Open to interpretation? How?
The one page form I designed a while back would have made things easier.
And, I have had no problem verifying anything. It either is or isn’t. Pretty simple.
Question 1. Before or after 9/1/1994 in teh hurricane zone or 3/1/2002 elsewhere.
Question 2. Same as above. Getting permitting information isn’t that hard… provided they pulled a permit…
Question three. same as above…
Etc…all the way down the line.
In some instances, you may have to look harder, but most items that get credit can be verified fairly easily. If they can’t, don’t blame me…I am just the messenger!
Then those classes should be exposed. I am quite certain you would be considered an expert in this area. You have written a class. That class should be the accepted standard.
And still no answer why you wouldn’t fill out section 7 on a wind mit.
I did a house in Boca and at the time, it got the hip roof credit. Since the form changed, the guy lost the hip roof credit. He ended up getting all new windows and doors, which combined with a new roof, got a majority of the discount he lost back.
And there in lies the problem. There are no standards set up for a wind mitigation. Who is to say that what you are teaching is correct and the other guy is wrong or vise versa. We can have all of the so called experts you want, but without an authority having jurisdiction over the entire project, you get disparity.
There was just a case in the middle of the state where the judge ruled that the wind mitigation is a code inspection. And actually, before home inspectors got added into the mx, it was a code inspection.
The NOA was developed in South Florida for SFBC product approvals in the Miami-Dade / Broward area, now called the HVHZ. All you need to know is, if a product has a valid NOA, then it is good to go in the rest of the state. But, if the property is in the HVHZ, then all products in the building envelope require a NOA (pre FBC) or FL Product Approval (approved for use inside the HVHZ). That is the short story…
Do you think that experts in other fields agree either? Everybody always have opinions. With a class you cite a source and have a good reason for your decisions. Without a class you miss the interpretations of others and are more likely to be wrong.
The classes I have written have always use the latest information and interpretations. Finally, some answers are just that, the writer’s, teacher’s, or inspector’s interpretations.
This is true on SOME window and door assemblies, and the NOA will state that extra protection is needed. NOA’s or MDCA stamps for storm shutter systems will be impact rated though. This gets into the long story. Another point to make is, when a rating stamp on the window or door frame says MDCA by itself, this does not automatically mean the whole unit is rated. If there is a NOA number on the label, look it up and find out for sure.
Not gonna happen.