Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-09-25

or stone buildings shall be securely an.
chored with iron anchors to each tier OF
beams. The 'front.' rear, side, end and
| party walls shall, If not carried up to.
gether, be anchored to each other every
aix feet in their height by tie anchors
made Of one and three.quarter-inch by
three-eigths OF an inch wrought iron.
The said anchors shall be built into the
front and rear walls at least one-half the
thickness of the front and rear walls Sc
as to secure the front and rear walls to
the side-end, or party-walls. And all
stone used for the facing of any build
ing, except where built with alternate
headers and stretchers, as hereinbefore
set forth, shall be strongly anchored
with iron anchors, and all such anchors
shall DO let into the stone at least one
inch The side, end or party-walls shall
be anchored to each tier of beams at in
tervals OF not more than eight feetapart,
with good, strong wrought iron anch-
ors, three -eighths Of an inch by one and
one half inches, well built into the side
walls, and wellfastened into the sides OF
the beams; and where the beams are
supported by grinders the end Of the
beams resting on the grinders shall be
strapped by wrought iron straps of the
same size, and at the same distance
apart, and iu the same beams as the
wall-anchors. All wall.anchors used in
any building shall be three-eighths by
one and one -half-inch wrought iron. and
shall hook over n three-quarter-inch
round bolt OF wrought iron.
Section 20. Ia no building, whether
the same be frame building or other.
wise, shall any wooden beams or timber
lie placed within six inches of any flue,
whether the same be a smoke, air or any
other 1ue. All wooden beams and other
timbers in the party wall OF every build
ing hereafter to be erected or built of
stone, brick or iron shall be separated
from the beam or timber, but entering in
the opposite side OF the wall by at least
four inches of solid mason work Every
beam shall rest at each end not less than
four inches in the wall or upon girder,
as authorized by this ordinance. No
timber shall be used in any wall OF any
building constructed of stone, brick or
iron except wall strips, bond timbers and
lintels, as herein provided for; and no
wall strips or bond timbers in any way
shall, III width and thickness, exceed
that Of course Of brick; no bond tim
ber shall be more than three feet in
length, and such bond timbers shall be
laid eighteen inches apart, parallel to
each other, and there shall be eighteen
inches Of brick or mason work between
the ends of the same. In all buildings
where the floor beams are of wood, the
ends OF all beams resting on the wall
shall be cut to the level Of three inches.
SECTION 2l. All openings for doors
and windows in all buildings Of brick,
iron or stone shall have good and suf-
ficient arch of stone or brick well built
and keyed, and with good and sufficient
abutments, or Intel of stone or iron
as follows: For an opening Of not more
than four feet in breadth, the lintels
shall not be less than eight inches in
height: and for an opening Of not more
than five feet in breadth, the lintels
shall be twelve inches in height; and for
an opening exceeding five feetin breadth
the lintels shall increase in height over
and above the twelve inches before pro-
vided one inch for every additional foot
in breadth for the opening; and every
such opening less than five feet in
breadth in all walls over eight inches in
thickness shall have a Intel of stone or
iron notless than seven inches in breadth
and one third the thickness Of the wall
on which it rests; and in all openings as
aforesaid iu any eight. inch wall, the
lintels shall be one-half the thickness of
the wall; and on the inside OF all open
ings IN which the lintels shall be less
than the width of the wall, there shall
be a good timber Intel on the Inside of
the llntels which shall rest on each end
not more than four inches on any wall,
Column, post or pillar, and shall be
chamfered at each end, and shall have
double rolIock arch over the said
Intel; or the said arch may be turned
on center which may be struck
after the arch is turned; provided the
piers or abutments are Of sufficient
strength to bear the thrust of the
arch; and all arches over openings or
f. eplaces shall be built of good hard
brick and well keyed; all lintels over
openings returned on a corner building
shall be of iron or stone, of the height
before provided for, and of the full
thickness of The wall to be sup
ported; and where the second. story
window-sills rest upon the said
Intel course, the Intel shall be of
iron or stone, and shall be the full
size Of the wall to be supported. Where
hollow cast iron lintels are placed over
openings, they shall have a brick arch
OF sufficient thickness, with skew-baclxs
and tier rods of sufficient strength to
support the superincumbent eight indie
pendent of the east-iron Intel.
SECTION 22.-No brick or stone wall
shall be supported upon stringers of
wood in Districts Nos. |, 2 and 8 of the
fire limits.
SECTION 23.-No person shall build
bay or oriel window which shall project
over the liner of any street, lane or alley |
more than three feet, nor be of q greater
width than eight feet, unless the bottom
of such bay or oriel window is at least
thirteen feet in the clear above the side
walk; provided, that no bay or oriel
window shall be built on any building
fronting ON any street, lane or alley
which is less than thirty feet in width;
no swell front shall be built unless it be
built as provided for bay or oriel win
dows.
SECTION "a. In all cases where
hot water, steam, hot air OF other
furnaces are used, the furnace
smoke pipe must be kept at least
two feet below the beams or ceilings
above the same, unless said beams or
ceilings shall be properly protected by
shield Of tin plate suspended above said
smoke pipe, with sufficient space for the |
free circulation of air above and below
said shield; and the smoke pipe shall in
ali cases be kept at least eight inches
from the beams and ceilings as aforesaid;
and the top of all furnaces set in brick !
must be covered with brick, slate or lin
plate, supported by iron bars, aud so
constructed as to be perfectly tight, said
covering to be in addition to and not less
than six iuohes frop the ordinary cover.
ing to the hot air chamber.
If, however, there is not height enough
to build the furnace top at least four
inches below the floor beams or ceiling,
then the floor beams must be trimmed |
around the furnace, and said covering
and trimmers and headers must be at least
four inches from the same. The top of |
portable furnace or furnaces not set IN
brick shall be kept at least one foot be-
low the beams or ceiling with shield
of tin plate made tight and suspended
below the said beams or ceiling, aud ex-
tend one foot beyond the top of the fur
mace or furnaces on all sides. All hot
air registers hereafter placed in the floor
of any building shall be set in soap stone
borders not less than two inches in width.
All soapstone borders shall be firmly set
in plaster of Paris or gauged mortar; all !
floor register boxes shall be made Of tin
plate with fiange on the top to fit the |
groove in the soapstope, the register &c
rest upon the same. There shall also be
an open space Of two inches on all sides
OF the register.box, extending from the
under side of the ceiling below the regis
ters to the soapstone in the floor; the |
outside of the said space TO be covered
with casing Of tin plate made tight ON
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