Older home remodeling in Valley Village, Los Angeles County
Older Home Remodeling in Valley Village
If an older Valley Village house keeps its exposed rafter tails, we repair and save them first, then rewire and repipe inside under LADBS review.
When an older Valley Village house still shows its original rafter tails at the roof edge, those are the parts of the outside we work hardest to save. They draw the shadow line that gives the roof its character. On an inland lot they also catch hard sun, dry wind and the odd heavy storm, so their repair is scheduled ahead of the other outside work.
Probing, splicing and priming the eave
We test every tail with an awl, pressing at the end grain where water sits longest. Firm wood is cleaned, soaked with a penetrating consolidant and primed on all faces. Where rot runs partway back, the bad length is cut off and a new end of matching size is glued and through-bolted to sound stock, then cut to the profile of its neighbors. Fascia boards and the roof sheathing visible from below get the same probing. A metal drip edge slipped beneath the roofing carries storm water past the wood, and from the sidewalk the repaired eave looks the way it did before.
Systems inside, and the city sign-off
Once the roof edge is sound, attention turns indoors to grounded wiring, new supply pipe and any walls the new plan moves. Time spent in the attic for the eave repair also shows where the old cable runs, which helps plan the rewire. Valley Village is a City of Los Angeles neighborhood, so LADBS reviews the plans and its inspectors check rough wiring and plumbing while the walls are still open. Original doors and casing are tagged by room and set aside until the plaster is patched. In North Hollywood, Studio City, Toluca Lake, Sherman Oaks, Valley Glen and Van Nuys, an older house with open eaves gets the same survey first.
What we can do for a house in Valley Village
Whole-house work leads, and every other service is available for the same house.
Planning work on a house in Valley Village?
Tell us about it. We will walk through the house and send a written scope.