Warehouse Entrance

[Andyxdack]

Location: Lake forest, CA. There is 2 inch difference between the warehouse floor and the asphalt at the entrance to the warehouse. This will be a problem for loading and unloading material. Is the building's owner required to build a ramp or re-asphalt the entrance?

 

[e hilton]

Is it vehicle entrance only? Is it a code required exit? If not ... lease probably says the tenant accepts it as-is. And even if it is code required, the lease probably puts it on the tenant.

 

[cda]

Location: Lake forest, CA. There is 2 inch difference between the warehouse floor and the asphalt at the entrance to the warehouse. This will be a problem for loading and unloading material. Is the building's owner required to build a ramp or re-asphalt the entrance?

About how old is the building??

Seems a little strange for the bump to be there.

Is the warehouse floor lower, or the asphalt??

So what are you using manual pallet jacks??? and not fork lift?

 

[Andyxdack]

I don't know how old the building is. It's not stand alone, it's adjacent to others also with warehouse doors but I having checked if the others have that bump. The asphalt is lower. I'm thinking of getting a powered pallet stacker/jack incase we'll need to build some sort of ramp.

 

[Paul Sweet]

It's possible that the soil wasn't thoroughly compacted and the asphalt settled.

 

[Teeshot]

Easy temporary fix is to lay down a steel plate ramping down to the asphalt to allow for easier access with forklifts, etc.

 

[Andyxdack]

Yes, we can lay down a ramp, but my question is concerning whether we the tenant are going to have to do it or is the building owner required to.

 

[cda]

Yes, we can lay down a ramp, but my question is concerning whether we the tenant are going to have to do it or is the building owner required to.

You can always ask,

My guess unless you have a very nice person you deal with

There will be no action, and they can point to lease language to say have a nice day.

Not a paver, and depending on how heavy the stuff is moving in and out

Either get a bag of quick set concrete
Pour the powder down and wet it

or

Cold asphalt

 

[cda]

https://www.lowes.com/pd/QPR-50-lb-Asphalt-Patch/3656652

 

[e hilton]

Yes, we can lay down a ramp, but my question is concerning whether we the tenant are going to have to do it or is the building owner required to.

Read the lease.

 

[Andyxdack]

You can always ask,

My guess unless you have a very nice person you deal with

There will be no action, and they can point to lease language to say have a nice day.

Not a paver, and depending on how heavy the stuff is moving in and out

Either get a bag of quick set concrete
Pour the powder down and wet it

or

Cold asphalt

I guess it's time to go read some fine print. And with a loaded stacker it shouldn't be more than 3-4k lbs on the potential ramp at a time. I gotten find the best material to use as a ramp then.

 

[cda]

I guess it's time to go read some fine print. And with a loaded stacker it shouldn't be more than 3-4k lbs on the potential ramp at a time. I gotten find the best material to use as a ramp then.

Sounds like steel plate

 

[ADAguy]

Read the lease.

You didn't observe this prior to signing the lease?

 

[e hilton]

You didn't observe this prior to signing the lease?

Of course I did ... for my building. Some people trust the commission-earning broker too much.