| Date |
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| 2020-08-13 14:25:13 | CODES IN EFFECT: |
| | FBC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2017 6TH EDITION |
| | CODES IN EFFECT: |
| | FBC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE 2017 6TH EDITION |
| | WPB FBC = WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FBC 2017 |
| | 6TH ED, CHAPTER 1. |
| | WPB CCCM=WEST PALM BEACH CROSS-CONNECTION CONTROL |
| | MANUAL REVISED 2017 |
| | FBC EC = FLORIDA BUILDING CODE ENERGY CONSERVATION 2017 |
| | 6TH EDITION |
| | FBC ACC = FLORIDA ACCESSIBILITY CODE 2017 6TH EDITION |
| | FBC EX = FLORIDA EXISTING BUILDING CODE 2017 6TH |
| | EDITION |
| | FBC PL = FLORIDA PLUMBING CODE 2017 6TH EDITION |
| | FAC= FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE |
| | FS = FLORIDA STATUTES |
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| | 20050060 1791 PALM BEACH LAKES BLVD # W113 |
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| | 1ST REVIEW |
| | PLUMBING COMMENTS: |
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| | I. A REVIEW OF MINIMUM PLUMBING FIXTURE REQUIREMENTS AS |
| | REQUIRED BY FBC ACC IS PART OF THE PLUMBING REVIEW |
| | PROCESS BUT IS TYPICALLY ADDRESSED ON THE ARCHITECTURAL |
| | PLANS. ANY COMMENTS CONCERNING THESE REQUIREMENTS MUST |
| | BE SATISFACTORILY ADDRESSED PRIOR TO A PLUMBING REVIEW |
| | APPROVAL. |
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| | II. THIS IS AN ALTERATION AS DESCRIBED IN FBC |
| | DEFINITIONS. EXISTING TOILET ROOM TO REMAIN SHALL |
| | COMPLY WITH ALL PROVISIONS OF THE 2017 FLORIDA BUILDING |
| | CODES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ACCESSIBILITY |
| | REQUIREMENTS AND WALL FINISHES AS WELL AS THE |
| | REQUIREMENTS OF THE 2017 WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO |
| | THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE. |
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| | 1. REGARDING P-100 PLUMBING PLAN, PER WPB FBC 107.2.1, |
| | THE PLUMBING FIXTURE SCHEDULE FOR THE EXISTING TOILET |
| | ROOM SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AND SHOW COMPLIANCE |
| | WITH THE 2017 FLORIDA BUILDING CODES. DO NOT CROSS OUT, |
| | BUT NOTE AS EXISTING IF THEY ARE COMPLIANT, OTHERWISE |
| | SPECIFY COMPLIANT FIXTURES. |
| | 2. REGARDING P-100 PLUMBING PLAN, PER WPB FBC 107.2.1, |
| | THE WATER RISER DIAGRAM SHALL REFLECT THE NOTE |
| | REQUIRING THE WATER SUPPLY CONNECTION TO THE WATER |
| | COOLER. IF THE CONNECTION IS TO BE INTEGRATED WITH THE |
| | EXISTING PIPING THEN THE EXISTING PIPING SHALL BE |
| | SHOWN. |
| | 3. REGARDING P-100 PLUMBING PLAN, DOES THE WATER COOLER |
| | HAVE A DRAIN? IS IT GOING TO PROVIDE FILTERED WATER TO |
| | THE END USER? WILL IT PROVIDE HOT WATER AND CHILLED |
| | COLD WATER? PER WPB FBC 107.2.1, PROVIDE A |
| | MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATION/INSTALLATION MANUAL FOR |
| | THE WATER COOLER. |
| | 4. REGARDING P-100 PLUMBING PLAN, THE AO SMITH DEL 6 |
| | ELECTRIC WATER HEATER IS A BOTTOM FED WATER HEATER AND |
| | REQUIRES A VACUUM RELIEF VALVE IN THE COLD WATER SUPPLY |
| | PER FBC PL 504.2. ADDITIONALLY, IS THE CHECK VALVE IN |
| | THE COLD WATER LINE NECESSARY? THERE APPARENTLY IS NO |
| | RECIRCULATING HOT WATER AND THERE IS THE REQUIRED |
| | THERMAL EXPANSION PROTECTION IN PLACE. PLEASE CLARIFY. |
| | 5. REGARDING P-100 PLUMBING PLAN, PROVIDE DETAIL FOR |
| | THE WATER HEATER SUPPORT BRACKET AND ANCHORS PER WPB |
| | FBC 107.2.1. |
| | 6. PER FBC PL 606.1(5), FULL-OPEN VALVES SHALL BE |
| | INSTALLED ON THE TOP OF EVERY WATER DOWN-FEED PIPE IN |
| | OCCUPANCIES OTHER THAN ONE- AND TWO-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL |
| | OCCUPANCIES. |
| | 7. REGARDING THE MOP SINK AND THE EXISTING TOILET ROOM, |
| | PER WPB 107.2.1, WALLS AND PARTITIONS WITHIN 2 FEET OF |
| | SERVICE SINKS, URINALS AND WATER CLOSETS SHALL HAVE A |
| | SMOOTH, HARD, NONABSORBENT SURFACE, TO A HEIGHT OF NOT |
