Does smoke-damaged drywall in North Hollywood have to be replaced?

If cleaning clears both the stain and the smell, the panel can stay and be sealed with a primer made to block odor. Lingering odor means soot has soaked into the paper and the insulation behind it, so we remove that section and replace both.

Where is Type X gypsum needed in an North Hollywood house?

Type X belongs on a garage ceiling that has a bedroom, den or other habitable room above it, where the code sets 5/8 inch board. The wall between garage and house is a different case: a layer of 1/2 inch board on its garage face covers it. Extra Type X elsewhere is your call, for added protection.

Which flooring suits a slab in North Hollywood?

Dry, flat concrete takes porcelain tile, glued engineered wood or floating vinyl plank. We check the slab with a moisture test, and a high reading means a vapor retarder or a membrane goes down first. Cracks get filled and high spots ground so the finish stays level.

Flooring, Drywall & Interior Finishes in North Hollywood

North Hollywood flooring and drywall from Fernhill Builders: patch or replace decided on site, smoke-damaged board removed, floors laid over a flat base.

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"Can this wall be patched, or does the whole panel have to go?" On a first visit to a North Hollywood home, the wall itself answers that question. A small dent or nail hole is patched and blended. Water stains, soot that will not wash off, or board that crumbles at its edges mean a full panel, cut back to the framing, and sometimes the insulation behind it as well. We show you which is which before pricing.

Patch, panel or whole room

Small damage gets a mesh or paper patch, a few thin coats of compound and texture matched to the wall around it. Larger areas get new board cut back to a framing member so the edges have solid backing. When smoke has reached a whole room, every panel that holds odor comes down, the cavities are cleaned, and fresh insulation goes in. Where the room adjoins an attached garage, the shared wall goes back with gypsum on the garage side and sealed penetrations, so the separation the code requires stays intact.

Floors laid over a flat base

With walls finished and painted, the floor work starts. We lift the old covering, read the subfloor for moisture and level it, grinding high spots on a slab or screwing down loose panels on wood framing. Then the new finish, whether tile, engineered wood or vinyl plank, is laid with the underlayment its maker calls for. Leaving the floor for last keeps drywall dust and paint off the new finish. Thresholds and baseboard come after, scribed to the walls we just completed, and doors are trimmed if the new floor sits higher than the old one.

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