Excuse my ignoraqnce, but where do you look for the DOB regulations regarding 'decks?' I have a deck behind my house. It replaced an older deck that is on the survey for my house. I would like to enlarge the deck, but I am unsure of the legal ramifications of doing it. I figure that the existing deck is covered under the existing survey. Do I need an architect to expand the deck? Do I need a permit?

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Posted by: premadas at July 17, 2008 9:44 PM in response to Iron Gates and Handrails

Marty you're right, it's not straightforward in the code to find deck regulations. That's because definitions of decks are covered in not in the code but in memo form "Technical Policy and Procedure Notice #4/03, Subject Decks, Porches, Terraces,Breezeways," issued by Borough Commissioner Ron Livian back in '03, the year the decks were collapsing everywhere.

If anyone wants a copy of the memo shoot me an email I can send it as a pdf. It is not very exciting reading, that's for sure.

Posted by: Smokychimp at July 23, 2008 12:06 PM in response to When is a deck a deck?

I have a flat roof on a brick federal which has had several repairs. I have a leak from the skylight again, and I called a roofer. He said I have many layers of roofing and it all needs to come down. He quoted me $40,000 including insulation, and skylight repair for a completely replaced nd new roof.
Does anyone know anything about roofs? When do I actuaLLY NEED A COMPLETELY NEW ROOF? i HAVE SEVERAL FLATTOP BUILDINGS AND NEVER EVER REMEMBER ANY ROOFING QUOTES LIKE $40,000.
Thanks all for the advice!

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