Additions and remodeling in Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County
Home additions in Rancho Palos Verdes
A Rancho Palos Verdes addition starts with where the rain goes now, so gutters, drains and grading are planned around the new room from day one.
Where the rain goes is the question we answer first at a Rancho Palos Verdes property. Before sketching a bedroom or a family room, we walk the outside of the house with the owner, follow each downspout to its outlet and look at how the yard carries water away from the walls. A new room lands right in that path, so drainage gets planned around it before the layout is anything more than an idea.
Rerouting water around the new room
An addition often covers the spot where a downspout used to empty or where the yard drained toward the street. We draw a new route on the site plan: gutters sized for the larger roof, downspouts tied to a closed drain line, and soil graded to fall away from both the old wall and the new one. If the lot slopes, the reviewer may ask for a soils report, and the footings follow its findings. A damp crawlspace or a stained stem wall, if the house has either, shows where water has been sitting, and that repair goes into the same proposal.
Damp air, permits and life during the work
Mild, damp air is hard on steel, so connectors and nails go in hot-dipped or stainless, and flashing at the seam is lapped so water sheds outward. The City of Rancho Palos Verdes reviews the drawings, and framing starts once the permit is issued. The family keeps its kitchen, baths and bedrooms while the room is built outside the existing walls. A doorway into the house is cut near the end, after the addition has a roof and windows, and dust walls close off the work while that happens.
What we build in Rancho Palos Verdes
Additions and second stories lead the list. Every other service is available here too, alone or as part of a bigger project.
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