Metal Roofing by the Sea - October 2021
Thu, Dec 02, 2021
In 2010, 123.3 million people lived in U.S. coastal counties according to a report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Office for Coastal Management. That’s a lot of people who require a lot of residential structures, whic... Read More
FRSA Tile Underlayment Testing Confirms Concerns - October 2021
Tue, Nov 30, 2021
In the May 2021 edition of Florida Roofing magazine, I wrote an article titled Florida May Have a Flaw in Our Roofing Code Armor. The article went into some detail about a possible problem with tile underlayment consisting of a nailed D226 #30 with a... Read More
Does the Building Code Apply to Mobile Homes?
Sat, Nov 16, 2019
Clayton Osteen, Cotney Construction Law
A mobile home, commonly referred to as a manufactured home, is a transportable prefabricated structure that is situated in one location and used as a permanent living accommodation. A common point of confusion... Read More
Is it Important to Floridians that the FBC and the IBC Match?
Tue, Oct 15, 2019
Mike Silvers, CPRC, Owner, Silvers Systems Inc., and FRSA Technical Director
Florida is currently updating the Florida Building Code (FBC), something we do every three years. The process has been in progress since May 2018, when the FBC Staff posted... Read More
Florida Building Code and Product Approvals
Sun, Aug 18, 2019
In 1974, Chapter 553 was added to the Florida Statutes establishing the minimum building codes to be used in the state of Florida. Prior to this, it was the responsibility of
local government to determine building codes for their areas of responsibi... Read More
