Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 14060548
Permit Number 14060548
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2014-06-30 07:30:081ST REVIEW:
  
 PROVIDE SPECS ON PROPOSED TILE UNDERLAYMENT TO
 DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE WITH THE FBC SECTIONS BELOW:
  
 SECTION 1207
 SOUND TRANSMISSION
  
 1207.1 SCOPE.
 THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO COMMON INTERIOR WALLS,
 PARTITIONS AND FLOOR/CEILING ASSEMBLIES BETWEEN
 ADJACENT DWELLING UNITS OR BETWEEN DWELLING UNITS AND
 ADJACENT PUBLIC AREAS SUCH AS HALLS, CORRIDORS, STAIRS
 OR SERVICE AREAS.
  
 1207.2 AIR-BORNE SOUND.
 WALLS, PARTITIONS AND FLOOR/CEILING ASSEMBLIES
 SEPARATING DWELLING UNITS FROM EACH OTHER OR FROM
 PUBLIC OR SERVICE AREAS SHALL HAVE A SOUND TRANSMISSION
 CLASS (STC) OF NOT LESS THAN 50 (45 IF FIELD TESTED)
 FOR AIR-BORNE NOISE WHEN TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM
 E 90. PENETRATIONS OR OPENINGS IN CONSTRUCTION
 ASSEMBLIES FOR PIPING; ELECTRICAL DEVICES; RECESSED
 CABINETS; BATHTUBS; SOFFITS; OR HEATING, VENTILATING OR
 EXHAUST DUCTS SHALL BE SEALED, LINED, INSULATED OR
 OTHERWISE TREATED TO MAINTAIN THE REQUIRED RATINGS.
 THIS REQUIREMENT SHALL NOT APPLY TO DWELLING UNIT
 ENTRANCE DOORS; HOWEVER, SUCH DOORS SHALL BE TIGHT
 FITTING TO THE FRAME AND SILL.
  
 1207.3 STRUCTURE-BORNE SOUND.
 FLOOR/CEILING ASSEMBLIES BETWEEN DWELLING UNITS OR
 BETWEEN A DWELLING UNIT AND A PUBLIC OR SERVICE AREA
 WITHIN THE STRUCTURE SHALL HAVE AN IMPACT INSULATION
 CLASS (IIC) RATING OF NOT LESS THAN 50 (45 IF FIELD
 TESTED) WHEN TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM E 492.
  
 603.1 ALLOWABLE MATERIALS.
 COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS SHALL BE PERMITTED IN BUILDINGS
 OF TYPE I OR II CONSTRUCTION IN THE FOLLOWING
 APPLICATIONS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 603.1.1
 THROUGH 603.1.3:
  
 2. THERMAL AND ACOUSTICAL INSULATION, OTHER THAN FOAM
 PLASTICS, HAVING A FLAME SPREAD INDEX OF NOT MORE THAN
 25.
  
 EXCEPTIONS:
  
 1. INSULATION PLACED BETWEEN TWO LAYERS OF
 NONCOMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS WITHOUT AN INTERVENING
 AIRSPACE SHALL BE ALLOWED TO HAVE A FLAME SPREAD INDEX
 OF NOT MORE THAN 100.
  
 2. 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.
  
  
  
 STEVEN KENNEDY, CBO
 CHIEF PLANS EXAMINER
 (561) 805-6710
 [email protected]
  
  
  
  
  
  


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