Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 08050496
Permit Number 08050496
Review Stop G
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2008-05-28 13:21:26GAS PLAN REVIEW:
 DENIED:
  
 PLAN REVIEW UNDER THE 2004 FLORIDA BUILDING CODES WITH
 2007 REVISIONS, CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO
 CHAPTER 1 (W.P.B.), FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
 (F.A.C.), AND FLORIDA STATUTES (F.S.).
  
 THE FOLLOWING CORRECTIONS/INFORMATION ARE REQUIRED FOR
 GAS PLAN REVIEW TO MEET CODE COMPLIANCE.
  
 1. SHEET P-1 FIRST FLOOR PLAN: CLEARLY IDENTIFY ALL
 GAS APPLIANCES WITH BTU LOADS CORRELATED WITH THE GAS
 ISOMETRIC ON SHEET P-3. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS AND
 APPLIANCES ARE MISSING FROM SHEET P-1 FLOOR PLAN.
  
 A} GAS METER.
  
 B} ONE 3,000 BTU LAMP.
  
 C} GENERATOR.
  
 D} CLEARLY DESIGNATE THE "FUTURE" APPLIANCE BY THE
 120,000 BTU FIRE PIT.
  
 PLEASE COMPLY WITH THE AOBVE INFORMATION ON THE
 RESUBMITTAL. PER FBC-2004 FUEL GAS SECTION 401.1
 SCOPE.
  
 2. SHEET P-2 SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR PLANS: CLEARLY
 INDICATE THE BTU LOADS CORRELATED WITH SHEET P-3 GAS
 ISOMETRIC FOR ALL GAS APPLIANCES. PER FBC-2004 FUEL GAS
 SECTION 401.1 SCOPE.
  
 3. SHEET P-1, P-2 AND P-3 "DRAWING NOTES" #1: THE
 REFERENCED FBC-2004 CODE SECTION 404.6.1 DOES NOT
 EXIST, HOWEVER CODE SECTION 404.6 PIPING IN SOLID
 FLOORS DOES. PLEASE CLARIFY IF THIS IS THE CODE SECTION
 YOU MEAN IN THE RESUBMITTAL. NOTE: DETAILS WILL BE
 REQUIRED FOR THIS. PER FBC-2004 FUEL GAS 401.1 SCOPE
 AND 404.6 PIPING IN SOLID FLOORS.
  
 4. SHEET P-3 GAS ISOMETRIC IS INDICATING CONCEALED
 PIPE JOINTS UNDER A SLAB AND PIPING UNDERGROUND BENEATH
 BUILDING FROM THE METER LOCATION TO THE 500,000 BTU
 GENERATOR, 115,000 BTU FUTURE STOVE, 87,000 BTU STOVE
 199,000 BTU WATER HEATERS 400,000 BTU POOLHEATER AND
 THE 140,000 BTU BBQ. PER FBC-2004 FUEL GAS SECTION
 404.3 PIPING IN CONCEALED LOCATIONS.
 PORTIONS OF A PIPING SYSTEM INSTALLED IN CONCEALED
 LOCATIONS SHALL NOT HAVE UNIONS, TUBING FITTINGS, RIGHT
 AND LEFT COUPLINGS, BUSHINGS, COMPRESSION COUPLINGS AND
 SWING JOINTS MADE BY COMBINATIONS OF FITTINGS.PER
 FBC-2004 FUEL GAS SECTION 404.11 PIPING UNDERGROUND
 BENEATH BUILDINGS.
 PIPING INSTALLED UNDERGROUND BENEATH BUILDINGS IS
 PROHIBITED EXCEPT WHERE THE PIPING IS ENCASED IN A
 CONDUIT OF WROUGHT IRON, PLASTIC PIPE OR STEEL PIPE
 DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND THE SUPERIMPOSED LOADS. SUCH
 CONDUIT SHALL EXTEND INTO AN OCCUPIABLE PORTION OF THE
 BUILDING AND, AT THE POINT WHERE THE CONDUIT TERMINATES
 IN THE BUILDING, THE SPACE BETWEEN THE CONDUIT AND THE
 GAS PIPING SHALL BE SEALED TO PREVENT THE POSSIBLE
 ENTRANCE OF ANY GAS LEAKAGE. WHERE THE END SEALING IS
 CAPABLE OF WITHSTANDING THE FULL PRESSURE OF THE GAS
 PIPE, THE CONDUIT SHALL BE DESIGNED FOR THE SAME
 PRESSURE AS THE PIPE. SUCH CONDUIT SHALL EXTEND NOT
 LESS THAN 4 INCHES (102 MM) OUTSIDE THE BUILDING, SHALL
 BE VENTED ABOVE GRADE TO THE OUTDOORS AND SHALL BE
 INSTALLED SO AS TO PREVENT THE ENTRANCE OF WATER AND
 INSECTS. THE CONDUIT SHALL BE PROTECTED FROM CORROSION
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 404.8 .
 NOTE: DETAILS WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THIS.
  
 5. SHEET P-3 GAS ISOMETRIC PLEASE CORRECT OR CLARIFY
 THE FOLLOWING PER FBC-2004 FUEL GAS SECTION 401.1
 SCOPE.
  
 A} CLEARLY IDENTIFY THE NATURAL GAS METER.
  
