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From: Andy Schwaller
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2016 4:46 PM
'Mark Bintliff' To:
Subject: Final Inspection -Admin Building Permit BLC0-05-15-3650
Mark,
Thank you for meeting with me today. We did find a few things that need to be addressed outlined below:
1. Install a plug in the open gas valve in the mechanical room. I believe your maintenance person may have this
done already.
2. Add a step at the bottom of the interior stairs at the extended landing. Minimum step width is 11 inches. The
rise of the existing step should be divide equally for the rise of the new step.
3. Add a handrail support at splice in handrail interior stairs. Getting the light in the stairwell to come on sooner
would also be good.
4. A landing is required on both sides of all doors flush with the door's threshold as per today's code. Most of the
doors on the lower level do not have this due to the existing conditions . In many cases, trying to install landings
will generate a tripping issue from a different travel direction. A simple solution to this is to provide "Watch
Your Step" signs on both sides of the doors in question. This should also be augmented with fluorescent paint
applied to the thresholds.
5. Not specifically a code item, but a carbon monoxide alarm on the 2"d floor possibly in the hallway would be good
should there be a heater issue from the floor below.
Review of the electrical, inspection by the fire district and the county walk through with the various corrections made
has gone a long way to make the building safer. Issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy {C.O.) only established the new
uses of the building and does not verify the structure meets the current 2015 International Building Code. Due to the
varying degree of construction over several years, there could be concealed or other conditions not address by this
building permit. Various mechanical systems should be inspected by qualified service technicians on an annual basis.
Please call if you have any questions. We will go ahead and process the C.O. We do request a spot check of the above
items sometime in late January. Please give us a call when they are completed .
Thanks for your cooperation,
Andy Schwaller
Building Official
Garfield County
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