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2015-10-06 12:00:38 | ****CORRECTIONS**** |
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| SAMANTHA HILL, BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER |
| 561-805-6724 |
| [email protected] |
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| FBC FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 5TH EDITION 2014 |
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| BLISS UNDERLAY SUBMITTED |
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| WHEN RESUBMITTING, PROVIDE TWO COMPLETE COLLATED SETS |
| OF ALL DOCUMENTS. |
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| 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) |
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| 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. |
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| PLEASE PROVIDE A COPY OF THE TEST REPORT. TEST NOT |
| PROVIDED. |
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| 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. |
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| 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). |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 4. TO AVOID MULTIPLE PLAN REVIEWS, A PRELIMINARY REVIEW |
| WILL BE DONE VIA EMAIL UNDER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: |
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| 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. |
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| QUALIFIER IS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION REGARDING THE |
| PROPOSED FLOORING; MATERIAL, THICKNESS, AND METHOD OF |
| INSTALLATION (FLOATING, MORTAR BED, GLUE, THINSET, |
| ETC.). |
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| QUALIFIER IS TO REVIEW THE COMMENT LIST AND TEST |
| REPORTS. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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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