[Florida Code Talk] CodeTalk Digest, Vol 39, Issue 10
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Re: work area for fire damaged SFR (Christopher Banbury) 5. unsubscribe (Clark, Leslie) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 22:57:00 -0600 From: "Dennis Stanley" <tstanley at i-1.net> Subject: Re: [Florida Code Talk] work area for fire damaged SFR To: "Mark Cramer" <mcramer1 at tampabay.rr.com>, <codetalk at myfloridacode.com> Message-ID: <C5663888BCF748AEBBDE101DDC7B221C at Stanley> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Here is a little history of existing building codes. I do not know if it will aid in the discussion or not. http://www.huduser.org/publications/destech/narrp/toc_narrp.html http://www.huduser.org/publications/destech/smartcodes.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Cramer" <mcramer1 at tampabay.rr.com> To: <codetalk at myfloridacode.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 5:00 PM Subject: Re: [Florida Code Talk] work area for fire damaged SFR I agree with the reasoning, but is that what the code says? How about if the house is in a flood zone? Do we now throw perfect reasoning out the window? Mark Cramer -----Original Message----- From: codetalk-bounces at myfloridacode.com [mailto:codetalk-bounces at myfloridacode.com] On Behalf Of Bob Koning Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 5:33 PM To: Don Meyer; Eric Kuritzky Cc: codetalk at myfloridacode.com Subject: Re: [Florida Code Talk] work area for fire damaged SFR This is perfect reasoning. I am impressed. Thank You. R.J.Koning - Director Contractors Institute rjkoning at contractorsinstitute.com 8301 Joliet Street Hudson, Fl 34667 727-863-5147 -----Original Message----- From: codetalk-bounces at myfloridacode.com [mailto:codetalk-bounces at myfloridacode.com] On Behalf Of Don Meyer Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 5:26 PM To: Eric Kuritzky Cc: codetalk at myfloridacode.com Subject: Re: [Florida Code Talk] work area for fire damaged SFR An alteration is a decision you make to change your building. A fire is not a decision, it is an unfortunate event or accident. If the house had never burned, the owner would not be in the building department getting a permit to replace trusses. Without a fire, the house could last another sixty years and no one would have a problem. Since it did have a fire and if it is repaired with original material and lasted sixty years you get the same results. It is not making the house any less safe than it would have been before the fire. On that basis it could be classified a repair. However, if I am spending money to fix my house I would want it to be compliant and with the efficiencies of the current building codes. Don Meyer, Architect Coral Springs, FL Eric Kuritzky wrote: > If the roof has to be completely replaced, and I'm guessing most of the > interior walls, HVAC, electric and plumbing...then this wasn't a simple > 'damaged' building. > > Everyone seems to be trying to avoid the hard decision here, which is that > all the new work, which is just about everything, should be brought up to > existing code. > > Hell, we demand more code compliance from minor changes of tenant use, a > simple house addition, or simply installing new windows (which, if I recall, > must all bear product approval information and installation compliance). > Look at the requirements for installing a re-roof...it exceeds the original > roof requirements. > > If this house was sixty years old and had fabric covered electrical wires, > would you allow them to replace the electric similarly? With fuses instead > of circuit breakers? > > Repairing damage would be to me 'localized' damage, not the whole blasted > roof. Maybe part of the roof, or just the kitchen, but not everything. > > If the HVAC needs to be replaced, would you permit an SEER of less than 10, > which might have been high when the home was built, if it had a SEER rating > at all. Would you allow less insulation than the code now requires, say, > R-6 in the attic and nothing in the walls? > > Do you realize the precedent this can set? > > Eric D. Kuritzky, Architect, CBO > Orlando > > > > > On 11/5/08 4:53 PM, "Bob Koning" <Bob at ContractorsInstitute.com> wrote: > > >> I agree Christopher, but if understand this situation the building was >> "damaged" by a fire. >> >> >> R.J.Koning - Director >> Contractors Institute >> rjkoning at contractorsinstitute.com >> 8301 Joliet Street >> Hudson, Fl 34667 >> 727-863-5147 >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: codetalk-bounces at myfloridacode.com >> [mailto:codetalk-bounces at myfloridacode.com] On Behalf Of Christopher >> Banbury >> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 2:16 PM >> To: codetalk at myfloridacode.com >> Subject: Re: [Florida Code Talk] work area for fire damaged SFR >> >> I understand that BOs are routinely pressed