Tarzana, Los Angeles County
Footings, Decks and Retaining Work in Tarzana
Footings, raised decks and retaining work in Tarzana and in Reseda, Encino and Woodland Hills, run through one method and one LADBS permit path.
Reseda, Encino, Woodland Hills, Canoga Park, Winnetka and Lake Balboa surround Tarzana, and a structural job in any of them moves through an identical sequence with us. We survey the lot, decide whether an engineer belongs on the project, draw the plans and file them with LADBS, which permits every one of those neighborhoods. Footings go in after the first inspection, then framing, then the deck surface or the wall cap.
Survey and access before design
The survey records where the house stands relative to the property lines, where utilities run and where the ground changes height. Just as important is the route materials will take. A side yard wide enough for a small loader changes how footings are dug and how concrete arrives, and a lot reached only by a narrow path may need a pump line or hand carrying. Those access notes go into the plan set and the quote together, so the method on paper matches what happens on the ground in Tarzana or any of its neighbors.
Footings sized to the soil found
Footing size depends on what the soil can carry, and that is confirmed by testing or by the engineer's review of the lot. If digging turns up expansive clay, the footing may go deeper or sit on a pier so clay that swells after rain cannot lift it. Loose fill near the surface is either removed or bridged with piers down to firm ground. Each footing is inspected open, with its steel tied and its depth measured, before concrete is placed. Posts and walls then bolt to hardware cast into that concrete.
Work we take on in Tarzana
Each service is planned around the lot, sloped or level.
Building in Tarzana?
Send the address and the job, and a builder will arrange a visit to read the lot.