Thread: 1/2" gap in bumpers, is this acceptable?
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Re: 1/2" gap in bumpers, is this acceptable?
Interesting question... my first response was "no way could that be a problem". From the photo the bumpers look sturdy, safe, and fully capable of fulfilling the role of being a bumper, and the 1/2" gap is insignificant to their overall purpose.

But R07-L and the related diagram 8-2, specify that the "corners must be filled".

So yeah... you could have a problem. Thanks for asking the question... we haven't built our bumpers yet, so we'll pay attention to this when we put them together this year. I don't think its likely to be a big problem from a practical point of view (I doubt many inspectors would call it... but they could), but given that you've got two weeks to get the bumpers up to spec right now, that's probably more fun than doing it in two hours on a Thursday morning.

Jason