right to the bleeding edge >> of code application. I can just see somebody coming in for a permit >> whose house has been completely blown away by a tornado, foundation and >> all, and asking to build the same house back as a repair. What could you >> say? They say they want to build the same house back again. >> >> >> >> In my opinion, neither the intuitive nor the code definition of 'repair' >> covers a scenario where entire systems are missing so that their >> original configuration cannot be deduced. Repair speaks more toward >> replacement of damaged elements. At some point the BO has to make a >> decision as to whether there is enough of the damaged structure >> remaining to determine what the pre-existing condition actually was. If >> an entire roof system and walls are missing and the applicant cannot >> demonstrate what was there previously by photos or plans then calling it >> a repair is just an invitation for wholesale alteration. >> >> >> >> Christopher Banbury, PE >> >> President >> >> >> >> Ark Engineering, Inc. >> >> PO Box 10129, Brooksville, FL 34603 >> >> 22 North Broad ST, Brooksville, FL 34601 >> >> Phone: (352) 754-2424 >> >> Fax: (352) 754-2412 >> >> www.arkengineering.net <http://www.arkengineering.net> >> >> >> >> >> <http://download.autodesk.com/esd/designreview/SetupDesignReview2009.exe >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> http://myfloridacode.com/pipermail/codetalk/attachments/20081105/0b6b276 >> 0/attachment.html >> -------------- next part -------------- >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >> Name: not available >> Type: image/gif >> Size: 3015 bytes >> Desc: image001.gif >> Url : >> http://myfloridacode.com/pipermail/codetalk/attachments/20081105/0b6b276 >> 0/attachment.gif >> _______________________________________________ >> CodeTalk mailing list >> CodeTalk at myfloridacode.com >> Unsubscribe or change your options at: >> http://myfloridacode.com/mailman/listinfo/codetalk >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CodeTalk mailing list >> CodeTalk at myfloridacode.com >> Unsubscribe or change your options at: >> http://myfloridacode.com/mailman/listinfo/codetalk >> > > > Eric D. Kuritzky, Architect, CBO > > > _______________________________________________ > CodeTalk mailing list > CodeTalk at myfloridacode.com > Unsubscribe or change your options at: > http://myfloridacode.com/mailman/listinfo/codetalk > > _______________________________________________ CodeTalk mailing list CodeTalk at myfloridacode.com Unsubscribe or change your options at: http://myfloridacode.com/mailman/listinfo/codetalk _______________________________________________ CodeTalk mailing list CodeTalk at myfloridacode.com Unsubscribe or change your options at: http://myfloridacode.com/mailman/listinfo/codetalk _______________________________________________ CodeTalk mailing list CodeTalk at myfloridacode.com Unsubscribe or change your options at: http://myfloridacode.com/mailman/listinfo/codetalk ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:25:27 +0000 From: "Simon Barker" <maintenanceguy at bellsouth.net> Subject: [Florida Code Talk] Unsubscribe To: "Dennis Stanley" <tstanley at i-1.net>, "Mark Cramer" <mcramer1 at tampabay.rr.com>, <codetalk at myfloridacode.com> Message-ID: <110620081325.7225.4912F0470005902A00001C3922216125569B0A02D2089B9A019C0 4040A0DBF979A090A0C020E020A9B02070E03 at att.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Someone please remove me from this list -- Simon J Barker The Maintenance Guy Tel 863 557 1058 Fax 407 854 5695 Assoc Member CFVRMA -------------- Original message from "Dennis Stanley" <tstanley at i-1.net>: -------------- > Here is a little history of existing building codes. I do not know if it > will aid in the discussion or not. > > http://www.huduser.org/publications/destech/narrp/toc_narrp.html > > http://www.huduser.org/publications/destech/smartcodes.html > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Cramer" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 5:00 PM > Subject: Re: [Florida Code Talk] work area for fire damaged SFR > > > I agree with the reasoning, but is that what the code says? > > How about if the house is in a flood zone? Do we now throw perfect reasoning > out the window? > > Mark Cramer > > -----Original Message----- > From: codetalk-bounces at myfloridacode.com > [mailto:codetalk-bounces at myfloridacode.com] On Behalf Of Bob Koning > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 5:33 PM > To: Don Meyer; Eric Kuritzky > Cc: codetalk at myfloridacode.com > Subject: Re: [Florida Code Talk] work area for fire damaged SFR > > This is perfect reasoning. I am impressed. Thank You. > > > R.J.Koning - Director > Contractors Institute > rjkoning at contractorsinstitute.com > 8301 Joliet Street > Hudson, Fl 34667 > 727-863-5147 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: codetalk-bounces