Stucco & Exterior Walls in Sunland-Tujunga
A noncombustible strip beside the wall must stay usable. Fernhill Builders plans Sunland-Tujunga exterior walls around daily access.
The strip of ground along a wall has two jobs. It keeps fuel such as mulch, shrubs and stored wood away from the plaster, and it still has to carry people to a gate, a hose bib or the trash bins. Some of Sunland-Tujunga lies within mapped fire hazard zones, so we plan that strip together with the wall.
A strip you can walk on
Gravel, pavers or a concrete band along the base are noncombustible, shed water away and stay clear of the weep screed. We look at which walls have gates, meters, hose bibs and cleanouts and keep paths to them open. Plant beds are cut back to leave room, and woody shrubs come out of the strip entirely. Furniture and wood storage move off it. The result is a margin you can use every day without rebuilding it. Rain from the roof lands on that strip, so its slope matters too.
Doors, gates and the wall above
Entry points see the most contact, so their trim is checked first. Wood trim, fascia and vents near the strip are replaced with noncombustible or ember-resistant parts where the code's wildfire provisions ask for them. Wood fences or trellises that touch the wall are noted in the scope. Gate swings, step edges and utility doors are left clear, so the repaired wall works the way the house is used. Hose reels and meters stay reachable. Any wood stored against a wall is moved to a separate spot as part of the plan.
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Noncombustible means a plastered lath wall or fiber cement siding. Where the property lies in a mapped hazard area, the vents, trim and base strip are reviewed with the wall covering, and the scope lists each layer and each opening.
Tight cracks on a solid wall can be patched. Moisture in the paper or framing means stripping to the sheathing. If the wall is stripped, the base strip and trim are reworked in the same pass, so the finished wall and its margin work together.
The plaster ends at a screed that sits clear of the ground. We cut back soil and mulch, set pavers or gravel along the base, and clear the weep slots. The strip then drains away from the wall and still lets you walk the length of it.
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Tell us about the house and the stucco & exterior work. We reply about a walk-through and a written scope.