Foundation Underpinning: When You Need It, What It Costs, and When to Walk Away Foundation underpinning is a process used to repair, strengthen, or increase the depth of an existing foundation by lowering the footing to gain a secure hold on more supportive soil. In other words, it reinforces the underpinning foundation of a home, ensuring its long-term stability. A home’s foundation is the one [...]
A retaining wall is far more than just a decorative element in your landscape, as it can actually protect your property by holding back soil, managing water runoff, and preventing erosion, all of which can damage your property if left unmanaged. There are many reasons to install a retaining wall, and Los Angeles homeowners know that our modern weather patterns and heavy annual rainfalls, as [...]
How SB 721 Affects Multi-Family Balcony Inspections and Repairs in Los Angeles California Senate Bill 721 represents a new compliance challenge to owners and managers of multi-family residential buildings in the Greater Los Angeles region. The law was enacted to address a serious and often overlooked structural safety issue: the long-term deterioration of balconies and other Exterior Elevated Elements (also called “EEE” or “3E”) that [...]
If you are a frequent reader of Weinstein Construction’s blog series, then you may already know that the State of California Senate Bill SB 721 balcony inspection law impacts thousands of property owners and managers in our Greater Los Angeles region. As such, this blog serves as a guide to explain what SB 721 compliance means, who must comply, and how one can stay ahead [...]
If you are an owner of a commercial property in Los Angeles, for example a multi-family residential apartment building, you should know that waterproofing your property’s “Exterior Elevated Elements” (EEE or 3E) is more than just a precaution, but rather it is a requirement for the EEE’s safety and longevity! This blog offers you critical information on why waterproofing EEEs such as balconies are so [...]
In the City of Los Angeles, climate change has had an immediate impact on residential homes and commercial businesses. We have had record rainfalls over the past few years, that continually flood our basements and crawlspaces. Moreover, our region’s torrential rains are especially destructive when they stream and run off hillsides, crashing down tons of soil and debris that threaten the safety of our properties [...]
Many calls into Weinstein Construction come from homeowners and commercial property owners who want us to check the condition of the foundation their property is sitting on. The clients who call us are proactive, and need to know whether or not their foundation will survive the next crisis that comes along, for example, a severe rainstorm, mudslide, or one of our many regional earthquakes. And [...]
So many of our clients and friends call us these days asking about the State of California’s Earthquake Brace & Bolt (“EBB”) program, and especially about how the EBB provides free government money grants of $3,000 to homeowners, so that they can seismically retrofit their homes. As the earthquake retrofit professionals at Weinstein Construction are EBB approved and FEMA authorized and trained contractors since 1994, [...]
As climate change continues to affect our Los Angeles region, we see year after year of record rainfall which unfortunately, floods the basements and crawlspaces of both residential homes and commercial businesses with water runoff. For those who own a structure that is built on or near a hillside, water, mud, and debris are now a continuous threat to the stability and safety of their [...]
If you are the owner or manager of a Los Angeles commercial property such as a multi-family residential apartment building, you may already be familiar with the State of California’s mandatory Balcony Inspection Los Angeles laws, which were mandated by California Senate Bill 721. California’s SB 721 balcony inspection law impacts thousands of property owners in our region, and this quick and easy guide explains [...]
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