Sunland-Tujunga Windows & Doors in the Right Order
Fire hazard map, lead test, measuring, ordering, then one opening at a time: the order window and door work follows in an older Sunland-Tujunga house.
Nothing gets ordered for an older Sunland-Tujunga house until the fire hazard map has been read for its lot. Sections of Sunland-Tujunga are mapped as fire hazard zones, and for a lot inside one, ember-resistance rules may govern any new glass, frame or door. Those rules settle what can be bought, so the map comes first, then a lead test, then the measuring, and only after that the order.
Before the first opening is cut
Paint on older sashes and casing may contain lead, so a sample from each painted surface is tested before anything is scraped or pried. A positive result means plastic sheeting on the floor and around the opening, a HEPA vacuum and wet methods for the rest of the job. Measuring follows, with each sill and header checked as the tape goes on. Where the parcel is mapped, the order then calls for dual glazing in which a layer is tempered, and doors with solid cores or noncombustible faces, since those choices cannot change once the units are built.
One opening at a time
Openings come out singly, and each one is closed up again before work moves to the next. The old unit is removed, any rot is cut back and patched, and the pan and flashing are lapped in before the new unit is set, shimmed and fastened. Trim and interior stops go back before the next opening starts. Where the lot calls for ember resistance, nearby attic and foundation vents can be fitted with fine metal mesh during the same visit. Paint follows the last unit, and the final inspection closes the job.
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Restoring a sound sash is still possible here, though if the lot falls within a mapped zone, any pane that gets replaced may have to be tempered. Where a frame has rotted or a new unit is needed anyway, a dual-glazed window with a tempered layer meets the ember rules and still carries the sash lines of the original.
Bar patterns and sash proportions are recorded from the old windows first. Tempered dual-glazed units can be ordered with narrow simulated bars that follow that record, and the sound wood casing goes back around them, so the house keeps its outline even where the glass has changed.
LADBS is the permit office here, because Sunland-Tujunga lies inside the City of Los Angeles. Each unit is listed with its energy ratings, and where the parcel falls within a mapped zone, glass and doors are held to the ember rules at inspection. Widening any opening brings a framing review as well.
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