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Coastal Contractor

July/August 2007
by Glenn Mathewson
Safety glazing for safer decks

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STRUCTURE Safety Glazing for Safer Decks Glenn Mathewson Insight on engineering and codes The completed deck is beautiful and your client loves it. It just needs to pass inspection, then you can move on to the next job. No worries — it's a simple deck and there shouldn't be any problems. But when the inspector does the final inspection, he tells you it looks great — except you must "safety glaze" a window on the house. What? You didn't do anything to that window, so how are you responsible? I can tell you that you're not the only deck builder

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