Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-28
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terminate flush with the upper rurface of the
sheathing of the roof. Division and party
walls shall extend through mansard or other
steep roofs, not less than sixteen inches, and
have copings same as other walls.
REAR WALLS OF LESS THAN THREE STORIES.
SEC SO, Any building not more than three
stories high may have the rear walls terminate
flush with the upper surface of the sheathing
Of the roof; provided the guttersat the cave of
such roof consist entirely Of metallic work and
extend across and cover the wall and be pro.
perly secured to the sheathing of the roof.
CHI MNEYs. FIRE PLACES, ETC.
SEC. "a. No chimney shall be built of less
than four az inch walls and no top shall be
less than two (2) feet above the trewsll for flat
roof. and three feet above for any pitched roof.
Ordinary I've ehinneys in business building,
eight (s) inch jambs. All chimneys in
tended for furnaces, ranges, bake
ovens, steam or hot water heating apparatuses.
laundries or any other purposes requiring great
heat shall have walls eight (Sl inches thick or
have walls four ~ inches thick and be lined
with tile chimney lining: ALI chimneys less
than eight (S) inches thick or those lined with
tile, shall be smoothly plastered for the entire
height Oh the inside, and all the joints shall be
well pointed and struck smooth on the outside,
or the joints shall be struck smooth on the in.
side and the chimney smoothly plastered below
the roof line on the outside. All stove pipe
thin bles shall be placed in as the chimney is
carried up, SO that they may be we'll pointed and
plastered about on the inside OF the chimney.
All brick in chimneys shall be laid with solid
joints No chimney shall have a flue less than
SxS inches in the clear" Flues with two in
let's for two story buildings shall be SX12 inches
''in the clear" All fues shall be of ample pro-
portion to the size of the CRATE S and the amount
of draft required of them. All chinneys in
frame buildings shall be SO built as not to in
crease in size from the foundation. Should
any chimney, on account of insufficient height,
be deemed unsafe to the building in which it
has been built, or the surrounding buildings
by the Superintendent OF Buildings, or the Chief
Engineer OF the Fire Department, or the Assis =
ant Engineer, II shall be carried up at least four
feet above the extreme height of said buildings
in brick walls, they shall be subject to the same
rules as other chimneys. In no bui ding,
whether of frame or other material, shall any
woodwork be placed on or in the wall within
eight(S)inches of any f1ue whether the same be a
smoke, air or other kind of fue. Nor shall any
timber be placed under any fireplace or hearth
stone; but all hearthS for fire places shall rest
upon trimmer arch of brick. The back of all
e-places shall be at least eight (8) inches in
thickness. All chimneys in party walls shall not
extend within two inches of the center oi the
wall. All chmneys must be plastered upon
The outside before any Dashboard or wainscot
ting is placed against them. When fre.places
are started at the second story or above, they
must be set on an iron or stone plate or sus
pended by wrought iron stirrups and cross bars
or iron plates of sufficient strength % support
the fire place and chimney. No fireplace shall
start from the first story floor joists, but shall
start from the ground on a good solid founda
ton. All chimneys having walls less than
eig hit inches thick shall be plastered on the
brick or be covered by metallic lath or wire
cloth before plastering, Joint fiues in party
walls shall be separated by four-inch withe of
brick-work for the entire height. No Turing
to be placed within one Ql inch of any
chimney.
OFFICIAL INSPECTION.
SEC. 35. Any owner, occupant or contractor
of any building, or any other person, shall not
In any way hinder or prevent any authorized
officer from entering, during business h. urs,
any business building, or any other building
in process of constructions; but no dwelling
house shall be entered after tits occupied wit h.
out consent of the occupants.
CHIMNEY FOUNDATIONS.
SEC. SO Any chimneys not forming p art
of wall shall rest upon the ground with
proper foundations. and in no case shall any
chimney rest on or be supported by any frame
work, beams, or posts of oodwork of any
description.
sMoKK-sToPs, ETC.
Sec. 81. The various forms of construction
tending to create or form air passages from one
sto1y to another, such as spaces around pipes,
ventilating shafts, or chimneys furred off to
form breasts, in each brick building hereafter
erected or altered, shall have a fire or smoke
stop OF incom bustible material at each floor
approved by the Superintendent of Buildings.
All ventilation ducts shall be of incombustible
material.
SURROUNDINGS OF CHINNEYs.
Sec. 80. All floor beams, joints and headers
shall be kept at least two inches clear of any
wall enclosing a hre-fue or chimney breast.
and the space left between the framing and
such flue shall be filled solid with gauged NOR
put on walls of such hues before any wood
work shall be placed against them. This sec
ton shall apply to all buildings hereafter
erected within the corporate limits of this
city.
BEAMS, JoIsTs AND GIRDERs SET IN WALLS.
SEC. 80. All wooden ioists or beams in the
party wall of any building hereafter con-
structed of brick or stone shall be separated
frn fha hno har ha
posite side of the wall by at least four inches
of solid mason work. Every beam or floor
joist shall rest not less than four inches at
authorized by this ordinance. All girders
shall rest at each end not less than six inches
All girders shall be well anchored to the
more than one piece in length, the pieces
shall be fastened together with iron anchors.
Every set of timbers shall be fixed to the walls
with iron anchors. If the floor timbers are in
more than one piece, they shall be well secured
at their joinings.
QUALITY OF BRICK AND MORTAR.
SEC 40 No swelled or refuse brick shall be
allowed in any wall or pier; and the brick used
~ the construction, alteration or repair OF any
building or part thereof shall be good, hard,
well burned brick. The mortar used in the
construction, alteration or repairs of any build
ing shall be composed of lime or cement,
mixed with sand in the proportion of three t3l
of sand to one () of lime, and two ~ of sand
to one ~ of cement; and no lime or sand NOR
tar shall be used within twenty four GA hours
after being mixed. All brick shall be wet be-
fore they are laid. In certain cases lime mortar
gauged with cement can be used, mixed in pro-
portion as the superintendent of Buildings may
approve.
PIPES IN WALLS.
SEC. Al. No recess for water or other pipes
shall be made in 16-inch party wall, nor in
any other wall more than one-iourth OF its
thickness and the recesses around such pipes
shall be filled up solid for the space of two feet
both above and below each tier of floor or roof
ioists
HEADERS IN BRICK OR STONE WALLS.
SEC. AZ. All stone walls less that twenty.four
(24) inches thick shall have at least one header
extending through the walls in every six feet,
and if over twenty-four inches in thickness,
there shall be one header for every six feet of
superficial wall, on both sides of, and runn ng
into the wall at least two t2) feet. In all brick
walls every sixth course of brick shall be head
ing course, except where the wall is faced with
pressed brick, in " hich case every fifth course
shall be bonded into the backing by cutting the
course Of the face brick and putting in diago-
nal headers behind the same, or by splitting
the face brick in halves and backing the same
by continuous row of headers. Galvanized
hoop-iron may be used to bind the face brick to
backing In all walls which are faced with
thin ashlar anchored to the backing, or in
which the ashlar has neither alternate headers
and stetchers in each course. nor alternate
heading and stretching courses, the backing of
brick shall not be less than eight inches thick
and all backi shall be laid up with well