Valley Village ADU Construction With a Patio Entry
Valley Village ADU construction where hinged glass doors open onto the patio as the unit's own front door, with shade, daylight and privacy.
"Could the glass doors onto the patio be the unit's front door?" On a Valley Village visit we answer yes, with one condition. Code expects at least one side-hinged exit door, so we draw a pair of hinged glass French doors as the main entry. Guests then arrive across the patio, and the main room opens to it every time the doors swing wide, which makes the outdoor space part of daily life.
French doors as the way in
A pair of hinged doors gives a wide clear opening when both leaves swing, and one leaf alone serves as the everyday entry with a deadbolt and a lever handle. Tempered glass is required in both. The threshold sits low with a sill pan beneath, and the patio outside drops slightly away from it, so rain runs off and the step stays shallow. A porch light, a house number and a covered spot to stand while unlocking make the patio read as an entrance, while planting and a bench keep it a place to sit.
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With the entry on the patio, the patio has to face away from the main house, so we orient the unit toward a corner of the lot that the house barely sees. Windows on the side toward the house go high, letting light in while keeping views apart. Valley Village sits inside the City of Los Angeles, and LADBS plan check there confirms the exit door, its landing and the safety glazing before the permit issues. Inspectors then follow the work through framing to the final.
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In the corner the main house sees least, with the French doors and patio facing back into the unit's own yard. Clerestory glass on the wall facing the house brings in daylight, and a screen of planting finishes the job, so each home looks out on space that belongs to it.
Keep the Valley Village unit to one level and inside 500 square feet, and the package covers it. We work out the Valley Village floor plan with the patio entry first, placing the French doors and each window where it looks onto the unit's own yard. Fees owed to the city and the work of building it follow in a separate quote after we walk the yard.
Here the patio doubles as the front porch, so yes. Hinged glass doors swing from the main room onto paving with a shade sail or pergola overhead, and planting along its open edge screens it from the main house.
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