I am thinking that the best chance we have of keeping our lofts would be treating them so that they are no longer considered combustible material.
It was mentioned in the meeting last night that spray-ons and dipping flame retardants would not be considered sufficient, but I think we should pursue them anyway.
My proposed means is to take several samples of wood, either from volunteered lofts or from the store, of the same type as most lofts are made from, treat it, and try to burn it outdoors in a safe place.
I would video record the treatment of the wood and the attempts to burn it, and whatever method seems most successful at retarding the flames, we will give the recordings of to T-bird.
If God blesses this, and wills for us to keep our lofts, the means of treatment we decide on may be approved by the fire marshal, and we will only have to treat every square inch of wood instead of taking it all down.
I will mention this in Senate today, and perhaps next week we will vote on appropriating some money to fund expenses associated with this test.
Please pray that, whatever God's plans are, that He will keep his yoke easy for us.
Thank you, and God bless,
David Nemati
T-Bird told me on the phone that the Fire-Marshal said NO student-treated wood can be used.
ReplyDeleteThe logic is that either the he will have to trust every single student to do a perfect job, or the fire department will have to come and check every single piece of wood that we treat.
I still see a sliver of hope for this plan.
If we can get directions from the fire marshal for how to test each piece of wood we treat, and keep a sort of log of the treatment and testing, then we could get an OK. But that does not seem very likely, so don't stake too much hope on it.
David, good work in your commuicating the desire we Tyler residents share. You are right in saying that the Fire Marshall has protocols for how to determine the safety of woods used in contexts like ours. My limited understanding is that those protocols save him and his office a great deal of time and effort that creates standards for safety for our housing type. So, the protocol that I have understood would be that our service-provider who manufactures properly treated approved university furniture for us is the only way to get a lofting type apparatus. I am pursuing the possibilities in this area.
ReplyDeleteMay I say that the men of Tyler Hall have done an incredible job responding well to the reality of lofts going away. Thank you.
Tbird/Jfo