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    :: Saturday, July 26, 2003 ::

    Porches, decks safety checked? City offering free inspection
    Porches and decks can be the best part of summer but with the recent collapse of a balcony at an East Coast three-story apartment complex that left several people dead, the International Code Council (ICC) has issued a warning about raised surfaces of all kinds and Santa Paula is offering courtesy safety inspections.

    “A majority of the time when you see a deck collapse like that it’s the deck of a house,” said Stuart.

    “Connection bolts are rusted or if it’s nailed, the nails have come loose, or the joist to the ledger was not properly connected. . .then you have catastrophic failure.
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