Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 20060671
Permit Number 20060671
Review Stop P
Sequence Number 3
Notes
Date Text
2020-09-18 12:39:283RD REVIEW FBC-2017 RES.
 PERMIT- 20060671
 9/16/2020
  
 CODES IN EFFECT:
  
 FBC RES- FLORIDA RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CODE SIXTH
 EDITION 2017
 FBC P- FLORIDA PLUMBING CODE SIXTH EDITION 2017
 FBC B- FLORIDA BUILDING CODE SIXTH EDITION 2017
 FBC M- FLORIDA MECHANICAL CODE SIXTH EDITION 2017
 FBC EC- FLORIDA ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE SIXTH EDITION
 2017
 FBC FG- FLORIDA FUEL GAS CODE SIXTH EDITION 2017
 FBC EX- FLORIDA EXISTING BUILDING CODE SIXTH
 FS- FLORIDA STATUTES
 FAC- FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
 WPB- WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FBC SIXTH
 EDITION 2017
  
 PLAN REVIEW RESULTS: DENIED
  
 1) THE WATER HEATER DETAIL APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CUT-OFF
 AND IS MISSING THE LOCATION OF THE REQUIRED EXPANSION
 TANK- P2903.4.2 FBC RES. THE DETAIL ALSO SHOWS THE HEAT
 TRAP ON THE HW LINE RUNNING THROUGH THE ADJACENT WALL
 INSTEAD IN A LOCATION AS CLOSE TO THE WATER HEATER AS
 POSSIBLE- SECTION R403.5.5 FBC EC. IT APPEARS A PAN
 WILL NOT BE INSTALLED UNDER THE WATER HEATER SO PLEASE
 INDICATE THE RELIEF VALVE DISCHARGE PIPE WILL DISCHARGE
 A MINIMUM OF 1? FROM THE BUILDING PER SECTION R318.5
 FBC RES.
  
 2) ADVISORY: THE REVISED ENERGY COMPLIANCE FORM
 R405-2017 INDICATES THE EFFICIENCY RATING OF THE GAS
 WATER HEATER AT 0.59 ON PAGE 1 AND PAGE 4. THE OVERALL
 REPORT HAS PASSED CODE WITH THE DATA INSERTED, HOWEVER
 PLEASE NOTE THAT PER TABLE C404.2 FBC EC THE MINIMUM
 EFFICIENCY RATING FOR A 40-GALLON GAS-FIRED STORAGE
 TANK WATER HEATER IS 80% E.
  
 3) SHEET EP1: 3RD REQUEST TO SHOW THE 2? WASHING
 MACHINE DRAIN CONNECTING TO A 3? VERTICAL STACK-
 SECTION 406.2 FBC P.
  
 4) EP1: PLEASE RELOCATE THE LAVATORY FIXTURE DRAIN
 CONNECTION SHOWN AT THE BASE OF THE WASHING MACHINE
 STACK TO THE ADJACENT LAVATORY BRANCH DRAIN. THIS IS A
 DOUBLE BOWL SINK AND THE FIXTURE DRAINS WILL TYPICALLY
 SHARE THE COMMON VENT- SECTION P307.1 FBC P.
  
 5) EP1: IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESPONSE NARRATIVE
 PLEASE PLACE A LIST OF DEFERRED SUBMITTALS ON THE PLAN
 TO INCLUDE THE WATER HEATER, SHOWER, BATHTUB VALVE,
 SHOWER VALVE, AND THE IN-WALL TANK WATER CLOSET.
 ADVISORY: PLEASE NOTE THE WATER HEATER GALLON SIZE IS
 DETERMINED BY PEAK DEMAND CALCULATIONS PROVIDED BY THE
 MANUFACTURER (NOT PROVIDED) AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 TABLE P2903.1 FBC RES.
  
 6) EP1: 2ND REQUEST TO PLACE BOLD NOTES ON THE PLAN
 INDICATING SEPARATE PERMITS ARE REQUIRED FOR THE GAS
 PIPING AND BACKFLOW PREVENTER. PLEASE NOTE COMPLETE
 PLANS, AND EQUIPMENT AND APPLIANCE SPECIFICATIONS ARE
 REQUIRED FOR INSTALLATION OF THE GAS PIPING SYSTEM
 INCLUDING A GAS RISER DRAWING, COMBUSTION AND MAKEUP
 AIR CALCULATIONS, AND VENTING PLANS- SECTION 105.1 AND
 107.2.1 WPB.
  
 WHEN RESUBMITTING, IT IS HELPFUL TO PROVIDE A RESPONSE
 LETTER ADDRESSING EACH ITEM ALONG WITH THE CITY
 RE-SUBMITTAL FORM.
  
 CHRISTOPHER L. COLE
 MECHANICAL/PLUMBING PLANS EXAMINER
 401 CLEMATIS STREET
 WEST PALM BEACH FL 33401
 561-805-6719
 [email protected]
  
  
  


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