| Date |
Text |
| 2008-09-09 11:20:17 | 2004 FBC W/2007 REVISIONS |
| | RESIDENTIAL GENERATOR |
| | |
| | DENIED BY BUILDING |
| | |
| | 1) 2004 FBC 1609.1.3 PLEASE PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE |
| | ANCHORAGE THE GENERATOR TO RESIST THE MOMENT OF |
| | OVERTURNING, UPLIFT AND SLIDING. GENERATOR SLAB & |
| | ANCHOR REQUIREMENT PLEASE PROVIDE SIZE OF |
| | GENERATOR(WXL), PLUS PROVIDE PLANS WITH THE INFORMATION |
| | DEPICTING HOLD DOWN BRACKETS, TYPE OF FASTENER, AND THE |
| | MINIMUM EDGE DISTANCE THE DEVICE REQUIRES WITHOUT LOAD |
| | REDUCTION. SPECIFY DIMENSIONS OF CONCETE SLAB, |
| | REINFORCEMENT, ETC. |
| | |
| | 2) PLEASE PROVIDE 2 COPIES OF A SITE PLAN. PROVIDE |
| | PLANS ENOUGH TO VERIFY LOCATION OF GENERATOR VERSES |
| | BUILDING OPENINGS WINDOWS, DOORS OR SOFFIT TYPE VENTS, |
| | ETC. |
| | |
| | MECHANICAL CODE |
| | 804.3.4 HORIZONTAL TERMINATIONS. HORIZONTAL |
| | TERMINATIONS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING |
| | REQUIREMENTS: |
| | 1. WHERE LOCATED ADJACENT TO WALKWAYS, THE TERMINATION |
| | OF MECHANICAL DRAFT SYSTEMS SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN 7 |
| | FEET (2134 MM) ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE WALKWAY. |
| | 2. VENTS SHALL TERMINATE AT LEAST 3 FEET (914 MM) ABOVE |
| | ANY FORCED AIR INLET LOCATED WITHIN 10 FEET (3048 MM). |
| | 3. THE VENT SYSTEM SHALL TERMINATE AT LEAST 4 FEET |
| | (1219 MM) BELOW, 4 FEET (1219 MM) HORIZONTALLY FROM OR |
| | 1 FOOT |
| | (305 MM) ABOVE ANY DOOR, WINDOW OR GRAVITY AIR INLET |
| | INTO THE BUILDING. |
| | 4. THE VENT TERMINATION POINT SHALL NOT BE LOCATED |
| | CLOSER THAN 3 FEET (914 MM) TO AN INTERIOR CORNER |
| | FORMED BY TWO |
| | WALLS PERPENDICULAR TO EACH OTHER. |
| | 5. THE VENT TERMINATION SHALL NOT BE MOUNTED DIRECTLY |
| | ABOVE OR WITHIN 3 FEET (914 MM) HORIZONTALLY FROM AN |
| | OIL TANK |
| | VENT OR GAS METER. |
| | 6. THE BOTTOM OF THE VENT TERMINATION SHALL BE LOCATED |
| | AT LEAST 12 INCHES (305 MM) ABOVE FINISHED GRADE. |
| | |
| | 804.3.5 VERTICAL TERMINATIONS. VERTICAL TERMINATIONS |
| | SHALL COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS: |
| | 1. WHERE LOCATED ADJACENT TO WALKWAYS, THE TERMINATION |
| | OF MECHANICAL DRAFT SYSTEMS SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN 7 |
| | FEET (2134 MM) ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE WALKWAY. |
| | 2. VENTS SHALL TERMINATE AT LEAST 3 FEET (914 MM) ABOVE |
| | ANY FORCED AIR INLET LOCATED WITHIN 10 FEET (3048 MM). |
| | 3. WHERE THE VENT TERMINATION IS LOCATED BELOW AN |
| | ADJACENT ROOF STRUCTURE, THE TERMINATION POINT SHALL BE |
| | LOCATED AT LEAST 3 FEET (914 MM) FROM |
| | SUCH STRUCTURE. |
| | 4. THE VENT SHALL TERMINATE AT LEAST 4 FEET (1219 MM) |
| | BELOW, 4 FEET (1219 MM) HORIZONTALLY FROM, OR 1 FOOT |
| | (305 MM) ABOVE ANY DOOR, WINDOW OR GRAVITY AIR INLET |
| | FOR THE BUILDING. 5. A VENT CAP SHALL BE INSTALLED TO |
| | PREVENT RAIN FROM ENTERING THE VENT SYSTEM. |
| | 6. THE VENT TERMINATION SHALL BE LOCATED AT LEAST 3 |
| | FEET (914 MM) HORIZONTALLY FROM ANY PORTION OF THE ROOF |
| | STRUCTURE. |
| | |
| | 501.2 OUTDOOR DISCHARGE. THE AIR REMOVED BY EVERY |
| | MECHANICAL EXHAUST SYSTEM SHALL BE DISCHARGED OUTDOORS |
| | AT A POINT WHERE IT WILL NOT CAUSE A NUISANCE AND FROM |
| | WHICH IT CANNOT AGAIN BE READILY DRAWN IN BY A |
| | VENTILATING SYSTEM. AIR SHALL NOT BE EXHAUSTED INTO AN |
| | ATTIC OR CRAWL SPACE |
| | |
| | 401.5 OPENING LOCATION. |
| | OUTDOOR AIR EXHAUST AND INTAKE OPENINGS SHALL BE |
| | LOCATED A MINIMUM OF 10 FEET (3048 MM) FROM LOT LINES |
| | OR BUILDINGS ON |
| | THE SAME LOT. WHERE OPENINGS FRONT ON A STREET OR |
| | PUBLIC WAY, THE DISTANCE SHALL BE MEASURED TO THE |
| | CENTERLINE OF THE |
| | STREET OR PUBLIC WAY. TING THE LOCATION OF THE |
| | GENERATOR IN RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER STRUCTURES, PLEASE |
| | NOTE IF THERE ARE STRUCTURES WITHIN 10'-0" OF THE |
| | GENERATOR OPENINGS SUCH AS WINDOWS AND DOORS. |
| | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUIRED. POSSIBLE MECHANICAL |
| | ISSUES. |
| | |
| | 102.1* WHERE, IN ANY SPECIFIC CASE, DIFFERENT SECTIONS |
| | OF THIS CODE SPECIFY DIFFERENT MATERIALS, METHODS OF |
| | CONSTRUCTION OR OTHER REQUIREMENTS, THE MOST |
| | RESTRICTIVE SHALL GOVERN. WHERE THERE IS A CONFLICT |
| | BETWEEN A GENERAL REQUIREMENT AND A SPECIFIC |
| | REQUIREMENT, THE SPECIFIC |
| | REQUIREMENT SHALL BE APPLICABLE. |
| | |
| | 3) A RECORDED COPY OF THE NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT WILL |
| | BE REQUIRED. |
| | |
| | 4) SPECIFY WIND DESIGN DATA ON THE SLAB AND ANCHORING |
| | PLANS 1603.1.4 WIND DESIGN DATA. BASIC WIND SPEED |
| | (3-SECOND GUST), MILES PER HOUR (KM/HR). |
| | |
| | 5) THE EQUIPMENT IS LOCATED IN AN A5 FLOOD ZONE AN |
| | ELEVATION OF 7' 6" TO THE TOP OF THE GENERATOR SLAB IS |
| | REQUIRED. |
| | |
| | ROBERT MCDOUGAL |
| | BLDG. PLAN REVIEW |
| | (561)805-6714 |
| | [email protected] |
