obviously if you have stairs over a living space you have to water proof the stairs -- waterproof the stairs but a lot of energy is being spent trying to get exterior stairs waterproof when you could just let the water flow through. some of the stairs you're showing are good examples of those. >> we have another shot in a minute. here's somebody's exterior deck and stairs which they've been -- a couple of rails have been replaced. i want to point out, by the way, that the spacing between the guard rails on this deck or guards, as they're now called, are pretty wide and don't need the mod -- meet the modern codes which they forum maximum space and it's easy to accomplish that before building a giant new stair and deck by using some kinds of fencing, whether it's metal fencing which you can buy at any hardware store or plastic fencing. just put it up and over the years renters and building owners have been held responsible to meet the standards of today's safety, especially for decks and stairs. so for those of you who have rental units, i encourage you to upgrade your stairs and your s

>> if you're rebuilding the stair, if you're starting from scratch and going to put the stairs in, you want to put the stairs in first and you have two options. one is to put the stairs in first and run a regularlet around the stairs that the stucco comes down to. a reglet is an l-shaped piece of metal that you're waterproofing for the stucco that goes behind distribute stucco goes on top of. it's a piece of flashing and that follows -- they'll make it -- it follows the curves and the whole edge of the stairs. and so you can put that on there, the stucco paper comes down there and you would stucco on top that have after and then you have a little caulk joint that is just something you have to maintain. it's not critical, that goes between the reglet and president stair. that will keep the stucco from cracking. >> here's an example of why we need to maintain a distance clearance between the dwround and the siding. you see this wood siding goes right down to the concrete sidewalk and it's rotting at the bottom. that rot is just going to run up through the wood and into the framing behind

>> repair of the stairs to make them safe. and the departments will still need the permits to comply with the other, that we don't understand any way. if applicable. commissioner peterson: the unit number again for the bathroom? >> 340. president goh: striking everything that we are striking, does it prevent a problem -- the present a problem for a one-year statute? >> i was going to recommend that the board state in their motion that the permit holder would not be precluded from replying to do the work under the other nov's in one year. it would constitute a change of circumstances. president goh: ok. the somebody want to be the one to make this motion? commissioner garcia: we thank you for doing that. president goh: i will make the motion. >> to grant the appeal on the condition that all work to be struck except for the remodeling of the bathroom in unit 340 and the work under violation. and the permit holder not be barred to reapply for this work. >> on that motion from the president. commissioner fung: aye. commissioner ga

we want to get rid of the exteriors there's -- exterior stairs. you can barely see it, but on the right side we want to put a single car garage, extended to the property alliance -- to the property alliance -- lines. and to basically updates to windows and that kind of stuff. >> not further expansion? a wax there is a horizontal and addition. >> -- >> there is horizontal i edition. -- addition. >> thank you. anything further? no? nine commissioners, the matter is submitted. >> it seems as though we have not have one of these in a while. it is always done if there is mutual consent, so we had and a legal unit, and to accommodate the individual living there -- and we had an illegal unit, and in order to accommodate, if the individual allowed to of -- agreed to allow them to stay there, we would go through the process of legalizing it, rather than the process of some apartment, probably planning, to have the individual move out. it is unfortunate someone was there, but the reasons are pretty compelling to grant the individual who bought this house to

our stair inclosure would be minimal. it would not be close to 20%. 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 penthous

the wooden exterior stairs, the older ones, you need to keep them painted and sealed. you can't let the water be seeping in. the south side where you hit the sun, that's what breaks down the caulking and the sealant paint. you need to pay particular attention and you may only be able to paint your house every five, six, seven years. the stare assembly, every two years. >> if you do that, it will be -- if we look at a house like this, it could be an even more significant problem where everything is hidden behind a thin coat of stucco. and there could be wood in there as well. >> you may find if you take the stucco off, you'll find the old wood stair and they just said we don't want the -- because this is a beautiful victorian that have been butchered by stuccoing it. i've taken it off one of my houses and you'll find juned 'neath the front stairs, the old hand rail and they just covered it and stuccoed-over-over it and say now it looks like a modernized building. >> yeah. >> now you hire people to take the stuff off and put the gingerbread back on. >> could you talk abo

the stairs are a big problem because the bottom part is rotten. the permit is necessary because it -- we have friends over and a garden back there. we don't climb out the window onto your roof. i wanted to impress that it is important that we get his permit - -this -- this permit. we have friends over, we like having barbecues and it's important we get it. president goh: how long have you lived there? >> since january cl. president goh: is the room a bedroom? >> yes. president goh: is it a bedrrooom in your unit? >> yes. there are three of us, i'm on the top floor. president goh: is it a separate unit from the rest of the building? >> the top floor is a separate unit. the outside downstairs is communal. top and bottom. commissioner hwang: the property line window is not part of your unit? it is? thank you. president goh: you have another minute if you want to use it. is there a need for a translator? we can expand your time to allow for that. just -- could you approach? commissioner hwang: if you want to speak, your daughter can translate for you.

