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2020-04-30 08:18:41 | FLOORING |
| REVIEWED BY ROGER MCPHERSON |
| 561-805-6716 |
| [email protected] |
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| CORRECTIONS NEEDED - FBC WPB AMENDMENTS 107 |
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| FLOORING SOUND TEST PROVIDED INCLUDES A DROP CEILING AS |
| PART OF THE ASSEMBLY TESTED. FLOORING SOUND TEST REPORT |
| CANNOT INCLUDE A DROP CEILING AS PART OF THE ASSEMBLY |
| TESTED. |
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| 1) FOR THE FLOORING UNDERLAYMENT, PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING |
| TEST REPORTS. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THIS BE RESOLVED |
| VIA EMAIL PRIOR TO RESUBMITTAL. EMAIL THE NAME OF THE |
| UNDERLAYMENT PROPOSED TO [email protected]. IF THE |
| MANUFACTURER HAS ALREADY PROVIDED THE REQUIRED TEST |
| REPORTS DIRECTLY TO US, TEST REPORTS DO NOT NEED TO BE |
| SUBMITTED WHEN RESUBMITTING. |
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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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| A. 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. |
| THE TEST REPORT CANNOT INCLUDE A DROPPED GYPSUM |
| CEILING. PROVIDE A COPY OF THE TEST REPORT. |
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| B. 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. THE TEST REPORT CANNOT INCLUDE A DROPPED |
| GYPSUM CEILING. PROVIDE A COPY OF THE TEST REPORT. |
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| C. 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. PROVIDE A COPY OF THE TEST REPORT. |
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