| 2021-01-08 13:22:02 | TRUSS REPAIR - AC IN ATTIC |
| | REVIEWED BY ROGER MCPHERSON |
| | 561-805-6716 |
| | [email protected] |
| | CODE USED FOR REVIEW - 2017 FBC WITH WPB CHAPTER 1 |
| | AMENDMENTS |
| | |
| | CORRECTIONS NEEDED - FBC WPB AMENDMENTS 107 |
| | 1) PLEASE PROVIDE A BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION MARKED |
| | "STRUCTURAL" SHOWING THE JOB VALUE FOR THE TRUSS |
| | REPAIRS. |
| | 2) CANNOT HAVE A REMOVEABLE STRUCTURAL TRUSS COMPONENT. |
| | FBC R801.2 REQUIREMENTS. |
| | ROOF AND CEILING CONSTRUCTION SHALL BE CAPABLE OF |
| | ACCOMMODATING ALL LOADS IMPOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH |
| | SECTION R301 AND OF TRANSMITTING THE RESULTING LOADS TO |
| | THE SUPPORTING STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS. |
| | 3) PLEASE PROVIDE A LETTER FROM THE TRUSS ENGINEER |
| | STATING THAT THE TRUSS SYSTEM CAN HANDLE THE ADDITIONAL |
| | WEIGHT OF THE AC. FBC R802.10.4 ALTERATIONS TO TRUSSES. |
| | TRUSS MEMBERS SHALL NOT BE CUT, NOTCHED, DRILLED, |
| | SPLICED OR OTHERWISE ALTERED IN ANY WAY WITHOUT THE |
| | APPROVAL OF A REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL. |
| | ALTERATIONS RESULTING IN THE ADDITION OF LOAD SUCH AS |
| | HVAC EQUIPMENT WATER HEATER THAT EXCEEDS THE DESIGN |
| | LOAD FOR THE TRUSS SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED WITHOUT |
| | VERIFICATION THAT THE TRUSS IS CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING |
| | SUCH ADDITIONAL LOADING. |
| | 4) PLEASE PROVIDE A TRUSS LAYOUT PLAN SHOWING EXACTLY |
| | WHICH TRUSSES ARE AFFECTED/REPAIRED. |
| | |
| | SEE FBC M1305.1.3 APPLIANCES IN ATTICS. |
| | ATTICS CONTAINING APPLIANCES SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH AN |
| | OPENING AND A CLEAR AND UNOBSTRUCTED PASSAGEWAY LARGE |
| | ENOUGH TO ALLOW REMOVAL OF THE LARGEST APPLIANCE, BUT |
| | NOT LESS THAN 30 INCHES (762 MM) HIGH AND 22 INCHES |
| | (559 MM) WIDE AND NOT MORE THAN 20 FEET (6096 MM) LONG |
| | MEASURED ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF THE PASSAGEWAY FROM |
| | THE OPENING TO THE APPLIANCE. THE PASSAGEWAY SHALL HAVE |
| | CONTINUOUS SOLID FLOORING IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 5 |
| | NOT LESS THAN 24 INCHES (610 MM) WIDE. A LEVEL SERVICE |
| | SPACE NOT LESS THAN 30 INCHES (762 MM) DEEP AND 30 |
| | INCHES (762 MM) WIDE SHALL BE PRESENT ALONG ALL SIDES |
| | OF THE APPLIANCE WHERE ACCESS IS REQUIRED. THE CLEAR |
| | ACCESS OPENING DIMENSIONS SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN OF 20 |
| | INCHES BY 30 INCHES (508 MM BY 762 MM), AND LARGE |
| | ENOUGH TO ALLOW REMOVAL OF THE LARGEST APPLIANCE. |
