22B-015 Notes 56 Meadow St 18-2-2 (2)February 5, 2018
Notes 56 Meadow St.
Inspected 2/1/18
Neither of the gas permits include fireplace; one of the permits needs to be amended or another permit
taken out, and the piping needs to be tested. It will likely fine. A plumber must deal with this issue.
Blocking the bulkhead with the deck is a violation of the state building code. The building code requires
a second means of egress / escape from the basement (R310.1). The basement had a second means of
egress through the bulkhead. When the bulkhead was blocked off, the building became less conforming
(AJ102.1).
This violation must be corrected by adding another bulkhead or installing an escape window.
R102.8 Maintenance of Existing Buildings and Structures. All buildings and structures and all parts
thereof, both existing and new, and all systems and equipment therein which are regulated by 780 CMR
shall be maintained in a safe, operable and sanitary condition. All service equipment, means of egress,
devices and safeguards which are required in a building or structure, or which were required by a
previous statute in a building or structure, when erected, altered or repaired, shall be maintained in
good working order.
R310.1 Emergency escape and rescue required. Basements, habitable attics and every sleeping room
shall have at least one operable emergency escape and rescue opening.
AJ102.1 General. Regardless of the category of work being performed, the work shall not cause the
structure to become unsafe or adversely affect the performance of the building; shall not cause an
existing mechanical or plumbing system to become unsafe, hazardous, insanitary or overloaded; and
unless expressly permitted by these provisions, shall not make the building any less conforming to this
code or to any previously approved alternative arrangements than it was before the work was
undertaken.
Louis Hasbrouck