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Originally Posted by OldDutch
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.
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I've heard similar off the record comments from the city. It seems clear to me though that ceilings have the same rules as walls:
http://alberta.ca/Flood-mitigation.cfm
Re the stairs being a safety issue it appears they haven't thought of it, I was bounced around and finally ended up with someone who was responsible for the materials portion of the mitigation plan and his reply to my concern was "huh ... yea ... that's a good point" Then finally he passed it on to the city and said they are going to be doing the final walk throughs. I have the checklist that the city will be using and it seems pretty clear they are only to inspect floors, walls and ceilings.
I've found the city pretty good to deal with so far, but these Alberta employees are pretty out of touch, and don't really care if they have a workable plan or if things don't make any sense. When you point out problems they don't want to solve them, they basically just say ... ya that sucks.