tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post3276087367108913115..comments2024-03-28T23:36:14.807-04:00Comments on Eaton Rapids Joe: Roof-top restaurant space, the saga continuesEaton Rapids Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-87804435506589503192020-05-17T08:29:49.370-04:002020-05-17T08:29:49.370-04:00THe peak usage numbers is what constrains a lot of...THe peak usage numbers is what constrains a lot of businesses. <br /><br />When I owned the motel, I heard the same thing..."you should add on, you are always full...."<br /><br />Yeah, on Friday and Saturday nights, when everyone else was there too. Not so much on MOnday evening. <br /><br />Gotta pay for, heat, and cool those rooms all those other days too. plus insurance, etc... B https://www.blogger.com/profile/10586046436233366155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-25069373537734269632020-05-16T18:23:45.115-04:002020-05-16T18:23:45.115-04:00The client's wife wants a 1/4" gap. The b...The client's wife wants a 1/4" gap. The builder wants a 1.5" gap (ie, set gap using 2-by-4 as a shim). Code has a maximum gap to prevent infants from getting their heads stuck beneath it...I believe that maximum gap is 4" but don't quote me.<br /><br />The edges of the glass must be cased in extruded, aluminum frame.<br /><br />I cannot speak to cables or "bicycle spokes".Eaton Rapids Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-59622133190368127102020-05-16T16:35:32.891-04:002020-05-16T16:35:32.891-04:00I think a partial solution is to have the glass si...I think a partial solution is to have the glass side not meet the floor; that way draining will be assured. <br />Despite what they want, glass railings with nothing else won't work for an area that large - there will have to be metal supports at some point, so those can be used to provide a toe gap to reduce the required load.<br />Or, they could use tensioned cables instead since they are minimally in sight and don't provide the wind block that glass would.Jonathan Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10476185257203343474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-27353204637970948632020-05-16T16:33:07.693-04:002020-05-16T16:33:07.693-04:00A very good point!A very good point!Jonathan Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10476185257203343474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-19293181242915173192020-05-16T14:19:40.298-04:002020-05-16T14:19:40.298-04:00One of the enduring paradoxes is that as employees...One of the enduring paradoxes is that as employees climb the corporate ladder they find their actions more and more constrained.<br /><br />If you own a small business, your actions are more constrained than even a high-level executive in a corporation. You don't have armies of lawyers buffering you from regulators. You don't have a human resources department or a revolving credit line with a big balance.<br /><br />You are walking a tight-rope.<br /><br />If you haven't given it any thought, you might think "I have plenty of money" and "People will stand in line to eat here because I am so cool".Eaton Rapids Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-61579596306060523562020-05-16T13:45:27.795-04:002020-05-16T13:45:27.795-04:00Sigh... Sounds like that restaurant WILL be out of...Sigh... Sounds like that restaurant WILL be out of business in a year or so.Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-64179787308898425652020-05-16T12:17:15.126-04:002020-05-16T12:17:15.126-04:00Right. And with the solar minimum deepening the s...Right. And with the solar minimum deepening the summer days will be cooler, cloudier and windyer reducing the time people will want to be out there. And I would suggest that he might want to take a lawn chair and a beer and go up there in the evening and sit for awhile and see how the bugs are. It might not be nice at all.---kencoyoteken48https://www.blogger.com/profile/06182514695395380561noreply@blogger.com