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Check Section 1601 of the Florida Building Code-Existing Buildings for ONE prescriptive way of bracing a gable end.
There are probably many other ways that could be devised by a designer.
There are also methods in the Wood Frame Construction Manual and the SBCCI SSTD-10.

Randy Shackelford
Simpson Strong-Tie Co.
800-999-5099
rshackelford at strongtie.com<mailto:rshackelford at strongtie.com>


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From: codetalk-bounces at myfloridacode.com [mailto:codetalk-bounces at myfloridacode.com] On Behalf Of Cbreezewalker at aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 10:01 AM
To: codetalk at myfloridacode.com
Subject: [Florida Code Talk] Wind Mitigation Inspections

Folks,

It seems that the Florida insurance industry has determined that a very high percentage of the wind mitigation inspection reports (principally done by state contractors, with state dollars, under a state program) contain errors that result in insured's receiving excessive credits against otherwise applicable premium costs.

Of course the insurance industry is upset and is undertaking a program of re-inspection on their nickel (or in the case of Citizens...our nickel again - probably $60 million of 'em) in the belief that getting the inspections correct will eventually offset the costs of re-inspections.  And they're probably correct!

As a small licensed contractor, I've been called on several times to conduct wind mitigation inspections and believe that I have completed them without error.  However, I have reviewed my work and now realize that I actually can't say - as regards gable end bracing - what meets the minimum requirements of the 2004 FBC.  And worse yet, I can't find the specs in the FBC.

Can a building official - or anybody else - point me to the section of code that will educate me on that point, or better yet, just tell me in plain English, what is required?

David Walker
David Walker Building Contractor, LLC
RB0067161



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