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E lildino Permit PlaW Checklist ENV-CHK <br />1311 Insulation <br />1311.1 kMd~ Il ctuirwnents: All Insulation materials <br />shall be melded senor ling to the manufacturer's instructions <br />to achieve proper densities, maintain clearances, ond maintain <br />uniform R-values. To the maximum OWN possible, insulaen <br />shall extend over the full ocmporeeel area to the Intended R- <br />value. <br />1311.2 Roctrdkng Insulation: Opemblown or poured loos > <br />M insulation may be used In aft spaces where the slope of <br />the calling Is not more Man 3112 and there is A last thirty <br />Inches of car distance from the tap Of the bottom diord of the <br />UM or oeilhg joist to the underside of the sheathing at the <br />roof Adige. When cave vents are Instil I , boiling of the vent <br />openings shell be provided so as to caged the Incoming ale <br />above the surface of the insulation. <br />Whom lighting Ixtues are recessed Into a suspended or <br />exposed grid calling, the rootloeling assernllly shall be <br />Insulated in a location other than directly an the suspended <br />ceiling. <br />Exception: Type IC rated recessed IbNkg fldues. <br />Wham Installed in wood framig, faces hog Insulation <br />shell be fee stapled. <br />1311.3 Wall Insulation: Exterior wall cavities Isolated doing <br />haring shall be fully insulated to the levels of the surrounding <br />vela. When installed in wood framing, aced hall insulation <br />shell be face stapled. <br />Above grade ederior insulation shot be protected. <br />1311.4 Roorins ' sun : Foar asualm sbat be inserted In <br />a permanent manrer in ahbsta,timl cefhat wNh Me sudaoe <br />being insulated. Insulation supports shalt be installed so <br />spacing is not more than twonty-four inches on center. <br />Installed insulation shall nil dock the airflow, through <br />foundation vents. <br />1311.E Sab-0n-Grads Floor: Slobon-grade insulation <br />installed inside the foundation wall shall extend doovwnward from <br />the top of the slab a midn vrm disernce of tweriy* tr inches or <br />tote top d err a foogng whichever is less. Insuiatk•n Installed <br />outside the foundation shall extend downward a mi►nxan of <br />twenty-four inches or to the trosghe, whichever is greater. <br />Above grade insulation shot be protected. <br />Exception: For mandilhic slabs, the Insulation shot <br />extend downward from the top of the sabtothe <br />bottom of the footing. <br />1311.6 Radlant Floors (on or below grade): Slob-ongade <br />Insulation shell extend downward from the top of the stab a <br />minimum distance of thirty-six Inches or downward to the top of <br />the footing and horizontal for en aggregate of not less than <br />thirty-six inches. <br />If required by the building ofieel whom sol conditions <br />warrant such irsuatioR the entire area of a radiant floor shot <br />be thermally isolated from the soil. Wham a soil gas control <br />System is provided belowthe mdert floor, which results in <br />increased convective flow below the radiant floor, the radiant <br />floor shot be thermally isolated from the subfloorgravel aye. <br />1312 Dazkg and Doors <br />1312.1 Standard Procedure for Determination ordating <br />and Door UFactom: U-todom for gazing and doors shell be <br />determined, certifed and labeled in aavnanoe win Standard <br />RS-31 by certified independent agency licensed by the <br />National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC). Compliance <br />shot be based on the Residential orthe Nonresidential Model <br />size. <br />Product strpMs used for U factor drMomaaliens shag be <br />production Ins units or npmssnWM of units as purdrsad by <br />the cosumer orcontractor. MsbMed glazing end doors shag <br />be "nod to defnit tlfactor in Section 20116. <br />1312.2 Safor hest Clain Coefficient and Shooting <br />COGMI* t Solr Fad; Csh Codrg" (SHGC� shag be <br />deamined, ow lied and Ir baisd in accordance with the <br />National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC) Standard by a <br />certiled. Independent agency, loosed by the NFRC. <br />Exception: SlrAog ooegfdens (SC) shot be an <br />acceptable alternate for compliance with solar hest <br />gain cmdkkM requirements. Shading coef clerts <br />for glaring shot be taken from Chapter 27 of <br />Sanded RS-27 or from the menuadurers teat data. <br />1313 Molatus Conlrol <br />1313.1 Vapor RNrderc Vapor retarders shot be installed on <br />the warm side On wlmeq of Insulation as required by MIs <br />section. <br />Exception: Vapor retarder insisted wlM not mom <br />than 1/3 of the nominal R-value between it and the <br />conditioned space. <br />1313.2 Rocf/Cabng Aseenbli Rootcellng assemblies <br />where the ventNMbn space above the Insulation is less than <br />an average of twelve inches shag be provided with a vapor <br />retarder. Rodneling assembles without a vented airspece, <br />where neither the rod deck •err the rod strucNm are made of <br />wood, shell provide a continuous vapor m arder with taped <br />seem. <br />Exception: Vapor m arders need rot be provided <br />where all other Insulation Is Installed between the <br />roof membrane and the structural roof deck. <br />1313.3 Wage Wags separating corhAgoned space from <br />unconditioned space shall be provided with a vapor retarder. <br />1313.4 Floors: Floors separating conditioned space from <br />unconditioned space shot be provided win a vapor retarder. <br />1313A Crawl Spaces: A ground cover of six mil (0.008 Inch <br />thick) back polyethylene or approw d equal shall be laid over <br />the ground within crawl spaces. The ground cover shall be <br />overlapped twelve Inches mirkn m at the )ants and shot <br />extend to the foundation wall. <br />Exception: The graind cover may he omitted in <br />crawl spaces if the aawl space has a cone ris slab <br />loorwih a minimum thickness of three and one-half <br />inches. <br />1314 Ale Leakage <br />1314.1 Building Emratopc The requirements of this section <br />shell apply to building elements separating conditioned from <br />uncondloned spaces. Exterfor)Dkts srandwindows and <br />door frames, openings between wags and foundation, between <br />wage and roofed wait panels; openings at pnotmgons of <br />utility services thnoughwaft, floors, and rood; and a1 other <br />openings in the bulling envelope shot be sealed, caulked, <br />gaskated, or weatherskipped to long air leakage. <br />13142 Glazing and Doom: Doors and operable glazing <br />separating conditioned from unconditioned spew shell be <br />weatherstipped. Fired windows shall be %M Icing with glass <br />retained by slaps with wart or coul kkg all around. <br />ExcepUan: Openings that are required to be Ore <br />resistant. <br />1314.3 Building Assemblies Used as Duds or Plenune; <br />Building assemblies used as ducts or plenums shag be sealed, <br />ceulke 1, and gasketed to Img arc leakage. <br />6�co <br />