Additions and remodeling in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles County
Family room additions in Woodland Hills
Woodland Hills family room additions that open to the yard, with a wide beam, shaded doors and glass chosen for hard sun, and plans reviewed by LADBS.
In a Woodland Hills family room addition, the wall that faces the yard does the most work. It holds the wide doors the children use to reach the yard, and on an inland lot that glass takes the hard afternoon sun. We plan that wall first: how wide the opening can be, what carries the roof above it and how shade and glass keep the room usable when the yard is at its brightest.
A wide opening and its beam
Sliding or folding doors across most of a wall leave little framing to hold up the roof, so a beam spans the opening and posts carry it down to footings sized for the load. An engineer picks the beam, often a laminated wood member or a steel section where the span is long. Shear strength lost to the opening is made up with braced panels or a steel frame elsewhere in the wall. Those details go on the plans the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety reviews before any framing starts.
Shade and glass for the yard side
Glass doors that take the afternoon sun let in a lot of heat unless something stops the sun before it reaches them. A roof overhang or a patio cover built as part of the addition shades the doors through the middle of the day. The glass itself is low emissivity with a low solar heat gain rating, which keeps the room cooler while still letting in daylight. Flooring near the doors should handle grit and wet feet from the yard, so tile or a durable vinyl plank suits that strip of the room.
What we build in Woodland Hills
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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