BBQ on the Roof
I am looking to install a legal, permitted, grill on the roof of my coop. Does anyone have any experience/advice they can give me?
I am looking to install a legal, permitted, grill on the roof of my coop. Does anyone have any experience/advice they can give me?
http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/html/safety/barbeque.shtml
There you go, charcoal, 10 foot from the any wall is all you need, + a four gallon bucket of water.
Easy as that, You can also run a natural gas line to a bbq grill, but no propane tanks.
good luck / good grilling
There are some rooftop terraces on co-op buildings around Prospect Heights that have what I presume are legal, charcoal grills. Don’t underestimate the time, effort and cost of this project. If you get approval, make sure that the local fire house knows about it. Dot all the i’s, cross all the t’s. Try and find a neighboring co-op that has been through the process and ask them how much time, effort and cost was involved, that may give you a rough idea of what you’re in for.
Forget it, it is difficult and you need proper structure to do it. The rooftop would need have a water source. The grill would need to be 10 feet from outer walls AFAIR or any combustible structure.
Are you nuts, that’s a fire hazzard.
I would never ever, ever, want anyone to bar-b-q’ ing on my roof, and since I live on the top floor, I am not kidding.
What would even make a person think it would be OK to do that.
Fire is not a freakkking joke !!!
The best place to barbecue is in the back yard of a brownstone. That is one of the real pleasures of owning a townhouse or renting a garden level apartment. If you live in an apartment building, you should probably think of other outdoor activities. First of all, barbecue smoke will bother all your neighbors, unless you have a private roofdeck that is the highest thing around. Communal barbecues on a roofdeck are a terrible idea. Educated New Yorkers can be so retarded when it comes to everyday tasks, they will surely burn themselves, their chidlren, or the building. Most coop boards would sooner allow Rob the Pitbull to redecorate their lobby than allow barbecues on the shared roofdeck.
A private penthouse terrace or roofdeck with no one above, maybe, but you should be very careful because I don’t think it is technically allowed under code.
The city basically doesn’t want you to have burning charcoal anywhere near a building… and they don’t really like the idea of propane tanks because they think we like to throw them around or throw rocks at them. The law is written because of the 2% of the population that thinks it’s a good idea to stick a full size webber grill on their fire escape or dump their hot used coals on their tar roof.
The best thing seems to be to install a gas line to the roof! No tank and you can be grillin’ like a villain without having to buy tanks or coals.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/html/safety/barbeque.shtml
Check out this link as it specifies the exact rules pertaining to all kinds of grill installations and rules.
Sounds like a contradiction in terms…but I hope it works out.
See Chapter 3 at 307.5.1 for FDNY regulations related to BBQs.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/html/firecode/table_of_contents.shtml
I think it can be legally installed but you’ll definitely need these rules in hand when the neighbors call the FDNY to report you.