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Bringing Homes Up to Code in California.

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I am looking for a source where I can learn what the State of California requires in order to bring an older home up to code before selling it. I have a Real Estate License but it is in the State of Georgia. My mother is 85 and has lived in her home for more than 35 years.  She would like to sell and downsize and is being told she is responsible to bring the home up to code before she can sell it. Is this true? What does she need to know? Who can help her. Where can she find aditional information?

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Here are many way of upgrades that you can follow voluntarily making.
1. Add hard-wired fumes alerts in every bedroom and in the hallway out-of-doors of dozing areas.
2. Protect your family from electrocution by establishing ground-fault circuit interrupter receptacles in your bathrooms, kitchen, laundry room, car dock and any other space where water and electrical power are available.
3. Go a step farther and add an arc obvious error circuit interrupter in every dozing room.
4. Next time you restore your wash valve, select an anti-scald valve.
5. Switch your water-guzzling lavatory for a low-water model. The lavatory that came with your dwelling could flush as much as 5 gallons at a time.
6. Replace windows beside steps and in bathrooms with moderated or safety-glazed glass.
7. While you're altering your windows, trade your single-pane windows for double-pane versions. You'll save energy.
8. The windows in new dwellings are likely larger than yours. The cipher calls for windows with 5.7 feet of open, removable locality (about 3 feet by 5 feet.
9. Check your insulation. A well-insulated attic will halt the 100-plus-degree air that assembles up there throughout the summer from infiltrating your snug, air-conditioned home.
10. Install handrails on all staircases, inside and out.
11. Seal your air-conditioners ductwork with mastic, like drywall grime, round all joints.
12. Make certain your water heater has an expansion tank.

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