and so laminated is probably most skylights that we do are laminated. or an insulated glass, where the laminated is on the bottom, and tempered is on the top. >> with an air space -- >> with an air space. the laminated, at one time, they used to sell tempered skylights but they really didn't work terribly well. yes it breaks into little safety cubes but if it's falling from 100 feet above -- >> the code had a provision that you had to have a net underneath to catch the pieces, if it broke. >> which i'm using. so at this point, not going there. it's laminated on the bottom, tempered on the top, so that a fireman can really walk over this on the rooftop, and whatever. you know, it's good for the top. bottom is protected. so that's primarily where most wire glass has gone. >> just a comment about skylights in the building code. skylights of glass can be located at any distance from that property line protection that i mentioned earlier. typically in san francisco when you're on a property line you have to have a one hour wall. olderbles don't have it but a

put in an operable skylight. if you are on the top for a residential design the -- of a residential building, put in a skylight. that is the answer of 90% of the problems, because then you have a constant flow of air that leaves the sky like open. scarlets are ridiculously cheap , and an operable skylight probably will not cost $300 to buy and not that much to install. they are cheap, and you can leave it open and you always have air. you'll not have mouldy mildred build up. do you have any other thoughts on what to do about mold and mildew? >> grout has to be sealed every year. again, you want to use a fungicide for cleaning it and seal it once a year, if you have a bathtub with tiles coming around, you want to really maintain that joint between the towel -- towel and bathtub. >> for energy consumption, the shower head has to cut off valve. you do not need water running all the time. you can shut it off without having to reset the temperature. just do not use a plumber's wrench or you will ruin the material. kit

skylights, stairs, and elevators can have certain height exemptions. others have no horizontal limits. when we read the code, section 260, we see that elevator stairs and penthouses are exempted. these features are defined where the height limit is 65 feet. the first item on the bottom is showing you could have eight stair elevator windscreen to the heights shown. there is an interpretation we do not think is correct which told us we can only do a stair that is 2 feet high above the roof level, which we obviously cannot have access to, an elevator we could probably squeeze in at minimal height, and a wind screen that would only be 2 feet higher than the roof, which is more unsafe than the existing paraquat. we think the ruling of the code suggests that where the high limit is 65 feet -- we are in that district -- the we should be able to have exemptions to the height limit to add these elements and, as the diagram shows. the last diagram basically is saying there are existing penthouses' appear up to 84 feet. we want a stair connected to one of those.

skylights were broken. security was nonexistent. i am concerned about the fact, though there were many reports, the inspectors did not come in deed, come and see these things, nor did they repair them or cite them. i am particularly interested to bring to your attention the fact that there was a complaint that talked about the building not being approved, windows open, skylight broken, and their rear patio sliding door was unglazed. however, a property owner came and said that the property was listed as a vacant. how can a door that is missing glass, admitting people, vermin and water not be relevant? i just leave you with the thought, from my point of view, i am not sure that this program is being properly implemented. the significance of having a broken window, such as this -- i am not sure how this is being -- here we go. however a broken window can be allowed to be left in the walkway. clearly, it fell off the building. the building is not protected from the rain. there are lots of examples of this. this is just a single family

. >> but we were talking about skylights, skylights were tempered, we had a problem with chardz coming down. >> and to answer the question, yes, laminated glass is very often used for glass. and we do use quite a bit of laminated glass. it's ordinary, laminated is two pieces of window glass together, with a pbb in between. ordinarily it's 030 or to meet safety requirements and they put a little bug on the corner that says what requirements that meets. >> if you use a piece of safety glazing it is required by the code to have the little stamp that's permanently etched into the glass or attached somehow. so that you can see what the safety glazing requirements are being met. >> sometimes, though -- sometimes, if for example you have a french door, and you've got 18 lights that are about 10 by 12s, you may, sometimes, talk the inspector into say, hey, i don't want to see american tempering, tempering, tempering, as an advertisement on each of these stupid little panes. this is silly. suppose i give you certification that i bought all of these at a tempering or laminating factory, and i pu

>> basically for any purses than -- purpose that is listed in the code for mechanical equipment, skylights, whenever an exception. 20% total. -- what ever it exception. 20% total. -- whenever exceptiatever excep. >> commissioner sugaya: it calls for various unit mixes -- i think that is the perspective i am coming from. i realize the and lasalso becaue of the drive to provide affordable housing, there are requirements. if this was market driven, we would not have affordable housing at all. i think the public policy aspect of it has to take some precedent. >> president olague: i wanted to mention, this has been a long time coming. i remember meeting about this during the eastern neighborhoods discussion, talking about daggett triangle. the issue was the pdr usage. something that supervisor maxwell had a lot of concerns about. that was something that was taken up at the board. ultimately, i think it is a good decision and it will work out to the benefit of the city. just given where a lot of the conversation around that was going. lately it seems to be revitalization, as far as the industry

i do hope that if you haven't seen the exhibit, you will go up to the skylight gallery and see it. the project actually involved over 225 young people who studied the japanese internment through the personal stories of 15 people who were interned or impacted by the internment. and the exhibition highlights the individual stories of each of the japanese americans who came into the classroom, as well as the rich student responses to these stories. the project really gave the students space to make very meaningful connections between the historical event of the japanese internment and contemporary and historical instances of social injustice in america today. but we're here today to meet phillip and chloe, so i want to introduce you to them. phillip also was one of the gracious japanese americans who came into the classroom and told his story. phillip congatonda went to law school and graduated hastings law school but never actually practiced law. he became the first chronicler of the japanese american experience and is credited with broadening the japanese -- broadening the definitio

