Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 22110423
Permit Number 22110423
Review Stop M
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2023-03-02 09:54:271ST REVIEW FMC
 PERMIT: 22110423
  
 CODES IN EFFECT: 2020
  
 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
  
 PLAN REVIEW RESULTS: DENIED.
  
 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
  
 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.
  
 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:
  
 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.
  
 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.
  
 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.
  
 WHEN RESUBMITTING, IT IS HELPFUL TO PROVIDE A RESPONSE
 LETTER ADDRESSING EACH ITEM.
  
 MICHAEL EDWARDS
 MECHANICAL EXAMINER
 401 CLEMATIS STREET
 WEST PALM BEACH FL. 33401
 561-805-6728
 [email protected]
  


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