Julian Construction Offers Home Foundation Replacement
LOS ANGELES, CA: Julian Construction, Inc., (www.julianconstruction.com), a foundation construction and repair company in Los Angeles, offers full home foundation replacement services. Foundation replacement involves removing the entire current groundwork, putting in fresh wood forms and pouring new concrete, reinforced with steel rebar. Most homes …
Julian Construction Offers Earthquake Retrofitting
LOS ANGELES, CA: Julian Construction, Inc., (https://julianconstruction.com), a foundation repair and construction company in Los Angeles, offers earthquake retrofitting, also known as house bolting. Earthquake retrofitting is the process of firmly attaching a house to its concrete foundation using foundation plates and anchor bolts. If …
Is Your Home Safe in an Earthquake?
Julian Construction, Inc. (www.julianconstruction.com), a foundation repair and construction company in Los Angeles, is releasing information to the public on a few types of homes that are especially at risk during an earthquake. What: Wood Frame Multi-Family Buildings Risk: Soft-Story Problems. A soft-story residential building …
What are the Most Common Types of Earthquake Damage?
Julian Construction, Inc. (www.julianconstruction.com), a foundation repair and construction company in Los Angeles, explains the most common types of damage caused by earthquakes to single-family homes. Most earthquake damage is caused by shaking. The intensity of the shaking depends on three main factors: The magnitude …
Repairing Foundation Cracks
Foundation cracks are serious business – so much so, that they can severely weaken a building’s structural integrity. One of the leading causes of foundation cracking is settlement. Settlement occurs naturally, but can also result from poor soil compaction and moisture issues. There are three …
3 Signs it’s Time to Replace Your Roof
Julian Construction, Inc. (www.julianconstruction.com), a foundation repair and construction company in Los Angeles, describes three major signs that it’s time to replace your roof. Roofs can be built using many different types of materials including tile, wood shake, asphalt, slate, and metal. No matter what …
Protect Your Foundation from Water
Foundation problems and damage is often caused by water. The water can originate from numerous internal sources, such as stopped up sinks, toilets and broken pipes. External water sources, such as rain and water from sprinkler systems, can also become a problem when it enters …
5 Roof Replacement Myths Debunked
Julian Construction, Inc., (www.julianconstruction.com), a foundation repair and construction company in Los Angeles, debunks 5 roof repair and replacement myths. Myth #1. Roof repairs can only be done in Spring or Summer. Roofs can be replaced at any time, even in wet weather. It is …
Concrete Slab Foundation for Homes
Since 2013, a little over half of the new homes built across the nation have been constructed with a slab foundation. A slab foundation is a concrete foundation poured onto a prepared surface. It is usually several inches thick. Slab foundations are more commonly found …