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2007-11-05 08:25:31 | THE ROOF WAS INSPECTED TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT A |
| ROOF RECOVER IS WARRANTED. THE ROOF PLANKING APPEARED |
| TO BE DETERIORATED AT 2 LOCATIONS. AS PER THE FLORIDA |
| EXISTING BUILDING CODE, A RE-ROOF IS REQUIRED. SEE ITEM |
| #5. |
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| 511.3RECOVERING VERSUS REPLACEMENT. |
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| NEW ROOF COVERINGS SHALL NOT BE INSTALLED WITHOUT FIRST |
| REMOVING EXISTING ROOF COVERINGS WHERE ANY OF THE |
| FOLLOWING CONDITIONS OCCUR: |
| 1. WHEN THE OLD ROOFING IS WATER-SOAKED OR DETERIORATED |
| TO THE POINT THAT IT IS NOT SUITABLE AS A BASE FOR |
| ADDITIONAL ROOFING. |
| 2. WHEN BLISTERS EXIST IN ANY ROOFING, UNLESS BLISTERS |
| ARE CUT OR SCRAPED OPEN AND NAILED DOWN BEFORE APPLYING |
| ADDITIONAL ROOFING. |
| 3. WHEN THE EXISTING ROOF SURFACE IS GRAVEL OR THE |
| LIKE, THE GRAVEL SHALL BE THOROUGHLY REMOVED OR ALL |
| LOOSE GRAVEL REMOVED AND APPROVED BASE MATERIAL |
| INSTALLED BEFORE APPLYING ADDITIONAL ROOFING. |
| 4. WHEN EXISTING ROOF IS SLATE OR THE LIKE. |
| 5. WHEN SHEATHING OR SUPPORTS ARE DETERIORATED TO THE |
| POINT THAT THE ROOF STRUCTURAL SYSTEM IS NOT |
| SUBSTANTIAL ENOUGH TO SUPPORT RECOVERING. |
| 6. WHEN EXISTING ROOF HAS TWO OR MORE APPLICATIONS OF |
| ANY TYPE ROOFING MATERIAL. CONFORMANCE WITH THIS ITEM |
| SHALL MAKE REPLACEMENT MANDATORY. |
| EXCEPTIONS: |
| 1. BUILDING AND STRUCTURES LOCATED WITHIN THE |
| HIGH-VELOCITY HURRICANE ZONE SHALL COMPLY WITH THE |
| PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 1512 THROUGH 1525 OF THE FLORIDA |
| BUILDING CODE, BUILDING. |
| 2. WHEN THE STRUCTURAL DECK IS CONCRETE AND THE |
| EXISTING ROOF IS FIRMLY ATTACHED TO THE DECK, THEN THE |
| ROOF SHALL BE REMOVED DOWN TO A MINIMUM OF THREE PLIES |
| OF MOISTURE-FREE FELTS. |
| 3. WHEN OTHERWISE APPROVED BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL. |
| 4. WOOD SHINGLES OR SHAKES SHALL NOT BE PLACED OVER |
| MORE THAN ONE APPLICATION OF WOOD OR ASPHALT SHINGLES. |
| WOOD SHINGLES OR SHAKES MAY BE PLACED OVER EXISTING |
| SHAKES WHEN INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CEDAR SHAKE |
| AND SHINGLE BUREAU RECOMMENDATIONS. |