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That . There is not one defined in the Building Code. I understand that, and the reason that i asked if we are allowing the smoke to get into the corridors we are actually changing the peoples perception of what is happening in those corridors, the layman people, may not recognize it, and this is not, this is safe. And there is smoke in here, but this is safe. Right. That is one of my concerns, about allowing the smoke into the corridors and only into the stairwell, and i can tell you from exper...

Special thanks to the building inspector ping tong team which competed on august 17 against some terrific citywide talent. Did you win or lose . You lost. Yeah, i heard hes pretty good. We have to do something about that. Special thanks to director [inaudible] and the dbi seismic retro fitd staff whos joined with the rent board and with the mayors director of safety in hosting another free public workshop on august 11 at the main library on the steps of the owners free public workshop on august ...

Mar. Here. Lee. Here. Mcray. Present. Walk. Walk. Here. We are a quorum and the next item is president s announcement. Thank you all for coming to the august 20, 2014 Building Inspection Commission meeting. Just some announcements here. Special thanks to the building inspector ping tong team which competed on august 17 against some terrific citywide talent. Did you win or lose . You lost. Yeah, i heard hes pretty good. We have to do something about that. Special thanks to director [inaudible] an...

Allowing the smoke into these corridor and stairwells . What is the standard for that . There is not one defined in the Building Code. I understand that, and the reason that i asked if we are allowing the smoke to get into the corridors we are actually changing the peoples perception of what is happening in those corridors, the layman people, may not recognize it, and this is not, this is safe. And there is smoke in here, but this is safe. Right. That is one of my concerns, about allowing the sm...

Outside. They go to the big guys who have been doing this for a hundred years and they look at the technology they had a hundred years fwoo, lets look at the places that are desperate and dont have other options. If you look at japan, how were they able to get away with this react or. There are things that they are doing but nobody is paying attention. Look at the small guys and i can link you to some of these technologies. Look at the examples in the world where they have the worst case scenari...

Area, where you dont want the smoke from the fire, if those operate correctly, they will have a good proven track record. If they dont, they will let the smoke in the area that you dont want it, what we are assessing here is whether or not the pressurized corridor system that is being proposed somehow adversery effects the operation of those dampers and the ability of those dampers to keep the smoke in the room of the fire and the short answer is no, it doesnt from our study, it does a good and ...

Its hot dipped galvanize it will rust. People say its galvanized but its what they call electroplated galvanized. Maybe it lasts for yeah. So, for exterior use, its almost always wort the extra cost to use, you know, stainless steel bronze, brass or certainly hot tipped ga have a niesed at the lowest galvanized at the lowest cost and dont use an interior hardware on the outside of a building. It wont last at all. Youll be back there. And the cost people say, im going to save some money by using ...

If the fasteners rust, the brick is just sitting there and in an earthquake the whole brick can fall off. You should always have a sixinch separation between the lowest shingle or piece of siding and ground contact. And that should be a concrete foundation there. So its probably there probably is a foundation but they figured out a way to extend those all the way down to the ground which is a problem. So the reason you want to have it up from the ground is that we have a lot of water splash in h...

We can divide the world into people who like the smell and do not like it. Here is another problem. We brought along this is not the same thing. This is a huge distribution register, but it looks similar. When you use something on the exterior of the building, it will rust. Has to be maintained. Take robert brush, scrub it down, prime it tough. How much does it cost . 7. It is not very green, though. Lawrence. Here is somebody who saved 7 and put in an old or register for the heating system. Jef...

A niesed at the lowest galvanized at the lowest cost and dont use an interior hardware on the outside of a building. It wont last at all. Youll be back there. And the cost people say, im going to save some money by using cheap paint or cheap hardware or cheap something. The cost is not in the material. The cost is not in the paint. The cost is not in the hardware. The cost is in the time, the prep, the installation and all that work. So, i always say, buy the best equipment, buy the best paint c...