Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-08
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exhibition and sale Of goods at retail shall
be provided with stairway. at least five
SQUARE feet of area or fraction thereof
in such basement Such stairways shall
be without winders and shall have hand
rail on each side and shall he as far
removed from each other as possible and
with proper alsles Of not less than the
full width of stalrwaysl without obstruc-
tlon, c9nneeti9g g1Ig gsIs SsersENth NIL rr,rrs
Sec. 103. All chlmneys and flues here
after constructed, except as provided In
Section 104 hereof shall be of brick or
stone; their enclosing walls shall not be
less than four inches thick and except
In dwellings,, flats, apartment houses and
tenement houses, shall, IL less than eight
inches thick, be lined on the inside with
well-burnt clay or terra Gotta pipe not
less than one inch thick. Said lining
shall start from the bottom of flue or
the throat OF q fireplace, be continuous
to the top of the flue, and be blht In
Flues where lining Is not required by this
Ordinance shall have the Joints struck
smooth on the inside, and, If less than
tered for the entire height on the outside
No smoke flue shall be less than w by
" inches In the clear and such sized flue
shall have but one inlet for two inlets
the flue shall be not less than 7h by 1lH
inches in the clear; for three inlets not
less than N by 15h inches in the clear
and for a larger number of inets the
portion. Flues larger than two hundred
square inches and less than five hundred
square inches area shall be surrounded
by walls not less than eight inches thick;
flues larger than five hundred and less
than one thousand square inches area
shall be surrounded by walls not less
than twelve inches thick to a height Of
fifteen fifteen feet above the inlet; ana eiIgns 9Iggnt
larger than one thousand square inches
shall be proportionately increased IN size
and shall be lined with fire-b brick for at
least twenty feet above the inlet.
Bakery oven flues shall be not less than
twelve by twelve inches in the clear and
shall be surrounded by brick work not
less than eight inches thick;
The inside four inches of all boiler flues
for boilers Of over twenty-five horse
power shall be of fire brick laid in fire
mortar for a distance of twenty-five feet
in any, direction from the source, OF heat
All chimneys having a greater flue area
than two hundred and sixty square inches
shall be carried up at least ten feet above
the highest point Of the roof of the build
feet above the highest point of any roof
within fifty feet of such chimney.
Where a smokepipe is to enter chin
ney or flue, a tile thimble not less than
one inch thick shallspo placed as construc-
ton progresses. T'himbles shall be sur
by four inches of brickwork
brought out flush with furring, extended
to the face of the plastering, and not
and plaster.
Chimneys not part of wall shall not
be built upon any floor or beam of wood,
but shall be built from the ground up
and sheil not increase in size from the
No chimney shall be COR
belled out more than eight inches from
a wall: and corbelling shall consist of at
least five courses of brick, but no cor
belling shall be more than four inches
in twelve inch walls. Off sets for reducing
the size of chimneys shall not be greater
than one. inch to each, course.
FlueS in party walls shall not extend
within four inches of the center of the
wall, and joint flues in party walls shall
be separated across the wall by an eight
inch width of brickwork for the entire
length.
No joist or girder shall be supported
on the walls of any chimney, or flue and
no woodwork shall be placed nearer than
two inches to the outside face of or with
in six inches of the outside of any smoke,
sir or other flue. All wood joists shall
be trimmed away at least two inches
from any smoke. air or other flue; me
inches from the inside of the flue, and
four inches from the outside of a Chin
ney breast, except that for smoke flues
the brickwork of which is by this Ordi-
nance required to be eight inches thick
or more, the trimmer beam shall not be
less than twelve inches from the inside
of the flue.
lures or in light wells thereof, shall be
we'll anchored at intervals of not less than
ten feet to the stud walls.
All chimneys and flues shall extend at
least four feet above a flat roof and at
least two feet and six inches above The
ridge of peaked roof, and If rising
above the roof to height of more than
anchored with an iron rod or pipe. not
less than one inch in diameter. with fixed
washer at each side of chimney, and not
more than four feet from the rotop top 6 Of !;
more than six times it's least thickness
above roof shall have at least three four
inch cross walls or two eight-inch walls
in its greatest width and all such CHM
neys shall be laid in cement mortar as
provided for under head Fire Walls"
from the top to the first tier of joist
below the roof ioists.
Chimneys and stacks connected with
steam boilers shall extend not less than
ten feet above the woodwork of the roof,
or any adjacent roof and II sawdust.
twenty feet above such roofs and be pro-
vided with a spark arrester. Spark ar
resters shall be placed upon all Chin
neys and stacks whenever by the Board
of Public Works deemed necessary for
the safety of property.
Chimneys and flues from boilers, res
taurants and hotel ranges, bakers ovens
and similar unusually hot flues, shall
of the room In which connection there
with is made or be plastered directly upon
the bricks.
All chimneys and flues shall be properly
cleaned and all rubbish removed and same
left smooth on the inside on completion
of building.
FIREPLACES
Sec. 104 All freplaces and chimney
breasts where mantelS are placed, eX-
cept as provided in Section 1O6 hereof,
whether intended for ordinary fireplace
uses or not shall have trimmer arches to
support the hearth; arches shall be of
brick, stone, burnt clay or concrete, at
least twenty inches wide measured from
the face of the chimney breast, and their
length shall not be less than the width
of the chimney breast. Wood centers shall
be removed from under trimmer arches
and no timber shall be placed under any
fireplace or hearth HearthS shall be of
brick, tile or stone.
Fireplaces shall have arched heads with
an iron arch bar over the top of the
opening not less than 4 by 2h inch.
turned up at the ends two inches In each
side of a chimney breast. SO as to make
a perfect bond for arch All fireplace
openings where furred with wood on face
shall be surrounded by a brick rim eight
inches wide projecting four inches, bonded
into brickwork. The firebacks and jambs
of all fireplaces shall not be less than
eight inches thick, of solid masonry.
When a CRATE Is set in fireplace a
lining Of friedrich at least two inches
thick shall be added to the freback un-
less soapstone. tile or cast iron Is used,
and filed solidly behind with tlreproof