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Florida Code Question

Florida Code Question

Florida Code Question

(OP)
I grew up in FL but, although licensed there, have never practised in that state. I'm assisting a friend with the design of a custom home (CMU with fabricated wood trusses located near the coast) and am trying to decided which of the prescriptive manuals to purchase, if any. The FL Code allows the use of the AF&PA Wood Frame Construction Manual for One and Two-Family Dwellings - 1995 SBC High Wind Ed. 1996; the FC&PA Guide to Concrete Masonry Resident Construction in High Wind Areas, 1997; and the SBCCI SSTD 10. Additionally, a Florida Residential Building Code is to be published this month, if I've read the Code web site correctly. Other than the the Florida Building Code, what would any of you Floridians suggest? Thanks.

RE: Florida Code Question

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What county are you designing for?  If not Miami Dade area then should be no problem.  Call the building dept and get there local guide.  

See ICC Consensus Committee on Hurricane Resistant Construction (IS-HRC) ICC SSDT-1099 for typical details:
http://www.iccsafe.org/cs/standards/is-hrc/SSTD10/index.html

Foundations are a little different (Mono slabs).  Roofs use prefab engineered trusses with lots steel hold downs and clips.

Good luck

RE: Florida Code Question

(OP)
Thanks. You've saved my friend some bucks.

RE: Florida Code Question

Consider specifing the Simpson Zmax hold down connectors for the new pressure treated wood.  If u want I can send you my  note page we use in Florida.

RE: Florida Code Question

(OP)
That would be great. I wasn't sure how to deal with the new corrosive wood treatments. One magazine I read suggested inert spacers between the wood and the metal or increasing the galvanizing. Might as well let Simpson deal with the problem. My e-mail address is:

Robert.S.Tucker@usace.army.mil

Thanks again.

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