they hnhee -- need to fix those stairs. it is difficult. when you see the wood and the work starting, instead of saying, what is going on, pickup the phone and call dbi. it brings dbi into it. everybody should go the mediation and figure out how to get along. it might be helpful in this situation. president goh: do we have a motion? commissioner garcia: i don't know if i am failing on the issue for some sort of device to prevent people from reaching over. president goh: i think it is a good idea, but i could not tell from the pictures where it would go and how it would function. commissioner fung: cumene the vertical screen so that one can't go over? commissioner garcia: that would be fine. would you, as an architect, suggests something? commissioner fung: it is relatively easy for us to suggest these things, but i am not sure is the root cause. if they had any de

every love struck couple stairing into each other's eyes. every loner with a half empty beer even a waitress after a shift receives a visit from john nitto. he returns to the faces above the steaming plates before he's out into the neon lit street leaving behind a trail of rose petals bark as sacrificial hearts. thank you. [applause]. >> whenever i had writer's block i do research so i thought i would redo a section which started as writer's block and it took place in a library. i think all you need to know is my narrater is 19. the object of affection is 21. max's mother is a piannist and also polish. >> i saw little of rose after

the whole edge of the stairs. and so you can put that on there, the stucco paper comes down there and you would stucco on top that have after and then you have a little caulk joint that is just something you have to maintain. it's not critical, that goes between the reglet and president stair. that will keep the stucco from cracking. >> here's an example of why we need to maintain a distance clearance between the dwround and the siding. you see this wood siding goes right down to the concrete sidewalk and it's rotting at the bottom. that rot is just going to run up through the wood and into the framing behind and once again -- now this is interesting. those are wood stairs in a wood structure. much better solution. they're also protected because they're inside. so they're not going to have as much of a problem. they still have a joint there which is a leak problem that has to be caulked. this is sort of an interesting exercise. as you walk down the street i want to you look at the buildings carefully and see if yo

duffy has made reference to the stairs and that is a separate permit. actually on the application, it refers to the violation to look at that particular application. what i would ask the board to do would be to deny the appeal and to give mr. duffy and i the opportunity to sit down. i can give you my pledge of good faith. i don't think that they have had any problems dealing with me. this will allow us to move forward without concerns over what exactly it is that the board has told us that we cannot do. >> he is constrained about figuring out what has been done rather than trying to figure it out. that is my concern. thank you. >> is any rebuttal from you? >> i think we're done. >> this was simply require a continuance. >> we to hold to other tenants in the building because there is work that could be done. unless we can go over it, i would be voting blindly. this seems like mr. duffy is uphold in the arrangement. >> i would personally be more comfortable with that. >> i am comfortable with the concept. >> the council for the permit holders suggested th

you cannot get a stair penthouse, technically, to conform with this height. i have to do this to commissioner peterson. 25 years ago, there was a very famous name in san francisco. the zoning administrator denied his permit to build the market greenhouse on top -- to build an orchid greenhouse on top of his high-rise in pacific heights because it was non-conforming and above the height limit. the problem i have here perhaps is a little bit too much experience with this code section. that is that it has always been interpreted that way. the fact is that the 65 feet establishes the point at which exceptions take place. therefore i do not see any basis that i can even attack to give them what they want. commissioner peterson: i do not have the experience of commissioner fung, but i also am very sympathetic. i needed to look at the language to see if there is any wiggle room. you have a hope or expectation for having something like that on your building. i understand what it is disappointing to see these restrictions. but i also could not find any way around it.

