| Date |
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| 2015-10-05 17:11:56 | 1ST 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. BATHROOM MUST BE A MIN OF 86IN. TO ACCOMIDATE TOILET |
| | CLEARANCE FOR ACCESSIBILITY. PER FBC ACC. 2014 |
| | 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. |
| | 604.2 LOCATION. |
| | ADVISORY 604.8.1.1 SIZE. |
| | THE MINIMUM SPACE REQUIRED IN TOILET COMPARTMENTS IS |
| | PROVIDED SO THAT A PERSON USING A WHEELCHAIR CAN |
| | MANEUVER INTO POSITION AT THE WATER CLOSET. THIS SPACE |
| | CANNOT BE OBSTRUCTED BY BABY CHANGING TABLES OR OTHER |
| | FIXTURES OR CONVENIENCES, EXCEPT AS SPECIFIED AT |
| | 604.3.2 (OVERLAP). IF TOILET COMPARTMENTS ARE TO BE |
| | USED TO HOUSE FIXTURES OTHER THAN THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH |
| | THE WATER CLOSET, THEY MUST BE DESIGNED TO EXCEED THE |
| | MINIMUM SPACE REQUIREMENTS. CONVENIENCE FIXTURES SUCH |
| | AS BABY CHANGING TABLES MUST ALSO BE ACCESSIBLE TO |
| | PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AS WELL AS TO OTHER USERS. |
| | TOILET COMPARTMENTS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO MEET, AND NOT |
| | EXCEED, THE MINIMUM SPACE REQUIREMENTS MAY NOT PROVIDE |
| | ADEQUATE SPACE FOR MANEUVERING INTO POSITION AT A BABY |
| | CHANGING TABLE. |
| | 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, |
| | 2. GRAB BARS FOR TOILET SHALL COMPLY WITH FBC ACC.2014 |
| | 609.4 POSITION OF GRAB BARS. |
| | GRAB BARS SHALL BE INSTALLED IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION, |
| | 33 INCHES (840 MM) MINIMUM AND 36 INCHES (915 MM) |
| | MAXIMUM ABOVE THE FINISH FLOOR MEASURED TO THE TOP OF |
| | THE GRIPPING SURFACE. |
| | 604.5.1 SIDE WALL. |
| | THE SIDE WALL GRAB BAR SHALL BE 42 INCHES (1065 MM) |
| | LONG MINIMUM, LOCATED 12 INCHES (305 MM) MAXIMUM FROM |
| | THE REAR WALL AND EXTENDING 54 INCHES (1370 MM) MINIMUM |
| | FROM THE REAR WALL. |
| | 604.5.2 REAR WALL. |
| | THE REAR WALL GRAB BAR SHALL BE 36 INCHES (915 MM) LONG |
| | MINIMUM AND EXTEND FROM THE CENTERLINE OF THE WATER |
| | CLOSET 12 INCHES (305 MM) MINIMUM ON ONE SIDE AND 24 |
| | INCHES (610 MM) MINIMUM ON THE OTHER SIDE. |
| | 3. WATER FAUTAIN SPOUT SHALL COPLY WITH FBC ACC.2014. |
| | 602.5 SPOUT LOCATION. |
| | THE SPOUT SHALL BE LOCATED 15 INCHES (380 MM) MINIMUM |
| | FROM THE VERTICAL SUPPORT AND 5 INCHES (125 MM) MAXIMUM |
| | FROM THE FRONT EDGE OF THE UNIT, INCLUDING BUMPERS. |
| | 4.THE SINK IN BREAKROOM SHALL COMPLY WITH FBC ACC. 2014 |
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| | 804.2.2 U-SHAPED. |
| | IN U-SHAPED KITCHENS ENCLOSED ON THREE CONTIGUOUS |
| | SIDES, CLEARANCE BETWEEN ALL OPPOSING BASE CABINETS, |
| | COUNTER TOPS, APPLIANCES, OR WALLS WITHIN KITCHEN WORK |
| | AREAS SHALL BE 60 INCHES (1525 MM) MINIMUM. |
| | 804.6.1 CLEAR FLOOR OR GROUND SPACE. |
| | A CLEAR FLOOR OR GROUND SPACE COMPLYING WITH 305 SHALL |
| | BE PROVIDED AT EACH KITCHEN APPLIANCE. CLEAR FLOOR OR |
| | GROUND SPACES SHALL BE PERMITTED TO OVERLAP. |
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| | 305.3 SIZE. |
| | THE CLEAR FLOOR OR GROUND SPACE SHALL BE 30 INCHES (760 |
| | MM) MINIMUM BY 48 INCHES (1220 MM) MINIMUM. |
| | 309.3 HEIGHT. |
| | OPERABLE PARTS SHALL BE PLACED WITHIN ONE OR MORE OF |
| | THE REACH RANGES SPECIFIED IN 308. |
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| | 308.3.2 OBSTRUCTED HIGH REACH. |
| | WHERE A CLEAR FLOOR OR GROUND SPACE ALLOWS A PARALLEL |
| | APPROACH TO AN ELEMENT AND THE HIGH SIDE REACH IS OVER |
| | AN OBSTRUCTION, THE HEIGHT OF THE OBSTRUCTION SHALL BE |
| | 34 INCHES (865 MM) MAXIMUM AND THE DEPTH OF THE |
| | OBSTRUCTION SHALL BE 24 INCHES (610 MM) MAXIMUM. THE |
| | HIGH SIDE REACH SHALL BE 48 INCHES (1220 MM) MAXIMUM |
| | FOR A REACH DEPTH OF 10 INCHES (255 MM) MAXIMUM. WHERE |
| | THE REACH DEPTH EXCEEDS 10 INCHES (255 MM), THE HIGH |
| | SIDE REACH SHALL BE 46 INCHES (1170 MM) MAXIMUM FOR A |
| | REACH DEPTH OF 24 INCHES (610 MM) MAXIMUM. |
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