| Date |
Text |
| 2015-12-17 10:55:43 | 3RD REVIEW: FBC 2014 |
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| | GEORGE JOHNSON |
| | PLUMBING PLANS EXAMINER |
| | CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH |
| | 561-805-6711 |
| | [email protected] |
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| | PLUMBING COMMENTS: |
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| | 1.IN BATHROOMS 104-122-225 TOILETS MUST COMPLY WITH FBC |
| | ACC. SEC 604 |
| | (A)-604.2 LOCATION. |
| | THE WATER CLOSET SHALL BE POSITIONED WITH A WALL OR |
| | PARTITION TO THE REAR AND TO ONE SIDE. THE CENTERLINE |
| | OF THE WATER CLOSET SHALL BE 16 INCHES (405 MM) MINIMUM |
| | TO 18 INCHES (455 MM) MAXIMUM FROM THE SIDE WALL OR |
| | PARTITION |
| | (B) 604.3.1 SIZE. |
| | CLEARANCE AROUND A WATER CLOSET SHALL BE 60 INCHES |
| | (1525 MM) MINIMUM MEASURED PERPENDICULAR FROM THE SIDE |
| | WALL AND 56 INCHES (1420 MM) MINIMUM MEASURED |
| | PERPENDICULAR FROM THE REAR WALL. |
| | (C)604.3.2 OVERLAP. |
| | THE REQUIRED CLEARANCE AROUND THE WATER CLOSET SHALL BE |
| | PERMITTED TO OVERLAP THE WATER CLOSET, ASSOCIATED GRAB |
| | BARS, DISPENSERS, SANITARY NAPKIN DISPOSAL UNITS, COAT |
| | HOOKS, SHELVES, ACCESSIBLE ROUTES, CLEAR FLOOR SPACE |
| | AND CLEARANCES REQUIRED AT OTHER FIXTURES, AND THE |
| | TURNING SPACE. NO OTHER FIXTURES OR OBSTRUCTIONS SHALL |
| | BE LOCATED WITHIN THE REQUIRED WATER CLOSET CLEARANCE. |
| | (D)LAVATORY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE IN THE CLEARANCE |
| | SPACE FOR THE TOILET IN COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. |
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| | 2. SHOW COMPLIANCE FBC ACC. SEC 604.7 DISPENSERS. |
| | TOILET PAPER DISPENSERS SHALL COMPLY WITH 309.4 AND |
| | SHALL BE 7 INCHES (180 MM) MINIMUM AND 9 INCHES (230 |
| | MM) MAXIMUM IN FRONT OF THE WATER CLOSET MEASURED TO |
| | THE CENTERLINE OF THE DISPENSER. THE OUTLET OF THE |
| | DISPENSER SHALL BE 15 INCHES (380 MM) MINIMUM AND 48 |
| | INCHES (1220 MM) MAXIMUM ABOVE THE FINISH FLOOR AND |
| | SHALL NOT BE LOCATED BEHIND GRAB BARS. DISPENSERS SHALL |
| | NOT BE OF A TYPE THAT CONTROLS DELIVERY OR THAT DOES |
| | NOT ALLOW CONTINUOUS PAPER FLOW. |
| | 3. SHOW COMPLIANCE FBC ACC. SEC 603.3 MIRRORS. |
| | MIRRORS LOCATED ABOVE LAVATORIES OR COUNTERTOPS SHALL |
| | BE INSTALLED WITH THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE REFLECTING |
| | SURFACE 40 INCHES (1015 MM) MAXIMUM ABOVE THE FINISH |
| | FLOOR OR GROUND. MIRRORS NOT LOCATED ABOVE LAVATORIES |
| | OR COUNTERTOPS SHALL BE INSTALLED WITH THE BOTTOM EDGE |
