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Plan Review Notes For Permit 13050389
Permit Number 13050389
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 3
Notes
Date Text
2013-05-16 12:50:22****CORRECTIONS****
 ****COURTESY REVIEW BASED ON EMAIL FROM UNDERLAYMENT
 SALES REP***
  
 SAMANTHA HILL, BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER
 561-805-6724 [email protected]
 FBC FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2010
 FBC R FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2010 RESIDENTIAL
  
 COMMENT FROM PREVIOUS LIST:
  
 1. FBC 603.1, ALLOWABLE MATERIALS IN NON COMBUSTIBLE
 BUILDINGS, SEE ITEM 2, EXCEPTION 2, ACOUSTICAL
 INSULATION INSTALLED BETWEEN A FINISHED FLOOR AND SOLID
 DECKING WITHOUT INTERVENING AIRSPACE SHALL BE ALLOWED
 TO HAVE A FLAME SPREAD INDEX OF NOT MORE THAN 200.
  
 SEE 803, PROVIDE TEST DATA IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM
 E-84.
  
 IF A DIFFERENT TEST IS USED, THIS IS TO BE SUBMITTED
 UNDER ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS AND METHODS, FBC 104.11.
 SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION/ANALYSIS TO BE SUBMITTED.
  
 THE PRODUCT PROPOSED WAS TESTED USING DOC-FF-1-70. TO
 USE THIS STANDARD, IT MUST BE DEMONSTRATED THAT THIS
 MEETS OR EXCEEDS MINIMUM CODE REQUIREMENTS.
  
 2. NEW COMMENTS REGARDING DATA SUBMITTED VIA EMAIL:
  
 REGARDING THE DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED:
  
 FLAMMABILITY STANDARDS SILENCER.JPG - TEST SHOWS A
 "PASS" BUT NOT A FLAME SPREAD RATING. REQUIREMENTS FOR
 UNDERLAYMENT VARY DEPENDING ON JOB CONDITIONS, SEE FBC
 603.1.
  
 FLAMMABILITY STANDARDS.DOC - THE HEADING STATES
 "FEDERAL FLAMMABILITY STANDARDS DCC-FF-1-70 FOR
 ACOUSTICAL UNDERLAYMENTS AND CARPET CUSHIONS" (TYPO? OR
 ANOTHER TEST STANDARD? UNCLEAR). PLEASE PROVIDE A COPY
 OF THE TEST STANDARD WHICH REFERENCES ACOUSTICAL
 UNDERLAYMENTS AND PROVIDE INFORMATION REGARDING HOW
 THIS IS EQUIVALENT OR SUPERIOR TO THE FLAME SPREAD TEST
 OPTIONS CONTAINED IN THE FBC. I WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE A
 COPY OF THE PILL TEST WHICH STATED THAT THIS IS FOR
 UNDERLAYMENTS AS WELL AS CARPET.
  
 FLAMMABILITY TESTING METHOD.JPG - THIS DOCUMENT IS
 ILLEGIBLE AND DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE
 TEST STANDARD. NOTE THAT THIS DOCUMENT HAS A DATE OF
 MARCH 12, 1975. THE CURRENT STANDARD IS DATED 2007 OR
 LATER.
  
 IN ORDER FOR AN ALTERNATE STANDARD TO BE USED, A
 COMPARISON OF THE FLAME SPREAD TEST STANDARDS
 PRESCRIBED BY THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE AND
 (INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE) AND THE TEST PERFORMED IS
 TO BE SUBMITTED.
  
  
  
  
  


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