Structural Repair Where Moisture Got In First
On older coastal houses, most structural trouble starts with water: a rotted sill plate, a soft rim joist, a beam end that stayed wet. We repair the wood and the cause.
Finding the damage
Rot hides under stucco and behind siding. We look for the signs from inside and out: doors that rub, floors that slope near an exterior wall, stains on the foundation, a soft spot under a window. Where needed we open a small area to see how far the damage runs before pricing the repair.
Repairing the framing
Damaged sill plates, studs and rim joists are replaced in sections while the house is supported. New wood that touches concrete is pressure treated, and we add a sill seal and flashing so water does not collect there again. If the cause was a missing flashing above a window or a deck ledger, we fix that in the same job.
Opening walls and adding beams
Removing a wall between the kitchen and living room usually means carrying the load on a new beam and posts down to the foundation. An engineer sizes the beam and the connections, we pull the permit and build it. The same goes for larger window or door openings on exterior walls.
Structural Work: questions
For new beams, foundation changes and most seismic work, yes, and the permit will call for stamped drawings. Small like-for-like repairs to rotted framing usually do not. We tell you which applies.
Yes. Bolting the house to its foundation and bracing cripple walls are common retrofits on raised-floor houses. We work from an engineer's plan or the city's standard plan where one applies.
We quote what we can see and set a clear unit price for additional framing we may find once walls are open, so there are no open-ended surprises.
Structural Work in Redondo Beach
Tell us what you are seeing
A door that sticks, a sloping floor or a soft wall near the outside. Describe it in the form, and we will plan an inspection.