New Construction in Woodland Hills, Built Dry
New houses in Woodland Hills with wide patio doors on drained sill pans, covered patios piped to the main drainage and a written itemized quote.
Gutters along a patio cover catch water that would otherwise land right at the doorstep of a new Woodland Hills house. On an inland lot the odd hard storm can arrive all at once, and a long cover sheds a lot of water in one place. We pipe its downspouts underground to the same outlet as the main roof, and the patio below slopes away from the doors so anything that reaches the floor runs to a drain.
Sill pans and flashing order
A wide door system sits on a sill pan, a formed tray with turned-up ends and back that catches any water passing the track and sends it outside. The opening is flashed in shingle order: the pan first, side flashing lapped over it, head flashing over the sides, and the weather barrier lapped over the head. Where the inside floor runs level with the patio, a trench drain just outside the track gives water a place to go before it can reach the threshold.
Grading the yard
Past the doors, a grading plan sets how the yard drains. The ground falls away from the foundation, downspouts discharge to approved outlets, and runoff leaves the lot the way the plan allows. LADBS reviews that plan with the permit. Planting beds against the house stay below the weep screen at the base of the stucco, and hardscape near the walls slopes outward. Under a raised floor, the crawlspace gets vents and a vapor retarder on the soil so damp air does not collect beneath the rooms.
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Open sky and the yard decide where the widest panels go, and an overhang or cover keeps them shaded. Each one sits on a drained sill with the patio sloping off, so wide glass and a dry floor come together. Walls facing a neighbor take narrower, higher windows.
It can be done. We review the plans to see how each part goes together, check that each opening has the structure it needs and price what is drawn. Water details the set leaves out, such as sill pans and patio drains, are added as notes listed apart for your architect to review.
In itemized lines, after a look at the lot and the plans. Site and drainage work, foundation, framing, the exterior shell, systems and finishes are each priced on their own. Changes that come up during construction are written up with their price and wait for your approval before they go ahead.
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