Openings, decks and shade in Sun Valley, Los Angeles County
Sun Valley Rooms That Open to the Patio
Palmcrest Contractors builds Sun Valley openings, patios and covers in a fixed sequence, from the first visit and engineering to plan check and final signoff.
Sun Valley is close to North Hollywood, Arleta, Pacoima, Lake View Terrace, Valley Village and Burbank, and a Palmcrest job runs the same way in any of them. A visit fixes the opening and the outdoor floor, an engineer sizes the beam, drawings go in for plan check and each phase is inspected. Only the permit office can differ, because Burbank has a building department of its own.
One sequence for every job
Measurements come first: the width the new opening can take, the door style and the surface that will sit outside it. Next the engineer works out the header, the posts and the footings, and those numbers travel with the plans to review. Once approved, the ceiling is braced, the wall is cut and the beam is lifted onto its posts. The doors are hung over a sloped pan, the patio or deck rises to meet the sill and the cover is framed last, with an inspection closing out each phase. Our written quote is laid out in that same order.
Which counter gets the plans
For Sun Valley and the neighborhoods around it that belong to the City of Los Angeles, plans are filed with LADBS. Burbank is a separate city, so its own building division takes the drawings, using its own forms and inspectors. Nothing about the drawings or the build order changes between the two. Inland valley sites take hard sun and gusty dry wind, which is why the doors carry low emissivity glass, the cover is insulated and the door seals are tight enough to keep blowing grit outside.
What we build in Sun Valley
Every service below is available here, from a wider opening at the back of the house to a full remodel.
Open up your house in Sun Valley
Tell us which wall, room or yard you have in mind, and we will arrange a measure.