Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 20090696
Permit Number 20090696
Review Stop P
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2020-09-29 13:16:372ND REVIEW FBC-2017 RES.
 PERMIT- 20090696
 9/29/2020
  
 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 SELECTED RHEEM RTEX-24 IS UNDERSIZED FOR THE
 REQUIRED HOT WATER GPM FLOW TO THE FIXTURES. THE
 MANUFACTURER'S TEMPERATURE RISE CHART AND INSTALLATION
 MANUAL FOR THE SELECTED RHEEM RTEX-24 SHOWS A MAX 5.0
 GPM FLOW AT A 33-DEGREE F TEMPERATURE RISE FROM THE
 COLD INLET TEMPERATURE TO HOT WATER OUTLET TEMPERATURE.
 PLEASE NOTE THAT RHEEM MANUFACTURER USES A 70 DEGREE
 COLD WATER TEMPERATURE FOR OUR REGION, AND HOT WATER AT
 A TEMPERATURE OF 110 DEGREES F SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE
 FIXTURES WHERE REQUIRED- SECTION P2801.1 FBC RES. IT
 APPEARS BY THE SPECS THAT THE RTEX-27 CAN SUPPLY MAX
 5.0 GPM AT A 37-DEGREE TEMP. RISE, AND THE RTEX-36 CAN
 SUPPLY MAX 6.0 GPM AT A TEMP. RISE OF 41 DEGREES. BASED
 ON THE MANUFACTURER'S SPECS, IN ORDER TO SUPPLY A
 MINIMUM OF 6.0 GPM HOT WATER FLOW, IT APPEARS THE
 RTEX-36 WOULD BE THE CODE COMPLIANT CHOICE.
  
 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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