at myfloridacode.com > [mailto:codetalk-bounces at myfloridacode.com] On Behalf Of Don Meyer > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 5:26 PM > To: Eric Kuritzky > Cc: codetalk at myfloridacode.com > Subject: Re: [Florida Code Talk] work area for fire damaged SFR > > An alteration is a decision you make to change your building. > > A fire is not a decision, it is an unfortunate event or accident. > > If the house had never burned, the owner would not be in the building > department getting a permit to replace trusses. > Without a fire, the house could last another sixty years and no one > would have a problem. Since it did have a fire and if it is repaired > with original material and lasted sixty years you get the same results. > > It is not making the house any less safe than it would have been before > the fire. On that basis it could be classified a repair. > > However, if I am spending money to fix my house I would want it to be > compliant and with the efficiencies of the current building codes. > > Don Meyer, Architect > Coral Springs, FL > > > Eric Kuritzky wrote: > > If the roof has to be completely replaced, and I'm guessing most of > the > > interior walls, HVAC, electric and plumbing...then this wasn't a > simple > > 'damaged' building. > > > > Everyone seems to be trying to avoid the hard decision here, which is > that > > all the new work, which is just about everything, should be brought up > to > > existing code. > > > > Hell, we demand more code compliance from minor changes of tenant use, > a > > simple house addition, or simply installing new windows (which, if I > recall, > > must all bear product approval information and installation > compliance). > > Look at the requirements for installing a re-roof...it exceeds the > original > > roof requirements. > > > > If this house was sixty years old and had fabric covered electrical > wires, > > would you allow them to replace the electric similarly? With fuses > instead > > of circuit breakers? > > > > Repairing damage would be to me 'localized' damage, not the whole > blasted > > roof. Maybe part of the roof, or just the kitchen, but not > everything. > > > > If the HVAC needs to be replaced, would you permit an SEER of less > than 10, > > which might have been high when the home was built, if it had a SEER > rating > > at all. Would you allow less insulation than the code now requires, > say, > > R-6 in the attic and nothing in the walls? > > > > Do you realize the precedent this can set? > > > > Eric D. Kuritzky, Architect, CBO > > Orlando > > > > > > > > > > On 11/5/08 4:53 PM, "Bob Koning" wrote: > > > > > >> I agree Christopher, but if understand this situation the building > was > >> "damaged" by a fire. > >> > >> > >> R.J.Koning - Director > >> Contractors Institute > >> rjkoning at contractorsinstitute.com > >> 8301 Joliet Street > >> Hudson, Fl 34667 > >> 727-863-5147 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: codetalk-bounces at myfloridacode.com > >> [mailto:codetalk-bounces at myfloridacode.com] On Behalf Of Christopher > >> Banbury > >> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 2:16 PM > >> To: codetalk at myfloridacode.com > >> Subject: Re: [Florida Code Talk] work area for fire damaged SFR > >> > >> I understand that BOs are routinely pressed right to the bleeding > edge > >> of code application. I can just see somebody coming in for a permit > >> whose house has been completely blown away by a tornado, foundation > and > >> all, and asking to build the same house back as a repair. What could > you > >> say? They say they want to build the same house back again. > >> > >> > >> > >> In my opinion, neither the intuitive nor the code definition of > 'repair' > >> covers a scenario where entire systems are missing so that their > >> original configuration cannot be deduced. Repair speaks more toward > >> replacement of damaged elements. At some point the BO has to make a > >> decision as to whether there is enough of the damaged structure > >> remaining to determine what the pre-existing condition actually was. > If > >> an entire roof system and walls are missing and the applicant cannot > >> demonstrate what was there previously by photos or plans then calling > it > >> a repair is just an invitation for wholesale alteration. > >> > >> > >> > >> Christopher Banbury, PE > >> > >> President > >> > >> > >> > >> Ark Engineering, Inc. > >> > >> PO Box 10129, Brooksville, FL 34603 > >> > >> 22 North Broad ST, Brooksville, FL 34601 > >> > >> Phone: (352) 754-2424 > >> > >> Fax: (352) 754-2412 > >> > >> www.arkengineering.net > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -------------- next part -------------- > >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > >> URL: > >> > http://myfloridacode.com/pipermail/codetalk/attachments/20081105/0b6b276 > >> 0/attachment.html > >> -------------- next part -------------- > >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > >> Name: not available > >> Type: image/gif > >> Size: 3015 bytes > >> Desc: image001.gif > >> Url : > >> > http://myfloridacode.com/pipermail/codetalk/attachments/20081105/0b6b276 > >> 0/attachment.gif > >> _______________________________________________ > >> CodeTalk mailing list > >> CodeTalk at myfloridacode.com > >> Unsubscribe or change your options at: > >> http://myfloridacode.com/mailman/listinfo/codetalk > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> CodeTalk mailing list > >> CodeTalk at myfloridacode.com > >> Unsubscribe or change your options at: > >> http://myfloridacode.com/mailman/listinfo/codetalk > >> > > > > > > Eric D. 