Stair Safety ?

[3930dave]

I wouldn't worry about the copper treated boards葉hat's what you can buy today. It's the arsenic treated boards that bother some folks.

The olde green boards remind me of copper oxide.

Likely sloppy Chem 101 on my part..... I should go look up the compounding... :reading:

Rgds, D.

 

[3930dave]

I wouldn't worry about the copper treated boards葉hat's what you can buy today. It's the arsenic treated boards that bother some folks.

The olde green PT boards remind me of copper oxide.

Likely sloppy Chem 101 on my part..... I should go look up the compounding... :reading:

Rgds, D.

 

[cqaigy2]

I am intimately familiar with trying to comply with ever changing building codes, ADA regulations, and the **** like way, some inspectors do their jobs.

Getting on an inspectors bad side, is also sure way to suffer death by code book.

Please do not get the impression I am a fan of that.

No system of governing has ever, or will ever be perfect.

I agree.

I've worked in a number of construction fields that had specifications, including code based ones. Seemed the people i heard that complained the most, were ones that just couldn't seem to take the time to find out what exactly those specifications are. I would be talking to a sub and they would be bitterly complaining about inspector so and so, and how codes were messing them up, etc. So basically and admittedly simplistic, what i was hearing, is they didn't really know what the specifications were for the job and were blaming the inspector for being a jerk for enforcing codes and the specifications of the product. The exact same inspectors i had personal, on the job experience with and had a very good relationship.

 

[3930dave]

I wouldn't worry about the copper treated boards葉hat's what you can buy today. It's the arsenic treated boards that bother some folks.

Sloppy Chem 101 on my part, I really should look up the compounding :reading:...... I tend to think of copper oxide when I think of the olde green coloured PT wood.

Rgds, D.

 

[3930dave]

I wouldn't worry about the copper treated boards葉hat's what you can buy today. It's the arsenic treated boards that bother some folks.

Tried posting several times yesterday, but the indexing glitch wouldn't let me back in here....

The olde green PT boards visually remind me of copper oxide.

^ Sloppy Chem 101 on my part..... I should look up the compounding..... :reading:

Rgds, D.

 

[3930dave]

For Mods, IT:

Just deleted a recent triplicate post of mine (PT boards). No matter how many times I reloaded the page, nothing would show here after post # 20. (I can be OCD, but it wasn't this me this time )

Nothing updated here this morning UNTIL I did a Quick Reply (the one I just deleted), and these many repeats then showed up as well as cquaigy's post.

I can delete the dups, but leaving them for now in case there is any diagnostic value...

Rgds, D.

 

[3930dave]

Toronto decided to get it done....

Toronto replaces homemade $55 staircase | CTV News

Adi should run for mayor - I know what his platform would be !

Rgds, D.

 

[Bird]

For a while the push in Maine was to build creative playgrounds for children in the different communities through the state through local fundraising. People loved it, kids included. Then it was pointed out that it was done with toxic pressure treated wood.View attachment 516162......That is not so cool anymore! We need to go back to the frozen steel jungle gyms that your tongue could freeze to in the winter![/QUOTE

Your creative playground looks a bit similar to one in Denton, TX. It was very popular, but when someone pointed out that it was built with that toxic pressure treated wood, it was closed down for many months until it was torn down, money raised to buy new material, and volunteers finally got a new one built.

 

[ultrarunner]

As a kid we loved a play structure built by volunteers and the group received several awards....

Later it was determined not to be accessible so it is no more.

 

[ray66v]

As a kid we loved a play structure built by volunteers and the group received several awards....

Later it was determined not to be accessible so it is no more.

Mr Adi, doesn't understand the world he live in.

The University of Berkley, recently had to take 20,000 files off line, (which is quite alright with me), because the the government declared them to be a foul of the Americans With Disabilities Act.

Apparently, blind people surfing the internet were unable to access them. So, to make it fair, the government mandated, no one access them.

Since, Canada is clearly more progressive than the US, I have to wonder, if the new staircase in Toronto, will be closed immediately, because it has no elevator, or wheelchair ramp?

 

[ultrarunner]

What makes ADA compliance in California news worthy is private lawyers sue and settle...

Every establishment open to the pubic is fair game...

A beloved South Bay family eatery with loyal customers... some interviewed in wheel chairs said the ADA lawsuits have gone to far and only making lawyers rich.

San Jose's iconic Time Deli to close

Iconic San Jose Deli To Close Door After ADA Lawsuit << CBS San Francisco

The owner said he simply could not afford to make the distance from the parking lot to the entrance shorter and there was no way to add handicap parking in the present configuration...

One single lawyer is responsible for thousands of lawsuits...

Too many business simply lock their bathrooms now... the rental yard had a bathroom open to all... there was an ADA issue so the public is barred from access...

At work... I was written up for a lavatory tile counter being 1/4 too high about finish floor... I bought floor mats so now it is OK... not making this up... 1/4 inch too high.

Well, I'm tall and all this stooping is giving me back problems...

 

[3930dave]

Mr Adi, doesn't understand the world he live in.

The University of Berkley, recently had to take 20,000 files off line, (which is quite alright with me), because the the government declared them to be a foul of the Americans With Disabilities Act.

Apparently, blind people surfing the internet were unable to access them. So, to make it fair, the government mandated, no one access them.

Since, Canada is clearly more progressive than the US, I have to wonder, if the new staircase in Toronto, will be closed immediately, because it has no elevator, or wheelchair ramp?

We are not quite as far gone as Cali, at least not yet. As ur's post hits on, too much of this is just spinning the money wheel..... I rate that right up there with patent trolls.

UnCommon Sense could go a long way, on all sides of these issues..... but that won't put barristers in new Benzs every 3 years....

Rgds, D.

 

[audreymir]

It is cool that you can you build stair at low cost.

 

[3930dave]

It is cool that you can you build stair at low cost.

It was the wake-up call City Hall needed.

The wooden stair has since been replaced with prefab concrete stairs - more money, but less than the initial estimates.

Controversial staircase at Etobicoke park to open Saturday, city says | Toronto Star

Rgds, D.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Still too expensive, but look good.

 

[3930dave]

Still too expensive, but look good.

For big-city operation..... not too bad.....

But once you fund having 8+ city employees for the duration, buy the pre-fab stairs, and pay for a contracted-out crane to be onsite, it ends up in Canadian $ where it did....

Folks can now safely traverse that embankment, which was Adi's goal :thumbsup:

Rgds, D.