Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 19070834
Permit Number 19070834
Review Stop G
Sequence Number 4
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Date Text
2021-03-24 15:06:304TH REVIEW FBC-2017 RES. FUEL GAS
 PERMIT- 19070834
 3/24/2021
  
 CODES IN EFFECT:
 FBC RES- FLORIDA RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CODE SIXTH
 EDITION 2017
 FBC P- FLORIDA PLUMBING CODE SIXTH EDITION 2017
 FBC B- FLORIDA BUILDING CODE SIXTH EDITION 2017
 FBC M- FLORIDA MECHANICAL CODE SIXTH EDITION 2017
 FBC EC- FLORIDA ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE SIXTH EDITION
 2017
 FBC FG- FLORIDA FUEL GAS CODE SIXTH EDITION 2017
 FBC EX- FLORIDA EXISTING BUILDING CODE SIXTH
 FS- FLORIDA STATUTES
 FAC- FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
 WPB- WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FBC SIXTH
 EDITION 2017
  
 PLAN REVIEW RESULTS: DENIED.
  
 1) 1) P-101: THE REVISED PLAN SHOWS AN ELECTRIC
 TANKLESS WATER HEATER HOWEVER THE COMMENT RESPONSE
 LETTER INDICATES A GAS TANKLESS WATER HEATER WILL BE
 INSTALLED USING EXISTING GAS ON SITE. MANUFACTURER?S
 SPECIFICATIONS FOR A GAS TANKLESS WATER HEATER HAVE
 ALSO BEEN SUBMITTED. IN THE PREVIOUS LETTER DATED
 3/12/2020, IT WAS STATED THAT THERE WAS NO GAS ON SITE
 AND GAS REVIEW NOT APPLICABLE. PLEASE CLARIFY ON THE
 PLUMBING PLAN WHICH WATER HEATER IS TO BE INSTALLED AND
 PROVIDE THE CONDENSATE DISPOSAL PLAN AS PREVIOUSLY
 REQUESTED. PLEASE SEE PREVIOUS GAS REVIEW COMMENTS
 BELOW FROM PLUMBING/GAS PLANS EXAMINER TIM HUNT
 10/19/2020-
  
 GAS 1ST REVIEW**DENIED* DURING THE 1ST PLAN REVIEW
 THERE WAS NOTHING MENTIONED ABOUT GAS. WITH A NEW
 TANKLESS WATER HEATER BEING INSTALLED WHERE ONE WAS NOT
 EXISTING A GAS PERMIT IS REQUIRED AND THE FOLLOWING
 COMMENT WILL BE TO BE ADDRESSED.
  
 1. SUBMIT AN ISOMETRIC DRAWING THAT CLEARLY SHOWS THE
 LENGTH OF ALL CUT SECTIONS OF PIPE PER 2017 FBC-RES
 SEC. G2413.4.1, G2413.4.2.
  
 2. SHOW THE TYPE OF PIPE MATERIAL BEING INSTALLED, ALL
 PIPE SIZES, AND THE CORRESPONDING EHD NUMBER OF THE
 CORRUGATED STAINLESS STEEL TUBING (IF APPLICABLE) FOR
 EACH PIPE SIZE. WPB AMENDMENTS TO FBC SEC.107.2.1.
  
 3. TYPE OF GAS (LP OR NATURAL). WPB AMEND. TO FBC SEC.
 107.2.1.
  
 4. LIST THE BTU LOAD OF EACH APPLIANCE AND THE TOTAL
 BTU LOAD ON THE SYSTEM. REFER TO THE 2017 FBC-FUEL GAS
 SECS.401.8, 402.2, AND TABLES 402.4 (1) THRU 402.4 (37)
 OR 2017 FBC-RES. SEC. G2413.3, G2413.4 AND TABLES
 G2413.4 (1 ) THROUGH G2413.4 (21).
  
 5. SHOW THE DISTANCE FROM THE POINT OF DELIVERY, (GAS
 METER / MP REGULATOR / LP TANK) TO THE MOST REMOTE
 OUTLET IN THE BUILDING AND / OR SYSTEM PER THE 2017
 FBC-FUEL GAS SEC.402.4.1, 402.4.2, OR 2017 FBC-RES.
 SEC. G 2413.4.1, G2413.4.2.
  
