Permit Needed to Rebuild Back Deck?
We have a back deck that is in need of some major repairs or it has to be completely rebuilt. I’m looking in to the option of just rebuilding it. The question I have is: if we replace the deck, do we need a permit for the work to be done? We’re not going to…
We have a back deck that is in need of some major repairs or it has to be completely rebuilt. I’m looking in to the option of just rebuilding it.
The question I have is: if we replace the deck, do we need a permit for the work to be done? We’re not going to make any changes to the dimensions of the current deck and it was included in the floor plans when we bought the house. We are doing this for safety reasons and not just adding on to our house.
Thanks for any info you can provide.
DOB inspector walks through your house and will start ticking off violations and fine your butt, All for some stupid deck permit. Then the crane down the street has a faulty weld that some DOB hack signed off on but never inspected and it crashes down destroying your house and killing your family. Concrete companies fabricating materials to accomodate developers, DOB looks the other way. You gotta love it!
Why is DOB busting the little guy for decks when they’re neglecting safety concerns on large development sites, including corrupt concrete companies, crane operators, and workers falling to their deaths. Why does DOB support corrupt developers at the expense of communities? Why is DOB itself corrupt? Answer these questions first DOB hacks. DOB is a total joke.
Where’s Wasder in all this– he has the ultimate deck permit story from hell!
“dob couldnt care less about rear decks,”
Totally 100% untrue.
WE have a violation on our rear deck from a previous owner. So obviously the DOB does care. Whenever we can afford to replace that crappy handyman-special rear deck we not only have to pay for the deck we have to pay the fine attached to that violation.
All thanks to gems like McKenzie and his old-timer Brooklyn ilk who build cruddy rickety decks without permits. Insult newcomers all you want, whatever, there’s no nostalgia for old Brooklyn ways in our house.
mcKenzie insulting other posters on Brownstoner.
In other news, the sun rose in the east this morning…
I guess you have not heard the reports of DOB showing up and issuing everyone on the block violations for decks without permits. They are serious. It is cheaper to just get a permit, but to each his own.
Your deck, as you just described is not legal. How do you know it is actually safe? That’s the bigger issue.
If you don’t know if it’s safe, call someone who does decks (Sketch & hammer) and have them come out to evaluate it with the objective of fixing it.
You’re between a rock and hard place since it’s already illegal AND NOT TO CODE, so if it’s deemed structurally safe, make the repairs anyway. or, better yet, have it brought up to code but that means shrinking it in size or replacing the structure with steel.
A new steel/wood deck, to code, is about $15-20,000 at roughly 18′ X 8′ with stairs.
baloney
dob couldnt care less about rear decks,
collapsing decks? who are you Al Gore?
ridiculous,
you spend your money any way you like, but you don’t need a permit to rebuild a deck.
DOB is very serious about illegal decks. I went out and saw an illegal addition that the owner had built, received a violation for. He used 2×4’s for the roof rafters. Said he was a contractor. Nuts. If you are replacing parts and it is legal than it would be considered maintenance. Take down and replace exactly as built and previously permitted, god only knows. I would say get a permit, you could call down there and ask.