Tarzana, Los Angeles County
Structural surveys and retrofits in Tarzana
A Tarzana structural visit from Aspenwell Construction starts at the crawlspace hatch: bolts, sill, cripple walls, posts and piers, all measured.
The crawlspace hatch is where a Tarzana visit begins. Before we look at a single room upstairs, we go under the floor and confirm whether the sill is bolted to the concrete at all, how far apart any existing bolts sit, and how tall the cripple walls run between the foundation and the floor framing. Those readings decide whether the house needs a basic retrofit, an engineered one or a foundation repair first.
Posts, piers and the girders above them
Once the perimeter is logged we move to the middle of the crawlspace. Girders running under the floor rest on short posts, and those posts stand on concrete piers. We check that each post sits square and fully on its pier, that the pier itself is solid concrete and not a loose block, and that a metal connector ties post to girder. A post that has slipped or a pier that has sunk shows up as a soft spot in the floor above, so we mark each one on a sketch of the crawlspace along with any water stains or damp soil.
From the survey to a written scope
Everything found below gets turned into a scope with locations, lengths and hardware listed by line. Because Tarzana sits within Los Angeles city limits, LADBS reviews the drawings and sends an inspector before any bolting or plywood is covered, as it does in Encino, Reseda and Woodland Hills. If the plan also calls for a home addition or a wider opening between rooms, the engineer works from the same survey, and the new footings and beam are drawn to tie into the retrofit hardware already on the sheet.
What we build in Tarzana
Structural work comes first on this list, and every service starts with a look at the framing and foundation.
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Plan structural work in Tarzana
Send the form and we will arrange a visit, then put the scope in writing.