CODE COMPLIANCE
The Ultimate Handyman specializes in correcting code issues in any building and construction.
Code compliance may be a very complex issue. We will communicate with inspectors, tradesmen, property owners and Government Regulatory Agencies in order to properly comply to any building code, city ordinance or overlapping code-issues.
Department Of Building & Safety
We also provide building, repair and maintenance services with special attention to code compliance. Besides working for property owners that got caught by inspectors, we work for Architects, Designers, Management Companies and Facility Maintenance Professionals throughout the greater Los Angeles.
We help the best Nation-wide Companies become the best and maintain their good name on a local level.We also partner with National Maintenance and Construction Companies in order to help them to comply to local codes and ordinances for their local properties. Even local Builders and Maintenance Companies consult us and hire our services to assure that their staff comply with codes, regulations and ordinances. That fact alone proves that we are good and affordable.
We consider State and Nation-Wide Construction, Maintenance and Management Companies our best partners. We are here to help, send your work order or copy of the violation notice and we will make the problem go away. It is that easy!
Are you up to code?
We are a Construction Company that also provides simpler Handyman services by professional specialized tradesmen on their own trades. We have professionals of every construction trade to assist you in the completion of any construction, repair, remodel, additions, installations, and maintenance projects. If you are looking for something slapped together, we are not it. We do it right and up-to-code.
Our craftsmen will perform an amazing job, you and the authorities will be 100% satisfied.
We know the formula for success:
+ 1) Integrity, Respect, and Honesty on every relationship,
+ 2) Keeping your goals in mind with thoughtful decisions, ethical choices, superior craftsmanship,
+ 3) Utilizing our resourcefulness and responsiveness to achieve your goals
= Outstanding results and your Satisfaction.
Our company’s main goal is to provide quality services at unbeatable prices to satisfy our clients.
We will get better at it daily as we learn your needs and learn to fulfill them as a partner.
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KEEP CONTRACTORS HONEST PROGRAM
Is your contractor playing a game of hide and seek with you? Hiding the work that he knows needs to be done and seeking extra payments when he “runs into it”? We can help you. On a daily basis we take on projects that contractors have evaluated for thousands of dollars and we have tackled them for a fraction of the price. All done on a time and materials basis. We are a different kind of company, click values on the nav bar and compare with what your contractor is doing. It is a no Brainer. Call us and give us a chance to prove our value. You will be firing your contractor and never looking back.
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IMPORTANT LOCAL CITY ORDINANCES:
CITY OF LOS ANGELES
WATER CONSERVATION
L. A. MUNICIPAL CODE SEC. 122.03
All toilets must be Ultra low-flush (1.6 gallons; 6 liters per flush).
All showerheads must be Ultra low-flush (2.5 gal per minute).
SMOKE DETECTORS
HEALTH & SAFETY CODE 13113.8
SMOKE DETECTORS ORDINANCE (F&SEU 3029\10-89).
Smoke detectors are required in sleeping areas (defined as a room with a closet) and all areas giving access to those sleeping areas (hallways).
Single family residences require battery operated smoke detectors.
Condominiums and Multi-family homes require hardwire smoke detectors.
WATER HEATER STRAPPING
HEALTH & SAFETY CODE 19211
All water heaters must have 2 straps located as per section 510.5 of the uniform plumbing code ( Top 1/3 and Bottom 1/3 at least 4″ from controls.
Brackets must be installed according to manufactures instructions and the DSA approval number must be stamped on the strap.
IMPACT HAZARD GLAZING
L.A. ORDINANCE 161.136
All sliding glass doors (sliding portion only) that are not tempered glass must be replaced or have a mylar coating applied to make them the equivalent to being tempered glass.
SEISMIC GAS SHUT-OFF VALVE
L. A. ORDINANCE 174343
Effective February 02, 2002:
In recognition of the ordinance’s important public safety purpose, the City of Los Angeles, has amended section 94.1219.2.3 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code by deleting the phrase “within 12 months of sale” and inserting in it’s place “prior to entering into an agreement of sale, or prior to the close of escrow when an escrow agreement has been executed in connection with the sale.” This new ordinance (No. 174343) requiring Seismic Gas Shut-Off valves be installed “prior to the close of escrow” was adopted on November 7, 2001 and will become effective February 02, 2002.
Effective February 11, 2002:
The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has authorized Southern California Gas Co. to discontinue ALL installation of automatic Earthquake Gas Shut-Off Valves (EQV’s) on its side of the meter, whether performed by SoCalGas or by others. As of February 11, 2002, this will require all EQV’s be installed on the property owners side of the meter, a city permit will be required for each installation and the gas supply will be disrupted during installation. The new guidelines will result in a slight price increase for standard installations, rising from $249 to $299. But the magnitude of these changes will be felt by owners of condominiums and multi-family dwellings. On or before February 10, 2002, we are able to install one EQV on the utility side for each bank of meters. After February 10, 2002, a separate valve must be installed for each meter dramatically increasing the price.
CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS
SMOKE DETECTORS
AMENDED UBC 310.9.1.3
Single family homes, Condos and Multi-family homes all require hardwire smoke detectors w/ battery back-up.
Smoke detectors are required in sleeping areas (defined as a room with a closet) and all areas giving access to those sleeping areas (hallways).
WATER HEATER STRAPPING
HEALTH & SAFETY CODE 19211
All water heaters must have 2 straps located as per section 510.5 of the uniform plumbing code ( Top 1/3 and Bottom 1/3 at least 4″ from controls.
Brackets must be installed according to manufactures instructions and the DSA approval number must be stamped on the strap.
CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD
SMOKE DETECTORS
BUILDING CODE 8110
Single family homes, Condos and Multi-family homes all require battery operated smoke detectors.
Smoke detectors are required in sleeping areas (defined as a room with a closet) and all areas giving access to those sleeping areas (hallways).
WATER HEATER STRAPPING
HEALTH & SAFETY CODE 19211
All water heaters must have 2 straps located as per section 510.5 of the uniform plumbing code ( Top 1/3 and Bottom 1/3 at least 4″ from controls.
Brackets must be installed according to manufactures instructions and the DSA approval number must be stamped on the strap.
SEISMIC GAS SHUT-OFF VALVE
ORDINANCE 01-592
An ordinance of the City of West Hollywood amending the plumbing code to require the installation of approved seismic gas shut-off valves in certain structures and amending the West Hollywood municipal code.
CITY OF MALIBU
SMOKE DETECTORS
Single family homes, Condos and Multi-family homes all require battery operated smoke detectors.
Smoke detectors are required in sleeping areas (defined as a room with a closet) and all areas giving access to those sleeping areas (hallways).
WATER HEATER STRAPPING
HEALTH & SAFETY CODE 19211
All water heaters must have 2 straps located as per section 510.5 of the uniform plumbing code ( Top 1/3 and Bottom 1/3 at least 4″ from controls.
Brackets must be installed according to manufactures instructions and the DSA approval number must be stamped on the strap.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
SMOKE DETECTORS
UPS 310.9
Single family homes, Condos and Multi-family homes all require battery operated smoke detectors.
Smoke detectors are required in sleeping areas (defined as a room with a closet) and all areas giving access to those sleeping areas (hallways).
WATER HEATER STRAPPING
HEALTH & SAFETY CODE 19211
All water heaters must have 2 straps located as per section 510.5 of the uniform plumbing code ( Top 1/3 and Bottom 1/3 at least 4″ from controls.
Brackets must be installed according to manufactures instructions and the DSA approval number must be stamped on the strap.
CITY OF INGLEWOOD
SMOKE DETECTORS
UNIFORM BUILDING CODE SECTION 115
Smoke detectors are required in sleeping areas (defined as a room with a closet) and all areas giving access to those sleeping areas (hallways).
Single family homes require battery operated smoke detectors.
Condo’s and Multi-family homes require hardwire smoke detectors.
WATER HEATER STRAPPING
HEALTH & SAFETY CODE 19211
All water heaters must have 2 straps located as per section 510.5 of the uniform plumbing code ( Top 1/3 and Bottom 1/3 at least 4″ from controls.
Brackets must be installed according to manufactures instructions and the DSA approval number must be stamped on the strap.
CITY OF GLENDALE
SMOKE DETECTORS
UPS 310.9
Single family homes, Condos and Multi-family homes all require battery operated smoke detectors.
Smoke detectors are required in sleeping areas (defined as a room with a closet) and all areas giving access to those sleeping areas (hallways).
WATER HEATER STRAPPING
HEALTH & SAFETY CODE 19211
All water heaters must have 2 straps located as per section 510.5 of the uniform plumbing code ( Top 1/3 and Bottom 1/3 at least 4″ from controls.
Brackets must be installed according to manufactures instructions and the DSA approval number must be stamped on the strap.
CITY OF BURBANK
SMOKE DETECTORS
UPC 310.9
Single family homes, Condos and Multi-family homes all require battery operated smoke detectors.
Smoke detectors are required in sleeping areas (defined as a room with a closet) and all areas giving access to those sleeping areas (hallways).
WATER HEATER STRAPPING
HEALTH & SAFETY CODE 19211
All water heaters must have 2 straps located as per section 510.5 of the uniform plumbing code ( Top 1/3 and Bottom 1/3 at least 4″ from controls.
Brackets must be installed according to manufactures instructions and the DSA approval number must be stamped on the strap.