Balcony drops off Plateau triplex
The front third-floor balcony dropped off a Plateau triplex on Wednesday, leaving a trail of debris but no injuries.
The front third-floor balcony dropped off a Plateau triplex on Wednesday, leaving a trail of debris but no injuries.
Blork 11:24 on 2023-02-09 Permalink
What’s particularly weird is that it’s only HALF of the balcony that came down.
Frankly, I’m surprised this doesn’t happen more often. Those balconies are held up by wooden beams that are not particularly well sheltered from water, and many of them are 100 years old or more.
Kate 11:40 on 2023-02-09 Permalink
The tenant also says she’s had as many as ten people out on that tiny balcony, so they’re retrospectively lucky it didn’t give way under them.
Kevin 12:27 on 2023-02-09 Permalink
Old-time construction with the idea that joists running through the non-existent building envelope would just dry out and be okay– instead of rotting and being a source of water running directly indoors.
I bet the tenants living below have had rain running down their walls and either didn’t notice, or took steps so it wouldn’t show as much.
As for half coming down, checking the address you can see it’s the geographic western side of the balcony, which gets more rain exposure, so that’s more likely to rot first.