Requirements for decking replacement

[Msradell]

I was just reading another form I read regularly that some areas of Florida you are required to have signed drawings to just replace the deck boards and deck even if you are using the exact same size boards and making no changes to the deck. Has anyone else ever seen code requirements for doing this?

Here is the thread in the other forums:

 

[ICE]

The wind speed record is 231 mph. They have concrete garbage cans.

 

[Mark K]

I doubt that you will find the answer in the IBC. If there is an answer the three likely places would be Florida changes to the IBC, the state licensing laws require it, or the building department has gone off the deep end. My money is on the third option.

In California local jurisdictions and the agencies adopting the building code do not have the authority to regulate the practice of engineering. If the building code were to define when PE stamped calculations and drawings were to be needed, the authors of the code would be regulating the practice of engineering.

 

[e hilton]

Here is the thread in the other forums:

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[brokenkeys]

Haven't encountered that myself but I can believe it. Many AHJ's have local amendments adding things above FBC minimums. Typically published on their websites. I've heard of some that I thought were extreme, but then again when you hear of/ see some of the work out there I can understand why a town/ AHJ might add a permitting requirement.

 

[Mr. Inspector]

If the deck is not built to the FRC it will need engineering. This would be true in most states. Also just because you are using the same boards it doesn't mean it complies to the latest code.

 

[Msradell]

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Try this: Deck construction I think the link in my OP got removed by this forum.

 

[ICE]

The job that you mentioned involved replacing pressure treated lumber with PVC boards. I am surprised that the AHJ would issue a permit to replace deck boards.

 

[ADAguy]

Isn't the attachment the critical issue?