What is Product Approval?
The implementation date of the Florida Product Approval System was October 1, 2003. Rule 9B-72 of the Florida Building Commission establishes a higher standard of practice for product evaluations, as well as uniformity and consistency of enforcement statewide.
The Rule covers the following seven categories of products:
- Exterior Doors: Rollup, sectional, sliding, swinging, automatic, or other
- Windows: Awning, casement, dual action, double hung, single hung, fixed, horizontal slider, projected, pass through, mullions, wind breaker, or other
- Panel Walls: Siding, soffits, exterior insulation finish system (EIFS), storefronts, curtain walls, wall louver, glass block, ,membrane, greenhouse, or other
- Roofing Products: Built up roofing, modified bitumen roof system, single ply roof systems, spray applied polyurethane roof system, roofing fasteners, roofing insulation, asphalt shingles, wood systems, underlayments, non-structural metal roofing, roofing tiles, waterproofing, or other
- Shutters: Accordion, bahama, storm panels, colonial, roll-up, equipments, or other
- Skylights: Skylight or other
- Structural Components: Truss plates, wood connectors, anchors, coolers-freezers, sheds, concrete admixtures, insulation forms, engineered lumber, material, plastics, wall, deck-roof, railing, or other
A database is available to search a list of approved entities and products approved for statewide use. For more information on statewide product approval and the Florida Building Code, visit www.floridabuilding.org or call the Florida Department of Community Affairs at (850) 487-1824 or (877) FLA-DCA-2 and ask to speak to someone in the Codes and Standards Section.
