Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 18010190
Permit Number 18010190
Review Stop B
Sequence Number 4
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2018-04-26 11:07:51FROM: DARIO HERRERO
 TO: [email protected], MARTY APPLEBAUM
 
 DATE: 04/25/2018 07:30 PM
 SUBJECT: PERMIT #18010190
  
 MR GOMEZ
 AS PER OUR LAST CONVERSATION WE HAD SENT YOU THE
 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS OF THE UNIT SHOWING THE ELEVATION OF
 THE SAME WITH THE HEIGHT RESTRICTION OF 8' INTERIOR
 FROM CONCRETE SLAB TO CONCRETE SLAB.? THE ORIGINAL
 DESIGN HAS R-11.1 INSULATION ON THE ROOF AND? R-11 ON
 THE WALLS.? PER OUR CONVERSATION YOU EXPRESSED THAT THE
 EVALUATION SHOULD BE DONE USING THE PERFORMANCE METHOD
 FORM R405-2017. ATTACHED IS A COPY OF THE SAME BUT AS I
 HAD EXPRESSED TO YOU THE PROGRAM WILL NOT ALLOW AN
 INPUT OF LESS THAN R-19 FOR THE ROOF THEREFORE THE
 ATTACHED FOR IS WRONG IN THAT THE ROOFING HAS R-19
 INSULATION.
 AT THIS POINT WE ARE AT A STANDSTILL.? EVEN THOUGH WE
 HAVE A PERMIT CONTINGENT ON THIS ITEM BEING RESOLVED,
 WE CANNOT PROCEED DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS ITEM IS NOT
 RESOLVED.?
 SINCE THIS IS AN EXISTING UNIT IN A TOWN HOUSE THAT
 SHARES THE ROOF WITH 3 OTHER UNITS AND BEING THIS THE
 CASE THE UNIT OWNER DOES NOT OWN THE ROOF OR
 INSULATION, THE SAME BELONGS TO THE ASSOCIATION, HOW DO
 WE PROCEED.
 IF WE REFER TO THE 2017 FBC-ENERGY SECTION C501.2 AND
 C501.3
  
 RESPONSE:
 GOOD MORNING MR. HERRERO,
 AFTER SOME RESEARCH, I THINK YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO
 COMPLY WITH SEC. 503.1 FBC-ENERGY CONSERVATION (2017)
 BY JUST FILING THE EXPOSED CEILING AND WALL CAVITIES
 WITH INSULATION. NO NEED TO SUBMIT ENERGY CALCULATIONS.
 NOTE: THIS IS ONLY IF THERE IS NO RECONFIGURATION OF
 ANY OF THE SPACES IN THE TOWNHOUSE.
 I HOPE THIS HELPS,
 THANK YOU
  
 JULIO C. GOMEZ
 CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH
 COMMERCIAL COMBINATION PLANS EXAMINER
 DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT
 BUILDING DIVISION
 (561)805-6712
  
  
  


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