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2017-06-23 18:08:36 | PLAN |
| REVIEW COMMENTS |
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| 2ND REVIEW FBC 5TH EDITION (2014) |
| ROBERT MCDOUGAL, CBO |
| COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER |
| (561) 805-6714 |
| [email protected] |
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| DENIED BY BUILDING |
| PLEASE ADDRESS THE ITEMS NOTED BELOW: |
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| 1) SUBMIT TWO COPIES OF THE ACTUAL TEST REPORTS FROM AN |
| APPROVED TESTING AGENCY (NOT THE TECHNICAL DATA FROM |
| THE MANUFACTURER) FOR THE VINYL PLANK FLOORING AND THE |
| RUBBER FOAM PAD SOUND INSULATION. THE TEST HAVE TO |
| REFLECT THE CONSTRUCTION CONDITIONS. IN THIS CASE MOST |
| OF THE AREA THAT WILL BE COVERED HAS A 7" EXPOSED |
| CONCRETE SLAB BELOW IT. FBC 107.2.1 |
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| 2) TILE, WOOD AND OTHER TYPES OF HARD FLOORING ARE |
| REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH SOUND TRANSMISSION LIMITATIONS. |
| SUBMIT TWO COPIES OF THE TEST REPORTS FOR THE SOUND |
| INSULATION INCLUDING FLAME SPREAD AND SMOKE DEVELOPED |
| FOR THE APPLICABLE CONSTRUCTION CONDITIONS. |
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| 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. |
| 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. |
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| 3) SUBMIT TWO COPIES OF THE FLOORINGS SOUND INSULATION |
| PRODUCT'S TEST REPORT THAT SHOWS COMPLIANCE WITH 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. |
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| 3. FOAM PLASTICS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 26. |
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| 4) SUBMIT TWO COPIES OF THE FLOORINGS SOUND INSULATION |
| PRODUCT'S TEST REPORT THAT SHOWS COMPLIANCE WITH 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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