and the filbert street stairs, because of the rockfall that occurred, new stairs were built, and they were built in a manner that when rockfalls occur, that actually lift out the stairs and put them on the ground and allow the crane to get back there to access the rockfall. >> beyond that, the building that we see at the bottom of the rockfall was actually designed to allow barack to fall off and be compounded by the building -- actually designed to allow barack to fall off and be impounded by the building. >> that is the corner of sansome and green. every couple years, there is a rock fall that occurs behind that building. >> now we are on russian hill. this is the most beautiful location of exposed bedrock. across the street from the art institute on chestnut. >> that and tires sitting -- that entire setting, that is a beautiful setting, the deck and the panorama of the city. >> cannot be it. now we are on at leavenworth street, around the corner of chestnut or francisco. >> these walls are common throughout the city, and they were built as part of the stimulus package following the

at this point, we do a lot of stair treads that are one inch thick. it's interesting to see the apple store on market street, where everything is glass. the stair treads are one inch glass, half inch treated on the top, and 0909, polyvinyl beaut rat in between. ordinariarily laminated grass -- it has a 090 tempered piece on the bottom. >> it is remarkable to walk in. the stairs is in front of you and it's transparent, maybe a little bit greenish, maybe, directly in front of you, and it's all glass. beautiful. >> we're doing a lot of areas where you're walking on -- bigger pieces where it's not supported quite so well, we use an inch and a half so you've got three layers of glass, and you can dance on it or whatever el else. fluid, as a disco bar near the four seasons on mission street for all you younger people. and they've got a lineup to get in there, one of those. and they have this dance floor that's covered with this inch and a half glass. and lights underneath. and it's very impressive. >> i think it's the indian reservation just built a project

," and they could be mentioned but they think the boy's death is an accident and he fell down the stairs and died on sunday and that is called an accident at this hour. they will not tell us what they believe and how she died but saying her death is "mysterious and odd." a statement says in part "it's important for to us take our time with the investigation, and not rush to judgment to ensure we don't miss anything," and "hopefully the evidence will tell the story." the autopsies have been completed on both victims and now they are waiting for the lab tests to come back and that usually takes six weeks in san diego and they say they expedited it and could be back by the end of next week which is roughly two weeks, four weeks ahead of schedule. >>shepard: the man who owns the house, the father of the little boy and the boyfriend of the girl who is dead has an ex-we've who lives down the street, right? >>reporter: absolutely. interesting background. investigators look into the background. he has an alibi if he is a "person of interest" or if this case becomes more of a possible suicide and

the rear stairs need to be replaced. there is another that is ready for pickup for that. one of these complaints references the remodel. it would not allow you to remodel four units. i am not sure it got issued by the department, there have been inspections on that one. i believe it was for 340. that is the downstairs unit that we spoke of an earlier. there are problems with the permit. the date is may 4. >> i am assuming that based on the permit number for 340, it is may 12. >> that is correct. >> i am also assuming that the permit was picked up because of the additional work that they found when they were working on in. >> the photographs they were shelling -- i thought the photographs were wall framing, not for framing. i was there this morning, actually. i don't know what is underneath it. i assume that when they were doing the work, they could have flecked the floor because the ceiling was opened. if that involved the removal of the tile above, i am not sure. there are 10 active notices of complaints. it would just repeat it is the scope of the work. if you're going

people have been saying he fell down the stairs. in fact, we don't know that.said max was found by police and paramedics on the floor near the foot of the staircase. the 911 call came in as a child who had fallen. you see the wording is careful. >> you know, it is a tragic story there. are so many questions about exactlyly how this happened. we thank you for being here william her -- her -- william herman reporting on this. a lot will come out next week this is the big question that remains. how did the woman die? was it suicide? was it a murder? was it something else? joining us dr. baden. good evening, good to have you here. >> good evening martha. >> you are listening to my conversation with william herman who has been reporting on this story what catches your attention in what the homicide investigators are saying and not saying so far about this case? >> well, what catches my attention is something you just said martha or is it something else? we can't leave accident out of this it is unusual for sue sigh. it is unusual for homicide. it is unusual for acci

people have been saying he fell down the stairs. in fact, we don't know that. they said max was found by police and paramedics on the floor near the foot of the staircase. the 911 call came in as a child who had fallen. you see the wording is careful. >> you know, it is a tragic story there. are so many questions about exactlyly how this happened. we thank you for being here william her -- her -- william herman reporting on this. a lot will come out next week this is the big question that remains. how did the woman die? was it suicide? was it a murder? was it something else? joining us dr. baden. good evening, good to have you here. >> good evening martha. >> you are listening to my conversation with william herman who has been reporting on this story what catches your attention in what the homicide investigators are saying and not saying so far about this case? >> well, what catches my attention is something you just said martha or is it something else? we can't leave accident out of this it is unusual for sue sigh. it is unusual for homicide. it is unusual fo

