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2023-03-02 09:54:27 | 1ST REVIEW FMC |
| PERMIT: 22110423 |
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| CODES IN EFFECT: 2020 |
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| FBC- FLORIDA BUILDING CODE |
| FMC- FLORIDA MECHANICAL CODE |
| FEC- FLORIDA ENERGY CONSERVATION |
| FGC- FLORIDA FUEL GAS |
| FEX- FLORIDA EXISTING BUILDING CODE |
| FRC- FLORIDA RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CODE |
| F.S.- FLORIDA STATUTES |
| FAC- FLORIDA ACCESSIBILITY CODE |
| WPB- WEST PALM BEACH AMENDMENTS TO THE FBC |
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| PLAN REVIEW RESULTS: DENIED. |
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| 1) SHEET M-2: PLEASE REMOVE THE OUTSIDE AIR |
| CALCULATIONS REFERENCE TO ASHRAE 62.1 AS THE FLORIDA |
| MECHANICAL CODE 2020 EDITION SHOULD BE USED FBC |
| 403.3.1.1 AND TABLE 403.3.1.1 |
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| 2) SHEET M-1: THE EXISTING MECHANICAL UNITS CAN BRING |
| IN A COMBINED TOTAL OF 1,650 CFM???S OF OUTDOOR AIR |
| THROUGH THE SYSTEMS. THIS OUTDOOR AIR IS CONDITIONED TO |
| COOL AND REMOVE THE HUMIDITY SO THE OUTDOOR AIR BEING |
| DELIVERED INSIDE THE BUILDING DOES NOT CAUSE HUMIDITY |
| AND UNSAFE CONDITIONS INSIDE THIS BUILDING. BASED ON |
| THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, IT IS REQUIRED, BASED ON THE |
| OCCUPANTS AND OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION??? FOR THE |
| OCCUPANTS AND THE SPACE, TO BRING IN A MINIMUM OF 739 |
| CFM???S. THIS LEAVES A TOTAL OF 911 CFM???S OF |
| CONDITIONED OUTDOOR AIR. THE REQUIRED EXHAUST FOR THIS |
| BUILDING, ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION SUBMITTED, IS |
| 2,532 CFM???S FOR THE PET AREAS AND 140 CFM???S FOR THE |
| BATHROOMS EXHAUST. THIS IS A TOTAL OF 2,672 OF REQUIRED |
| EXHAUST FOR THIS BUILDING. |
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| SHEET M-2: EACH SPACE MUST EXHAUST THE MINIMUM REQUIRED |
| FOR THAT SPACE. THE ANIMAL AREAS EXHAUST FAN SCHEDULE |
| SPECIFIES AN EXHAUST FAN WITH 110 CFM???S. THERE ARE 8 |
| SHOWN ON THIS DRAWING. THIS WOULD BE A TOTAL OF 880 |
| CFM???S OF EXHAUST FOR THE PET AREAS. NOTE 1 ON SHEET |
| M-2 INDICATES THE EXHAUST FANS AND THE SUPPLY FANS WILL |
| BE CONTROLLED TO OPERATE SIMULTANEOUSLY. THIS COULD |
| MEAN THAT THE SYSTEM WOULD BRING IN 1,792 CFM???S OF |
| UNCONDITIONED AIR FROM THE OUTSIDE. PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW |
| THIS DESIGN WILL PROVIDE AN AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM |
| THAT MEETS THE DEFINITIONS FROM THE 2020 FMC LISTED |
| BELOW. |
| FMC DEFINITIONS: |
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| CONDITIONED SPACE. AN AREA, ROOM OR SPACE THAT IS |
| ENCLOSED WITHIN THE BUILDING THERMAL ENVELOPE AND THAT |
| IS DIRECTLY HEATED OR COOLED OR THAT IS INDIRECTLY |
| HEATED OR COOLED. |
| SPACES ARE INDIRECTLY HEATED OR COOLED WHERE THEY |
| COMMUNICATE THROUGH OPENINGS WITH CONDITIONED SPACES, |
| WHERE THEY ARE SEPARATED FROM CONDITIONED SPACES BY |
| UNINSULATED WALLS, |
| FLOORS OR CEILINGS, OR WHERE THEY CONTAIN UNINSULATED |
| DUCTS, PIPING OR OTHER SOURCES OF HEATING OR COOLING. |
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| AIR CONDITIONING. THE TREATMENT OF AIR SO AS TO CONTROL |
| SIMULTANEOUSLY THE TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY, CLEANNESS AND |
| DISTRIBUTION OF THE AIR TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF A |
| CONDITIONED |
| SPACE. |
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| AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM. A SYSTEM THAT CONSISTS OF HEAT |
| EXCHANGERS, BLOWERS, FILTERS, SUPPLY, EXHAUST AND |
| RETURN DUCTS, AND SHALL INCLUDE ANY APPARATUS INSTALLED |
| IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. |
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| WHEN RESUBMITTING, IT IS HELPFUL TO PROVIDE A RESPONSE |
| LETTER ADDRESSING EACH ITEM. |
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| MICHAEL EDWARDS |
| MECHANICAL EXAMINER |
| 401 CLEMATIS STREET |
| WEST PALM BEACH FL. 33401 |
| 561-805-6728 |
| [email protected] |
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