u/jdk1974

Ok, not sure where I'm going with tis, and much of this is predicated on whether expectations concerning non-structural objects like cars are inherent when judging compliances. But here's a NYC driveway between two houses; on either side of the driveway is a doorway for a shitty little apartment (marked by red arrow.) I've never actually measured it, but typically when two parked cars are in the driveway there seems to be no fully 36" wide path to the street in the event of an emergency (obviously we'll just have to ignore the sidewalk in this case). At any rate it always feels as if the cars are too inconveniently close together.Maybe if both cars were parked on the extreme agents there could be a 36" path down the middle? But there's no rule for this? Of course everything would be explicable if this was designed intending that parks be kept in the garage. So is this some sort of flawed design in terms of construction codes?

Ok, I'm trying to get my landlord in maximum trouble. My basement apartment windows (leading to the yard) have been completely blocked for the past year by junk including a heavy wooden cube thing and a bench. The upstairs tenants who put it there appear to be on vacation, so nobody's here to move it for the landlord. I've already summoned a building inspector and notified the fire department, but inspections won't be done for at least a few days. I've seen some suggestions that this is considered an active emergency and 911 should be called. An immediate response would be advantageous, but would calling 911 be overdoing it? Keep in mind I'm the victim here, and could technically die in a fire at any moment!

Ok, this isn't a building code question per se, but more of a request for a peek into the mindset of an average contractor. The first picture is a view of an elevated porch for a house as it was originally constructed. The windows at the bottom serve as a secondary emergency egress for the apartment below. the second question is of the adjacent unit of mirrored construction with a completely rebuilt porch. The new porch would seem to severely restrict the path of egress for the bottom unit. Now when working on custom construction like this, would the average contractor be knowledgeable of fire codes and work around them, or do they just tend to do whatever the client asks and not bother to check, comfortable with leaving any potential liability with the homeowner?

New York, United States. Okay the first picture shows an unmodified backyard porch of an attached house. The bottom windows are part of a separate apartment, and serve as a secondary fire egress. Emergency escape seems straightforward. The second photo shows a completely rebuilt porch in the adjacent house. The construction of the house is mirrored, and you can barely make out the apartment windows behind the stairway. Path of escape seems considerably narrower and more cramped. Did this reconstruction violate US fire codes?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-lxGcznhEc&t=1560s

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If you fart too long into the abyss, the abyss also farts into you.

Never trust a fart that occurs indoors.

I have never heard of flatulence inspiring a philosophical state.

Bad air! Bad air!

How much of a view would I get if I installed a Ring doorbell in the marked location. Would I get a wide enough view to see what's going on in the full doorway space at least? Like most of you, I'm sure, I have neighbors that like to f*ck around.