About this site
FL Approval Watch is a lookup for Florida product approvals. Every window, door, shutter, roofing product and panel used on a Florida permit needs an FL number or a Miami-Dade NOA, and those approvals keep moving: revisions, renewals, new filings and, for Miami-Dade NOAs, expiration dates.
The state's product approval search has the answers, but it's slow going. It's one application at a time, with no view by brand and no easy way to see what has moved. We wanted one list: each FL number, where it stands, and when that changed.
The current focus is the 9th Edition (2026) Florida Building Code, which takes effect on December 31, 2026. Every approval used on a permit has to hold up under it, so thousands of FL numbers are being revised, affirmed or re-filed. After that date the site keeps going: tracking revisions, new approvals and the numbers that still haven't been updated.
The list is maintained by Michael Yaffe, a Florida-licensed architect (FL license AR103314). Questions and corrections go to info@flapprovalwatch.com.
This site is independent and unofficial. It isn't run by or connected to the Florida Building Commission, DBPR or Miami-Dade County. It isn't an approval, and it isn't engineering or legal advice. The state record is the record.
How the list is made
- Florida Building Commission, public product approval search. We read the application lists for code version 2026 (all statuses) and 2023 (approved) in all eight categories, plus the detail page for each 2026 application: products, HVHZ, impact, dates, standards.
- Miami-Dade Product Control, public NOA search. Current HVHZ NOAs, matched to manufacturers by name.
- Grouping. Revisions of one number count once. FL330-R25 and FL330-R26 are both FL330.
- Ready: a 2026 application is Approved. Pending: a 2026 application is Applied For, Validated, Pending FBC Approval or Re-Apply. Not yet: approved under 2023, no 2026 filing under that number.
- We fetch slowly, about one page a second, and only public pages. We don't republish contact details from the filings.
Known quirks
- A maker may file a new FL number for 2026 rather than revise the old one. The old number then reads Not yet.
- HVHZ comes from the 2026 product list. For 2023-only numbers it is mostly n/a for now.
- Name matching to Miami-Dade misses some companies and may pair a few wrongly.
- The state count of approvals includes older revisions. Ours counts the current revision of each number, so totals differ.
Last refresh
- 2026 application lists
- Oct 19, 2026, 10:15 AM ET
- 2023 approved lists
- Oct 19, 2026, 10:28 AM ET
- 2026 detail pages
- Oct 19, 2026, 11:30 AM ET
- Miami-Dade NOAs
- Oct 19, 2026, 10:14 AM ET
Spot an error, or know a re-filed number we've missed? info@flapprovalwatch.com
Weekly list
What changed in Florida product approvals that week: new approvals, revisions and new filings. Through Dec 31 it also covers who is and isn't ready for the 2026 code. One email a week.
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