Fire Rebuild & Reconstruction in Woodland Hills
Fire Rebuild in Woodland Hills done in order: shutoffs, an asbestos and lead survey, abatement, salvage of trim and sash, then demolition and testing.
A lab sample of old paint, window putty and wall plaster leaves a burned Woodland Hills house before a single piece of trim is pried loose. That survey for asbestos and lead follows the confirmed shutoff of gas, power and water, and its results decide what can be handled, what needs abatement first and when demolition may begin. Salvage of sash, casings and hardware fits in only after the house is cleared.
Survey, abatement, then salvage
A certified asbestos consultant and a lead inspector sample the materials the work will disturb: plaster, joint compound, flooring, roofing, paint on the trim and the glazing putty around old sash. Positive results go to a licensed abatement contractor, and the air district gets its notice before removal or demolition starts. Once abatement is cleared, salvage begins. Sash, casings, door hardware and mantel pieces that passed are photographed, numbered against a room map and stored dry. Charred pieces still earn a place as templates, so new stock can be milled to the same profiles.
Demolition, testing, permit
With hazards handled and the keepers stored, the demolition permit releases the burned structure and its debris for removal. What remains below, the slab and footings, is tested next: concrete cores, a check of the anchor bolts and soil samples where the engineer asks for them. The engineer's letter on what can stay goes into the plan set, and LADBS reviews the drawings for the rebuilt house before framing lumber is ordered. A burned house in Tarzana or Canoga Park runs through these steps in the same sequence, since each relies on what the step before it found.
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Some of it. Trim, sash, hardware and mantel pieces are judged one at a time after the asbestos and lead results come back, and only cleared pieces are kept. Concrete and framing are a separate decision the engineer makes from test results, so a slab can stay even when most of the wood above it cannot.
In appearance, yes. Photos, any old permit drawings and the salvaged pieces give the roof pitch, window sizes and trim profiles, and charred pieces serve as patterns for new ones. Behind that face the frame, wiring and insulation are all new and built to current code.
A demolition permit comes first, once the utility disconnects are on record. The rebuilt house then needs a building permit from LADBS, with electrical, plumbing and mechanical work covered under it, and inspections follow at each stage. Our part is assembling the drawings with your designer and engineer, then filing them.
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