| 2023-06-21 11:04:23 | PETER E VALENTI |
| | BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER II/INSPECTOR |
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| | 561 805 6673 |
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| | FBC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, 7TH EDITION (2020) |
| | FBC B = FBC BUILDING |
| | FBC R = FBC RESIDENTIAL |
| | FBC EB = FBC EXISTING BUILDING |
| | FBC A = FBC ACCESSIBILITY |
| | FBC EC = FBC ENERGY CONSERVATION |
| | FBC M = FBC MECHANICAL |
| | FBC FG = FBC FUEL GAS |
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| | BUILDING REVIEW DENIED: |
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| | 1.) FBC B 107.2.1, PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION FOR |
| | MAINTAINING THE FIRE RATING AT TENANT SEPARATION WALLS, |
| | IF APPLICABLE, AS THE PLANS DO NOT INDICATE WHICH WALLS |
| | ARE TENANT/CORRIDOR SEPARATION WALLS. IF THE PROPOSED |
| | SHOWER WALLS ARE AT A TENANT SEPARATION, PROVIDE A |
| | LISTED DETAIL. FOR EXAMPLE ADD A LAYER OF DRYWALL |
| | BETWEEN STUDS AND CEMENT BOARD FOR SHOWER WALLS IF FIRE |
| | RATED. |
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| | 2.) FBC B 107.2.1, PROVIDE THE FLOORING UNDERLAYMENT |
| | INFORMATION. PLEASE NOTE THAT TEST REPORTS ARE REQUIRED |
| | - MANUFACTURER SPEC SHEETS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE DUE TO |
| | DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN SPEC SHEETS/BROCHURES AND TEST |
| | REPORTS FOR SOME MANUFACTURERS (NOT NECESSARILY THE |
| | MANUFACTURER SELECTED; THIS IS A GENERAL COMMENT) |
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| | A. FBC 1207.2, 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. |
| | THE TEST REPORT CANNOT INCLUDE A DROPPED GYPSUM |
| | CEILING. PROVIDE A COPY OF THE TEST REPORT. |
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| | B. FBC 1207.3, 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. THE TEST REPORT CANNOT INCLUDE A DROPPED |
| | GYPSUM CEILING. PROVIDE A COPY OF THE TEST REPORT. |
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| | C. 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 |
| | 803.1.1, PROVIDE TEST DATA IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM E 84 |
| | OR UL 723. |
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