West Hollywood, Los Angeles County

Structural remodeling in West Hollywood

Can a wall come out of your West Hollywood house? Aspenwell Construction reads the framing, plans the beam and posts and files with the city.

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Can the wall between my kitchen and living room come out safely? For a West Hollywood house, the answer begins in the attic and under the floor. A wall carrying ceiling joists or roof framing can still be removed once its load has a new path, through a new beam carried on posts that stand on footings sized for the weight. A wall that only divides space is a simpler job, and we tell you which kind you have on the first visit.

Reading the framing above and below

Joists that end or splice on top of a wall usually mean it bears weight. Joists running parallel to it, passing by without landing, point to a partition. A wall stacked under another wall, or set directly over a girder in the crawlspace, gets a closer look either way. When the wall does bear, an engineer sizes the beam and its posts, and we trace where each post will land. A thin slab or a cracked old footing under that spot may need fresh concrete poured and cured before the beam goes up, with temporary walls carrying the ceiling while the old studs come out.

Filing with the City of West Hollywood

West Hollywood is its own city in Los Angeles County, so structural plans for an address there are reviewed by the City of West Hollywood building and safety staff. In Beverly Hills a different city office takes the file, and Studio City, Toluca Lake and Valley Village go to LADBS. The drawings show the beam, its connectors, the post bases and any new footing. An inspector checks the temporary supports and footings at their own stage, then the beam connections before the ceiling is patched. If the house sits on a raised floor, bolting the sill and bracing the cripple walls can join the same permit.

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

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