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URL: http://myfloridacode.com/pipermail/codetalk/attachments/20081106/3d8ce91 f/attachment.html ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 08:32:11 EST From: Blight4338 at aol.com Subject: [Florida Code Talk] E-Mail To: codetalk at myfloridacode.com Message-ID: <cdf.3dc16f79.36444bdb at aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Would some one pleade remove my name from this group. B Light **************AOL Search: Your one stop for directions, recipes and all other Holiday needs. Search Now. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212792382x1200798498/aol?redir =http://searchblog.aol.com/2008/11/04/happy-holidays-from -aol-search/?ncid=emlcntussear00000001) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://myfloridacode.com/pipermail/codetalk/attachments/20081106/ef29f7b 3/attachment.html ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 08:56:38 -0500 From: "Christopher Banbury" <cbanbury at arkengineering.net> Subject: Re: [Florida Code Talk] work area for fire damaged SFR To: <codetalk at myfloridacode.com> Message-ID: <7B1DC80A6D13F34C918F63E61F49307E05FFA2 at leviathan.ARK.LOCAL> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" hehe, cut me some slack alle, in this thread I have clearly commiserated with the difficult decision the BO has to make and acknowledging the right of the BO to make it. I think u got me mixed up with someone else. Christopher Banbury, PE President Ark Engineering, Inc. PO Box 10129, Brooksville, FL 34603 22 North Broad ST, Brooksville, FL 34601 Phone: (352) 754-2424 Fax: (352) 754-2412 www.arkengineering.net <http://www.arkengineering.net> <http://download.autodesk.com/esd/designreview/SetupDesignReview2009.exe > ________________________________ From: ajduffjr at aol.com [mailto:ajduffjr at aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 3:01 PM To: Christopher Banbury Subject: Re: [Florida Code Talk] work area for fire damaged SFR I think if I were you, I would back up a little bit. I for one, would not even address this scenario due to the complete absence of "common sense" associated with your statement. BUT, if you were to enter my office with this argument, I would be more that happy to show you the door. Then, I would call DBPR and file a complaint about some ding-a-ling engineer who wanted to B.S. me. Ah shucks, but I'm talking to an engineer aren't I, nuff said. Alle Duff, CBO -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Banbury <cbanbury at arkengineering.net> To: codetalk at myfloridacode.com Sent: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 2:16 pm Subject: Re: [Florida Code Talk] work area for fire damaged SFR I understand that BOs are routinely pressed right to the bleeding edge of code application. I can just see somebody coming in for a permit whose house has been completely blown away by a tornado, foundation and all, and asking to build the same house back as a repair. What could you say? They say they want to build the same house back again. In my opinion, neither the intuitive nor the code definition of 'repair' covers a scenario where entire systems are missing so that their original configuration cannot be deduced. Repair speaks more toward replacement of damaged elements. At some point the BO has to make a decision as to whether there is enough of the damaged structure remaining to determine what the pre-existing condition actually was. If an entire roof system and walls are missing and the applicant cannot demonstrate what was there previously by photos or plans then calling it a repair is just an invitation for wholesale alteration. Christopher Banbury, PE President Ark Engineering, Inc. PO Box 10129, Brooksville, FL 34603 22 North Broad ST, Brooksville, FL 34601 Phone: (352) 754-2424 Fax: (352) 754-2412 www.arkengineering.net <http://www.arkengineering.net> <http://download.autodesk.com/esd/designreview/SetupDesignReview2009.exe > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://myfloridacode.com/pipermail/codetalk/attachments/20081105/0b6b276 0/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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