Mr. Inspector
SAWHORSE
Code is not requiring a "hard" surface for a landing. It requires it to be "solid" but no definition of solid. Water or mud would not be solid.
When I was a green inspector one of my first inspections their was a stairway with with grated steps. Going by the code I failed it thinking they are not solid. They attached thin plywood on top of the steps for me to pass it. To this day I'm not sure what is meant by "solid" in the code.
Stairways and landings are the only things that I can find in the code that are required to be "solid". Foundations, floors, buildings, roofs are not required to be "solid".
When I was a green inspector one of my first inspections their was a stairway with with grated steps. Going by the code I failed it thinking they are not solid. They attached thin plywood on top of the steps for me to pass it. To this day I'm not sure what is meant by "solid" in the code.
Stairways and landings are the only things that I can find in the code that are required to be "solid". Foundations, floors, buildings, roofs are not required to be "solid".
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