| Date |
Text |
| 2018-02-16 13:39:57 | PLAN |
| | REVIEW COMMENTS |
| | |
| | 1ST REVIEW: FBC SIXTH EDITION (2017) |
| | ROBERT MCDOUGAL, CBO |
| | COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER |
| | (561) 805-6714 |
| | [email protected] |
| | |
| | DENIED BY MECHANICAL |
| | PLEASE ADDRESS THE ITEMS NOTED BELOW: |
| | |
| | 1) THE PLANS HAVE SEVERAL REFERENCES TO THE 2010 FBC. |
| | THE FBC FIFTH EDITION (2014) WENT INTO EFFECT ON JUNE |
| | 30, 2015. ALL NEW PERMITS APPLIED FOR ON OR AFTER THAT |
| | DATE ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH AND REFERENCE THE FBC |
| | FIFTH EDITION. |
| | |
| | 2) SUBMIT TWO SETS OF EQUIPMENT SIZING CALCULATIONS. |
| | FBC ENERGY CONSERVATION - SECT. R403.7.1 EQUIPMENT |
| | SIZING. HEATING AND COOLING EQUIPMENT SHALL BE SIZED IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH ACCA MANUAL S BASED ON THE EQUIPMENT |
| | LOADS CALCULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH MANUAL J OR OTHER |
| | APPROVED HEATING AND COOLING CALCULATION METHODOLOGIES, |
| | BASED ON BUILDING LOADS FOR THE DIRECTIONAL ORIENTATION |
| | OF THE BUILDING. THE MANUFACTURER AND MODEL NUMBER OF |
| | THE OUTDOOR AND INDOOR UNITS (IF SPLIT SYSTEM) SHALL BE |
| | SUBMITTED ALONG WITH THE SENSIBLE AND TOTAL COOLING |
| | CAPACITIES AT THE DESIGN CONDITIONS DESCRIBED IN |
| | SECTION 302.1. THIS CODE DOES NOT ALLOW DESIGNER SAFETY |
| | FACTORS, PROVISIONS FOR FUTURE EXPANSION OR OTHER |
| | FACTORS WHICH AFFECT EQUIPMENT SIZING. SYSTEM SIZING |
| | CALCULATIONS SHALL NOT INCLUDE LOADS CREATED BY LOCAL |
| | INTERMITTENT MECHANICAL VENTILATION SUCH AS STANDARD |
| | KITCHEN AND BATHROOM EXHAUST SYSTEMS. NEW OR |
| | REPLACEMENT HEATING AND COOLING EQUIPMENT SHALL HAVE AN |
| | EFFICIENCY RATING EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE MINIMUM |
| | REQUIRED BY FEDERAL LAW FOR THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION |
| | WHERE THE EQUIPMENT IS INSTALLED. |
| | |
| | 3) PROVIDE A MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT SCHEDULE ON THE |
| | PLANS. FBC 107.3.5.1.4 |
| | |
| | 4) SPECIFY THE LOCATION OF THE THERMOSTAT ON THE PLANS. |
| | FBC 107.3.5.1.4 |
| | |
| | 5) SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH FBC M1507.2, WHICH REQUIRES THE |
| | BATH EXHAUST AIR TO BE EXHAUSTED DIRECTLY TO THE |
| | OUTDOORS. |
| | |
| | 6) BLOWER DOOR TESTING IS REQUIRED FOR RESIDENTIAL |
| | BUILDINGS PERMITTED ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 2017. |
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