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2008-04-29 08:08:04 | ****CORRECTIONS**** |
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| 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 RFLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2004 RESIDENTIAL |
| FBC* CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FBC2004 |
| FAC FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE |
| FSFLORIDA STATUTE |
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| 1.FBC1503.1, FLASHING TO BE INSTALLED TO PREVENT |
| MOISTURE ENTERING THE WALL AND ROOF.THE THROUGH WALL |
| FLASHING DETAIL DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THIS CODE SECTION. |
| FROM THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, WATER APPEARS TO BE |
| ENTERING THE BUILDING AND THE ROOFING CONTRACTOR IS |
| MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO DIVERT THE WATER FROM THE INSIDE |
| OF THE WALL TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING.THIS |
| SHOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED BY STOPPING THE WATER AT THE |
| SOURCE(S) OF THE WATER INTRUSION, NOT AFTER IT HAS |
| ENTERED A WOOD FRAME NON PT WALL WHICH WAS NEVER |
| DESIGNED FOR WATER.OTHER COMMENTS RELATED TO |
| DESIGN/PLANS OF THIS THROUGH WALL DETAIL DO NOT NEED TO |
| BE ADDRESSED UNLESS CONTRACTOR FOLLOWS THE PROCESS TO |
| GET THIS DETAIL APPROVED BY OTHERS.THIS HAS ALREADY |
| BEEN REVIEWED AND DENIED BY THE PLANS EXAMINER AND |
| ROBERT BROWN, LICENSE & PERMIT SERVICES MANAGER/ABO. |
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| 2.FBC1503.3, CONTRACTOR SUBMITTED A DETAIL WHICH |
| STATES THAT THE METAL IS OPTIONAL.HOWEVER, THE DETAIL |
| DOES NOT SHOW WATERPROOFING MATERIAL THE FULL WIDTH OF |
| THE PARAPET WALL.PLEASE INCLUDE A DETAIL WHICH |
| COMPLIES WITH THIS REQUIREMENT. |
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| 3.THE DETAIL IS NOT DEPICTED GRAPHICALLY IN A |
| STANDARDIZED MANNER.IT APPEARS THAT THE |
| "CROSS-SECTION" IS A COMBINATION OF A PERSPECTIVE AND A |
| PLAN.PLEASE SEE FBC*106, ARCHITECTURAL QUALITY PLANS |
| REQUIRED. |
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| 4.THE SCOPE OF PROPOSED WORK IS NOT CLEAR.IT SHOWS |
| ONE SECTION OF WALL, TWO STUDS.DOES THIS MEAN THAT |
| YOU PROPOSE THIS INSTALLATION AT ONE LOCATION OR |
| MULTIPLE LOCATIONS?PROVIDE AN OVERALL ROOF PLAN |
| SHOWING LOCATION(S) OF DETAIL. |
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| 5.IT IS NOT CLEAR HOW THE FLASHING AGAINST THE |
| INTERIOR WALL WILL BE (OR WAS) ACCOMPLISHED.HOW CAN |
| THE TOP OF THE FLASHING BE WATERPROOFED TO PREVENT |
| WATER FROM GOING BEHIND THE FLASHING?WOULDN'T THIS |
| REQUIRE REMOVAL OF THE EXTERIOR WALL SHEATHING AND |
| STUCCO TO GET PROPER ACCESS TO THE TOP OF THE FLASHING? |
| THIS WOULD BE BEYOND THE SCOPE OF A ROOFING |
| CONTRACTOR'S LICENSE. |
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