Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 17100615
Permit Number 17100615
Review Stop P
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2017-10-19 12:37:211ST REVIEW: FBC 2014 5TH EDITION
  
 PLUMBING COMMENTS:
  
 1. AIR ADMITTANCE VALVES SHALL NOT BE USED ON SUMP PITS
 UNLESS THEY COMPLY WITH FBC PL 918.8 PROVIDE
 MANUFACTURE SPECIFICATION THAT SHOW THE AAV WAS
 ENGINEERED TO USE AS A VENT FOR A SUMP PIT SYSTEM.
 PER FBC PL 918.8 PROHIBITED INSTALLATIONS.
 AIR ADMITTANCE VALVES WITHOUT AN ENGINEERED DESIGN
 SHALL NOT BE UTILIZED TO VENT SUMPS OR TANKS OF ANY
 TYPE.
  
 2. THE BACK WATER VALVE SHALL NOT BE INSTALLED ON THIS
 SYSTEM PER FBC PL 715.1 SEWAGE BACKFLOW.
 PLUMBING FIXTURES INSTALLED ON A FLOOR WITH A FINISHED
 FLOOR ELEVATION ABOVE THE ELEVATION OF THE MANHOLE
 COVER OF THE NEXT UPSTREAM MANHOLE IN THE PUBLIC SEWER
 SHALL NOT DISCHARGE THROUGH A BACKWATER VALVE.
  
 3. PLEASE PROVIDE A DETAIL SHOWING COMPLIANCE WITH FBC
 PL 712.3.5. PUMP CONNECTION TO THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
 PUMPS CONNECTED TO THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM SHALL CONNECT TO
 A BUILDING SEWER, BUILDING DRAIN, SOIL STACK, WASTE
 STACK OR HORIZONTAL BRANCH DRAIN. WHERE THE DISCHARGE
 LINE CONNECTS INTO HORIZONTAL DRAINAGE PIPING, THE
 CONNECTION SHALL BE MADE THROUGH A WYE FITTING INTO THE
 TOP OF THE DRAINAGE PIPING AND SUCH WYE FITTING SHALL
 BE LOCATED NOT LESS THAN 10 PIPE DIAMETERS FROM THE
 BASE OF ANY SOIL STACK, WASTE STACK OR FIXTURE DRAIN.
  
 4. SUBMITTAL 17090216 FOR THE SUMP PIT SHALL BE
 APPROVED BEFORE THIS REV CAN BE APPROVED OR THE
 SUBMITTAL AND REV SHALL BE COMBINED.
  
 5. PLEASE PROVIDE MANUFACTURE SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE
 SUMP PUMP. PER WPB AMEND TO FBC 107.2.1
  
  
 PLEASE NOTE THAT SUBMITTAL OF ADDITIONAL AND/OR REVISED
 MATERIALS MAY RESULT IN NEW PLAN REVIEW COMMENTS.
 WHEN RESUBMITTING, IT IS HELPFUL TO PROVIDE A RESPONSE
 LETTER ADDRESSING EACH ITEM ALONG WITH THE CITY
 RE-SUBMITTAL FORM. PLEASE, ADDITIONALLY, INSERT
 CORRECTED PAGES INTO TO SUBMITTAL AND REMOVE OR VOID
 THE PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED SHEETS.
  
 GEORGE JOHNSON
 PLUMBING PLANS EXAMINER
 CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH
  561-805-6711
 [email protected]
  
  


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