Structural Work in Eagle Rock
Eagle Rock beam work with engineered posts, sized footings and shoring, planned for LADBS review when a bearing wall comes out of the house.
Posts of parallel strand lumber carry the two ends of a new beam when an Eagle Rock bearing wall comes out. The strands are dried and glued at the plant, so the post goes in at its final moisture content and barely shrinks afterward. A sawn post can lose height and twist as it dries inside a heated house, and even a small drop lets the beam above settle. Steel caps and bases tie each post to the beam and to its footing.
Beam, posts and footing as one set
An engineer sizes the beam to its span and the weight above it, then sizes each post and the pad of concrete it lands on. Engineered lumber suits that work because it leaves the factory at low moisture and holds the shape it was cut to. Temporary shores prop up the ceiling joists while the old studs are cut free, and they come down only after the new posts are standing. The footings under them are dug and inspected before concrete goes in, so the load has a continuous path from the roof framing all the way to soil.
Permits through LADBS
LADBS issues the permit for an Eagle Rock beam and runs the plan check. The reviewer follows the load from the roof through the new beam and posts to the footings, and asks for the connector at each joint. Inspectors see the footing holes before the pour and the framing before drywall closes it. Over the line in Glendale, Pasadena or South Pasadena, that city's own building department takes the review, and the order of shoring, footing, beam and finish carries over unchanged.
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Structural Work in Eagle Rock: questions
On a raised floor with short stud walls between sill and joists, both pieces belong together, since anchors without plywood leave those walls free to lean over. Where the joists sit right on the foundation, anchors may cover it. A count of bolts and a measure of wall height on the first visit settle which case applies.
Any beam, post and footing package is drawn by a licensed engineer, whom we bring in once the wall and the load above it are measured. For a plain bolt and brace job on a house that qualifies, prescriptive retrofit sheets from the code can stand in for custom drawings. LADBS reviews whichever set applies.
Moisture in the sill comes first, read with a pin meter at several points along the foundation. Then we look for anchors, measure the short walls and note any posts resting on loose blocks. A girder or post under a planned beam gets extra attention, since it may have to carry more once the wall is gone.
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Describe the house and what it needs. We look at the structure first and send the quote in writing.