Glendale, Los Angeles County
Retaining Walls, Decks and Additions in Glendale
Glendale retaining walls, raised decks and additions on sloped or level lots, with footings, drainage and access worked out before plan check begins.
A Glendale job is run on one method, and so is a job in Eagle Rock, La Canada Flintridge or South Pasadena. It starts with a walk of the parcel to note where water runs, where a truck can park and whether the ground changes level near the work. An engineer joins when the structure needs one. Drawings, permit, footings and frame then follow in a fixed order. The office that issues the permit is the main thing that changes from place to place.
Walls that hold back soil
A retaining wall resists the push of the soil behind it, and that push grows when the soil is wet. So the drain matters as much as the concrete. We place free-draining gravel against the back of the wall, lay a perforated pipe at its base and give that pipe an outlet where the water can leave the property safely. Weep openings can serve a shorter wall. When a wall holds up a driveway, a building or a steep bank, an engineer sets its footing and steel from calculations, and the city reviews them. Backfill goes in by layers and is compacted, so the yard above stays level once the rains come.
Glendale permits and inspections
Glendale runs its own building and safety office, separate from Los Angeles and Burbank. Its plan checkers look at the structural sheets, any grading on the parcel and the energy forms. Corrections come back as a written list, and each item gets a revised sheet or a short note from the engineer. Once the permit is issued, an inspector sees the footing trench before concrete, the steel before a pour and the framing before it is covered. Copies of the approved plans stay on site for those visits, and you receive a set for your records.
Work we take on in Glendale
Each service is planned around the lot, sloped or level.
Building in Glendale?
Send the address and the job, and a builder will arrange a visit to read the lot.