Full Home Remodeling in Sherman Oaks
A Sherman Oaks whole-house remodel that repipes in flexible PEX, rewires and reframes in one plan, and can set aside a JADU inside the existing walls.
Flexible PEX tubing is the supply pipe we propose when a Sherman Oaks remodel opens enough walls to replace the plumbing throughout. It does not pit or build up scale the way aging metal pipe can, and its give lets it ride out the ground movement of an earthquake with less risk of a split joint. Runs can go from a central manifold to each fixture in single lengths, with no fittings hidden inside the walls.
How the repipe is laid out
A manifold near the water heater feeds each sink, shower and toilet on its own line, and each line gets a labeled shutoff, so one fixture can be isolated while the others keep working. Hot lines are insulated where they cross the attic or a crawl space. Plastic tubing cannot be used to ground the electrical system, so the electrician adds a separate grounding path where the old metal pipe once served. Where tubing passes through studs near the face of a wall, steel plates protect it from drywall screws.
Everything else in one plan
Repiping is one line in a larger set. The electrical panel is checked against the new loads, circuits are added for the kitchen and baths, and ducts are resized for rooms that change shape. An engineer sizes any beam that replaces a bearing wall. Each trade's rough work is inspected while the walls stand open, then insulation is checked before drywall goes up. Rooms close up in an order that keeps one bathroom usable as long as possible, and finish work moves from the back of the house toward the entry.
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It can, when a bedroom or the attached garage inside the existing walls closes off as a separate suite. State law limits a JADU to 500 square feet within the house. The suite needs an entrance from outside and a compact kitchen with a cooktop or similar appliance, worktop and cabinets, while a bathroom may be shared through an interior door framed during the remodel.
That turns on the phase. Days when the water is off for the repipe, floors are being sanded or the panel is swapped make the house hard to live in, while framing at the far end is easier to tolerate. A phased plan bunches the disruptive days together and keeps a bathroom and a basic kitchen working through the rest of the job.
Field measurements turn into a drawing of the house as it stands, followed by the new layout with plumbing, wiring and any beam changes, plus engineering where bearing walls move. The City of Los Angeles building department, LADBS, covers Sherman Oaks and approves the set. Its inspectors then come out for framing, for the rough trades, for insulation and for the finished house.
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