Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 13081197
Permit Number 13081197
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2013-09-25 16:30:32****CORRECTIONS****
  
 SAMANTHA HILL
 BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER
 [email protected]
 561-805-6724
  
 FROM PREVIOUS LIST:
  
 1. REVISE FLOOR PLAN TO SHOW ROOM DESIGNATION FOR THE
 EMERGENCY MEANS OF ESCAPE, FBC R310.4:
  
 THE MEANS OF ESCAPE SHALL BE WITHIN THE FIRST FLOOR OF
 THE DWELLING OR DWELLING UNIT AND SHALL NOT BE LOCATED
 WITHIN A GARAGE WITHOUT A SIDE-HINGED DOOR LEADING
 DIRECTLY TO THE EXTERIOR. OCCUPANTS IN ANY PART OF THE
 DWELLING OR DWELLING UNIT SHALL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE
 MEANS OF ESCAPE WITHOUT PASSING THROUGH A LOCKABLE DOOR
 NOT UNDER THEIR CONTROL.
  
 2ND REVIEW - FLOOR PLAN NOT REVISED. A RESPONSE LETTER
 STATES THIS IS A HALL THAT IS ACCESSIBLE FROM
 EVERYWHERE INSIDE. REVISE FLOOR PLAN TO SHOW ROOMS
 WHICH EXIT INTO THIS HALLWAYS. COMPLIANCE IS NOT SHOWN.
 NOTE THAT RESPONSE LETTERS ARE NOT A PART OF THE PERMIT
 PACKAGE, AND PLANS ARE TO SHOW CODE COMPLIANCE.
  
 2. PLAN INDICATES THAT "ALLOWABLE PRESSURE" IS -120PSF.
 SEE SHEET 17 OF THE PRODUCT APPROVAL. THIS IS NOT THE
 PRESSURE ALLOWED FOR THE PROPOSED INSTALLATION. ANCHOR
 SPACING AND SPANS DO NOT COMPLY. REVISE.
  
 RESPONSE ACKNOWLEDGED. PLEASE HAVE THE ENGINEER CLARIFY
 WHAT "ALLOWABLE PRESSURE" MEANS. THE INSTALLATION AS
 PROPOSED BASED ON THE PRODUCT APPROVAL AND THE ANCHOR
 SPACING PROPOSED HAS AN ALLOWABLE DESIGN PRESSURE OF
 -60, NOT -120. DESIGN PRESSURE OF -120 REQUIRES 6"
 SPACING.
  
 IF ENGINEER WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY WHAT "ALLOWABLE
 PRESSURE" IS ON THE PLAN, PLEASE REVISE TO INCLUDE WHAT
 THIS MEANS. THIS IS TYPICALLY THE PRODUCT LIMITATION.
 THIS PRODUCT, INSTALLED IN THE MANNER PROPOSED, DOES
 NOT MEET THE DP STATED.
  
 RESPONSE LETTER STATES THAT NONE OF THE DESIGN
 PRESSURES EXCEED -40PSF. SEE THE ENGINEERING, NEGATIVE
 DESIGN PRESSURES RANGE FROM -40.5 TO -55.6.
  
 **NEW COMMENT**
  
 3. SUGGESTED RESOLUTION -
  
 CONTRACTOR TO REVISE FLOOR PLAN TO SHOW ROOMS AFFECTED
 BY EMERGENCY MEANS OF ESCAPE.
  
 THE COLUMN "ALLOWABLE PRESSURE" WILL BE REDLINED
 (REMOVED) AS ANCHOR SPACING APPEARS COMPLIANT FOR
 "DESIGN PRESSURE" REQUIREMENTS.
  
  
  
  
  


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