Marina del Rey, Los Angeles County

Seismic and structural work in Marina del Rey

Marina del Rey is unincorporated, so Los Angeles County reviews its structural plans. Aspenwell Construction draws the load path that the county reads.

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A structural permit in Marina del Rey is reviewed by Los Angeles County, because the community is unincorporated and has no city building department of its own. Anchor bolting, cripple wall bracing, a footing repair and a beam where a wall comes out all pass through that county office. Its plan checker follows the load path from the roof down to the soil and wants calculations wherever a new post or beam redirects it.

Sheets the county plan checker reads

For a new opening, the drawings name the beam, the posts under each end, the straps and caps that join them, and the footing below every post. A bracing sheet marks each plywood panel, its nailing pattern and the hold-down at either end of it. Where the engineer keeps an old footing in service, the sheet records how it was checked. County inspectors then come in sequence: footings before the pour, hardware before plywood closes it in, and nailing before any finish goes on. A stage that has not been signed stays open until it is.

Moisture under a raised floor

A crawlspace close to the water tends to hold damp air, and wood that stays wet loses its grip on nails and bolts. Before bracing is designed, we take moisture readings in the sill and the cripple studs and probe for soft spots near vents and plumbing. Soil that stays wet may get a vapor barrier laid over it, and blocked vents get cleared. Rotted lengths of sill are replaced before any new anchor goes through them, since a bolt holds only as well as the wood around it. The hardware we specify for this setting is hot-dip galvanized or stainless.

What we build in Marina del Rey

Structural work comes first on this list, and every service starts with a look at the framing and foundation.

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