Older home remodeling in Tarzana, Los Angeles County
Older House Remodeling in Tarzana
Older Tarzana houses remodeled from the shell inward: sun-checked sash, casing and rafter tails repaired with matching wood, then wiring and pipe renewed.
On an older Tarzana house, the part we guard most closely is the shell seen from the street: wood window sash, door casing, the eave and its exposed rafter tails. Inland valley exposure, with hard sun and dry wind, opens checks in that wood and dries out glazing putty. So these pieces are repaired with matching stock and sealed before any new layout begins inside.
Saving sun-worn wood
Checked and split boards are judged one at a time. Shallow cracks are cleaned out, filled with epoxy and primed, and deeper ones get a dutchman patch cut from the same species. Rafter tails with rot at the end can be cut back and spliced with a matched piece, so the profile under the eave stays as it was. Window sash comes to the bench, where loose glass is reset in fresh putty and the joints are reglued. Paint color is matched to a sample scraped from a protected spot behind a shutter or inside a closet door frame.
Inside, once the shell is sound
With the outside settled, the walls open for the systems. Knob-and-tube wiring is pulled and a new panel set, old galvanized supply is swapped for copper or PEX, and each rough run is inspected by LADBS, since Tarzana is a City of Los Angeles neighborhood. Insulation goes into the open exterior walls and the attic, which eases the cooling load an inland house carries. Woodland Hills, Encino, Reseda, Winnetka, Canoga Park and Lake Balboa answer to that same department, and work there follows this order from shell to systems to finish.
What we can do for a house in Tarzana
Whole-house work leads, and every other service is available for the same house.
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Planning work on a house in Tarzana?
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