{"id":110,"date":"2015-10-14T23:59:18","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T23:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wicrwaterproofing.com\/Decking-Blog\/?p=110"},"modified":"2015-12-01T00:16:26","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T00:16:26","slug":"north-carolina-town-initiates-mandatory-annual-deck-inspections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wicrwaterproofing.com\/Decking-Blog\/deck-maintenance\/north-carolina-town-initiates-mandatory-annual-deck-inspections\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina Town Initiates Mandatory Annual Deck Inspections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-111\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wicrwaterproofing.com\/Decking-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/northCarolinaDeckCollapse2.jpg\" alt=\"deck repair\" width=\"287\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wicrwaterproofing.com\/Decking-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/northCarolinaDeckCollapse2.jpg 287w, https:\/\/www.wicrwaterproofing.com\/Decking-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/northCarolinaDeckCollapse2-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/>The major vacation rental companies in the North Carolina town of Emerald Isle\u00a0have banded\u00a0together to start a mandatory deck inspection program.<\/p>\n<p>The vacation rental companies have been working with the town of Emerald Isle\u00a0since July, 2015, when a deck collapse injured\u00a0more than 20 members of a Virginia family.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the program applies to all rental units that are managed by the vacation rental companies (over 1,500 units).\u00a0As of this week, all vacation rental units managed by these companies are required to be inspected at least once annually, by either a licensed North Carolina waterproofing and decking\u00a0contractor, or a licensed North Carolina professional engineer. The program insures that\u00a0safety or structural concerns can be caught early on, before they pose a risk of injury.<\/p>\n<p>It will be up to the property\u00a0owners to make any required repairs that are identified\u00a0in the inspections, and a failure to comply will result in the suspension of that owner&#8217;s ability to rent their unit.<\/p>\n<p>The mandatory deck inspection program is an unprecedented move in the direction of public safety.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read the entire story <a href=\"%20The seven major vacation rental companies in the town have voluntarily come together to start a mandatory deck inspection program for the more than 1,500 rental units the companies manage. The town, which has been working with the companies since July 4, when a deck collapse at 4403 Ocean Drive sending more than 20 members of a Virginia family to the hospital, announced the program late Wednesday afternoon after working for weeks to try to coordinate an effort. Participating companies are Angelfish Properties, Bluewater Real Estate, CENTURY 21 Coastland Realty, Emerald Isle Realty, Shorewood Real Estate, Spinnakers Reach Realty and Sun-Surf Realty. Bluewater owner Woody Warren, whose company managed the Ocean Drive house, said he is happy to participate and glad the other six companies are participating, too. \u201cWe met several times to talk about it, and agreed it was a good idea,\u201d he said of the program. \u201cWe hope it will prevent future problems. Anything, over time, needs to be inspected, and we all obviously care about our guests and want to do everything we can to ensure their safety.\u201d Town Manager Frank Rush praised the companies. \u201cI honestly applaud them,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re all hoping this will make for a safer environment for our visitors, and the town is going to work with them to make that happen,\u2019 he said. Under the program, effective Thursday, all single-family and duplex vacation rental units managed by these companies are required to be inspected at least once annually, by either a licensed North Carolina general contractor or a licensed North Carolina professional engineer. The idea is to identify any safety or structural concerns, and to have repairs completed by Tuesday, March 1, of next year, before the tourist season kicks off around Easter. The onus will be on the unit owners to make any safety or structural repairs that are identified as necessary, and \u201cfailure to complete the necessary \u2026 repairs will result in the vacation rental unit being suspended from the vacation rental companies\u2019 management programs until the repairs are complete,\u201d according to the town news release.\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The major vacation rental companies in the North Carolina town of Emerald Isle\u00a0have banded\u00a0together to start a mandatory deck inspection program. The vacation rental companies have been working with the town of Emerald Isle\u00a0since July, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-110","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-deck-maintenance","8":"category-deck-repair","9":"category-waterproofing"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wicrwaterproofing.com\/Decking-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wicrwaterproofing.com\/Decking-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wicrwaterproofing.com\/Decking-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wicrwaterproofing.com\/Decking-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wicrwaterproofing.com\/Decking-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wicrwaterproofing.com\/Decking-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112,"href":"https:\/\/www.wicrwaterproofing.com\/Decking-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110\/revisions\/112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wicrwaterproofing.com\/Decking-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wicrwaterproofing.com\/Decking-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wicrwaterproofing.com\/Decking-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wicrwaterproofing.com\/Decking-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}