Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 15020227
Permit Number 15020227
Review Stop M
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2015-03-16 18:54:36PLAN REVIEW COMMENTS
  
 1ST REVIEW: FBC 2010
 ROBERT MCDOUGAL, CBO
 COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER
 (561) 805-6714
 [email protected]
  
 DENIED BY BUILDING
 PLEASE ADDRESS THE ITEMS NOTED BELOW:
  
 1) FBC-R - M1401.3 SIZING. HEATING AND COOLING
 EQUIPMENT SHALL BE SIZED BASED ON BUILDING LOADS
 CALCULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACCA MANUAL J OR OTHER
 APPROVED HEATING AND COOLING CALCULATION METHODOLOGIES.
 PROVIDE EQUIPMENT SIZING CALCULATIONS FOR THE MAIN
 HOUSE ADDITION.
  
 2) FBC-R - M 1602.4 PROVIDE BALANCED RETURN AIR.
 RESTRICTED RETURN AIR OCCURS IN BUILDINGS WHEN RETURNS
 ARE LOCATED IN CENTRAL ZONES AND CLOSED INTERIOR DOORS
 IMPEDE AIR FLOW TO THE RETURN GRILL OR WHEN CEILING
 SPACES ARE USED AS RETURN PLENUMS AND FIRE WALLS
 RESTRICT AIR MOVEMENT FROM ONE PORTION OF THE RETURN
 PLENUM TO ANOTHER. PROVISIONS SHALL BE MADE IN BOTH
 RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS TO AVOID
 UNBALANCED AIR FLOWS AND PRESSURE DIFFERENTIALS CAUSED
 BY RESTRICTED RETURN AIR. PRESSURE DIFFERENTIALS ACROSS
 CLOSED DOORS WHERE RETURNS ARE CENTRALLY LOCATED SHALL
 BE LIMITED TO 0.01 INCH WC (2.5 PASCALS) OR LESS.
 PRESSURE DIFFERENTIALS ACROSS FIRE WALLS IN CEILING
 SPACE PLENUMS SHALL BE LIMITED TO 0.01 INCH WC (2.5
 PASCALS) BY PROVIDING AIR DUCT PATHWAYS OR AIR TRANSFER
 PATHWAYS FROM THE HIGH PRESSURE ZONE TO THE LOW ZONE.
 EXCEPTIONS:
 1. TRANSFER DUCTS MAY ACHIEVE THIS BY INCREASING THE
 RETURN TRANSFER 11/2 TIMES THE CROSS SECTIONAL AREA
 (SQUARE INCHES) OF THE SUPPLY DUCT ENTERING THE ROOM OR
 SPACE IT IS SERVING AND THE DOOR HAVING AT LEAST AN
 UNRESTRICTED 1 INCH UNDERCUT TO ACHIEVE PROPER RETURN
 AIR BALANCE.
 2. TRANSFER GRILLES SHALL USE 50 SQUARE INCHES (OF
 GRILLE AREA) TO 100 CFM (OF SUPPLY AIR) FOR SIZING
 THROUGH-THE-WALL TRANSFER GRILLES AND USING AN
 UNRESTRICTED 1 INCH UNDERCUTTING OF DOORS TO ACHIEVE
 PROPER RETURN AIR BALANCE.
 3. HABITABLE ROOMS ONLY SHALL BE REQUIRED TO MEET THESE
 REQUIREMENTS FOR PROPER BALANCED RETURN AIR EXCLUDING
 BATHROOMS, CLOSETS, STORAGE ROOMS AND LAUNDRY ROOMS,
 EXCEPT THAT ALL SUPPLY AIR INTO THE MASTER SUITE SHALL
 BE INCLUDED.
 (MAIN HOUSE ADDITION) THE RETURN AIR DUCT FROM THE
 MASTER BEDROOM IS UNDER SIZED. ALL SUPPLY AIR INTO THE
 MASTER SUITE SHALL BE ACCOUNTED FOR.
 (POOL HOUSE) THE AIR HANDLER CLOSET IS LOCATED INSIDE
 OF A CLOTHES CLOSET AT ONE END OF THE POOL HOUSE. THERE
 IS A SOLID DOOR ON THE CLOTHS CLOSET AND THERE ARE
 OTHER DOORS THAT EFFECTIVELY WILL ISOLATE THE UNIT FROM
 THE REST OF THE STRUCTURE INCLUDING THE BEDROOM ON THE
 OPPOSITE END. SHOW HOW THE BALANCED AIR REQUIREMENTS
 WILL BE MET.
  
 3) THE HEATING AND COOLING EQUIPMENT SCHEDULE ON THE
 PLANS DOES NOT MATCH THE ENERGY FORMS OR THE SIZING
 CALCULATIONS (POOL HOUSE) THAT WERE SUBMITTED. FOR THE
 POOL HOUSE THE PLANS HAVE 2 TONS AND THE CALCULATION
 AND ENERGY FORM HAS 2.5 TONS. FOR THE MAIN HOUSE
 ADDITION THE PLANS HAVE 3.5 TONS AND THE ENERGY FORM
 HAS 3 TONS. FBC 107.2.1
  
 4) THE ENERGY FORM FOR THE POOL HOUSE IS REQUIRED TO BE
 SIGNED BY THE OWNER/AGENT. FBC ENERGY CONSERVATION
 103.2.3.2
  
  
  
  


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