Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 16020523
Permit Number 16020523
Review Stop G
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2016-02-18 04:19:411) SUBMIT 2 COPIES OF THE SURVEY THAT SHOWS THE
 LOCATION OF THE GENERATOR AND THE DISTANCE FROM THE
 BUILDING WALL TO THE GENERATOR AND ALSO ANY WALL
 OPENINGS TO THE GENERATOR. 2014 FBC SEC. 107.1.
 2) THE MINIMUM DISTANCE OF THE GENERATOR TO THE
 BUILDING WALL SHALL BE 5 FT. PER NFPA 37 & 2014 FGC
 SEC. 616.1.
 GENERATORS : NFPA 37 - SEC.4.1.4
 ENGINES LOCATED OUTDOORS
 ENGINES AND THEIR WEATHERPROOF HOUSINGS IF PROVIDED,
 THAT ARE INSTALLED OUTDOORS SHALL BE LOCATED AT LEAST 5
 FT. FROM OPENINGS IN WALLS AND AT LEAST 5 FT. FROM
 STRUCTURES HAVING COMBUSTIBLE WALLS. A MINIMUM
 SEPARATION SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED WHERE THE FOLLOWING
 CONDITIONS EXIST:
 (1) THE ADJACENT WALL OF THE STRUCTURE HAS A FIRE
 RESISTANCE RATING OF AT LEAST 1 HOUR.
 (2) THE WEATHERPROOF ENCLOSURE IS CONSTRUCTED OF
 NONCOMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS, AND IT HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED
 THAT A FIRE WITHIN THE ENCLOSURE WILL NOT IGNITE
 COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS OUTSIDE THE ENCLOSURE.
  
 3) SUBMIT 2 COPIES OF THE GENERATOR INSTALLATION
 MANUAL. 2014 FBC SEC. 107.2.1.
 4) SUBMIT DOCUMENTATION FROM GENERAC FOR THIS GENERATOR
 MODEL THAT ALLOWS A REDUCTION OF THE REQUIRED DISTANCE
 FROM THE STRUCTURE AS MANDATED IN NFPA 37 SEC. 4.1.4.
 5) SUBMIT TWO COPIES OF THE CORRECT GAS SIZING TABLE
 FROM THE 2014 FUEL GAS CODE. THE TABLE THAT HAS BEEN
 SUBMITTED IS FROM THE 2004 FUEL GAS CODE. THERE HAS
 BEEN 3 CODE CYCLE CHANGES SINCE THE 2004 EDITION HAS
 BEEN ADOPTED. FBC SEC. 107.2.1.
 6) THE GENERATOR EXHAUST VENT SHALL BE LOCATED A
 MINIMUM OF 10 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE; 3 FEET FROM
 EXTERIOR WALLS AND ROOFS AND 10 FEET FROM OPERABLE
 OPENINGS INTO BUILDINGS PER 2014 FLORIDA MECHANICAL
 CODE SEC.501.3.
 7) SHOW THE TOTAL DEVELOPED LENGTH OF THE GAS PIPING
 FROM THE POINT OF DELIVERY TO THE GENERATOR. 2014 FGC
 SEC.402.4.1.
 8) METALLIC PIPE (GALVANIZED) IS NOT PERMITTED TO BE
 INSTALLED UNDERGROUND PER 2014 FGC SEC.404.11 THROUGH
 404.11.2. THE PLAN IS VAGUE AS TO HOW THE METALLIC PIPE
 WILL BE INSTALLED. THE PIPING SHALL BE LOCATED A
 MINIMUM OF 3 1/2 INCHES ABOVE GROUND PER 2014 FGC SEC.
 404.9.
 9) SHOW THE LOCATION OF THE GAS METER ON THE SURVEY.FBC
 SEC. 107.1.
 10) I AM QUESTIONING THE VALUE OF THIS JOB AT $950.00
 THIS SEEMS LOW FOR THIS TYPE OF INSTALLATION. SUBMIT A
 COPY OF THE SIGNED CONTRACT FOR THIS WORK. 2014 FBC
 SECTION 109.3.
  
 PLUMBING PLAN REVIEW
 TIM LARGE
 CHIEF PLUMBING INSPECTOR
 561-805-6692
 [email protected]
  
  


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