| Date |
Text |
| 2015-10-07 15:14:52 | PLAN |
| | REVIEW COMMENTS |
| | |
| | 1ST REVIEW: FBC FIFTH EDITION (2014) |
| | ROBERT MCDOUGAL, CBO |
| | COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER |
| | (561) 805-6714 |
| | [email protected] |
| | |
| | DENIED BY MECHANICAL |
| | PLEASE ADDRESS THE ITEMS NOTED BELOW: |
| | |
| | 1) FBC ENERGY CONSERVATION - SECT. 403.6.1 EQUIPMENT |
| | SIZING. |
| | HEATING AND COOLING EQUIPMENT SHALL BE SIZED IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH ACCA MANUAL S BASED ON THE EQUIPMENT |
| | LOADS CALCULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH MANUAL J OR OTHER |
| | APPROVED HEATING AND COOLING CALCULATION METHODOLOGIES, |
| | BASED ON BUILDING LOADS FOR THE DIRECTIONAL ORIENTATION |
| | OF THE BUILDING. THE MANUFACTURER AND MODEL NUMBER OF |
| | THE OUTDOOR AND INDOOR UNITS (IF SPLIT SYSTEM) SHALL BE |
| | SUBMITTED ALONG WITH THE SENSIBLE AND TOTAL COOLING |
| | CAPACITIES AT THE DESIGN CONDITIONS DESCRIBED IN |
| | SECTION 302.1. THIS CODE DOES NOT ALLOW DESIGNER SAFETY |
| | FACTORS, PROVISIONS FOR FUTURE EXPANSION OR OTHER |
| | FACTORS WHICH AFFECT EQUIPMENT SIZING. SYSTEM SIZING |
| | CALCULATIONS SHALL NOT INCLUDE LOADS CREATED BY LOCAL |
| | INTERMITTENT MECHANICAL VENTILATION SUCH AS STANDARD |
| | KITCHEN AND BATHROOM EXHAUST SYSTEMS. |
| | |
| | 2) FBC-R - M 1602.4 PROVIDE BALANCED AIR RETURN AT |
| | BEDROOMS. 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 (25 MM) UNDERCUT TO ACHIEVE PROPER |
| | RETURN AIR BALANCE. 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. THERE IS ONE 8" AND TWO |
| | 4" SUPPLY DUCTS IN THE MASTER SUITE. THE 10" TRANSFER |
| | DUCT IS TOO SMALL. |
| | |
| | 3) SPECIFY THE LOCATION OF THE LOCATION AND SIZE OF THE |
| | RETURN AIR ON THE PLANS. FBCR - M1602.2 |
| | |
| | 4) M1506.2 EXHAUST OPENINGS. (BATHROOM) AIR EXHAUST |
| | OPENINGS SHALL TERMINATE NOT LESS THAN 3 FEET (914 MM) |
| | FROM PROPERTY LINES; 3 FEET (914 MM) FROM OPERABLE AND |
| | NONOPERABLE OPENINGS INTO THE BUILDING AND 10 FEET |
| | (3048 MM) FROM MECHANICAL AIR INTAKES EXCEPT WHERE THE |
| | OPENING IS LOCATED 3 FEET (914 MM) ABOVE THE AIR |
| | INTAKE. |
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