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2007-11-19 14:14:09 | ****CORRECTIONS**** |
| SAMANTHA HILL, BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER |
| 561-805-6724 [email protected] |
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| FBCFLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2004 |
| FBC EBFLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2004 |
| EXISTING BUILDING CODE |
| FBC*CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH |
| AMENDMENTS TO THE FBC2004 |
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| PLEASE CLARIFY SECONDARY WATER BARRIER: |
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| 1.)EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2007, SECONDARY WATER BARRIER |
| REQUIRED FS553.844(5)(A). PROVIDE INFORMATION |
| (PRODUCT APPROVAL OR SPECIFICATIONS) TO SHOW HOW YOU |
| WILL COMPLY WITH THIS REQUIREMENT.INFORMATION MAY BE |
| AVAILABLE AT WWW.BOAF.NET, HURRICANE MITIGATION. |
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| PER CONVERSATION WITH CONTRACTOR, 4" TAPE AT THE SEAMS |
| WILL BE USED FOR THE SHINGLE PITCHED ROOF.PLEASE |
| ADVISE THE OWNER THAT FOR SOME INSURANCE COMPANIES, 6" |
| TAPE IS REQUIRED FOR AN INSURANCE CREDIT.A PERMIT |
| WILL BE ISSUED SPECIFYING 4" AS THIS IS THE MINIMUM |
| CODE REQUIREMENT, BUT CONTRACTOR IS REQUIRED TO INFORM |
| THE HOMEOWNER. |
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| PER CONVERSATION WITH CONTRACTOR, ONE ADDITIONAL PLY |
| SHEET WILL BE INSTALLED (TWO PLY SHEETS) TO COMPLY WITH |
| THE SECONDARY WATER BARRIER REQUIREMENT FOR THE LOW |
| SLOPE ROOF.TO SHOW CODE COMPLIANCE AND TO AVOID |
| MISUNDERSTANDING/DELAYS IN INSPECTIONS IN THE FIELD, |
| PLEASE SUMMARIZE EACH SYSTEM WITH A DETAILED |
| DESCRIPTION (DESCRIPTION OF LAYERS, NOT FASTENING).WE |
| DISCUSSED USE OF ONE PLY OF GLASPLY 4, AN ADDITIONAL |
| PLY OF RUBEROID MOP SMOOTH, AND A CAP SHEET.THE |
| LETTER AND NOA SPECIFIES TWO PLIES OF GLASPLY4.THIS |
| IS NOT COMPLIANT AS THE SECONDARY WATER BARRIER. |
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| 2.)TW MOISTURE WRAP SPEC SHEET WAS PROVIDED.THE |
| MANUFACTURER DOES NOT ALLOW THIS INSTALLED ON ROOF |
| SHEATHING; TAMKLO MOISTURE GUARD PLUS IS THE CORRECT |
| PRODUCT FOR ROOF SHEATHING.SEE THE TAMKO WEBSITE. |
| HTTP://WWW.TAMKO.COM/ARTICLEDISPLAYPAGE/TABID/56/CONTRO |
| LTYPE/ARTICLEDISPLAY/ITEMID/3366/DEFAULT.ASPX |
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| 3.)4" TAPE WAS SPECIFIED BY CONTRACTOR FOR THE TILE |
| ROOF.THIS IS NOT REQUIRED AS THE 30#/HOT MOP 90# |
| COMPLIES AS THE SECONDARY WATER BARRIER.HOWEVER, IF |
| CONTRACTOR SPECIFIES THIS ON HIS LETTERHEAD, IT WILL BE |
| REQUIRED. |