Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 15090452
Permit Number 15090452
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2015-10-06 12:00:38****CORRECTIONS****
  
 SAMANTHA HILL, BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER
 561-805-6724
 [email protected]
  
 FBC FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 5TH EDITION 2014
  
 BLISS UNDERLAY SUBMITTED
  
 WHEN RESUBMITTING, PROVIDE TWO COMPLETE COLLATED SETS
 OF ALL DOCUMENTS.
  
 PLEASE NOTE THAT TEST REPORTS ARE REQUIRED -
 MANUFACTURER SPEC SHEETS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE DUE TO
 DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN SPEC SHEETS/BROCHURES AND TEST
 REPORTS FOR SOME MANUFACTURERS (NOT NECESSARILY THE
 MANUFACTURER SELECTED; THIS IS A GENERAL COMMENT)
  
  
 1. FBC 1207.2, 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.
 IF A SUSPENDED CEILING WAS USED AS A PART OF THE TEST,
 PROVIDE INFORMATION AS TO HOW IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED
 THAT THIS CONDITION CURRENTLY EXISTS AND HOW IT CAN BE
 GUARANTEED THAT THE CONDITIONS IN THE UNIT BELOW WILL
 NOT BE ALTERED.
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE A COPY OF THE TEST REPORT. TEST NOT
 PROVIDED.
  
 2. FBC 1207.3, 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. IF A SUSPENDED CEILING WAS USED AS A PART
 OF THE TEST, PROVIDE INFORMATION AS TO HOW IT HAS BEEN
 DETERMINED THAT THIS CONDITION CURRENTLY EXISTS AND HOW
 IT CAN BE GUARANTEED THAT THE CONDITIONS IN THE UNIT
 BELOW WILL NOT BE ALTERED.
  
 THE TEST REPORT PROVIDED USED AN ASSEMBLY WHICH
 INCLUDED STEEL JOISTS, INSULATION, WOOD JOISTS, AND
 GYPSUM BOARD. A TEST OVER CONCRETE SLAB IS REQUIRED FOR
 THIS APPLICATION (WHICH HAS A CONCRETE FLOOR).
  
 3. FBC 603.1, ALLOWABLE MATERIALS IN NON COMBUSTIBLE
 BUILDINGS, SEE ITEM 2, EXCEPTION 2, ACOUSTICAL
 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.
  
 SEE 803.1.1, PROVIDE TEST DATA IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM
 E 84 OR UL 723. THE TEST REPORT PROVIDED WAS DONE TO
 DIFFERENT STANDARDS.
  
 4. TO AVOID MULTIPLE PLAN REVIEWS, A PRELIMINARY REVIEW
 WILL BE DONE VIA EMAIL UNDER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
  
 QUALIFIER IS TO STATE THE SLAB THICKNESS AND PROVIDE
 EVIDENCE AS TO HOW THIS INFORMATION WAS DETERMINED IF
 THE SLAB THICKNESS STATED IS OVER 6 INCHES.
  
 QUALIFIER IS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION REGARDING THE
 PROPOSED FLOORING; MATERIAL, THICKNESS, AND METHOD OF
 INSTALLATION (FLOATING, MORTAR BED, GLUE, THINSET,
 ETC.).
  
 QUALIFIER IS TO REVIEW THE COMMENT LIST AND TEST
 REPORTS.
  
 FOR THE TWO ACOUSTICAL TEST REPORTS, QUALIFIER TO
 HIGHLIGHT THE ASSEMBLY (SPECIFICALLY WHERE NO DROPPED
 CEILING WAS USED IN THE TEST) AS WELL AS THE TEST
 RESULT. THIS IS TYPICALLY FOUND ON THE SECOND PAGE OF
 THE TEST REPORT.
  
 FOR THE FLAME SPREAD TEST REPORT, QUALIFIER IS TO
 HIGHLIGHT THE TEST STANDARD (SHOULD BE EITHER ASTM E 84
 OR UL 723) AND TEST RESULT.
  
 FOR THE FLAME SPREAD TEST REPORT, QUALIFIER IS TO
 HIGHLIGHT THE ASSEMBLY TESTED. IF THE FLAME SPREAD WAS
 DONE WITH TILE, TILE SIDE EXPOSED TO THE FLAME, THIS IS
 ACCEPTABLE FOR TILE APPLICATIONS BUT NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR
 OTHER APPLICATIONS SUCH AS WOOD OR LAMINATE.
  
 DUE TO CURRENT WORK LOAD AND LACK OF TIME TO MAINTAIN
 TARGET TURNAROUND TIMES, IF APPLICANT IS UNABLE TO
 COMPLY WITH ITEM 4, THE COURTESY REVIEW VIA EMAIL WILL
 NOT BE DONE. PLEASE RESUBMIT AT THE BUILDING DIVISION
 COUNTER.
  
  
  
  
  


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