Oh, and the BBQ was also a pleasant surprise. It was great fun getting to meet all the neighbors.

Thanks

Thanks again!

While a cross over does technically diminish security on said floors, it is a requirement of the BC Building Code and must be adhered to. For that reason, we have installed Door Alarms on said cross over floors to alert residents on said floors when their doors have been opened/used. That should help increase security.

I still hear their weights regularly though. You wouldn't think it would take that long to put padding under their weights.

I am hoping to donate items that are really useful. Diapers, wipes, soap, razors, shaving cream, pain relievers, vitamins…etc.

What I'm asking for is your unwanted coupons. If you have any that you could offer me regularly (or not) please let me know and I'll come get them from you.

Thanks!

They have finally shut the fire doors outside my unit to help with some of the sound, but still no padding on the weights. :(

6. Relax. Letting someone into the building behind you should be viewed as being neighbourly and not as a security threat. It's pretty easy to tell when someone belongs in the building. After all, if they don't have a fob, they're not going to get very far. Holding the door open for me when I have 6 bags of groceries in my hands is a nice gesture. The more secuirty this building has, the more I don't want to get to know anyone.

:)

Any chance this spot is available for rent in June or the near future?

Regards
DFer

Also, as far as I can tell they still haven't put any padding under their weights as I still get to hear them drop daily.

During presales for the building I was told that they had a law firm lined up for that space. That would have been much quieter.

I really got a kick out of the building "special" that we were all offered of getting to pay $20 to join the gym.

We have found out from a fellow resident that you can buy new fans at DDK Ventilation at 1540 Booth Street in Coquitlam. They can be reached at 604-523-6135. The fan you need is the Carnes VCDK009C that is about $80 plus tax.

It seems to be a common issue that can't easily be repaired within the fan itself.

I have installed ceiling fans, close my blinds all day, and purchased an air cooler - not even an airconditioner - the Venting doesn't work in our units as the windows are too high.
All of these things barely make it liveable.

I would like to second the idea of looking into external air conditioners… now if only we could get the heating bill down in the winter…. ;)

We, the Strata Council, discussed this issue at the last meeting. From that meeting, we wanted to give you the following updates:

• Stairway Security - as touched on by numerous people/residents, there is no easy solution to giving keys to access the stairwells. There is an obvious security concern since people could then access any floor and thus invalidate the security achieved by having access only to your own floor. Additionally, there would then be a responsibility for ensuring the keys are collected when people move in/out - which is likely to ever be done with 100% accuracy and could result in keys being lost, etc.
• Fob Access - this solution, while a potential solution, is also a very costly solution. To implement this we would have to run about 30 additional cables down each stairwell since each "fob reader" has to have its own cable to the control unit. Then, from there, we would have to install fob readers on every floor.

Now, the above being said, we most certainly understand the concern. Unfortunately, when the alarm occurred the Strata Council member that knew the most about how to return the elevators to regular service (after it was discovered it was a false alarm) was not in the building. That being said, the Strata Council did "cross training" this week to ensure that all members of the council now know how to return the elevators to service and where extra keys are in the building to enable faster access back to the building. Hopefully these steps, while not providing the ideal solution proposed here, helps to deal with the core issues of not being able to quickly return to your units after a false alarm has been detected.

Also, for your reference, the emergency exit stair wells have, in a fire, something called "negative pressure" that greatly eliminates the ability for smoke to enter the said stairwell. However, if smoke does ever enter a stairwell, there are cross over floors (on the 1st, 6th, 11th, 17th and 22nd floors) where people can open the doors (they are unlocked; however, they do have alarms on them given this fact) to move to the other stairwells.

We, the Strata Council, discussed this issue and unfortunately there are no easy fixes to this issue. This is because once a building is built it is very hard, if not impossible at a reasonable cost, to add central air conditioning. Furthermore, even if it was added, it would only cool the hallways and not the actual units.

You, as an owner, are allowed to purchase portable air conditioners that may help. As long as no changes are made to the outside appearance of the building, the Strata Council does not "care" directly if you have a portable air conditioner within your unit. That being said, you should be aware that they are very energy hungry and will drive up your individual unit's electrical costs.

We, the Strata Council, are working with Onni and FitXPress to resolve this issue. It will likely take a bit of time but FitXPress is already getting changes made to the equipment by the doors to help resolve the noise.

(My apologies for copying this from a 'stand-alone' thread)
If, like me, you suffered (and suffered, and suffered) through the heat of last summer and are not looking forward to the same again this summer: please let us ask the question… What can be done about it?

It is acknowledged that the building by-laws do not allow for external air-conditioning units to be fitted to suites.

Last year, I bought 3 different portable air-coniditioning units, of which none of them could contend with the heat and were subsequently returned. Even trying to vent these units through the patio door was a monumental -and mostly ineffective - task.

Is there any will to do something about this before the onslaught of Summer 2011 and on? What if we were all to have the same units fitted (through a contractor approved by strata) so that the building would still have a uniform look from street level?

I would hope that we as owners and the strata could work towards finding a solution - before the next heatwave!

If, like me, you suffered (and suffered, and suffered) through the heat of last summer and are not looking forward to the same again this summer: please let us ask the question… What can be done about it?

It is acknowledged that the building by-laws do not allow for external air-conditioning units to be fitted to suites.

Last year, I bought 3 different portable air-coniditioning units, of which none of them could contend with the heat and were subsequently returned. Even trying to vent these units through the patio door was a monumental -and mostly ineffective - task.

Is there any will to do something about this before the onslaught of Summer 2011 and on? What if we were all to have the same units fitted (through a contractor approved by strata) so that the building would still have a uniform look from street level?

I would hope that we as owners and the strata could work towards finding a solution - before the next heatwave!