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Original Request
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Request ID:
8558
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Date Submitted:
August 22, 2021
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Requested By: Rick Reid
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Code:
Section 553 F.S.
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Edition:
2021
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Chapter:
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Section:
1709.5 Exception
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Topic:
Custom Iron Doors
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Question:
I need clarification on the code 1709.5 Exception for custom iron doors. I design and make custom one of a kind iron doors by hand for clients in Florida and we have made our custom iron doors for the last 11 years. We make them in all different sizes, shapes, and designs,. We make each and every door custom. We do not make doors to stock and just resell. Each door is designed individually, uniquely and manufactured by hand out of tubular steel and welded together. We offer 30+ custom handles for our doors, but again we can tweak anything since everything is custom. Doors that we make that need glass or glazing, have 1" thick triple pane hurricane rated glass to satisfy the requirements of the code and to be hurricane rated. We have a Florida Engineer that has reviewed the construction of our doors and has created stamped and sealed drawings for our different sized doors. When we make a door, even if we made two doors that were similar, you could not switch the doors leafs on the doors as each door is specific to the door and jamb we manufacture for each unit. We want to have clarification that the code section 1709.5 Exception applies to our doors that we design, create and manufacture and that our Stamped, Signed and Sealed Engineered Rational Analysis is being properly used for our custom Hurricane rated iron doors.
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Comments:
We have never had any issues with any county in the state accepting our stamp and sealed engineer rational analysis showing our doors meet and exceed the hurricane standards for the Florida Building Code. We currently have a local building plan examiner questioning the use of the rational analysis and whether we are allowed to use this for our fully custom doors. Can you please provide an interpretation for us on this code. I have attached some of the custom one of a kind iron doors that we manufacture along with some examples of our handles, the composition of the glass we use, the hurricane bolts we weld at the top and bottom of each door for hurricane protection and lastly a before and after picture of a door we have recently installed. Thank you.
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