Let’s play inspector---safe or unsafe?
Sometimes you look back and wonder "what were we thinking"!
This comes to us from a licensed inspector and some of the things that they see on their daily workloads. In my eyes unbelievable but true.
What do you think?
I thought today it might be fun to play “Jurisdictional Inspector.” First of all, I must confess that I do not have the answer for you---but do have questions. So with your Jurisdictional Inspector thinking cap firmly in place what do you have to say about the deck guard in the following pictures.
The spacings are less than 4” as required by code---so that aspect should be good to go. Each individual piece is four inches wide, 1/4" thick and has a safety glass etching on it (man that must have been expensive). The problem, as I see it, is that these thin little strips are GLASS---as is evidenced by one being able to see through them almost as if they are not there. We all see clear glass panels used for this purpose. Very large panels are exceptionally difficult to break and are likely adequate to keep kids on tricycles going at full speed from careening through them.
I am really not sure I could say the same thing about these glass slats. How much force could they resist? How would anyone test one? Perhaps they are actually as strong as some flimsy wood baluster---perhaps stronger. How strong do they have to be?
So what say you my wannabe jurisdictional inspectors? Safe or unsafe?
Charles Buell, Real Estate Inspections in Seattle
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