Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 15020932
Permit Number 15020932
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2015-02-28 08:11:08PLAN REVIEW COMMENTS
  
 1ST REVIEW: FBC 2010
 ROBERT MCDOUGAL, CBO
 COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER
 (561) 805-6714
 [email protected]
  
 DENIED BY BUILDING
 PLEASE ADDRESS THE ITEMS NOTED BELOW:
  
 1) THE 2 X 4 BOTTOM PLATE IS REQUIRED TO BE
 FIRE-RETARDANT-TREATED WOOD.
 FBC 603.1 ALLOWABLE MATERIALS. COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS
 SHALL BE PERMITTED IN BUILDINGS OF TYPE I OR II
 CONSTRUCTION IN THE FOLLOWING APPLICATIONS AND IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 603.1.1 THROUGH 603.1.3:
  
 1. FIRE-RETARDANT-TREATED WOOD SHALL BE PERMITTED IN:
  
 1.1. NONBEARING PARTITIONS WHERE THE REQUIRED
 FIRE-RESISTANCE RATING IS 2 HOURS OR LESS.
  
 1.2. NONBEARING EXTERIOR WALLS WHERE NO FIRE RATING IS
 REQUIRED.
  
 1.3. ROOF CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING GIRDERS, TRUSSES,
 FRAMING AND DECKING.
  
 EXCEPTION: IN BUILDINGS OF TYPE IA CONSTRUCTION
 EXCEEDING TWO STORIES ABOVE GRADE PLANE,
 FIRE-RETARDANT-TREATED WOOD IS NOT PERMITTED IN ROOF
 CONSTRUCTION WHEN THE VERTICAL DISTANCE FROM THE UPPER
 FLOOR TO THE ROOF IS LESS THAN 20 FEET (6096 MM).
  
 2) SOUND INSULATION IS REQUIRED FOR THE BATHROOM TILE.
 SUBMIT TWO COPIES OF THE TEST REPORTS FOR THE SOUND
 INSULATION INCLUDING FLAME SPREAD AND SMOKE DEVELOPED
 FOR THE APPLICABLE CONSTRUCTION CONDITIONS.
  
 A) FBC 1207.2 AIR-BORNE SOUND.
 WALLS, PARTITIONS AND FLOOR/CEILING ASSEMBLIES
 SEPARATING DWELLING UNITS FROM EACH OTHER OR FROM
 PUBLIC OR SERVICE AREAS SHALL HAVE A SOUND TRANSMISSION
 CLASS (STC) OF NOT LESS THAN 50 (45 IF FIELD TESTED)
 FOR AIR-BORNE NOISE WHEN TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM
 E 90.
  
 B) FBC 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.
  
 C) FBC 603 COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL IN TYPE I AND II
 CONSTRUCTION
 603.1 ALLOWABLE MATERIALS.
 COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS SHALL BE PERMITTED IN BUILDINGS
 OF TYPE I OR II CONSTRUCTION IN THE FOLLOWING
 APPLICATIONS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 603.1.1
 THROUGH 603.1.3:
 2. THERMAL AND ACOUSTICAL INSULATION, OTHER THAN FOAM
 PLASTICS, HAVING A FLAME SPREAD INDEX OF NOT MORE THAN
 25.
 EXCEPTIONS:
 1. 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. INSULATION INSTALLED BETWEEN A FINISHED FLOOR AND
 SOLID DECKING WITHOUT INTERVENING AIRSPACE SHALL BE
 ALLOWED TO HAVE A FLAME SPREAD INDEX OF NOT MORE THAN
 200.
 3. FOAM PLASTICS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 26.
  
 D) FBC 2603 FOAM PLASTIC INSULATION
 2603.3 SURFACE-BURNING CHARACTERISTICS.
 UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED IN THIS SECTION, FOAM
 PLASTIC INSULATION AND FOAM PLASTIC CORES OF
 MANUFACTURED ASSEMBLIES SHALL HAVE A FLAME SPREAD INDEX
 OF NOT MORE THAN 75 AND A SMOKE-DEVELOPED INDEX OF NOT
 MORE THAN 450 WHERE TESTED IN THE MAXIMUM THICKNESS
 INTENDED FOR USE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM E 84 OR UL
 723. LOOSE FILL-TYPE FOAM PLASTIC INSULATION SHALL BE
 TESTED AS BOARD STOCK FOR THE FLAME SPREAD AND
 SMOKE-DEVELOPED INDEXES.
  


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