. >>> we watch in awe when the skylights up on the 4th of july, but what do we know about fireworks?after all they are explosives. >> they are. coming up, we will have some facts about fireworks that you may not realize including the biggest fireworks created and how hot they get. >>> before you enjoy the fireworks from the show, you need libations and food. well, mark is over in the kitchen whipping up red, white and blue patriotic dishes. we are heading that way in a bit. justin. >>> 9:42i. think megan invited us to a rooftop deck is that right in. >> sure come on over. >> or are you bragging about how wonderful it is up there. >> no you can come. i am expecting the whole berk family. >> good practice. >> and how about this, right at the beach, they are good even when they are sleep, but 88 tomorrow, look at 90s on sunday and monday. there could be thundershowers. one disturbance could reach sunday night and monday morning but a good weekend at the beach. check out the rest of the weekend forecast coming up. stick around. there's more "good morning maryland" after this. >>> don't t

in very stark cells, 23 hours a day and get one hour of rec time in an empty concrete room with a skylight located right next door to their cells. >> the rec pen is the same size as the cell so you go from one cell to another to walk in circles. it's life in solitary confinement. no cellmates, no card games, no chess, but that's life. >> without the distraction of television, radio or cellmates, even the most hardened criminals can break under the pressure. >> every 25 minutes we do our walks to check on inmates to make sure the inmates are safe. they're a greater risk to themselves than anything else. they're isolated. so thoughts get into their heads at times, that they receive bad conversation from home or something like that. it can be despair. >> [ bleep ]. i didn't do nothing, man. [ bleep ] making me want to kill myself. [ bleep ]. they don't understand. i'm [ bleep ] losing my mind. >> 25-year-old manuel martinez, a self-proclaimed gang member being held on forgery charges has reached the end of his rope. >> during one of our routine security walks, officers noticed he was attempti

across america, in fact, the night skylights up as big cities and small towns celebrate the country'sth birthday. a spectacular display taking place over madison, wisconsin right there last night. the fireworks show in wisconsin's capital city is the biggest in the midwest. >>> and then check out this awesome display in provo, utah. pretty too. a stadium of fire literally. this fireworks show last night was held at the football stadium at brigham young university. everybody always loves the fireworks show. how about you, karen? >> love it. love it. >> it's always a lot of fun. >> tomorrow is the peachtree road race in atlanta. >> will you be out there? >> are you? >> no, no. i haven't done that one yet. >> it was great, great fun. people cheer you on and you're breathing heavy. >> they work out for that all yearlong getting prepared. >> yeah. >> and i think people hang on in the hour too for this moment, the chat room. this is when we go for the lighter side of things, including you saw that tape earlier of the traffic cop. >> i did see that. >> kind of dancing a little bit. >> this i

the night launches are something that -- you know, the skylights up, it turns to day. you know, early morning launches. every one of them is a little bit unique. and there's that live picture from the shuttle atlantis. the center, that's where all the goods are being stored. what you're seeing at the right there is the arm, the shuttle's arm, and in the back, you can see the tail section of the shuttle. so looking from front to back there, as they're traveling at about 17,500 miles an hour. you know, racing as fast as they can to catch up to the space station. candy? >> john zarrella, you are going to misthis, i can tell. >> yes, i am. >> the action shifted to johnson space center in texas where nasa is tracking every move of atlantis and its crew. that's where we find cnn's e ed led l ed lavandera. >> here in houston is where hundreds of thousands of people are behind the scenes support. the astronauts get all the glory when they're walking out to the launch pad and lifts off. these are bittersweet days for all the people here in the houston area who work for the shut

and it's almost has an entry way with soaring ceilings and skylights which is a big bang on that firste dark wood cabinets in the kitchen plus a big dining area that opens on to a big back generous -- there's a shot of the living room. look at the height of the ceilings. clean and beautifully designed that house is with those extra tall windows. makes that room feel bigger. as i mentioned a moment ago, there's the kitchen. it's an expensive kitchen, dark wood cabinets. to my eye, handsome yet modern. out back, screened in porch with open views of more rolling hills. you will see it again in the backyard. if you can only take a peek over the railing, as far as you can see, the neighbor, neighbor beyond him. >> quickly, tucson, arizona, different home. three bedrooms. $395,000. >> this is a adobe brick home. it's only in this area that you get that terribly flat room with the naches on top. it's just this area's style of architecture. not well-known but people there love it. inside i love that beam and ceiling. and i love the tumbled brick floors. that's a very different kind of a look.