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Nothing beats the look of real wood. Natural woods add eye appeal to any part of your home, but are especially important in highly visible outdoor decks, porches, and ramps. Of course, these structures will also need to conform to building standards so you and your family can enjoy them in comfort and safety. Here are some questions to consider when you are planning to build a ramp, porch, or deck.

Is a permit necessary when you are planning to build a deck, porch, or ramp?

That depends. According to where you live, you are likely to need a permit if the structure will be more than 30 inches above grade at any point, or constructed on top ofa part of your home (such as a basement). In such a case, you will need to submit drawings of both the lot and the planned construction for approval. The design must conform to the International Residential Code (IRC). Be aware that inspection of the projectis required and that you or your carpentry contractor will be responsible for requesting such inspection. Generally, structures lessthan 30 inches above grade and 200 square feet in size are exempt from the IRC permit requirements (although they must accord with local zoning laws). However, the IRC is still useful as a safety guideline.

What type of wood is best for outdoor structures?

Redwood and cedar are extremely popular ... and for good reason. They offer rich coloration and rugged good looks to enhance your property's appearance. In addition, their natural resistance to decay means that structures built of these sturdy woods will give you many years of safe enjoyment. Old growth redwood construction can last for 50 years or more! Other woods used by carpenters to build decks, porches, or ramps will generally need to be specially treated with preservatives against rotting.

Is building an outdoor structure allowed if it will be above an emergency egress window or door?

Rooms in your basement which are used as bedrooms are required to have a window or door installed for the purpose of emergency egress. It is permissible to build a porch, deck, or ramp above such an exit as long as the window or door is still capable of being fully opened and there is an emergency exit path at least 36 inches in height.

What are the safety considerations regarding construction of an ADA universal access ramp?

Strength, width, and incline are important for safe use of a universal access ramp to your home. The ramp must be both strong and wide enough to accommodate a wheelchair, walker, or scooter. Planks should be solid enough to bear the combined weight of the mobility device and its user, without buckling or sliding. In terms of incline, for each inch of rise to the home entrance, you'll need one foot of ramp length. This 1 inch: 1 foot ratio is simple to calculate. As an example, if you need to go up 10 inches to get in your front door, the ramp should be 10 feet long. Too steep a ramp will make access difficult and dangerous. If you do not have sufficient space to accommodate the optimal length, two practical alternatives are switchback ramp construction or building to the back entrance, rather than the front.

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A CONVOY of classic cars set off on a 1,670-mile trip to Monte Carlo in a popular rally.

Porches and Minis were among dozens of vehicles that left Paisley last night for the journey to the French Riviera.

Other starting points include Barcelona, Turin, Copenhagen and Reims for the Monte Carlo Classic Rally, which was first held in 1911.

Commonwealth judo gold medallist and Royal Marine Chris Sherrington was the first to set off with his wife Zoe in their 1966 Triumph Spitfire Mark II.

The pair are driving the stage between Scotland and Reims to raise money for Help For Heroes.

The cars travelling all the way to Monte Carlo will head for Dover, then travel across the French Alps if all goes to plan, reaching their final destination at the end of next week.

Rally co-ordinator Douglas Anderson said: "This was another memorable occasion enjoyed by young and old alike.

"Once again, Paisley Abbey provided a stunning backdrop to the glamour of the cars, and the public turned out to support the event.

"I would like to wish bon voyage to all the drivers currently on their way to France for the adventure that lies ahead for them."

Paisley has been the UK starting point of the rally for two years, celebrating the town's links with classic cars through the former Hillman Imp factory.

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Is it blasphemous or humorous?

Praise the loft, reads a slogan on a tall sign erected outside a church-turned-lofts development that leaves some Junction Triangle residents in a righteous anger.

Daniel Masih is calling for developers to remove the sign from the Union Lofts construction site and to strip the slogan from their website. He started a petition two weeks ago. It now has 33 signatures, he said.

The slogan is in bad taste, said Masih, calling it blasphemous.

Masih, who grew up Catholic in the area, said his mother alerted him to the sign earlier this month.

It made my mom very upset and I couldnt live with myself if I didnt do something, he said. If I was the marketing person for that I would definitely be ashamed.

The project by Windmill Development Group, Cornerstone Lofts Ltd. and One Development is on the corner of Perth and Wallace Aves., an increasingly gentrified neighbourhood.

Its a pun. Its a joke, said Alex Speigel, head of Windmill Development Groups Toronto office. I think people should lighten up.

