What You Need to Know about Waterproofing in Los Angeles You may not give your basement much consideration beyond when you go downstairs to do laundry or when you need to bring something up that you are storing, but the condition of your basement is critical to your home. It can be very easy for…
You do your best to make sure your home is structurally sound and safe for your family in every way, but one thing you may not have given much consideration to has to do with your crawl space, basement, or foundation. Moisture is the natural enemy of places like this, and damp areas that stay…
Tilt-Up Earthquake Retrofitting / Unreinforced Masonry Buildings / Office Building Retrofitting/ Retrofitting Construction Company 1- Apartment Building Soft Story The 1994 Northridge earthquake left many apartment complexes collapsed at the soft story portion. LARC Retrofitting Systems specializes in soft story reinforcement and can strengthen any multifamily apartment complex so that when the Big One strikes, your…
There are many solutions and methods to improve or repair your homes or buildings foundations issues. Whether it’s repairing an existing foundation or replacing it, there are different options. This process all begins with deciphering the exact problem occurring in your home or building. You must start by making any visual observations of differences you…
Having inspected thousands of structures and seeing the devastating damage earthquakes can do, we were founded with the goal of making the Los Angeles, Orange County and Ventura County a safer place to live. LARC foundation contractors specialize in foundation repair, foundation evaluation, earthquake retrofitting and house bolting and house leveling. Foundations may need repair…
If you live in Los Angeles, retrofitting your home for an earthquake is imperative. The next big earthquake could kill 2,000 to 50,000 people and displace thousands of others, which means many will lose their place of residence if their homes are not properly retrofitted. If you can retrofit your home to make sure it…
In most earthquakes, many reinforced concrete structures suffer from minor to catastrophic damage. The most commonly observed damage is cracking and falling of the walls. But the most striking of these observations is the structural failures of multi-story buildings which have soft ground floors used for parking, called the “soft story.”Since buildings with sound construction…
Foundation repairs can run the gamut from simple fixes to major reconstruction. Weather can be the biggest culprit having a major impact due to varying temperatures and precipitation throughout the year. For instance, if your foundation is too dry due to drought weather, this can cause the soil to contract and lead to cracks. If…