 6. SUBMIT CALCULATIONS FOR COMBUSTION FOR THE STOVE,
 FIREPLACE, AND DRYER IF THERE WILL BE GAS. FBC 107.3.5.
  
 7. INDICATE THE DELIVERY PRESSURE (PSI) OF THE SYSTEM
 ON THE PLAN PER 2017 FBC-FUEL GAS SEC.402.1, 402.4.3
 THRU 402.6 OR 2017 FBC RES. SEC. G2413.2, G2413.4.3.
  
 8. SUBMIT MANUFACTURER?S SPECIFICATION SHEETS /
 INSTALLATION MANUAL FOR ALL GAS EQUIPMENT TO VERIFY
 COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS NFPA 54, NFPA 58, AND
 FBC-2017 FUEL GAS CODE SEC. 402.2, AND 301.3 OR 2017
 FBC-RES. SEC. G2404.3. GAS APPLIANCES SHALL BE LISTED
 AND LABELED. THE INSTALLATION MANUALS FOR ALL GAS
 APPLIANCES / EQUIPMENT SHALL BE ONSITE AT THE TIME OF
 INSPECTION. FGC SEC.305.1, FBC-RES. SEC.G2408.1.
  
 11. SUBMIT COPIES OF THE APPLICABLE SIZING TABLES USED
 TO SIZE THE GAS SYSTEM OR PLACE A NOTE ON THE
 PLANS/DRAWINGS SPECIFYING WHICH SIZING TABLE(S) FROM
 THE GAS CODE OR OTHER STANDARD THAT WERE USED IN THE
 DESIGN OF THIS GAS SYSTEM. REFER TO THE 2017 FBC-FUEL
 GAS SECS. 401.4, 401.8, 402.3, AND TABLES 402.4 (1)
 THRU 402.4 (37) OR 2017 FBC-RES. SEC. G2413.3, G2412.8,
 G2413.1, G2413.2, & G2413.3.
  
 12. SHOW THE LOCATION OF ALL MP (STEP-DOWN) REGULATORS.
 A LISTED SHUTOFF VALVE SHALL BE INSTALLED IMMEDIATELY
 AHEAD OF EACH MP REGULATOR. 2017 FBC-FUEL GAS
 SEC.409.4, FBC-RESIDENTIAL SEC. G 2420.4.
  
 13. THE PLANS INDICATE AN EXISTING GAS METER. THE BTU
 LOAD OF THE EXISTING GAS SYSTEM MUST BE ADDED INTO THE
 TOTAL BTU LOAD ON THE SYSTEM TO ENSURE THE EXISTING
 SYSTEM IS PROPERLY SIZED. IF UNDERSIZED, THE EXISTING
 SYSTEM MUST BE REDONE TO ENSURE A SAFE OPERATING
 SYSTEM. SUBMIT A GAS PIPING RISER DIAGRAM THAT SHOWS
 THE TYPE OF EXISTING APPLIANCE, THE BTU LOAD OF EACH
 APPLIANCE, THE PIPE SIZE AND TYPE OF PIPE TO EACH
 APPLIANCE, AND THE DISTANCE OF THE LONGEST LENGTH OF
 PIPING FROM THE POINT OF DELIVERY TO THE MOST REMOTE
 OUTLET AND THE LOAD OF THE SECTION. NOTE: IF THE
 EXISTING SYSTEM IS LESS THAN A 2 PSI SYSTEM AND THE
 SYSTEM PRESSURE IS INCREASED TO 2 PSI, A LINE PRESSURE
 REGULATOR IS REQUIRED AT ALL THE EXISTING APPLIANCES.
 FGC SECS. 401.4, 401.8, 402.1, 402.2, 402.3 OR FBCR
 SECS.G2412.4, G2412.8, G2413.1, G2413.2, G2413.3.
  
 14. SUBMIT MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE
 PRESSURE REGULATORS. REGULATORS INSTALLED ON THE
 EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING SHALL BE APPROVED FOR OUTDOOR
 INSTALLATION. 2014 FGC SEC.410.1, 2017 FBC-RES. SEC.
 G2421.1.
  
 TIM HUNT
 CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH (CGA SOLUTIONS)
  
 WHEN RESUBMITTING, IT IS HELPFUL TO PROVIDE A RESPONSE
 LETTER ADDRESSING EACH ITEM ALONG WITH THE CITY
 RE-SUBMITTAL FORM.
  
 CHRISTOPHER L. COLE
 MECHANICAL/PLUMBING PLANS EXAMINER
 401 CLEMATIS ST.
 WEST PALM BEACH, FL. 33401
 561-805-6719
 [email protected]
  
  


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