Fire repair and hardening in Burbank, Los Angeles County
Windows, Stucco and Fire Repair in Burbank
Fernhill Builders replaces windows and doors, rebuilds stucco and repairs fire damage in Burbank and nearby Glendale and Toluca Lake, with listed vents.
Glendale, Toluca Lake, Studio City, North Hollywood, Valley Village and Sun Valley sit close to Burbank, and a repair in any of them follows one order of work. We walk the house, write up what fire, heat or plain age has done to the exterior, and draw the permit set for the building department that covers that address. The hardening choices stay the same from one city to the next: listed vents, tempered glass and a mineral wall finish.
Window and door openings
Replacing a window starts with the opening, since a new unit set into a wet or out of square hole will leak before long. We remove the old frame, probe the sill and jack studs for soft wood, and repair the framing before anything new goes in. A sloped pan under the sill and flashing tape lapped beneath the building paper send water back outside. For glass we specify dual panes with a tempered outer layer, which stands up to radiant heat well past the point where a single pane cracks. Exterior doors get a sealed threshold and a weatherstrip that keeps dust and sparks from slipping under them.
A stucco wall that drains
Stucco is only as good as the layers behind it. Where a wall has cracked or bulged, we cut back to firm material and look at the paper and lath, because torn paper lets water sit against the sheathing and rot it out of sight. The rebuild goes on as scratch, brown and finish coats over new lath, with a weep screed at the foundation line so trapped moisture can escape. Cement plaster adds no fuel to a fire, and if patches would show, a full recoat gives every wall one even color. The written scope shows each wall as its own item.
Work we take on in Burbank
Every service on this list is offered here. The exterior and fire work comes first, then remodeling and new space.
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