Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 19071222
Permit Number 19071222
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2019-09-12 15:23:01****CORRECTIONS****
  
 SAMANTHA HILL
 BUILDING PLANS EXAMINER
 [email protected]
 561-805-6724
  
 FBC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, 6TH EDITION (2017)
 FBC B = FBC BUILDING
 FBC EB = FBC EXISTING BUILDING
 FBC A = FBC ACCESSIBILITY
 FBC EC = FBC ENERGY CONSERVATION
 FBC R = FBC RESIDENTIAL
  
 FROM PREVIOUS REVIEW; REGARDING FLOORING UNDERLAYMENT,
 NOT ADDRESSED. ANOTHER PRODUCT CAN BE PROPOSED VIA
 EMAIL ([email protected])
  
 3) PLEASE NOTE THAT QEP 72000Q/ 72003Q & 72008Q DO HAVE
 PRODUCT TESTING REPORTS ON FILE WITH THE CITY OF WEST
 PALM BEACH BUILDING DIVISION FOR TILE ON 6 INCH
 CONCRETE SLAB, NONE HAVE EVER BEEN SUBMITTED FOR WOOD
 FLOORING. ACOUSTICORK A DIVISION OF AMORIM CORK
 COMPOSITES WHO ALSO OWNS QEP UNDERLAYMENT?S DOES SHOW
 ONLINE A TEST NUMBER NGC 7008139/40- NGC 5008072 FOR
 GLUED WOOD SYSTEM ON A 6 INCH CONCRETE FLOOR SYSTEM,
 BUT NONE HAS EVER BEEN SUBMITTED. WE HAVEN?T SEEN A
 FLAME TEST WITH WOOD PRODUCTS AND THE UNDERLAYMENT
 EITHER PLEASE PROVIDE TEST RESULTS FOR THE FOLLOWING:
  
 BLDG TYPE: TYPE I/ TYPE II FLOOR INSULATION (FBC-B
 2017)
 FOR WOOD AND WOOD LAMINATE FLOORING ALL NEED TO HAVE
 HAD THE SOUND UNDERLAYMENT TESTED FLOOR ASSEMBLIES TO
 THE FOLLOWING STANDARDS AND MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS
 LISTED UNDER EACH OF THE STANDARDS FOR A 6 INCH
 CONCRETE FLOOR ASSEMBLY/ NO DROPPED CEILING:
 PLEASE PROVIDE TEST REPORTS SHOWING COMPLIANCE WITH:
  
 3A) FBC-B 2017 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.
  
 3B) FBC-B 2017 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.
  
 3C) FLAME SPREAD- FBC-B 2017 603.1. EXCEPTION 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.
  
 FLAME SPREAD INDEX. A COMPARATIVE MEASURE, EXPRESSED AS
 A DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER, DERIVED FROM VISUAL
 MEASUREMENTS OF THE SPREAD OF FLAME VERSUS TIME FOR A
 MATERIAL TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM E 84 OR UL 723.
  
  


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