FENESTRATION MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION October 014 165 Summit Lake Drive, # 300 Tallahassee, FL 3317 (850) 94-7963 FAX (850) 40-0139 News Alert News Alert 1 Florida Building Commission Plenary Session Florida Product Approval POC Florida Structural TAC & Florida Energy TAC FMA/AAMA/WDMA Joint Committee 1 FMA Road Trip 3 Eastern Architectural Systems Expanding 3 NFRC Award 4 January 5, 015 - Rule Hearing for Rule 61G0-1.001 Florida Building Code Adopted 5 th Edition (014) Update to the Florida Building Code This is to inform you that the Florida Building Commission will hold a rule hearing January 5, 015 at 10:00 am via conference call/webinar. The purpose of the hearing is to accept public input regarding the proposed 5 th Edition (014) Florida Building Code. Written comments on the proposed rule will be accepted through December 5, 014 by 5:00 p.m. or at the hearing. For written comments, please send comments to the following email address: mo.madani@myfloridalicense.com Florida Building Commission Plenary Session The Commission meeting highlight was the lengthy discussion of the challenges that will face the newly formed Code Coordination and Implementation Work Group. The workgroup consists of 13 members appointed by the Florida Building Commission Chairman to discuss and recommend a more efficient way to integrate the Florida Building Code with the base ICC document. The legal staff for the Commission noted that the members of the Florida Building Commission are gubernatorial appointees and therefore under the Florida Sunshine Law as well as bound by certain constraints of the Florida Ethics Commission. It was opined that Commission be advised that attending or offering amendments to the ICC base code could well violate ethics rules as well as constitute Sunshine violations. This led to a rousing response from commission members and will be a major point of discussion when this work group meets in Tallahassee on January 30 th. FMA Spring Conference 4 FMA is fortunate to have Steve Strawn, FMA President selected to represent manufacturers on this work group. Florida Product Approval POC The Florida Product Approval POC met via teleconference on December 1. The most significant order of business affecting our membership is the date changes for submittal of product approval applications in 015. Please visit the Florida Building Code web site (www.floridabuilding.org) and click on the Product Approval agenda on the home page.
Florida Structural TAC The Structural TAC did not meet in December. Florida Energy TAC The Energy TAC did not meet in December. FMA/AAMA/WDMA Joint Committee FMA/AAMA/WDMA Joint Committee on Standard Practice for the Replacement of Windows without Removal on External Cladding The next meeting via webinar was held on December 8. The following are the meeting minutes as provided by Kelly Broker, Dow Corning: Replacement Window Meeting Minutes Teleconference; called to order :03 PM EST Chair Kelly Broker (Jim Snyder leading the document discussion) Recording Secretary Kelly Broker Present: Bill Longo; Jaron Vos; Jim Snyder; Joe Hayden; Jim Katsaros; Kelly Broker; Lori Marino; Pat Upthagrove; Rob Brooks; Steve Strawn; Andrea Rhodes. Group 4 replacing a window with no sheathing removal. No cladding removal. Replacement window effort to focus here AND decision tree moving FW for now. Jim Snyder identified discussion items/highlighted from Chicago meeting: Drainage plane discussion tricky, you don t know what you re getting into added some foreword language re: risk and reference to Decision Tree. Would like to see the Decision Tree as part of this document there is precedent for putting graphical/flowchart info into documents. Group agrees it would be good to have decision tree wrapped into this document, but not inserting it just yet also discussed maybe posting the decision tree on AAMA website and have it drive toward buying document.possibility? but the second page information is probably too detailed for that possibility to post front page of decision tree on website and the right hand column (references) eventually turns into the AAMA document reference. Then both pages end up in each document as well. Should we insert the decision tree Jim Kat insert so it is balloted here etc. Since it is not mandatory, it would go in the Appendix or Foreword. So put in the Appendix for now. Follow up re: Shims: Left definition as-is with the word non compressible but not adopting the ASTM requirements Reworded 4.1 to include some language about existing wall condition. Shim discussion leave the window manufacturer instructions phrase in Section 6.0 Window Pre Install Sizing the window Jim Snyder suggest to move FW here with brick at this point to simplify the discussion, because there is a fork in the road here between brick and siding. Take and siding out of text from here on out. Discussion: Steve Strawn: can other types of wall be lumped in with brick (CMU? Wood structural
wall with cladding?). Agreement attack these one at a time but not forget the others. Steve suggest Start with brick veneer and section it out but stay in same document. Suggestion make this section brick veneer for section 6.0 and then subsequent wall types follow with new sections. And each section will have full start to finish (pre install finishing) for that wall type. Worked on rewording 6.1.1 re sizing the window clarifying the sentences about measuring the fit to be interior of the return or against the exterior edge of the return Get to the cautionary statement where it said go back to K Broker s notes started measuring discussion again and do we tell them HOW to measure or provide more general guidelines. Pat Upthagrove concerns about how to insulate the opening and how to access that far back with spray foam tips. There wasn t an installer aware that there was an extension available (in Pat s conversations). Bill Longo-these may be more common than thought. So then what space do we leave? More may be better for insulating but leaves reveal problems. Pat s suggestion find some wording that doesn t put a number on the dimension, but a statement that allows for insulating and caulking so in Method 1, point a where we say measure and subtract ½ suggest not to designate that dimension but just in general, allow enough room to caulk and insulate. Word smith in document Printed with permission of Kelly Broker, Dow Corning. FMA Road Trip FMA is in negotiations with Ms. Kari Hebrank, Vice President of Wilson Management, to apply for a grant in conjunction with the Florida Home Builders Association (FHBA) to go on the road in 015 educating design professionals, building officials and contractors on all code related and installation related aspects of fenestration products. Jim Heise, Code Specialist with PGT Industries and Dick Wilhelm will be the certified instructors for this grand tour. This would provide a great opportunity for FMA members to invite their distributors and sales folks for some education on the Florida Building Code as well as having a presence in the back of the room to answer questions. FMA wishes to offer a hearty thank you to PGT Industries for the opportunity afforded this association of allowing Jim to participate. Eastern Architectural Systems Expanding Capacity Dennis Chappell, Chairman of the FMA Membership Committee along with your Executive Director, visited Eastern Architectural Systems in Ft. Myers, FL recently and met with Jim Flesher, Plant Manager. The effervescent Kristin Anderson, FMA Board member, was kind enough to escort us to the construction site of their new 17,000 square foot building pad. 3
Eastern Architectural Systems (EAS), a division of Eastern Metal Supply (EMS) is cementing their commitment to the Fort Myers community and Southwest Florida job market. Beginning in early 015, EAS will be moving into a new 17,000 square foot warehouse--the first major industrial building to be built in Southwest Florida in the last five years. The economy is picking up and a lot of the building is coming back, said EAS/EMS owner Greg Weekes. We are excited and proud to be able to invest not only in our business, but to be a part of this great community. We re here to stay. NFRC Award to Joe Hayden, Pella Windows The distinguished Dariush Arasteh Memorial Member Award has been presented to FMA member, Joe Hayden, Pella Windows and Doors. The award recognizes Joe s 18 year involvement with the National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC). Congratulations Joe from your FMA colleges. FMA Spring Conference Save the date! April 0- in St. Augustine, Florida. Becky Buice will be doing a site visit this week and will report on hotel and additional activities planned next month. 4
Happy Holidays Kelly Broker, Dow Corning sent us this photo our next generation of engineers? Broker children discussing the perpendicular bisector of a chord passing through the center of the center of the Christmas tree stand. ******* 5