Our Own Altadena Fire Rebuild: Glenrose Avenue Site Clearing
Cleared our Glenrose Avenue Altadena fire rebuild lot: driveway concrete, fire sprinklers, sewer lateral out, soils report done, rough graded 1% to street.
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Eaton fire
Posts specifically about the Eaton Fire rebuild process in Altadena: ADU timing, drainage plan timing, and what we tell neighbors about cost.
Our Own Altadena Fire Rebuild: Glenrose Avenue Drainage
Our own Altadena fire rebuild on Glenrose Avenue: reversing a rear-sloping lot with area drains and a 12 inch parkway drain, no pump.
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W Mendocino Ave Drainage Design for an Altadena Fire Rebuild
W Mendocino Ave fire rebuild in Altadena: two-story house with cellar and garage ADU, tied into the existing driveway apron and routed to a rain garden.
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Most Altadena Fire Rebuilds Do Not Need a Full Grading Plan. Here's How to Know If Yours Does.
LA County requirements keep changing after the Eaton Fire. Most Altadena fire rebuilds only need a drainage plan, not a full grading plan. Here is what can trigger the requirements.
Read MoreDraining a Sideways Lot Addition When You Cannot Slope to the Rear
An Altadena fire rebuild addition on a sideways lot created a drainage challenge when the rear of the addition sat lower than the existing garage. Here is how we figured out the drainage without using a sump pump.
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Olive Ave Drainage Plan - Sideways Lot with 7% East to West Slope
Drainage plan for a 0.1685-acre Altadena sideways lot. The lot slopes 7% east to west with minimal north-south elevation change. Sheet flow design with flowline splitting to sideyard and driveway.
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Second Wapello Street Drainage Plan - Existing Conditions and Proposed Design
Our second drainage plan for a Wapello Street property in Altadena. Looking at the existing topography with an excavated house pad, downslope site, and existing pool to work around.
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W Mariposa Drainage Plan - From Existing Conditions to Final Design
How we designed a drainage plan for an Altadena fire rebuild, starting with existing survey data, tying into neighbor elevations, and setting up flowlines to gravity drain to the street.
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Rebuilding Altadena
Altadena first lot since the Eaton Fire, was sold recently on Calaveras Street for $100k above listing. Location and price wise this seems low to me, but also the buyer will have to wait a while before anything can happen.
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