Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 20081312
Permit Number 20081312
Review Stop G
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2020-09-30 16:44:471ST REVIEW FBC-2017 RES.
 PERMIT- 20081312
 9/30/2020
  
 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) GAS RISER DRAWING: THE COOKTOP AND TANKLESS WATER
 HEATER ARE LISTED AS EXISTING, HOWEVER THESE APPLIANCES
 WERE SHOWN AS NEW ON THE PLANS FOR PERMIT #19101012. A
 SEPARATE PERMIT FOR GAS WAS REQUIRED, HOWEVER NO PERMIT
 HAS BEEN ISSUED TO DATE. THE INSTALLATION OF THE
 APPLIANCES AND GAS PIPING MAY BE DONE UNDER THIS
 PERMIT, HOWEVER COST VALUE TO INSTALL THE APPLIANCES
 AND PIPING SHALL BE ADDED TO THE TOTAL COST OF THE
 PROJECT- SECTION 109.3 WPB. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS ARE
 LISTED BELOW. PLEASE CORRECT THE EXISTING LABEL ON THE
 DRAWING, AND SHOW ALL BRANCH LINES TO ALL GAS
 APPLIANCES IN THE HOUSE- SECTION 107.2.1 WPB.
  
 A) PROVIDE THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THE INTERIOR PIPING RUN
 AND THE TOTAL DEVELOPED LENGTH OF THE ENTIRE SYSTEM-
 SECTIONS G2413.4.1 AND G2413.4.2 FBC RES.
  
 B) SUBMIT MANUFACTURER'S SPECS OR CUT SHEETS FOR THE
 NEW WATER HEATER AND COOKTOP THAT SHOW THE BTUH LOADS,
 AND INPUT PRESSURES- SECTION 107.2.1 WPB.
  
 C) SUBMIT UPDATED SPECS FOR THE 22 KW GENERATOR. I HAVE
 CHECKED THE UPDATED SPECS FOR THE GENERAC 22 KW MODEL
 AND THEY INDICATE A FULL LOAD OF 306,000 BTUH FOR
 NATURAL GAS. PLEASE CORRECT THE INDIVIDUAL AND TOTAL
 LOADS ON THE RISER- SECTION G2413.2 FBC RES. & 107.2.1
 WPB.
  
 D) SHOW THE CUT LENGTHS AND SIZES OF THE PIPING FROM
 THE METER TO THE TEES CONNECTING THE BRANCHES TO THE
 EXTERIOR WATER HEATER, GENERATOR AND THE INTERIOR
 APPLIANCES- SECTIONS G2413.4.1 AND G2413.4.2.
  
 E) SHOW THE LOCATIONS OF ALL REGULATORS, INDICATE THE
 MAKES AND MODELS SELECTED, AND SHOW THE OUTLET
 PRESSURES- SECTION G2421.1 & G2421.2 FBC RES. THE
 DRAWING APPEARS TO SHOW REGULATORS ON THE BRANCH LINES
 TO THE WH AND THE GENERATOR AND ALSO BY THE EQUIPMENT.
 ONE REGULATOR AT EACH EQUIPMENT OR APPLIANCE LOCATION
 WOULD MEET COMPLIANCE TO REDUCE THE 2 PSI PRESSURE.
 PLEASE NOTE THERE IS NO REGULATOR SHOWN AT THE COOKTOP
 OR ON THE BRANCH LINE TO IT WHICH IS REQUIRED.
 REGULATOR SPECS SHALL BE MARKED UP OR HIGHLIGHTED TO
 INDICATE INTERIOR OR EXTERIOR USE, PRESSURES, AND
 ORIFICE SIZES.
  
 F) SHOW THE REQUIRED PIPE UNIONS WITHIN I FT. OF EITHER
 SIDE OF THE REGULATOR- SECTION G2421.2(7).
  
 G) PROVIDE THE PIPE SIZING TABLES FOR THE SCHEDULE 40
 METALLIC MAIN AND BRANCH LINES FROM THE METER, AND FOR
 THE PE BRANCH TO THE GENERATOR- REFER TO TABLES
 G2413.4(1) THROUGH G2413.4(8) FBC RES. EQUIVALENT
 SIZING TABLES FROM THE FBC FG MAY BE SUBSTITUTED.
  
 H) INDICATE A TRACER WIRE WILL BE INSTALLED ADJACENT TO
 THE UG PE PIPING- SECTION G2415.17.3
  
 3) PROVIDE COMBUSTION AIR CALCULATIONS FOR THE COOKTOP-
 SECTION G2407.1.
  
 4) PROVIDE A DETAIL SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE
 TANKLESS WATER HEATER AND REQUIRED INSTALLATION AND
 VENT CLEARANCES FROM GRADE, OVERHEAD CONSTRUCTION, AIR
 INTAKES, AND OPERABLE OPENINGS INTO THE BUILDING-
 SECTIONS G2427 & G2448.1 FBC RES.
  
 5) PROVIDE A COPY OF A SURVEY MARKED UP TO SHOW THE
 GENERATOR CLEARANCES TO THE BUILDING, OPERABLE OPENINGS
 INTO THE BUILDING, AND TO ADJACENT PROPERTY LINES- SEE
 SECTION 4.1.4 NFPA 37, AND SECTION R303.5.1 FBC RES.
  
 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 STREET
 WEST PALM BEACH FL 33401
 561-805-6719
 [email protected]
  


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