Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 18040831
Permit Number 18040831
Review Stop G
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2018-04-19 19:54:3004/19/2018 PLUMBING & GAS 1ST REVIEW**DENIED**
  
 CITY RECORDS DO NOT SHOW ANY PERMITS FOR A GAS TANKLESS
 WATER HEATER.
  
  
 NOTE - A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW COULD NOT BE DONE AT THIS
 TIME AND ADDITIONAL PLAN REVIEW COMMENTS MAY BE
 GENERATED UPON THE RE-REVIEW OF SUBMITTED CORRECTIONS
  
 1) VALUE SEEMS TOO LOW AND MUST INCLUDE THE COST OF THE
 OWNER SUPPLIED HEATER AT FULL VALUE. WPB AMEND TO THE
 2017 FBC.FOR PERMITTING PURPOSES, VALUATION OF
 BUILDINGS AND SYSTEMS SHALL
 BE TOTAL REPLACEMENT VALUE TO INCLUDE STRUCTURAL,
 ELECTRIC, PLUMBING, MECHANICAL, INTERIOR FINISH,
 RELATIVE SITE WORK, ARCHITECTURAL AND DESIGN FEES,
 MARKETING COSTS, OVERHEAD AND PROFIT; EXCLUDING
 ONLY LAND VALUE. VALUATION REFERENCES MAY INCLUDE THE
 LATEST PUBLISHED DATA OF NATIONAL
 CONSTRUCTION COST ANALYSIS SERVICES (MARSHALL-SWIFT,
 MEANS, ETC.), AS PUBLISHED BY INTERNATIONAL
 CODE CONGRESS. FINAL BUILDING PERMIT VALUATION SHALL BE
 SET BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL.
  
 2) THE PLANS INDICATE AN EXISTING GAS METER. THE BTU
 LOAD OF THE EXISTING GAS SYSTEM MUST BE ADDED INTO THE
 TOTAL BTU LOAD ON THE SYSTEM TO ENSURE THE EXISTING
 SYSTEM IS PROPERLY SIZED. IF UNDERSIZED, THE EXISTING
 SYSTEM MUST BE REDONE TO ENSURE A SAFE OPERATING
 SYSTEM. SUBMIT A GAS PIPING RISER DIAGRAM THAT SHOWS
 THE TYPE OF EXISTING APPLIANCE, THE BTU LOAD OF EACH
 APPLIANCE, THE PIPE SIZE AND TYPE OF PIPE TO EACH
 APPLIANCE, AND THE DISTANCE OF THE LONGEST LENGTH OF
 PIPING FROM THE POINT OF DELIVERY TO THE MOST REMOTE
 OUTLET AND THE LOAD OF THE SECTION. FGC SECS. 401.4,
 401.8, 402.1, 402.2, 402.3 OR FBCR SECS.G2412.4,
 G2412.8, G2413.1, G2413.2, G2413.
  
 3) SUBMIT MANUFACTURER?S SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE
 PRESSURE REGULATORS. REGULATORS INSTALLED ON THE
 EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING SHALL BE APPROVED FOR OUTDOOR
 INSTALLATION. 2014 FGC SEC.410.1, 2017 FBC-RES. SEC.
 G2421.1.
  
 4) SHOW THE DISTANCE FROM THE 2 PSI REGULATOR TO THE
 APPLIANCE. COMPLY WITH 2017 FBC-FUEL GAS SEC. 402.4.1
 OR 2017 FBC-RES. SEC. G2413.4.1, G2413.4.2 FOR THE
 PROPER PIPE SIZE AND BTU LOAD
  
 5) SIZING TABLE REFERENCE ONLY 2PSI SCH 40 METAL
 PIPING. MUST INCLUDE SIZING TABLES FOR ? LB AND CSST
 PIPING. SUBMIT TWO COPIES OF THE APPLICABLE SIZING
 TABLES USED TO SIZE THE GAS SYSTEM OR PLACE A NOTE ON
 THE PLANS/DRAWINGS SPECIFYING WHICH SIZING TABLE(S)
 FROM THE GAS CODE OR OTHER STANDARD THAT WERE USED IN
 THE DESIGN OF THIS GAS SYSTEM. REFER TO THE 2017
 FBC-FUEL GAS SECS. 401.4, 401.8, 402.3, AND TABLES
 402.4 (1) THRU 402.4 (37) OR 2017 FBC-RES. SEC.
 G2413.3, G2412.8, G2413.1, G2413.2, & G2413.
  
 6) SUBMIT TWO COPIES OF A HOUSE PLAN SHOWING THE
 LOCATION OF THE TANKLESS WATER HEATER AND THE LOCATION
 AND DISTANCE OF ANY OPERABLE DOORS OR WINDOWS IN
 RELATION TO THE WATER HEATER. THE LOCATION OF THE WATER
 HEATER SHALL COMPLY WITH THE MANUFACTURER'S
 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS. THE HOUSE PLAN CAN BE HAND
 DRAWN. WPB AMEND. TO FBC SEC. 107.2.1.
  
 7) SUBMIT MANUFACTURER?S INSTALLATION MANUAL FOR NEW
 GAS EQUIPMENT TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS NFPA
 54, NFPA 58, AND FBC-2017 FUEL GAS CODE SEC. 402.2, AND
 301.3 OR 2017 FBC-RES. SEC. G2404.3. GAS APPLIANCES
 SHALL BE LISTED AND LABELED. THE INSTALLATION MANUALS
 FOR ALL GAS APPLIANCES / EQUIPMENT SHALL BE ONSITE AT
 THE TIME OF INSPECTION. FGC SEC.305.1, FBC-RES.
 SEC.G2408.1.
  
 8) LIST THE BTU LOAD OF EACH APPLIANCE AND THE TOTAL
 BTU LOAD ON THE SYSTEM. REFER TO THE 2017 FBC-FUEL GAS
 SECS.401.8, 402.2, AND TABLES 402.4 (1) THRU 402.4 (37)
 OR 2017 FBC-RES. SEC. G2413.3, G2413.4 AND TABLES
 G2413.4 (1 ) THROUGH G2413.4 (21).
  
 9) SUBMIT AN ISOMETRIC DRAWING THAT CLEARLY SHOWS THE
 LENGTH OF ALL CUT SECTIONS OF PIPE PER 2017 FBC-FUEL
 GAS, SECS. 402.4.1, 402.4.2. OR 2017 FBC-RES SEC.
 G2413.4.1, G2413.4.2.
  
 10) PLANS ARE REQUIRED TO BE DRAWN ON SUITABLE
 MATERIAL. PENCIL IS NOT PERMITTED. FBC 107.2.1
  
  
 TIM HUNT
 PLUMBING INSPECTOR / PLUMBING PLAN REVIEWER
 CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT
 BUILDING DIVISION
 561-805-6695
 [email protected]
  


Account Summary | Usage Policy | Privacy Policy
Copyright © 2005 – 2014, SunGard Pentamation, Inc & City of West Palm Beach, FL – All Rights Reserved