West Hollywood, Los Angeles County
Roof Decks and Structural Repair in West Hollywood
Roof decks, raised decks and foundation repair in West Hollywood, drawn for plan check at the City of West Hollywood and built to the approved set.
Our plan sets for West Hollywood are written with one reader in mind: the plan checker at the City of West Hollywood. That reviewer looks at how a roof deck is carried, how guardrails are anchored, where water leaves the surface and how the new work connects to the old frame. We answer every comment on the sheets themselves, then book inspections in the order the work is built.
Carrying a deck on the roof
A roof deck puts people, furniture and planters on framing that was sized only for roofing. Before drawing anything, we open the ceiling or attic, measure the joists and trace each load down to a wall or beam that can take it. The engineer then sets the sleepers, the new posts and any added beams. Beneath the deck boards, a membrane turns up the parapet walls and ties into the drains, and each post or rail anchor gets a flashed curb of its own. The stair or hatch that reaches the deck is drawn at the same time.
Settled floors and footings that moved
Doors that bind, a slab with a widening crack or a floor that rolls underfoot can all trace back to a footing that has settled. We go under the house where there is a crawlspace, take level readings across each room and look at the sill, the anchor bolts and the posts. Depending on what the engineer finds, the repair could be new concrete piers, a doubled beam, added hold-downs or a replaced section of footing. Each of those is priced as a separate item, and the scope is settled before the first permit drawing is made.
Work we take on in West Hollywood
Each service is planned around the lot, sloped or level.
Building in West Hollywood?
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