In Chicago, a couple of years back, something like 16-20 people died when the second floor wooden deck at the back of a high-rise collapsed, taking out the deck immediately below it.

The City did a crash building inspection of recreational decks and found that almost 60% were not up to code. These decks were added by building owners, using local contractors (they were not part of the original structure).

So...the deck didn't have to be 4 foot by eight or ten.

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