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| 2014-08-28 10:58:11 | REVIEW OF ELEVATION CERTIFICATE SUBMITTED VIA EMAIL |
| | EMAIL SENT TO CONTRACTOR AND SURVEYOR |
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| | THANK YOU DAVE! |
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| | OUR RECORDS SHOW THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE BUILDING, |
| | NOT TWO. THE TWO BUILDING SECTIONS ARE CONNECTED WITH A |
| | COVERED WALKWAY (SEE AERIAL BELOW AND ALSO SURVEYOR'S |
| | SURVEY). IT IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER THIS COVERED |
| | WALKWAY/PORCH IS ENCLOSED OR NOT, AND I DON'T HAVE AN |
| | ELEVATION FOR IT. I THINK THAT IT'S OK TO HAVE TWO |
| | SEPARATE ELEVATION CERTIFICATES, ONE FOR EACH PORTION, |
| | BUT THE COVERED WALKWAY/PORCH NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED. IF |
| | THE ELEVATION OF THE WALKWAY IS LESS THAN 7.5', IT |
| | SHOULD BE EITHER OPEN OR HAVE FLOOD OPENINGS. ITEM C2B |
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| | REGARDING THE ELEVATION CERTIFICATE, GUEST HOUSE: |
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| | ITEM C2B NEEDS TO INCLUDE AN ELEVATION. THERE IS A NOTE |
| | STATING THAT THE SURVEYOR DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE |
| | SECOND FLOOR. PER THE ISO AUDITOR, ALL ELEVATIONS MUST |
| | BE INCLUDED. IF ONE EC IS DONE FOR THE TWO BUILDING |
| | SECTIONS, THE ELEVATION OF THE SECOND FLOOR WOULD NOT |
| | BE NEEDED. |
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| | REGARDING THE ELEVATION CERTIFICATE, MAIN HOUSE: |
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| | ITEM A8C, THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH FLOOD OPENINGS TO |
| | SATISFY NFIP REQUIREMENTS. PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING |
| | DOCUMENT, "OPENINGS IN FOUNDATION WALLS AND WALLS OF |
| | ENCLOSURES," TECHNICAL BULLETIN 1 / AUGUST 2008 FOR |
| | PROPER INSTALLATION OF FLOOD VENTS: |
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| | HTTP://WWW.FEMA.GOV/MEDIA-LIBRARY-DATA/20130726-1502-20 |
| | 490-9949/FEMA_TB_1__1_.PDF |
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| | PAGE 18 EXPLAINS THAT NON-ENGINEERED OPENINGS ARE TO |
| | PROVIDE 1 SQUARE INCH OF NET OPEN AREA FOR EACH SQUARE |
| | FOOT OF ENCLOSED AREA. IF THE OPENINGS ARE ACTUALLY AN |
| | ENGINEERED PRODUCT (SUCH AS SMARTVENT OR SIMILAR |
| | PRODUCT), THE ICC EVALUATION REPORT WOULD DICTATE THE |
| | OPENINGS REQUIRED. PLEASE VERIFY THAT THE FLOOD VENTS |
| | ARE NOT ENGINEERED FLOOD VENTS. IF THEY ARE ENGINEERED |
| | (OR AN ENGINEERED PRODUCT WITH AN ICC EVALUATION |
| | REPORT), THE ELEVATION CERTIFICATE SHOULD BE REVISED |
| | AND THE ICC EVALUATION REPORT ATTACHED TO THE EC. |
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| | IF YOU VERIFY THAT THE OPENINGS ARE NOT ENGINEERED, |
| | EITHER ADDITIONAL OPENINGS SHOULD BE INSTALLED OR THE |
| | EXISTING NON-ENGINEERED VENTS COULD BE REPLACED WITH |
| | ENGINEERED FLOOD VENTS. TYPICALLY ENGINEERED FLOOD |
| | VENTS REQUIRE HALF THE NET OPENINGS THAT NON-ENGINEERED |
| | VENTS REQUIRE. |
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| | IF POSSIBLE, PLEASE INCLUDE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE EXISTING |
| | FLOOD VENTS. PLEASE SEE PAGE 19 OF TECHNICAL BULLETIN |
| | 1. VENTS USED FOR AIR VENTILATION WHICH CAN BE CLOSED |
| | MANUALLY OR WHICH HAVE COVERS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE AS |
| | FLOOD VENTS. THIS WILL HELP TO AVOID ANY INSPECTION |
| | ISSUES. |
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| | THANK YOU, |
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| | SAMANTHA |
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| | SAMANTHA M. HILL |
| | BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER |
| | BUILDING DIVISION |
| | CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH |
| | 401 CLEMATIS STREET, 1ST FLOOR |
| | WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33401 |
| | 561-805-6724 |
| | [email protected] |
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