Glendale, Los Angeles County
Glendale Remodeling on Level and Sloped Lots
Glendale remodeling: windows, stucco, decks, additions, ADUs, kitchens and baths on sloped or level lots, with Glendale plans and permits handled.
Glendale has its own building department, which reviews the work we do there. A sloped lot brings engineering and sometimes fire rules, and an older house brings original windows, plaster and a raised foundation. We plan each project around which of those it involves and handle the permit with the city, from the first set of drawings to final inspection.
Older Spanish and craftsman houses
Spanish revival and craftsman homes often keep plaster walls, wood windows and tile or wood floors worth preserving. We restore what is sound, repair plaster at cracked openings and replace windows that are past saving with units that match the original divided lights. Kitchens and bathrooms in houses of that kind were usually small, and opening them up means checking the walls for structure and old plumbing first. Seismic bolting and cripple wall bracing fit into the same project and are worth doing while the crawlspace is open.
Sloped lots
On a sloped lot, decks, additions and garages sit on engineered footings, and drainage has to steer water away from the hill and the house. Where Glendale maps a parcel as fire hazard ground, new work may call for vents that stop embers, cladding that will not burn and tempered panes. We bring in an engineer for the structure, confirm the fire requirements with the city and price any hardening of the existing house separately, so owners can decide how far to go now and what can wait.
What we take on in Glendale
The shell of the house first, then everything else.
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