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Seismic Safety provides foundation repair, seismic retrofit, and floor leveling.

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Earthquake Retrofit Experts residential foundation reinforcement
Earthquake Building Safety experts widely recognized as the premier Los Angeles resource for residential earthquake retrofitting and foundation repair.

Ed Sylvis Earthquake Retrofit Experts
Ed Sylvis Earthquake Retrofit Experts. Ed Sylvis founded Seismic Safety in 1954.

Satisfied Customers Residential Earthquake Retrofit
Hundreds of Seismic Safety, Inc. customers have provided positive reviews of our work to Earthquake retrofit their homes. Homeowners, Realtors, Buyers, Sellers, etc.

Why Earthquake retrofit saves homes from extensive damage learn more
Why Earthquake Retrofit your home? Reduce risk from earthquake-induced damage. View Definitions of basic Earthquake Retrofit Applications

Seismic Safety specializes in Earthquake Retrofitting House Bolting
Seismic Safety specializes in Earthquake Retrofitting House Bolting and Cripple Wall Bracing to reduce damage to your home from earthquakes in Southern California.

Seismic Safety specializes in Foundation Repair Replacement
Home Foundations are a common area of structural weakness needing Earthquake Retrofitting. Seismic Safety properly repairs and replaces all types of foundation.

Floor Leveling Sagging Floor Contractor Earthquake Retrofit
Foundation leveling can be necessary for fixing a sagging floor that cause sloping floors, windows or doors that stick and constant cracks appearing.

Water Drainage problems affect the Seismic Integrity of your home
Does your property have Water Drainage Problems, Foundation Distress, Foundation Repairs, Sinking Foundation, Wet Foundation, Foundation settlement, etc.

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Schedule your home inspection to protect your home from earthquake hazards.

Seismic Safety Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions regarding unbolted homes, foundation reinfocement, house values after retrofitting, reasons for bolting, and more.

Tips for Dealing with Contractors
Tips for Dealing with Contractors. These are essential steps to make sure you will avoid headache that comes with a low-bid contractor who does inadequate work.

Contact Seismic Safety
Contact Seismic Safety. Call us Monday – Friday between 7A and 5P to speak to one of our Seismic Safety Experts.

Definitions of basic Earthquake Retrofit Applications, Earthquake Hazard Reduction
Learn more about the basic Earthquake Retrofit Applications definitions used by the experts at Seismic Safety, Inc. Schedule an inspection today find

Correcting A Sagging Floor
Learn more about correcting a sagging floor by leveling with new pier posts and floor joists.

Our Process
Learn more about the Earthquake Retrofitting Process.

Brick or Stone Pocket Foundation Solution
This is the method of retrofit Seismic Safety owner Ed Sylvis selected for his personal home which has a 1911 river rock foundation, here in Pasadena.

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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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