| Date |
Text |
| 2020-03-17 13:25:02 | POOL BARRIER |
| | REVIEWED BY ROGER MCPHERSON |
| | 561-805-6716 |
| | [email protected] |
| | |
| | CORRECTIONS NEEDED - FBC WPB AMENDMENTS 107 |
| | 1) POOL BARRIERS NEED TO COMPLY WITH FBC R4501.17.1 |
| | 2) PLEASE SHOW CLEARLY WHERE THE FENCE IS ABUTTING THE |
| | HOUSE FOR THE BARRIER LOCATION. IF THE FENCE IS |
| | SURROUNDING THE ENTIRE PROPERTY ACTING AS THE POOL |
| | BARRIER - THEN THE DRIVEWAY ROLL GATE WILL NEED TO |
| | COMPLY WITH FBC R4501.17.1.8 |
| | 3) PLEASE SHOW ROLL GATE TO COMPLY WITH FBC R4501.17.1 |
| | - THE MAXIMUM VERTICAL CLEARANCE BETWEEN GRADE AND THE |
| | BOTTOM OF THE BARRIER SHALL BE 2 INCHES (51 MM) |
| | MEASURED ON THE SIDE OF THE BARRIER WHICH FACES AWAY |
| | FROM THE SWIMMING POOL. (YOU SHOW 3 INCHES) |
| | R4501.17.1.2 |
| | THE BARRIER MAY NOT HAVE ANY GAPS, OPENINGS, |
| | INDENTATIONS, PROTRUSIONS, OR STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS |
| | THAT COULD ALLOW A YOUNG CHILD TO CRAWL UNDER, SQUEEZE |
| | THROUGH, OR CLIMB OVER THE BARRIER AS HEREIN DESCRIBED |
| | BELOW. OPENINGS IN ANY BARRIER SHALL NOT ALLOW PASSAGE |
| | OF A 4-INCH-DIAMETER (102 MM) SPHERE. |
| | R4501.17.1.4 |
| | WHERE THE BARRIER IS COMPOSED OF HORIZONTAL AND |
| | VERTICAL MEMBERS AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TOPS OF |
| | THE HORIZONTAL MEMBERS IS LESS THAN 45 INCHES (1143 |
| | MM), THE HORIZONTAL MEMBERS SHALL BE LOCATED ON THE |
| | SWIMMING POOL SIDE OF THE FENCE. SPACING BETWEEN |
| | VERTICAL MEMBERS SHALL NOT EXCEED 1 3/4 INCHES (44 MM) |
| | IN WIDTH. WHERE THERE ARE DECORATIVE CUTOUTS WITHIN |
| | VERTICAL MEMBERS, SPACING WITHIN THE CUTOUTS SHALL NOT |
| | EXCEED 1 3/4 INCHES (44 MM) IN WIDTH. |
| | R4501.17.1.7 |
| | WHERE THE BARRIER IS COMPOSED OF DIAGONAL MEMBERS, THE |
| | MAXIMUM OPENING FORMED BY THE DIAGONAL MEMBERS SHALL BE |
| | NO MORE THAN 1 3/4 INCHES (44 MM). |
| | R4501.17.1.8 |
| | ACCESS GATES, WHEN PROVIDED, SHALL BE SELF-CLOSING AND |
| | SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTIONS |
| | R4501.17.1.1 THROUGH R4501.17.1.7 AND SHALL BE EQUIPPED |
| | WITH A SELF-LATCHING LOCKING DEVICE LOCATED ON THE POOL |
| | SIDE OF THE GATE. WHERE THE DEVICE RELEASE IS LOCATED |
| | NO LESS THAN 54 INCHES (1372 MM) FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE |
| | GATE, THE DEVICE RELEASE MECHANISM MAY BE LOCATED ON |
| | EITHER SIDE OF THE GATE AND SO PLACED THAT IT CANNOT BE |
| | REACHED BY A YOUNG CHILD OVER THE TOP OR THROUGH ANY |
| | OPENING OR GAP FROM THE OUTSIDE. GATES THAT PROVIDE |
| | ACCESS TO THE SWIMMING POOL MUST OPEN OUTWARD AWAY FROM |
| | THE POOL. THE GATES AND BARRIER SHALL HAVE NO OPENING |
| | GREATER THAN 1/2 INCH (12.7 MM) WITHIN 18 INCHES (457 |
| | MM) OF THE RELEASE MECHANISM. |
