Residential Earthquake Retrofit, House Bolting, Foundation Repair/Replacement, Cripple Wall Bracing, Water Drainage Issues

Leveling A House: What Goes Into Leveling A Foundation?

House Foundation Repair Work: Why You Want It

Some people may hear that they need foundation repair work and be against getting it. However, it’s really imperative that if you are told that you need foundation work that you get it done and you get it done immediately. Your home could be seconds away from completely falling off its f foundation if an earthquake were to hit. The last thing you want is for your home to be leveled because you didn’t listen when you were told you need repair work done to it.

Leveling A House: Can You Do It Yourself?

There are a lot of things that you can get fixed around your home. However, leveling a house on your own is not one of them. You do not want to go to Google and try to figure out how to level your home yourself. It’s not wise. A house takes many people to put it together and to make sure that it is resting on its foundation correctly. Yes, leveling foundation isn’t inexpensive. What most foundation repair specialists will tell you and what online research will alert you to is that it pays for itself. A home that is taken down due to poor foundation problems is much more expensive to fix than one that needs a lot of work.

House Foundation Repair: Necessary To Selling

So whether you are getting house foundation repair, cripple wall bracing, leveling a house, or house bolting done to your home you need to know that if your home has serious foundation issues you are going to get to need to get all of these things fixed before selling your home. If you live in California and do not plan to sell your home any time soon, you’ll still want to get these things fixed because an earthquake can hit at any time.

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Margaret Vinci, Cal-Tech.
"I am happy to send a personal letter of endorsement but, unfortunately, Caltech does not do endorsements All Californians should consider earthquake retrofitting their home to reduce their potential losses. Ed Sylvis runs Seismic Safety which is one of the best companies in the business with the highest reputation amongst his clients for not only the quality of work but also Ed's honesty, integrity and ethics.  It is a personal agenda for me to assist residents in being earthquake prepared and I endorse Ed Sylvis without hesitation."
Mr. Tim Eng, Pacific Palisades..
"I found you on the internet ...your professionalism during the pre-contract inspection of my home made it easy to select you. Thank you for your honesty and the thorough job."
Cheryl Manning.
"Seismic Safety bolted my house and adjusted the floors. I had no qualms about having them back in August of 2006 to build the foundation for my new addition. Because of their attention to detail and pride in a job well done, Seismic Safety is on my short list of contractors I recommend without hesitation. I look forward to putting these sentiments on Angies List."
Momita Sengupta, Venice.
"I am writing to express my gratitude for the work completed on our house. This is our first home and a very important investment to us. Your crew has been incredibly polite, neat, and hard working. Ken Compton was extremely helpful and gracious ... I am glad we decided to go with Seismic Safety for our retrofitting work given the care and attention our house has received. I will be recommending your company to my friends and colleagues."
Mr. Brian Ofria.
"My father is an engineer of some renown. He and I agree that Ed Sylvis saved the life of our wonderful home here in Woodland Hills. He did exactly as promised and a little more. We did our research on him before contract. Everyone said and promised us that we would be happy we chose him, and indeed we were."
Mandy Ceja, Fairgreen Ave Monrovia.
"It was great to work with such a professional organization. I wish all my business encounters were as positive. Thanks......"
Bill and Dan Clark, La Prada St., Highland Park.
"Ken Compton was a excellent to work with very personable. As I did not personally witness the crew preform the job, but I am very pleased as the job looks great!!.."
Daniel Berman Malcom Ave., Los Angeles.
"I called Seismic Saftey because my General Contractor said that we needed to have the house bolted down. The contranctor wanted to charge near $7,000.00 for the job I was very pleased with the service I received by Seismic Safety; both over the phone and in person. They were very honest and infact initially told us that our house probably did not need to be inspected at all. They determined this because by the year the house was built and the area of the house For piece of mind, I had Seismic Safety come over anyway to inspect the bolts. After 10 minutes of crawling under the house. They quickly determined that the house was sufficiently Anchor bolted. They provided a follow-up report 2 days later stating that no work needed to be done and the house was indeed sufficiently bolted. Seismic Safety saved me $7000.00 dollars, Prior to the inspection, I asked Seismic Safety if they could give a quote anyway to bolt the house incase we needed it. Their quote was less than half of the contractor Finally, Seismic Safety followed up a couple of times to make sure that we were satisfied and if we needed anything else."
Drew Maitch, Mountain Street Glendale.
"They braced the cripple walls, and bolted the structure to the foundation around the perimeter of our crawl space, On the recommendation from our home inspector, we called Seismic Safety during escrow to inspect the lack of retrofitting in most of the crawl space of our new home (actually old home, built in 1924) and estimate the cost of the necessary upgrades. They came out quickly (charging a nominal fee which would be applied to the work should they be awarded the job), and gave me an estimate within 48 hours of my first call. The estimate was fair, and the crew arrived the morning after we received the keys to the house. They bolted the foundation, and braced the cripple walls all the way around the perimeter of the crawl space. They were professional, maintained a clean worksite, and did quality work that passed the city inspection immediately. The job took 3 days. I would recommend them without hesitation"

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