Rebuilding in Claremont, Los Angeles County
Rebuilding a Claremont home after a fire
Claremont fire rebuild with a shell planned for general inland conditions: insulation and glass for hard sun, strapping for wind, grading for storms.
For a Claremont rebuild, the shell is planned around general inland conditions: strong sun, gusty dry air and an occasional downpour. None of this is particular to one street, yet those three forces shape the insulation, the windows, the roof framing and the way water leaves the lot. Each one is answered in the drawings before framing starts, so nothing has to be added later.
Heat and the building envelope
Strong sun loads a house through its roof and its glass. Radiant barrier roof sheathing turns back much of that heat before it reaches the attic, and ducts kept inside the insulated part of the house stay cooler. Windows with a low solar heat gain rating cut what passes through the glass on the sunniest walls. Deeper overhangs on those walls shade the openings at the hottest hours. Wall insulation is set without gaps at corners and headers, where heat would otherwise slip around it, and the energy forms record each choice.
Wind, storms and the ground
Dry wind pulls at roof edges, so the engineer specifies metal straps and ties that connect rafters to walls and walls to the foundation. Roof sheathing is nailed on a tighter pattern at the edges, where uplift is strongest. For storms, the finished grade has to fall away from the house, at least 6 inches within the first 10 feet under the residential code, and downspouts discharge onto splash blocks or into drain lines. Rebuilds in La Verne, San Dimas and Diamond Bar get the same shell planning.
What we build in Claremont
Fire rebuilds, new homes and structural work lead the list. Every other trade a finished house needs is offered here too.
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