Reseda, Los Angeles County
Foundation and floor repair in Reseda
Aspenwell Construction starts a Reseda visit by mapping floor dips with a long level, then follows each low spot to the posts, piers and perimeter footing.
A long level and a floor sketch are what we bring through the front door of a Reseda house. Room by room, we read the floors and mark the dips, the doors that rub their frames and the drywall cracks running off corners at an angle. Only then do we head for the crawlspace, with a clear idea of which posts, girders and footings need a hard look.
From a low floor to its support
A dip near the middle of a room tends to sit over a girder. In the crawlspace we check the posts under that girder, how they bear on their piers and whether any pier has cracked or tipped. A post resting on bare soil can sink, and a girder joined between two supports can sag. Low floors along an exterior wall point to the perimeter footing, where we look for cracks, gaps under the sill and soil that has washed out. Every finding is measured, photographed and placed on the sketch, which becomes the engineer's starting map.
Soil moisture and the permit
Clay soil can shrink in a dry spell and swell after heavy rain, and that cycle shows up as movement at the footing. Gutters that empty against the wall and soil graded toward the house feed it, so downspout extensions and regrading beside the foundation are often part of a repair plan. For the permit, the reviewing office is LADBS, because Reseda belongs to the City of Los Angeles. Its inspector sees new footings and post bases before they are buried or covered.
What we build in Reseda
Structural work comes first on this list, and every service starts with a look at the framing and foundation.
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