Flooring, Drywall & Interior Finishes in Sherman Oaks
Flooring and drywall for Sherman Oaks homes, done top down, ceiling first and floor last, with the old wall opened only when the addition is dried in.
Gravity sets the order on a Sherman Oaks floor and wall job: whatever can drip or fall, from ceiling texture to the last coat of paint, is finished before a new floor goes down. On an addition, one more step waits until late. The exterior wall that will become the doorway stays shut while the addition is framed and dried in, so the family keeps using every room.
From the ceiling down
Ceilings are hung and finished before walls, because a ceiling joint needs room for a ladder and a rolling scaffold. Walls follow, with corners taped and texture matched. Primer and paint go on next, and flooring arrives only once the paint has cured. Wood and vinyl plank rest in the house to adjust to indoor air before they are laid. Base trim and door casings go on over the finished floor, then outlet covers and hardware. Tile under a vanity is set earlier, before the cabinet goes in.
Opening the old wall last
An addition goes up against the back of the house while the family keeps living inside. Framing, roof, windows and the building inspections all happen before the old exterior wall is cut. Once the opening is made, the header goes in, dust walls go up on the house side, and the floor through the new doorway is laid in one pass. That keeps the messy days inside the house short and leaves a single clean line where old and new meet.
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Yes. The drawings put the new floor framing or slab at the finished height of the existing rooms, and the doorway between them is the last thing opened. Flooring then runs through in a single pass. Where the original boards cannot be found anymore, a new floor down in both rooms keeps the surface continuous.
Generally. Patches follow the order of a new wall, with tape and coats before texture, and the texture is tried on a loose board until it matches. Plaster, if that is what the walls turn out to be, gets a skim coat. Paint goes over the whole wall so the sheen reads evenly.
It can be either. Floors and drywall can stand alone as a room-by-room project, or sit inside an addition quote where they follow framing, rough trades and LADBS inspections. The written quote runs in the same order as the work, so it is easy to see what happens when.
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