Stucco & Exterior in Pasadena
Stucco and exterior work in Pasadena drawn up for city review, with the wall layers, weep screed and any ember-resistance items noted. Silver Pine Remodeling.
Sheathing, building paper, lath and a weep screed at the base each need a line in an exterior scope sent to the Pasadena building department. A family adding a bedroom wants the new wall to look like the old one, and the drawings have to show it will shed water like one too. Where a Pasadena parcel shows up on a fire hazard map, ember-resistance items join that same review.
The wall build on paper
Over wood sheathing, the code calls for 2 layers of Grade D building paper or an equal barrier, lapped so each upper course sheds onto the one below. Metal lath is fastened through that barrier into the framing, and a weep screed at the foundation line lets trapped water leave the wall. The screed has to sit at least 4 inches above soil, with a smaller gap allowed over paving. A reviewer also checks how flashing at each window and door laps into the barrier, and how the new wall joins the existing plaster, since that seam is where water first finds a way in.
If the parcel is mapped
Where a parcel falls inside a mapped zone, the review reaches past the plaster. Vents at the attic and the foundation may need ember-resistant screening or listed units, eaves may need to be enclosed, and the wall covering has to meet ignition-resistance rules. A noncombustible build like cement plaster on metal lath helps there, though foam trim bands and some wood siding may fall short. Whether a lot is inside a mapped zone gets confirmed with the city during the permit step, so the scope lists these items as conditions to settle then. Photos of the current vents and eaves go with the submittal.
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The texture can, after a test patch is floated beside the existing wall and checked in daylight. Color is less predictable, since aged stucco drifts in shade. The usual fix is to carry the color coat onto the adjoining wall, and the permit notes can describe the finish so the reviewer understands the intent.
That depends on how far the new section reaches. A coat on one wall can leave a visible edge where it stops, and a whole-house coat erases it. If the lot appears on a fire hazard map, trim swapped out during the same visit is picked for ember resistance.
Yes, as a project of its own. Cracked plaster, loose lath and tired trim or siding can all be fixed without an addition. A paint touch-up may need no permit, while rebuilding a section of wall usually does, and the city building department decides. Finding the cause of the damage comes before any patch.
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