| | LESS THAN 4 FEET ABOVE THE FLOOR, AND EXCEPT FOR |
| | STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS, THE MATERIALS USED IN SUCH WALLS |
| | SHALL BE OF A TYPE THAT IS NOT ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY |
| | MOISTURE. |
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| | III. PER WPB 107.2.1, PROVIDE DETAILS FOR THE |
| | ACCESSIBLE PLUMBING FIXTURES IN THE EXISTING BATHROOM |
| | AND FOR THE NEW ACCESSIBLE DRINKING FOUNTAIN(S). |
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| | A. 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 MINIMUM TO 18 |
| | INCHES MAXIMUM FROM THE SIDE WALL OR PARTITION PER FBC |
| | ACC 604.2 |
| | B. CLEARANCE AROUND A WATER CLOSET SHALL BE 60 INCHES |
| | MINIMUM MEASURED PERPENDICULAR FROM THE SIDE WALL AND |
| | 56 INCHES MINIMUM MEASURED PERPENDICULAR FROM THE REAR |
| | WALL PER FBC ACC 604.3.1 |
| | C. THE SIDE WALL GRAB BAR SHALL BE 42 INCHES LONG |
| | MINIMUM, LOCATED 12 INCHES (305 MM) MAXIMUM FROM THE |
| | REAR WALL AND EXTENDING 54 INCHES MINIMUM FROM THE REAR |
| | WALL PER FBC ACC 604.5.1 |
| | D. THE REAR WALL GRAB BAR SHALL BE 36 INCHES LONG |
| | MINIMUM AND EXTEND FROM THE CENTERLINE OF THE WATER |
| | CLOSET 12 INCHES MINIMUM ON ONE SIDE AND 24 INCHES |
| | MINIMUM ON THE OTHER SIDE PER FBC ACC 604.5.2 |
| | E. FLUSH CONTROLS SHALL BE HAND OPERATED OR AUTOMATIC. |
| | HAND OPERATED FLUSH CONTROLS SHALL COMPLY WITH 309. |
| | FLUSH CONTROLS SHALL BE LOCATED ON THE OPEN SIDE OF THE |
| | WATER CLOSET PER FBC ACC 604.6 |
| | F. TOILET PAPER DISPENSERS SHALL COMPLY WITH 309.4 AND |
| | SHALL BE 7 INCHES MINIMUM AND 9 INCHES MAXIMUM IN FRONT |
| | OF THE WATER CLOSET MEASURED TO THE CENTERLINE OF THE |
| | DISPENSER. THE OUTLET OF THE DISPENSER SHALL BE 15 |
| | INCHES MINIMUM AND 48 INCHES MAXIMUM ABOVE THE FINISH |
| | FLOOR AND SHALL NOT BE LOCATED BEHIND GRAB BARS PER FBC |
| | ACC 604.8. |
| | G. THE SEAT HEIGHT OF A WATER CLOSET ABOVE THE FINISH |
| | FLOOR SHALL BE 17 INCHES (430 MM) MINIMUM AND 19 INCHES |
| | (485 MM) MAXIMUM MEASURED TO THE TOP OF THE SEAT. SEATS |
| | SHALL NOT BE SPRUNG TO RETURN TO A LIFTED POSITION PER |
| | FBC ACC 604.4. |
| | H. PER FBC ACC 609.4, GRAB BARS SHALL BE INSTALLED IN A |
| | HORIZONTAL POSITION, 33 INCHES MINIMUM AND 36 INCHES |
| | MAXIMUM ABOVE THE FINISH FLOOR MEASURED TO THE TOP (NOT |
| | THE CENTER) OF THE GRIPPING SURFACE, |
| | I. LAVATORIES AND SINKS SHALL BE INSTALLED WITH THE |
| | FRONT OF THE HIGHER OF THE RIM OR COUNTER SURFACE 34 |
| | INCHES MAXIMUM ABOVE THE FINISH FLOOR OR GROUND PER FBC |
| | ACC 606.3, ADDITIONALLY SHOW TOE AND KNEE CLEARANCE AS |
| | REQUIRED BY FBC ACC 306.2 AND 306.3 |
| | J. 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 PER FBC ACC 602.2 |
| | K. 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. |
| | L. DRINKING FOUNTAIN SHALL COMPLY WITH FBC ACC 306 KNEE |
| | AND TOE CLEARANCE, 307 PROTRUDING OBJECTS, 309 OPERABLE |
| | PARTS, 602.4 SPOUT HEIGHT, 602.5 SPOUT LOCATION 602.6 |
| | WATER FLOW AND 602.7 DRINKING FOUNTAIN FOR STANDING |
| | PERSON |
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| | END OF COMMENTS. |
| | 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. |
| | ALL PLANS TO BE DIGITALLY SIGNED AND SEALED BY THE |
| | DESIGNER IN ACCORDANCE WITH FAC AND FS. |
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| | A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW COULD NOT BE ACCOMPLISHED AT |
| | THIS TIME. PLEASE RESUBMIT CLEARLY LEGIBLE PLANS AND A |
| | RESPONSE NARRATIVE ADDRESSING THE PLUMBING COMMENTS |
| | FROM THE FIRST REVIEW. |
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| | JERALD SMITH |
| | PLUMBING PLANS EXAMINER |
| | CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH |
| | EMAIL [email protected] |
| | PHONE 561-246-0882 MOBILE |
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| | 20050060 1791 PALM BEACH LAKES BLVD # W113 |
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