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How to bring a home up to code? Please please please answer my question. Thank you so much.

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Well you have to check for your local laws about the process, remember allways to include your geographic area on this kind of questions, so is easy to give a better answer

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Q. Can i bring my water heater up to code with out hiring a plumber?
our home waranty company said they will not install a new water heater unless one of their vendors brings it up to code, which i think is a bunch of bull...their plumber quoted us $530 just to bring it up to code.....how difficult is it to bring it up to code? they say it needs a drain system installed. yes my home warranty company company (hwa) not the homeowners insurance...they say we need a drain pan installed and a drain line going outside....this sounds to me like i can buy a drain pan at home depot and the drain line will consist of running some pvc ...i'm just not sold on the $530 being quoted...

"Boca code just requires you to have a water heater..."

Your water heater should already have a drain on it. There is a valve at the bottom of the tank, if you push the lever water should drain out of it. Sounds like they are trying to get out of having to replace it. All water heaters come with a drain, even 20 year old ones. BOCA code just requires you to have a water heater, not a specific one, and the one you have should be up to code anyway if it was installed properly.

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Q. I have a plumber who is trying to charge me $600 worth of things to "bring me up to code"?
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considering the age of the house the electrical system would have to be up to code because of its build date and the nec laws in place at that time...they havent changed that much in the last ten years as far as home electrical sysytems go.....i would ask for the warranty company to send another plumber or i would just do it myself.....

Q. Cost of bring a 1890s house up to code?
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That is a very general question and no one could truly answer it as it really depends on a lot of other factors. Things such as how big is the home, how many stories does it have, is it pier and beam or slab foundation, where you live has a lot to do with costs as well. Having renovated a few homes in Texas, I can tell you that if you have the work done by professionals it will cost you more than it would to rebuild the home itself regardless of size. If the foundation is pier and beam, that is something you can do yourself. You need to find the trouble areas and find how much you need to raise it up, Purchase a jack or two at your builders supply for about $300 each and raise it placing metal shims as you go. The remove the jack and go on to the next place. A slab foundation requires lots of digging, measuring, metal shims, breaking jacks, and piers to force into the ground down to the bedrock in order to raise it properly (if you do not install gutters around the home, it is a moot point as with drought and rain it will cause the foundation to heave again). If the plumbing needs to be replaced and the home is pier and beam, it is simple enough to crawl under the home and replace the piping while slab requires jacking up the floors and cutting out sections of walls to do it properly (pros cost about $20,000 for this). As for the electrical, It could cost around $40,000+ to replace the wiring, put in a new junction box and meters +permits, etc for an electrician but you could probably do it yourself for around $10000 and that means you need to get the proper permits and make sure you know what you are doing or you might burn the house down. I think that's awesome you want to do that for your grandparents but it is going to be costly. Get at least 3 quotes for each project that needs to be done. Make sure that whomever you get to do the work is bonded, licensed, has more than a 90 day warranty and has the insurance to pay for whatever they destroy. A few hazard tips for you.....do the foundation first as they will discover water leaks and such after they have lifted the foundation especially if it is slab as any work done to the foundation (i.e., digging for pipes) after it has been lifted will null your warranty.

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