 B} CLEARLY INDICATE CORRESPONDING LENGTHS FOR EACH CUT
 SECTION OF PIPE.
  
 C} CLEARLY INDICATE THE MATERIAL TYPE OF EACH CUT
 SECTION OF PIPE.
  
 D} CLEARLY INDICATE THE TYPE OF GAS BEING USED
 (NATURAL OR LP). THE PERMIT APPLICATION STATES THE TYPE
 OF GAS BEING USED AS NATURAL GAS, HOWEVER THE SUBMITTED
 PLANS DO NOT CLEARLY INDICATE THE GAS TYPE. SHEET P-3
 GAS SUMMARY INDICATES THE PRIMARY PRESSUREIZED LINE
 SIZED PER NFPA 58 (2004_ TABLE 15.1(O). TABLE 15.1(O)
 IS FOR PE PIPING BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND STAGE REGULATORS
 LP @ 10 PSI DELEVERY PRESSURE AND THE OTHER TABLE (NFPA
 58 (2001) TABLE 12.15) IS OUTDATED NO LONGER IN USE.
 NOTE: IF IT IS THE INTENT AS THE PERMIT APPLICATION
 STATES TO USE NATURAL GAS CLEARLY INDICATE AS SUCH ON
 THE PLANS AND THAT THE FOLLOWING TABLES ARE TO BE USED.
 PER FBC-2004 W/07 REVISIONS.
  
 A} 402.4(2) FOR 0.5 PSI OR LESS SCH. 40 METALLIC
 PIPE.
  
 B} 402.4(3) FOR 2 PSI SCH. 40 METALLIC PIPE
  
 C} 402.4 (14) FOR 0.5 PSI OR LESS (CSST)
  
 D} 402.4(17) FOR 2 PSI (CSST)
  
 E} 402.4(20) FOR 0.5 PSI OR LESS (PE)
  
 F} 402.4(21) FOR 2 PSI (PE).
  
 E} SHOW THE DISTANCE FROM THE POINT OF
 DELIVERY, (METER), TO THE MOST REMOTE
 OUTLET IN THE BUILDING AND/OR SYSTEM PER
 FBC-2004 FUEL GAS CODE APPENDIX A - USE
 OF CAPACITY TABLES A.3.1(4).
 NOTE: UNTIL COMMENT "B" IS ADDRESSED AND COMMENT "E"
 CORRELATED WITH IT A GAS PLAN REVIEW CAN NOT BE DONE.
  
 F} CLEARLY INDICATE THE DELIVERY PRESSURE (PSI) ON THE
 PLANS PER FBC-2004 FUEL GAS CODE SEC. 402.2. NATURAL
 GAS SPECIFY .5 PSI OR 2 PSI.
  
 G} SUBMIT MANUFACTURE SHEETS FOR THE MP REGULATORS,
 LAMPS, TORCHES AND GENERATOR, TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE WITH
 STANDARDS NFPA 54, NFPA 58, AND THE FBC-2004 FUEL GAS
 CODE SEC 402.2
 NOTE: THE SUBMITTAL NEEDS TO CLEARLY INDICATE THE
 MAKE, MODEL NUMBER, BTU LOAD CAPACITY AND HAVE A
 LISTING FROM A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED TESTING LABORATORY
 (EXAMPLES ARE UL, AGA, CSA).
  
 H} CLEALY INDICATE ALL FUTURE APPLIANCE AND GAS BTU
 LOAD CAPACITIES SO GAS PIPE SIZE DOES NOT CHANGE WHEN
 APPLIANCE IS ADDED. NOTE: PIPING BY 120,000 BTU FIRE
 PIT HAS NO INDICATON OF WHAT APPLIANCE OR BTU'S ARE.
  
 I}THE 120,000 BTU FIRE PIT IS DRAWN AS A FUTURE
 APPLIANCE WITH IT BEING CAPPED. PLEASE CLARIFY IF THIS
 IS A FUTURE APPLIANCE. IF IT IS A FUTURE APPLIANCE
 PLEASE INDICATE IT AS SUCH IF IT IS NOT A FUTURE
 APPLIANCE PLEASE DELETE THE CAP.
  
 ********IMPORTANT INFORMATION********
 WHEN RESUBMITTING PLANS, PLEASE PROVIDE A COPY OF THE
 OLD PLANS, CLEARLY INDICATE THE REVISION ON THE NEW
 PLANS, REMOVE AND REPLACE ANY PAGES AS NECESSARY. A
 TRANSMITTAL LETTER LISTING THE ORIGINAL REVIEW COMMENT
 NUMBER, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE REVISION MADE,
 IDENTIFYING THE SHEET OR SPECIFICATION PAGE WHERE
 CHANGES CAN BE FOUND WILL HELP TO EXPEDITE YOUR PERMIT.
 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED COOPERATION.
  
 END OF COMMENTS:
  
 REVIEW BY: MIKE PERSON
 PLUMBING PLANS EXAMINER
 PHONE= (561) 805-6730
 FAX= (561) 805-6731
 E-MAIL= [email protected]


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