Full Home Remodeling in Eagle Rock
Eagle Rock whole-house remodeling with laminated veneer lumber beams where bearing walls come out, sized by an engineer and permitted through LADBS.
Beams of laminated veneer lumber are what we suggest first when an Eagle Rock remodel takes out a bearing wall. Built from thin wood layers glued under pressure, it resists the twisting, checking and slow sag that a sawn timber of the same depth can develop as it dries inside a heated house. It also arrives straight, so a flush beam meets the ceiling plane cleanly, and its consistent strength lets the engineer detail post connections for earthquake loads with confidence.
Sizing and setting the beam
The engineer picks the beam depth from the span and what sits on it: a ceiling alone, a ceiling and roof, or a floor above. Where the ceiling must stay flat, the beam is set flush and each joist hangs from it on a metal hanger. Posts at each end are built up from several studs or cut from a solid timber, then tied at the top with a cap and at the base with a connector. Each post bears on a footing or pad drawn to its load. Temporary shoring carries the ceiling through the swap from studs to beam.
Plan review through LADBS
LADBS, which issues permits for the City of Los Angeles, reviews this work. Plan check reads the beam calculation, the hanger and post hardware and any change to the braced walls. In the field, an inspector sees new footings before the pour and the framing after the rough plumbing, wiring and ducts are approved. Engineered lumber carries a printed stamp showing its grade, which the inspector can match to the plans. Leaving that stamp visible until the frame inspection passes avoids a question at the visit.
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Partitions with no load come out with the drywall. A wall carrying joists or rafters can be replaced by an engineered beam, flush or dropped, with posts and footings at each end. Exterior walls also carry bracing, so moving one there means adding plywood panels in another location.
During, as part of the rough framing. Anchor bolts and cripple wall plywood go in under the floor while the new beam is being set overhead, and LADBS inspects both. Doing them together keeps the crawlspace from being reopened later and lets the bracing count include the new work.
Under the house we look at foundation cracks, anchor bolts, sill condition, cripple walls, girders and posts. Inside, we find which walls carry joists or rafters and measure how long the spans are. In the attic we check rafter ties and any cut members. The engineer uses those spans to size each new beam.
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