Is your balcony safe?

[mstaylor]

Building a sports facility is a Catch-22 situation. They could use a straight floor to waist railing but then things get dropped through to fans below. In most they build a retaining wall with a short railing or glass to finish the height. The problem is now you have a climbing wall for small unattended children. If you slide the railing closer to the inside you weaken the fastening points. You can do a side mount on the outside and roll the handrail over to match the inside plane, this doubles or triples the cost.

 

[cprted]

Was it not built to code originally? Did code change and they updated it? Did someone decide that code wasn't good enough?

The last statement is probably where the truth lies. Remember, the building code, fire code, etc is the minimum standard for safety. Simply building something "to code" may not satisfy your insurance provider nor may you escape from liability in the case of an injury.

 

[stagehand1983]

Shoot, I think they should not let little kids or drunks (not saying anyone was drunk) on balconies. Sure it can be fun to be in the 'nosebleed' section but you have to think about safety first.

 

[gafftapegreenia]

It's not fun to be in the nosebleeds, rather, its usually what I can afford.

 

[stagehand1983]

It's not fun to be in the nosebleeds, rather, its usually what I can afford.

Oh yeah, forgot about that. Well then that's a better reason for making them safe. How? I don't know.

 

[derekleffew]

Worth necroposting?

Man Falls From 2nd Deck at Elton John Concert - OzarksFirst.com

 

[mstaylor]

Absolutely.