Full Home Remodeling for Older Valley Glen Houses
Remodeling older Valley Glen houses with layout questions answered on the first visit: bearing walls, wire and pipe checked, and original doors reused.
"Can we open the kitchen and still keep the old doors?" We answer that on the first visit to an older Valley Glen house, standing in the rooms in question. The answer depends on which walls carry load and where the original casings sit. A whole-house remodel plans the layout change, the rewiring and the new pipe together, so the doors, trim and windows that stay are protected from the first day.
Working out the answer on site
We look into the attic to see which way the ceiling joists run and whether the wall under them takes their weight. If it does, a beam sized by an engineer replaces it, and the doors in that wall are taken out with their frames intact so they can be reused nearby. Switch plates come off to show the wire type, and the water heater and main valve tell us the pipe material. All of it goes into a written scope before any price is set.
Review for a Valley Glen permit
Valley Glen permits come from LADBS, which reviews the plans and inspects the job. A beam over an opened kitchen needs engineered drawings, and inspectors check it before insulation and drywall go up. New circuits and pipe are inspected while the framing is bare. Van Nuys, Encino and Lake Balboa jobs pass through the same plan check and the same set of inspections, so the order of work there matches this one step for step. Original casings come out first and are stored until the new openings are framed.
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Doors that can be rehung in a new spot, wood casing, baseboard and window sashes with sound frames are kept when the layout changes. Plaster that is still tight stays, and only the sections cut for the new opening are patched to match. The scope lists every kept part and why.
Stay in the house and we take one zone at a time, closed off by plastic sheeting and a fan pushing the dust outside. The kitchen change is scheduled so a temporary cooking spot and a working bath are ready first. The zone order and its inspections are written into the scope before work starts.
Asbestos and lead results come back from a lab before any wall is opened, based on samples of plaster, tile, mastic, texture and paint. Then the panel and wiring are checked for grounding, the supply lines are pressure tested and a camera runs the sewer line.
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