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2022-04-21 09:41:01 | REMODEL |
| REVIEWED BY ROGER MCPHERSON |
| 561-805-6716 |
| [email protected] |
| CODE USED FOR REVIEW - 2020 FBC WITH WPB CHAPTER 1 |
| AMENDMENT |
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| CORRECTIONS NEEDED - |
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| 1) DRAWING (ID-4) SHOW NEW CEILING HEIGHT IN THE |
| BATHROOM AND TOILET ROOM AT 82" - MINIMUM CEILING |
| HEIGHT IS 84" PER FBC 1208.2 MINIMUM CEILING HEIGHTS. |
| OCCUPIABLE SPACES, HABITABLE SPACES AND CORRIDORS SHALL |
| HAVE A CEILING HEIGHT OF NOT LESS THAN 7 FEET 6 INCHES |
| (2286 MM) ABOVE THE FINISHED FLOOR. BATHROOMS, TOILET |
| ROOMS, KITCHENS, STORAGE ROOMS AND LAUNDRY ROOMS SHALL |
| HAVE A CEILING HEIGHT OF NOT LESS THAN 7 FEET (2134 MM) |
| ABOVE THE FINISHED FLOOR. |
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| 2) DRAWING ID-00 HAS THE WRONG CODE VERSION - SHOULD BE |
| 2020 FBC |
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| 3) FOR THE NEW FLOORING - 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. (A DROP CEILING |
| SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE FLOOR/CEILING ASSEMBLY |
| DESCRIPTION UNLESS THE UNIT MATCHES THE TESTED DROP |
| CEILING DESCRIPTION) |
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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. (A DROP |
| CEILING SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE FLOOR/CEILING |
| ASSEMBLY DESCRIPTION UNLESS THE UNIT MATCHES THE TESTED |
| DROP CEILING DESCRIPTION) |
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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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| YOU CAN EMAIL ME THE PROPOSED TEST REPORTS TO VERIFY |
| THAT THEY ARE TEST REPORTS BEFORE RESUBMITTING TO |
| PROJECTDOX ( [email protected] ) |
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