Toluca Lake, California Residential Repair Specialists
With over 45 years of experience serving California and the Toluca Lake area, Weinstein Construction remains a proud, family-owned and operated company rooted in the seismic heart of the San Fernando Valley — known widely as “Earthquake Country.”
Founded in 1977 by Itzcik Weinstein — a local homeowner, licensed general contractor, husband, and father — our company has become a trusted name across the greater Los Angeles region, dedicated to helping property owners protect what matters most.
For most homeowners in Toluca Lake, their home is their most valuable investment, and still many homeowners remain unaware that their homes were built on shifting soil that doesn’t fare well under our frequent dry-then-rainy seasons, or our frequent earthquake activity. Homeowners in Toluca Lake, especially those living in homes built 60+ years ago, must remain vigilant and determine periodically whether or not the foundation under their valuable property is still in good shape. This is one area where an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and where a homeowner can stop small issues from becoming large ones!
And even if your foundation is damaged, you can get it repaired fairly easily if the damage is not too extensive. For example, cracks in your foundation that measure up to .25 inches can be filled with epoxy that binds the two foundation sections together. Moreover, steel rods can be anchored in place, and then reinforced with new concrete. Weinstein Construction’s Toluca Lake foundation repairing professionals can fill you in on all of these techniques, as they have a solution to fit every budget!
Most Toluca Lake homeowners don’t realize it, but their home functions as a system — and it all starts with the crawl space beneath the first floor. This shallow, unfinished area may be out of sight, but it directly affects the air quality inside your living space. In fact, air from your crawl space rises up into your home and is breathed in by your family every day.
If your crawl space is damp, musty, or neglected, it can quickly become a breeding ground for mold, mildew, rot, and other contaminants — even pest remains. That unhealthy air doesn’t stay trapped below; it spreads upward into the rooms where your family lives.
At Weinstein Construction, we specialize in crawl space encapsulation for Toluca Lake homes. Our team installs a durable polyethylene vapor barrier made from anti-bacterial materials, sealing your crawl space off from the rest of your home. We also add a high-performance, Energy Star–rated dehumidifier to keep moisture under control and improve your indoor air quality year-round.
Let us help you create a cleaner, safer living environment — call your local Toluca Lake crawl space encapsulation experts at Weinstein Construction today!
Toluca Lake property owners should be aware of two important California safety laws — SB 721 and SB 326 — that require periodic inspections of certain multi-unit residential buildings. These Balcony Inspection Laws apply to structures that:
(i) have three or more units,
(ii) include Exterior Elevated Elements (EEEs) such as wood or wood-based balconies, decks, porches, stairways, or walkways with walking surfaces, and
(iii) have EEEs located six feet or more above ground level.
These laws are designed to protect residents from structural failures and apply throughout California, including right here in Toluca Lake. If you own a qualifying property, staying proactive with regular inspections is key to maintaining safety, compliance, and long-term property value.
In Toluca Lake, owners of commercial or multi-family residential properties are aware that such “Soft Story” Retrofit buildings are often too weak to withstand the forces of a strong earthquake. This is because such buildings consist of 2 or more stories wood frame construction and were built under building code standards enacted before 1978.
Homeowners and owners of Toluca Lake Soft Story commercial properties know that they have an urgent need to retrofit their buildings to safeguard them from the destructive forces of earthquakes. Soft Story structures are multi-story buildings that have large open spaces on their first or second floors, instead of walls that are typically required as part of a stable earthquake engineering design (one example is an apartment building’s “tuck-under” parking garage structure).
Toluca Lake, California and
Greater Los Angeles Service Areas | WEINSTEIN CONSTRUCTION
- South Gate
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- Studio City
- Sun Valley
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- Sylmar
- Tarzana
- Temple City
- Toluca Lake
- Topanga
- Torrance
- Valley Village
- Van Nuys
- Venice
- Ventura
- West Hills
- West Hollywood
- Westwood
- Whittier
- Winnetka
- Woodland Hills
WHY Toluca Lake CHOOSES WEINSTEIN CONSTRUCTION?
Weinstein Construction redid my foundation and retaining wall and I’m very happy with the work!
We had our basement retrofitted. Very courteous to us, very attentive. I was very impressed with the people who came to do the job. They were polite, well dressed, and really seemed to know what they were doing. We feel a lot safer now than we would have otherwise.
We had used Weinstein to earthquake retrofit our house. First, my intention was to do it myself, but we got a very nice sales rep over and he went through the whole procedure and by putting a thought into I concluded that it was not worth it for me to spend 14 days under the house. They came out, a top professional crew, they did it in a day, and we really loved what they did.
We are pleased with the results. The people were on time, they were neat, clean, and even the “big boss” was very nice and accommodating, so we’re happy with the services.
I was very happy. Very clean job. Very satisfied, and I recommend it to everybody.
We had our house retrofitted. Immediately we noticed the stability of it, even when we walked the house. Now it’s so much better and it’s stabilized, we’re very confident. It went very well and we’re very pleased.
They did a great job, they were on time, clean, and the price was right. I recommend you do the same.
House was built in 1933. They did the right job, they did a very good job and we’re very happy with the results. I recommend them.
