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Originally Posted by Flames in 07
For those looking at the new mitigation rules:
All the content is about the floor, ceilings and walls. What if you already have untreated lumber as your staircase? Surely Alberta doesn't want that replaced? The scope is specific, and doesn't include stairs, yet its is specific in that it says no untreated lumber.
Also, if you don't have carpet on the stairs aren't they just shifting expenses from flood remediation to health care when people start splitting their heads on concrete or tiled stairs?
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Note that it also does not include ceilings. Those can be whatever under new rules too. I was joking with a city inspector (who says off the record that the city thinks these new rules are poorly thought out, ineffective, and stupid) that I am going to carpet my ceiling just to spite them. Then I realized I'd have to live with a carpet ceiling.
Anyways, I am willing to bet that they either have not thought of that in their haste, or have and intentionally left that out for some reason. The rules are just really strange and do little to benefit the taxpayer or homeowner.
On that injury front, that one I doubt they have thought of or care about. It is all PR for the rest of Alberta who did not flood appear they are on top of things. As usual it is working as I have yet to see any negative media on these mitigation rules.