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| 2021-06-04 12:56:56 | FLOORING |
| | REVIEWED BY ROGER MCPHERSON |
| | 561-805-6716 |
| | [email protected] |
| | CODE USED FOR REVIEW - 2020 FBC WITH WPB CHAPTER 1 |
| | AMENDMENTS |
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| | CORRECTIONS NEEDED - |
| | I LOOKED UP THE BUILDINGS PLANS AND I SEE THAT THE |
| | STRUCTURAL FLOOR SYSTEM IS BAR JOIST WITH A 2.5 INCH |
| | CONCRETE SLAB. THE TEST REPORT THAT YOU PROVIDED IS FOR |
| | AN 6 INCH SLAB. THE ACOUSTICAL TEST REPORT WILL NEED TO |
| | BE FOR A SIMILAR TYPE FLOOR SYSTEM. YOU CAN ALSO |
| | PROVIDE AN ANALYSIS FROM A DESIGN PROFESSIONAL TO |
| | COMPLY WITH THE SOUND REQUIREMENTS OF FBC 1207 |
| | 1) THE FOLLOWING ACUSTICAL TEST REPORTS ARE REQUIRED: |
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| | 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.. |
| | 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. 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. (DO NOT NEED THIS REPORT IF THE PADDING IS |
| | ATTACHED TO THE FLOORING) |
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| | 2). PLEASE EMAIL ME THE PROPOSED TEST REPORTS TO VERIFY |
| | BEFORE RESUBMITTING TO PROJECTDOX ( [email protected] |
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