Full Home Remodeling in Palms
Palms full home remodels follow one order: frame survey, LADBS-approved drawings, foundation and seismic work, framing, inspections, then finishes.
Step one for a Palms whole-house remodel is learning what the existing frame can carry. We survey from footing to roof, the engineer draws the new beams and bracing, and LADBS approves the set. Demolition follows approval. After that the house is rebuilt from the bottom: foundation and seismic work, framing, the rough work of each trade and its inspections, then insulation, wallboard and finishes.
From the footing upward
With the permit issued and demolition done, foundation work opens the build. Cracked footing sections are repaired, soft sill boards are cut out and replaced with treated lumber, and new bolts tie the sill to the concrete. The cripple walls are sheathed in plywood. An LADBS inspector signs that off while it is visible. New pad footings for the remodel's posts are poured in the same phase, so every beam that goes up later lands on concrete that has had time to cure.
Rough systems, inspections, close-up
Next the new framing is built, and the trades route pipe, wire and ducts through it. Their rough work is inspected ahead of the framing inspection, which is called only after those approvals so the inspector can see every bored stud and notched joist. Insulation is looked at by the inspector after that, followed by a wallboard nailing check. Cabinets, tile and paint come last, once every one of those is signed. A step taken out of order tends to mean cutting open new wallboard so an inspector can see what it hides.
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A wall with nothing bearing on it is free to go. If ceiling joists, a beam or rafters land on top, the engineer specifies a new header or flush beam, the posts at its ends and the footings they need. A wall that braces the house gets its bracing value rebuilt somewhere else. Each wall's treatment is marked on the plans.
Make it the opening phase of construction. The engineer adds bolting and short-wall bracing to the remodel drawings, LADBS reviews them together, and the work goes in while the floor is open and the crawlspace has room to move. It is inspected before anything above it is built.
It is a structural inventory. Under the floor we check footings, sill condition, bolting and cripple-wall sheathing. In the rooms we measure floor level and look for cracks above openings. In the attic we see which walls carry joists and rafters. The engineer gets the photos and notes, and repairs are priced on separate lines.
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Describe the house and what it needs. We look at the structure first and send the quote in writing.