE |
| | FOLLOWING CONDITIONS OCCUR: |
| | 1. WHEN THE OLD ROOFING IS WATER-SOAKED OR DETERIORATED |
| | TO THE POINT THAT IT IS NOT SUITABLE AS A BASE FOR |
| | ADDITIONAL ROOFING. |
| | 2. WHEN BLISTERS EXIST IN ANY ROOFING, UNLESS BLISTERS |
| | ARE CUT OR SCRAPED OPEN AND NAILED DOWN BEFORE APPLYING |
| | ADDITIONAL ROOFING. |
| | 3. WHEN THE EXISTING ROOF SURFACE IS GRAVEL OR THE |
| | LIKE, THE GRAVEL SHALL BE THOROUGHLY REMOVED OR ALL |
| | LOOSE GRAVEL REMOVED AND APPROVED BASE MATERIAL |
| | INSTALLED BEFORE APPLYING ADDITIONAL ROOFING. 4. WHEN |
| | EXISTING ROOF IS SLATE OR THE LIKE. 5. WHEN SHEATHING |
| | OR SUPPORTS ARE DETERIORATED TO THE POINT THAT THE ROOF |
| | STRUCTURAL SYSTEM IS NOT SUBSTANTIAL ENOUGH TO SUPPORT |
| | RECOVERING. |
| | 6. WHEN EXISTING ROOF HAS TWO OR MORE APPLICATIONS OF |
| | ANY TYPE ROOFING MATERIAL. CONFORMANCE WITH THIS ITEM |
| | SHALL MAKE REPLACEMENT MANDATORY. |
| | EXCEPTIONS: |
| | 1. BUILDING AND STRUCTURES LOCATED WITHIN THE |
| | HIGH-VELOCITY HURRICANE ZONE SHALL COMPLY WITH THE |
| | PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 1512 THROUGH 1525 OF THE FLORIDA |
| | BUILDING CODE, BUILDING. |
| | 2. WHEN THE STRUCTURAL DECK IS CONCRETE AND THE |
| | EXISTING ROOF IS FIRMLY ATTACHED TO THE DECK, THEN THE |
| | ROOF SHALL BE REMOVED DOWN TO A MINIMUM OF THREE PLIES |
| | OF MOISTURE-FREE FELTS. |
| | 3. WHEN OTHERWISE APPROVED BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. |
| | 4. WOOD SHINGLES OR SHAKES SHALL NOT BE PLACED OVER |
| | MORE THAN ONE APPLICATION OF WOOD OR ASPHALT SHINGLES. |
| | WOOD SHINGLES OR SHAKES MAY BE PLACED OVER EXISTING |
| | SHAKES WHEN INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CEDAR SHAKE |
| | AND SHINGLE BUREAU RECOMMENDATIONS. |
