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Plan Review Notes For Permit 13080619
Permit Number 13080619
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Sequence Number 1
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Date Text
2013-08-17 12:55:16BUILDING/ PLUMBING PLAN REVIEW
 PERMIT: 13080619
 ADD: 255 EVERNIA SUITE # 1507
 CONT: CREATIVE HOMEWORKS
 TEL: (561)506-4466
 2010 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE W
 * WEST PALM BEACH ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENTS
 2012 FBC SUPPLEMENTS ADOPTED APRIL 25/2013.
  
 2010 EXISTING BUILDING CODE LEVEL II 701.3
 COMPLIANCE. ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, COMPONENTS,
 SYSTEMS, AND SPACES SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS
 OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, BUILDING.
  
 1ST REVIEW
 DATE: AUGUST 17/2013
 ACTION: PROVISO
  
 BUILDING PROVISO:
 1) SUBMIT PRODUCT TESTING FOR FLOOR INSULATION:
 1A) FBC-B 2010 1207.3 STRUCTURE-BORNE SOUND.
 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.
 1B) FBC-B 2010 603.2 EXCEPTION (1) TILE FLOORING
 FLOOR INSULATION PLACED BETWEEN TWO LAYERS OF
 NONCOMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS WITHOUT AN INTERVENING
 AIRSPACE SHALL BE ALLOWED TO HAVE A FLAME SPREAD INDEX
 OF NOT MORE THAN 100.
  
 2) NEW SHOWER COMPARTMENT BACKER BOARD TO COMPLY WITH:
 2010 FBC-B 2509.2 BASE FOR TILE. GLASS MAT
 WATER-RESISTANT GYPSUM BACKING PANELS, DISCRETE
 NONASBESTOS FIBER-CEMENT INTERIOR SUBSTRATE SHEETS OR
 NONASBESTOS FIBER-MAT REINFORCED CEMENT SUBSTRATE
 SHEETS IN COMPLIANCE WITH ASTM C 1178, C 1288 OR C 1325
 AND INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH MANUFACTURER
 RECOMMENDATIONS SHALL BE USED AS A BASE FOR WALL TILE
 IN TUB AND SHOWER AREAS AND WALL AND CEILING PANELS IN
 SHOWER AREAS. WATER-RESISTANT GYPSUM BACKING BOARD
 SHALL BE USED AS A BASE FOR TILE IN WATER CLOSET
 COMPARTMENT WALLS WHEN INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 GA-216 OR ASTM C 840 AND MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDATIONS.
 REGULAR GYPSUM WALLBOARD IS PERMITTED UNDER TILE OR
 WALL PANELS IN OTHER WALL AND CEILING AREAS WHEN
 INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GA-216 OR ASTM C 840.
  
 2509.3 LIMITATIONS.
 WATER-RESISTANT GYPSUM BACKING BOARD SHALL NOT BE USED
 IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
 1. OVER A VAPOR RETARDER IN SHOWER OR BATHTUB
 COMPARTMENTS.
 2. WHERE THERE WILL BE DIRECT EXPOSURE TO WATER OR IN
 AREAS SUBJECT TO CONTINUOUS HIGH HUMIDITY.
 3. ON CEILINGS WHERE FRAME SPACING EXCEEDS 12 INCHES
 (305 MM) O.C. FOR 1/2-INCH-THICK (12.7 MM)
 WATER-RESISTANT GYPSUM BACKING BOARD AND MORE THAN 16
 INCHES (406 MM) O.C. FOR 5/8-INCH-THICK (15.9 MM)
 WATER-RESISTANT GYPSUM BACKING BOARD.
  
 PLUMBING PROVISO:
  
 2010 FBC-P 417.5.2 SHOWER LINING. FLOORS UNDER SHOWER
 COMPARTMENTS, SUCH LINERS SHALL TURN UP ON ALL SIDES AT
 LEAST 2 INCHES (51 MM) ABOVE THE FINISHED THRESHOLD
 LEVEL. LINERS SHALL BE RECESSED AND FASTENED TO AN
 APPROVED BACKING SO AS NOT TO OCCUPY THE SPACE REQUIRED
 FOR WALL COVERING, AND SHALL NOT BE NAILED OR
 PERFORATED AT ANY POINT LESS THAN 1 INCH (25 MM) ABOVE
 THE FINISHED THRESHOLD. LINERS SHALL BE PITCHED
 ONE-FOURTH UNIT VERTICAL IN 12 UNITS HORIZONTAL
 (2-PERCENT SLOPE) AND SHALL BE SLOPED TOWARD THE
 FIXTURE DRAINS AND BE SECURELY FASTENED TO THE WASTE
 OUTLET AT THE SEEPAGE ENTRANCE, MAKING A WATER-TIGHT
 JOINT BETWEEN THE LINER AND THE OUTLET. THE COMPLETED
 LINER SHALL BE TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 312.9.
  
 JAMES A. WITMER CBO
 SENIOR COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER
 TEL: 561-805-6715
 FAX: 561-805-6676
 E-MAIL: [email protected]
  
  


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