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Are Foundation Problems a Deal Breaker when buying a Home?
Foundation Problems in the Los Angeles Area, Is This a Deal Breaker when buying a Home? Are you looking for a new home in the Los Angeles Area? This can be a fun and exciting process but is also fraught with concerns. If you are buying an older home there can be issues with an aging […]
Brick Foundation Repair in Los Angeles
Brick Foundation Repair In Los Angeles Many homes in Los Angeles are built with brick foundations. Brick is a great material for building foundations. Not only is it strong, brick foundations also have outstanding curb appeal. However, over time these brick foundations can begin to degrade. Plus depending on how long ago your home was […]
Concrete slab foundation for homes
Concrete Slab Foundation Concrete slab foundations didn’t become popular until after WWII when soldiers returned from the war and wanted to buy homes. With the demand for new homes on the rise, it was quickly discovered that slab foundations were more time […]
Resilience by Design plan moves one step forward
The Los Angeles City Council began initial discussions of Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Resilience by Design plan during its meeting Wednesday morning. Resilience by Design is the effort of Garcetti and Jones, which focuses on three major sectors that will help the City in case of major seismic activity: Fortifying buildings Fortifying the water system Fortifying […]
Water Break
Over the span of two months in 2014, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power reported over 30 water main breaks throughout Los Angeles. A water main broke at the UCLA campus in July 2014, spilling approximately 20 million gallons of water. A water main broke in East Hollywood last week. Each break wastes […]
More Sunshine Means More Problems
Now that the cold snap has passed, Southern Californians get to enjoy the sunshine once again. But while the region hit record lows this holiday season, the record highs from last year still linger in the back of our minds. After Christmas in the 30’s, 93 degrees doesn’t seem so bad. But with temperatures potentially […]
Record lows can cause problems for homes in SoCal
The 2014 holiday season brought record lows to Southern California. A cold storm from Canada went south for winter and brought Southern California unusual cold for Christmas. The Los Angeles Times reported that there was a record low recorded at Los Angeles International Airport, according to Stuart Seto, a weather specialist with the National Weather […]
Water everywhere but not a drop to drink
California is not known for its rainy season. Now entering a fourth year of drought, the state will need three seasons of above-average rainfall to exit the dangerously dry zone. A bit about the drought Jay Famiglietti, senior water-cycle scientist of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, told the Los Angeles Times last month that […]
Earthquake Swarm in Mammoth
Is The “Big One” Really Coming? In what is being called one of the biggest earthquake swarms of the past decade, Mammoth Lakes, California was recently hit with a barrage of over 700 quakes in the span of four days. The magnitude of these quakes ranged from 1.0-3.9. Luckily, most of these quakes were micro-quakes, […]
Protecting Your Precious Pets from Peril
The next “big one” is coming and, if you live in California, you’re probably expecting it. With any luck, you’ve even assembled an earthquake kit for yourself and your family and have a plan for it all. But wait! What about the four-legged members of your family? Did you remember your furry little friends? Just […]
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