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- (800) 217-2458
- info@goldenretrofit.com
- Serving Los Angeles and surrounding cities
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Earthquakes are a serious concern in California, and it’s crucial to ensure your home is properly retrofitted to withstand seismic activity. At Golden Retrofit & Foundation Repair, we specialize in earthquake retrofitting services in Los Angeles and surrounding areas, offering comprehensive solutions to strengthen your home’s foundation and protect your family from the unexpected.
Whether you live in an older home or a modern structure, retrofitting is an essential investment in safeguarding your property. Our expert team will help you meet California’s seismic safety codes and improve the structural integrity of your home.
Earthquake retrofitting is the process of reinforcing an existing building’s structure to withstand the forces caused by earthquakes. This includes strengthening the foundation, walls, and support systems of your property to ensure stability during seismic movements. Retrofitting significantly reduces the risk of costly damage and, more importantly, helps protect the people inside.
California is located on active fault lines, making earthquakes a frequent and unpredictable threat. Without proper retrofitting, buildings—especially older ones—are vulnerable to severe structural damage. Earthquake retrofitting helps:
At Golden Retrofit, we offer a full range of earthquake retrofitting services tailored to your property’s specific needs. Whether you own a residential home or a commercial building, our team will evaluate your structure and recommend the best solutions to improve seismic safety.
Older homes often have weak cripple walls, which can collapse during an earthquake. Our expert team reinforces these walls by installing plywood sheathing and bracing systems to increase their strength and stability.
Foundation bolting secures the structure of your home to its foundation, reducing the risk of the building shifting or sliding during an earthquake. We install high-quality anchor bolts to ensure your property is tightly secured to its base.
Soft-story buildings, commonly found in multi-family residences with open spaces on the ground level (like garages), are highly susceptible to collapse during seismic activity. We provide comprehensive soft-story retrofitting solutions that include adding steel frames and strengthening existing walls.
Chimneys can be hazardous during earthquakes. Our chimney bracing services reinforce or replace older, unstable chimneys, preventing them from collapsing.
Shear walls provide additional strength to your building’s structure by distributing lateral forces during an earthquake. We install these walls to enhance your property’s overall seismic performance.
If you’re unsure whether your property needs earthquake retrofitting, look for these signs:
At Golden Retrofit & Foundation Repair, we’re committed to providing the highest-quality earthquake retrofitting services in Los Angeles, Pasadena, Glendale, and surrounding areas. Here’s why homeowners trust us:
Don’t wait until it’s too late. Strengthen your home and protect your family with professional earthquake retrofitting services from Golden Retrofit & Foundation Repair.
Contact us today to schedule your free assessment or get more information about our retrofitting solutions. We proudly serve Los Angeles, Long Beach, Pasadena, Glendale, Inglewood, San Pedro, Alhambra, Whittier, Burbank, Gardena, Lawndale, West Hollywood, East Los Angeles, Venice, Santa Monica, AltaDena, South Pasadena, Culver Cirty, and all surrounding areas. Let us help you make your home safer and more resilient to earthquakes.
Call us at 800-217-2458 or fill out our online form to schedule your assessment.
Explore our related services, including Foundation Repair, Pier and Post Support Systems, and Foundation Leveling, Crawl space Repair to ensure your home’s foundation is in top condition Also read our Blog section for more tips and insights. As well as checkout our Earthquake retrofitting projects and gallery.
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Earthquake retrofitting is the process of reinforcing a building to make it more resistant to seismic activity, ground motion, and soil failure.
If your home was built before modern seismic codes were established (typically before the 1980s in California), retrofitting is highly recommended.
Depending on the size and complexity of your home, retrofitting can take anywhere from a few days to a couple of weeks.
Retrofitting strengthens your home’s structure, reduces the risk of major damage during an earthquake, and can lower insurance premiums.
The cost varies depending on the size of the home and the extent of the work needed, but it's a worthwhile investment compared to potential repair costs after an earthquake.
In most cases, you can stay in your home during retrofitting, as the work is typically done in the crawl space or basement.