i mean, stairs are long. >> reporter: david lingenbacke rides metro daily, and although he's blind, he copes. >> mainly, i can walk down steps like anybody else, but it is a bit of a shocker if you think it's moving and you get on it and it doesn't move, you know. you kind of catapult forward a little bit. >> reporter: and then there are passengers who have physical disabilities and have to climb down the long flight of stairs into the station. tuesday, none of the escalators were working here, and the station was packed with passengers waiting to try to walk up the stairs or in long lines for the elevator. this morning, all of the escalators again went out, and repair crews found three flip-flo flip-flops, summer sandals, stuck inside. at the dupont circle station, two escalators are not working. metro says smoke poured from them monday afternoon. metro's monthly update called vital signs report says 485 of the 588 escalators were operating in may, 2011. this represents a significant decrease from april, with 22 less escalators in operation for the month. this is a result of large inc

the older stairs some have concrete. those are areas that will need maintenance. >> especially where concrete or stone abuts wood ask they have different shrinkage rates. you will see a crack that needs to be addressed calked or flashed. >> spend money on the waterproofing details because if you spend that little investment in extra waterproofing and better flashing it's a gift that deep keeps on giving it's something you will not spend later. we took rotting pin flashings off the buildings. >> galvanizing lasts a long time but it will get old. we use copper and steel. the price is neg ot a big investment. >> reasonable maintenance spend the money on appropriate materials. and pay attention to panlt. all the expense in paints is in the prep and the application. it's not in the cost of the paint itself. don't look for cheap paint. we will save 5 bucks a gallon after you spend thouz annasands you get cheap paint. >> i have a brick chimney. i tried to raise the chimney back to the roof diaphragms. what experience you have o

a lot of stairs. an elevator might be a good idea but i need to know it is going to be done properly. this is not the correct process. thank you. i hope to make the right decision. -- i hope you make the right decision. >> any other public comment? you have an opportunity -- we will start with rebuttals. if you have anything else to say, you have three minutes. >> i am bill ronson, and i was the one doing most of the male's back and forth -- emails back and forth. we were aware that there were more permits in the pipeline that may include the elevator and the other stuff. our concern is air wells on to the master bedroom suite. if you put an elevator next to the master bedroom suite, we want to be sure that the noise and vibration will not be there. if that is done and the bathroom has fans that vibrate or make noise, that is fine. we do not care that want to put four elevators, but we want to be sure the privacy of the house and also the lighting, the noise and vibration issue. as long as we can proc

always take it is stairs. when you go down the stairs hang on to the hand rails you will have people bump into you. pay attention to the floors, you have fourth floor, third floor, in case the lights go out you know you have 3 more floors. people think, i will go to the bottom until it stops. let's say you have 2 floors of parking you are under ground. sometimes it's a fire escape, never go up unless there is smoke down there and you can't go down. majority of the time don't go up. it's not like in tower interno where you go to the roof and the helicopters come pick you up u. notice fire department, work in pairs with 2 extinguishers. one extinguisher and the other person is a backup to get you out. that's an nert volunteer. never fight a fire if it's a large fire. large is over your head. if you are scared and it's too big, it's too large for you. if it's spread beyond where it started and blocking our escape route and you are unsure how to use an extinguisher. there are 4 types of fire it's on the label. on

two men on for stairs. i got your midlife crisis right here. >> there it goes.ding for the wall. nationals win. >> the 43-year-old with the walkoff win. they call him slick and he certainly was tonight. nats take it 2-1. if someone could just get him some gum. >> got a pitch to hit and it was a nice hit. >> apparently they were out of gatorade. nats now 41-41. i never seen the gum before. o's and braves scoreless in the 6th until jason hayward sends that to center field. his 8th. all right remember back on may 4 when the caps got swept out of the playoffs by the lightning? those were dark days for cap fans. as we stood in tampa after that game, we made a little prediction. >> i hope you got a good look at the capitals team that was on the ice tonight. the next time you see it it's going to look very, very different. >> we weren't whistling dixie that night. after waiting two months to begin his surgery on the roster, today was the day nhl free agency opened at noon. center boyd gordon gone. he moves to phoenix. additions, three-time all star roman comes over fro