Fire repair and hardening in Altadena, Los Angeles County
Fire Rebuilds and Repairs in Altadena
Fire rebuilds and ember hardening for Altadena homes, drawn to the California ember rules and filed with Los Angeles County, by Fernhill of Pasadena.
Whether the house stands in Altadena or in Pasadena, Sierra Madre, La Canada Flintridge, San Marino or South Pasadena, a Fernhill job keeps one sequence: site visit, written scope, permit drawings, staged inspections. Altadena differs in who signs off. It is an unincorporated community, so its plans are reviewed by the County of Los Angeles. Altadena also includes ground within mapped fire hazard zones, and a rebuild there may have to meet ember resistance rules.
A rebuild drawn to the ember rules
Where a house must be rebuilt in whole or in large part, the new shell is drawn to the ember resistance provisions of the California codes from the first sheet. In a mapped very high hazard area that means a Class A roof assembly, vents listed to resist ember entry, exterior glazing with at least one tempered pane, and walls and eaves that meet the ignition resistant standards. We choose cement plaster or fiber cement for the walls, enclose open eaves with a noncombustible soffit, and show each product on the plans for county review and inspection.
When the house is still standing
A house that survived a nearby fire can carry damage a walk around will not reveal. We open small test spots in the attic and wall cavities to look for char, check dual pane windows for clouding between the panes, look for warped or melted frames, and follow soot trails to learn how smoke got inside. Each repair is priced on its own line in the written scope, with code required work and elective hardening marked apart, so you can decide what to add before the county sees the plans.
Work we take on in Altadena
Every service on this list is offered here. The exterior and fire work comes first, then remodeling and new space.
Book a walk-through in Altadena
Send the address and what you need. We reply about a visit and a written scope.