| | OF THE REFLECTING SURFACE 35 INCHES (890 MM) MAXIMUM |
| | ABOVE THE FINISH FLOOR OR GROUND. |
| | 4. SHOW COMPLIANCE SHOWER SEATS FBC ACC. SEC 610.3.1 |
| | RECTANGULAR SEATS. |
| | THE REAR EDGE OF A RECTANGULAR SEAT SHALL BE 2 1/2 |
| | INCHES (64 MM) MAXIMUM AND THE FRONT EDGE 15 INCHES |
| | (380 MM) MINIMUM AND 16 INCHES (405 MM) MAXIMUM FROM |
| | THE SEAT WALL. THE SIDE EDGE OF THE SEAT SHALL BE 11/2 |
| | INCHES (38 MM) MAXIMUM FROM THE ADJACENT WALL. |
| | 610.3.2 L-SHAPED SEATS. |
| | THE REAR EDGE OF AN L-SHAPED SEAT SHALL BE 2 1/2 INCHES |
| | (64 MM) MAXIMUM AND THE FRONT EDGE 15 INCHES (380 MM) |
| | MINIMUM AND 16 INCHES (405 MM) MAXIMUM FROM THE SEAT |
| | WALL. THE REAR EDGE OF THE ?L? PORTION OF THE SEAT |
| | SHALL BE 11/2 INCHES (38 MM) MAXIMUM FROM THE WALL AND |
| | THE FRONT EDGE SHALL BE 14 INCHES (355 MM) MINIMUM AND |
| | 15 INCHES (380 MM) MAXIMUM FROM THE WALL. THE END OF |
| | THE ?L? SHALL BE 22 INCHES (560 MM) MINIMUM AND 23 |
| | INCHES MAXIMUM (585 MM) FROM THE MAIN SEAT WALL. |
| | 5. SHOW COMPLIANCE FBC ACC. SEC 602 DRINKING FOUNTAINS |
| | |
| | 602.1 GENERAL. |
| | DRINKING FOUNTAINS SHALL COMPLY WITH 307 AND 602. |
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| | 602.2 CLEAR FLOOR SPACE. |
| | UNITS SHALL HAVE A CLEAR FLOOR OR GROUND SPACE |
| | COMPLYING WITH 305 POSITIONED FOR A FORWARD APPROACH |
| | AND CENTERED ON THE UNIT. KNEE AND TOE CLEARANCE |
| | COMPLYING WITH 306 SHALL BE PROVIDED. |
| | |
| | 307.2 PROTRUSION LIMITS. |
| | OBJECTS WITH LEADING EDGES MORE THAN 27 INCHES (685 MM) |
| | AND NOT MORE THAN 80 INCHES (2030 MM) ABOVE THE FINISH |
| | FLOOR OR GROUND SHALL PROTRUDE 4 INCHES (100 MM) |
| | MAXIMUM HORIZONTALLY INTO THE CIRCULATION PATH. |
| | 306.3.1 GENERAL. |
| | SPACE UNDER AN ELEMENT BETWEEN 9 INCHES (230 MM) AND 27 |
| | INCHES (685 MM) ABOVE THE FINISH FLOOR OR GROUND SHALL |
| | BE CONSIDERED KNEE CLEARANCE AND SHALL COMPLY WITH |
| | 306.3. |
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| | 306.3.2 MAXIMUM DEPTH. |
| | KNEE CLEARANCE SHALL EXTEND 25 INCHES (635 MM) MAXIMUM |
| | UNDER AN ELEMENT AT 9 INCHES (230 MM) ABOVE THE FINISH |
| | FLOOR OR GROUND. |
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| | 306.3.3 MINIMUM REQUIRED DEPTH. |
| | WHERE KNEE CLEARANCE IS REQUIRED UNDER AN ELEMENT AS |
| | PART OF A CLEAR FLOOR SPACE, THE KNEE CLEARANCE SHALL |
| | BE 11 INCHES (280 MM) DEEP MINIMUM AT 9 INCHES (230 MM) |
| | ABOVE THE FINISH FLOOR OR GROUND, AND 8 INCHES (205 MM) |
| | DEEP MINIMUM AT 27 INCHES (685 MM) ABOVE THE FINISH |
| | FLOOR OR GROUND. |
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