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A+Carpenter

Maybe Robert CDF can answer this.


I was on a project last week on an old pier house that had been leveled down to the decking. We replaced all old decking on the whole expansion for client.

Trick was this whole outside perimeter "ledger board" 2x12 was rotten. They advised to frame short pony walls on top of decking and I said ok. We framed up all the walls 2x6 framing for lattice application 4x8 sheets. Total length was about 400 feet on plate.
Lets keep in mind I was 30 feet off the ground on pilings and the water and rocks was 30 feet below also.

The lady came up the next day and said someone called in and said it didn’t look safe. All the walls my crew framed where recessed in 8 inches from the edge for safety.

This job was done at a dirt cheap price and for a favor to another builder for his friend. How in the heck could this lady complain about the safety when she knows nothing about this project?

In 15 years of framing I have never had so much BS out of one person.

Here are the pictures of what we did.

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firemike

Who was the lady? Owner? Building official? Busybody?

Did the somebody that called have a name or any kind of credentials? (maybe like does he even own a hammer???) One day while on vacation we were watching ironworkers hang the 34th floor of a new building across from our hotel. The wife said as she watched the guys walk a 12" beam that it didn't look safe. As I explained to her why it's done like that and that they walk better up there then she does on a sidewalk, she finally realized that there isn't another way to do it.

Is the wall/railing built to meet local code?

Is it even governed by anyone?

It looks good and it looks like you guys earned your pay for that job. Was it windy during the job, Water looks kinda calm. I have some clients that have summer homes or cottages on lakes, some on the big lakes, and with the occasional 30 - 40 mph winds off the lakes it is a PITA to get things done outside.

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She is the manager of a business located back from this area.

Yes the codes are met with 39'inch studs and with top and bottom plate making 42" inches total. Code requires not to exceed 48 is why we didnt trim back the lattice upon application making a total of 48" contract was not to exceed 42' and we did a change order.

Yea we earned our pay on this after I found out she changed my contract when I signed it and not over looking it. I ate it bigtime on this project.

I really only frame custom homes in the 300k to 2 million dollar range and will never do a small job like this again for anyone. I lost time money and even fired a guy over this job.

Yes it is governed by the G.L.O. hence the reason it was being tore down. I suspect the GLO doesnt know that they are using this project we just completed for them to host partys on. My understanding is that the GLO made them tear it down due to being unsafe and over the errosion line.

Maybe I need to make a call. Sorry for the typos I was in hurry

Wind was blowing 40-50 mph at times. The day we took the pics it was in the 10mph range.

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