He said no one involved in the project is anti-religious and the slogan is not blasphemous. It and another prepare to be converted are a whimsical reference to the structures history as a church.

Speigel was surprised by the timing of Masihs complaint, which wasnt made until two years after the sign went up and six months into construction.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is poised for expansion in Glendale and throughout the West Valley as construction has started on a retail service center and a warehouse and office complex.

The two buildings, located near West Bell Road and North 67th Avenue and close to the Kmart and Chuck E. Cheeses, will span nearly 70,000 square feet and cost almost $10 million, according to building permits the city issued in December.

It is anticipated that the opening will occur sometime in the first quarter of 2016, said Jennifer Wheeler, a spokesperson for the churchs Greater Phoenix Public Affairs Council.

The first building will contain a Deseret Industries retail store and an employment resource center. Future expansion could include a family history center, where people can do genealogical research, according to the citys building design review narrative.

The second building will have a bishops storehouse, to which local church leaders can refer the poor and needy for commodities; a center for food storage and commercial packaging; and offices to oversee missionary efforts in the region and where church members can receive counseling.

The services available at those buildings will be familiar to many church members.

The Deseret Industries chain operates 43 stores in seven western states with significant numbers of church members. Arizona already has two DI stores, with one each in Mesa and Phoenix. The Glendale DI will replace the one in Phoenix, Wheeler said.

Arizona has four home storage centers, where church members often package food that they plan to store for months or years, but the only one serving the Valley is in Mesa. The new center in Glendale will help meet the demand in the Phoenix area.

The Church makes every effort to construct facilities where there is a concentration of members to allow them to worship and have other support services that are convenient for them to access, Wheeler said.

The mission office slated for Glendale might house the staff for the already-existing Arizona Phoenix Mission, since the church did not announce any new Arizona missions at the start of this year, according to an article in the Deseret News.

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When America was building its great institutions, including the churches that would form the cultural center of many newly-emerging communities, it was an absolutely booming time for the stain glass industry, noted Donald Samick.

What so many of those churches wanted, he added, were those iconic and artistic stained glass windows.

The American studios flourished, as did studios in Germany, Austria and England, to meet the demand for glass in new church buildings across the country, noted Samick, the president and owner of J&R Lamb Studios in Midland Park, N.J.

That boom would continue until the Great Depression, he added, which slowed down new church construction or those using stained glass windows.

But not for long, he added.

During the depression, The architects who were building churches did not want to use opalescent stain glass windows, he said. They wanted to go back to gothic.

Then came the second World War, and the trend shifted back again, Samick added.

At the end of World War II, another economic resurgence took place, he said. This time all the churches built at the turn of the century without stain glass suddenly wanted to put in tributes to the wars heroes.

On Wednesday, Samick gave a lecture on Stained Glass of the J. & R. Lamb Studios and Its Contemporaries of the 20th Century at the Hugh F. and Jeannette G. McKean Pavilion at the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, as part of the museums free lecture series.

Before an overflow crowd inside the auditorium, Samick noted that there are some misconceptions about stained glass including the common view that it represents a relic of the past. Not true, he added.

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Twenty five years ago, 17 people started a church in the basement of a Springboro home.

Today, Berachah Church has 500 members and worships in Middletown High School, but thats going to change after the Middletown City Schools District board of education voted 4 to 1, with Katie McNeil casting the no vote, to sell the former Verity Middle School and surrounding 60 acres to Berachah for $293,000, or 40 percent of its appraised value.

McNeil wanted to sell the school, but not all the acreage, she said.

More money was her reason, she said.

When the district held a public auction on Dec. 17 for the property at 1900 Johns Road, Berachah bid $293,000 for all three parcels, $3,000 more than the Performing Arts Academy, said George Long, district business manager. The property was appraised at $740,000, he said.

By selling the property, Long said the district wont have to demolish the school at a cost of $330,000 and that money can be used renovating Middletown High School and building a middle school. He said if the school was demolished, the 60 acres would be appraised at $250,000.

About 50 Berachah Church members stayed throughout the two-hour meeting until the board voted on the proposal. When it was announced the property was sold, there was a loud cheer in the council chambers.

During his address to board members, Lamar Ferrell, pastor of Berachah, thanked them for allowing the church to fulfill its vision and dream.

We are here to shine our light, he said. But its not our light. Its the light God put inside us. We believe in this community.

Then he added: The best is yet to come.

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