Full Home Remodeling in Sun Valley
Sun Valley whole-house remodels that protect floor framing under showers, tubs and laundry with membranes, pans and sloped drains. Aspenwell Construction.
Shower pans, tub surrounds and the laundry box are where a Sun Valley remodel keeps water off the floor framing. Leaks from these spots run down unseen, and a joist or subfloor that stays damp loses strength well before a stain shows on a ceiling. Roof and window flashing still matter, but the details below carry most of the weight once a bathroom moves.
Building the wet rooms
A shower starts with a mortar bed sloped toward the drain, then a waterproof membrane carried up the walls and lapped into the drain body. The pan is flood tested before any tile goes down. Cement board or a sealed foam backer replaces drywall behind tubs and showers. Washing machines get a recessed box with its own drain, and water heaters in living space sit in a pan piped to a safe outlet. Subfloor under each wet room is checked for soft spots, and any damaged sheathing is cut out and replaced.
Drains, vents and inspection
Moving a bathroom means new drain lines that keep their slope through the joists, with bored holes and notches inside the limits for each member. Vent piping is sized by the fixture units it serves, so traps hold their water seal and drains flow freely. Supply lines are pressure tested and the drains are water tested while the walls are open. LADBS inspects the rough plumbing before insulation and again at final, and the inspector sees every joint before drywall closes the room. Cleanouts stay reachable for later service.
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A partition with nothing above it moves easily, unless it holds a drain or supply line. Bearing walls come out after a beam and posts are in to carry their load. Walls around bathrooms frequently carry pipe as well, so we trace the plumbing before anything is cut and plan the reroute with the layout.
Alongside the plumbing work, because the floor is opened for new drain lines. Sill bolts and cripple wall bracing use that same access, and they are inspected before the subfloor goes back down. The retrofit appears as a separate heading in the quote, apart from the wet room work.
Foundation, sill anchors, cripple walls, floor joists and the roof structure are each looked at. Subfloor under existing bathrooms, the kitchen and the laundry gets a closer look for soft or stained wood. Our written list tells the designer where new wet rooms can sit on sound framing.
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