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3/28/08, 11:29 AM
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Re: wooden decks (posted by phil page)
[quote=jwilliams4]O.K. I give up. How does the floor stay up?[/quote]
My thoughts too! FYI:This is a 3yr old home. Sellers agent was sitting on the porch when I arrived. She said "feels kind of spongy..?.." The owner asked if I thought another buyers inspector would find that too. I said im sure they would. 
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3/28/08, 10:04 PM
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Re: wooden decks (posted by phil page)
Wow I thought my desk was going to collapse for a sceond there with the whole deck sitting on it.
Ian Niquette Square One Home Inspection Markesan WI 53946 www.squareonehomeinspection.com Active Rain Network What we've got here is......failure......to communicate.....
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4/4/08, 6:24 PM
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Re: wooden decks (posted by phil page)
[quote=mlarson]Roy, I write up all safety concerns I find. I inform the client. It's up to him to decide if it's important to him.
In WI we are required to report any material defects. The deck construction pictured would not fall into that category IMHO. Anyone else?[/quote] [LEFT]"The guardrail shall not be less than 36 inches in height." Seems the bench effectively lowers the guardrail height to less than 36".[/LEFT] Owl Home Inspections Rick Maday Itasca, IL Home Inspector Serving all Chicago Suburbs Schaumburg Home Inspector Naperville Home Inspector Lake County Home Inspector
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4/4/08, 7:00 PM
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Re: wooden decks (posted by phil page)
[quote=rmaday][LEFT]"The guardrail shall not be less than 36 inches in height."
Seems the bench effectively lowers the guardrail height to less than 36".[/LEFT] [/quote] [URL="http://www.deckmagazine.com/article/84.html"]See this[/URL] Look at figure no. 7 [I][B]Figure 7. [/B]Railings need be no higher behind a bench than anywhere else, but a bench alone cannot serve as a guardrail.[/I] "Never underestimate the difficulty of changing false beliefs by facts."
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4/4/08, 7:11 PM
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Re: wooden decks (posted by phil page)
Interesting.
I still think its a safety hazard. Interesting also to note that directly above that picture they state, "The guards are to be constructed with infill rails or balusters no more than 4 inches apart. " Yet the picture shows no balusters. Owl Home Inspections Rick Maday Itasca, IL Home Inspector Serving all Chicago Suburbs Schaumburg Home Inspector Naperville Home Inspector Lake County Home Inspector
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4/4/08, 7:13 PM
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Re: wooden decks (posted by phil page)
[quote=rmaday]Interesting.
I still think its a safety hazard. Interesting also to note that directly above that picture they state, "The guards are to be constructed with infill rails or balusters no more than 4 inches apart. " Yet the picture shows no balusters.[/quote] If you look closely I think there is wire mesh being used. "Never underestimate the difficulty of changing false beliefs by facts."
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