At Weinstein Construction, we are one of the few experienced balcony repair contractors in the City of Los Angeles and surrounding areas. We know that as part of your process for budgeting for EEE inspection and balcony repairs, what is top of mind for you is not only how to choose the right contractor for the job, but also how much your balcony repair cost [...]
Many owners of multi-unit residential apartment buildings and condominium home owner associations (“HOA”) are by now familiar with California’s new “Balcony Inspection Laws” (SB 721 and SB 326), which have been “on the books” for a few years now and have mandatory compliance requirements. You should definitely review the Balcony Inspection law requirements of these laws if you are not familiar with them! For those [...]
As our Los Angeles homes slowly dry out after some incredibly heavy rains, we wanted to remind all our clients and friends that there are some incredibly important reasons for every homeowner to be aware of what is happening inside their home’s crawl space, which is that shallow, unfinished area beneath the first floor of a home. We constantly hear folks say, “I don’t live [...]
Greater Los Angeles Soft Story retrofitting History Almost eight years ago, the City of Los Angeles passed two landmark Soft Story retrofit ordinances to help ensure that when the next earthquakes hit, residential condo and apartment buildings would be more structurally sound. Such multi-story buildings are called Soft Story structures, because they typically have large open spaces on their flimsy first or second floors, instead [...]
How Does The Weather Affect Retaining Walls? Even if you haven’t really been paying attention to the weather this year, you know this has been a year for the record books in terms of rain! And yes, our drought may be nearly over in the Greater Los Angeles area, but our home basements and crawlspaces have been flooded with water, and for some of [...]
If you have what is called a “Soft-Story” home, then you are in luck and should carefully read this blog for some hot-off-the-press news about seismic retrofitting and free grant money! Earthquakes in our fair city of Los Angeles can result in catastrophic damage. For example, even if we get just a magnitude 7.0 earthquake on the Hayward fault, the resulting damage would displace 77,000 [...]
On February 28, 2023, and in the wake of the devastating earthquakes that rocked the country of Turkey just a few weeks prior, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to require the retrofitting of older, so-called “non-ductile concrete” buildings that are at a high risk of collapse during a powerful earthquake. The U.S. Geological Survey has said that such buildings “pose [...]
Balconies are an important feature in many residential and commercial apartment buildings in the City of Los Angeles, providing helpful outdoor space and views of the surrounding neighborhood. However, such balconies can also pose a safety risk if they are not properly maintained and inspected. In recent years, several high-profile balcony collapses have emphasized the need for increased attention to balcony safety. An apartment [...]
While the recent stormy weather in Los Angeles has been great for filling up our lakes and water reservoirs, it has also been devastating for those homeowners who live homes on or near hillsides. In many such cases, we have seen rainwater, dirt, and debris which run down a slope, enter a home and jeopardize the stability of its structure and foundation. Luckily, there are [...]
It is a well-known saying that those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it. In the wake of the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, the City of Los Angeles, as well as those living in this earthquake-prone area, have made significant investments in developing new earthquake warning systems, enacting better building codes, and putting into practice important earthquake retrofitting programs such as the [...]
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