It's changed (2015 looks to be more current) but appears you need guards on decks more than 30 inches above grade in the International Residential Code (IRC). Thus, the "one floor above and drop into the jungle" is absolutely a safety hazard, and not code compliance. ("Guard required if more than 30 inches") #deck#safety
LOL that house is located in Puntarenas, which according to this article in PubMed:
"Puntarenas is one of the cities of Costa Rica where dengue was first reported in 1993 (Guzmán et al. 1998)....This city presents some of the common problems of many larger cities in Latin America: poor urban planning, high unemployment rates, poverty, poor solid waste management, among others (INEC 2002). Its urban and environmental conditions make this city an appropriate environment for the presence of A. aegypti and consequently dengue."
@ai6yr If I lived in such a building, I’d move the bed inside, and install netting as well as guards. The guards would only drop for a hang glider or BASE launch.
@me_valentijn@lightning "Snuggling" while being viciously attacked by mosquitos as the neighborhood gawks at the rich tourists "snuggling" in plain view of everyone 🤪
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