Woodland Hills Windows & Doors, Step by Step
Woodland Hills glass doors built in a set order: survey, engineering, LADBS permit, a door ordered to the framed size, then install, flashing and finish work.
Nothing on a Woodland Hills door job should be ordered before the wall has been surveyed. We start with the structure: what the roof and any floor above put on the wall, where posts can land and what runs inside it. That survey feeds the engineer, the engineer's sheet feeds the permit, and only with sizes fixed on paper is a large glass unit ordered.
From survey to signed permit
The survey covers the attic, the crawlspace or slab, and a small cut in the wall. The engineer then sizes the header and posts and notes any footing. We draw the plan, attach the energy form for the glass and file with LADBS, since Woodland Hills is a City of Los Angeles neighborhood. While plan check runs, you settle the door type, the finish and the hardware, and we confirm the rough opening the maker needs, so the unit can be ordered the day the permit is issued.
On site, in sequence
Furniture is moved and floors covered. An electrician relocates any outlets or switches in the bay. Temporary walls take the ceiling load, the studs come out and the header goes up on its posts. The inspector checks the framing. Then the sill pan, the flashing tape and the door unit go in, followed by plaster or siding outside and drywall, trim and paint inside. Canoga Park, West Hills and Tarzana follow this order under the same department, and nothing is closed up until each step has been checked.
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That number comes out of the survey and the engineer's sizing. Once the beam and posts are known, the clear width is fixed and the door is ordered to suit it. We give you the figure in writing before anything is cut.
Decide while the permit is in review, because each type needs its own rough opening. A slider has a straightforward frame. A folding unit needs a stout header that barely deflects. A pocket unit needs a wall cavity framed for it. We quote all three for your opening.
It is the step after the permit and before the glass. Temporary walls carry the ceiling, the studs are removed, posts are set and the engineered beam is fastened on top with metal hardware. An inspection follows before the unit goes in.
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