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General Contractor in Downey, CA

Downey is where RH Construction And Renovation is based. We know its houses, its streets and what the city expects when a project is permitted.

White stucco home with arched windows typical of Downey, CA, where RH Construction And Renovation is based

A Downey contractor who works in your neighborhood

Downey sits in southeast Los Angeles County, in the group of cities that are known as the Gateway Cities, between the Rio Hondo and San Gabriel River channels. It is a city with a strong sense of its own history: the aerospace work that built Apollo spacecraft here, remembered at the Columbia Memorial Space Center, and the long run of Firestone and Lakewood Boulevards that still carry most of the city’s daily traffic.

The houses tell the same story. A great deal of Downey was built out in the post-war decades as single-story ranch and stucco homes, many with attached garages and sliding doors to a backyard. Those homes have now been lived in for two, three, sometimes four generations of owners, and they are due for the projects we do: kitchens that open to the living room, bathrooms that finally get a walk-in shower, floors that have outlived their carpet and additions that give a growing family room.

Because we are based here, we do not treat Downey as a service area on a map. We know which streets have older houses with raised foundations and which have slab-on-grade, and we know that a job on a small lot often means thinking carefully about how materials come in and where the dumpster goes.

Local know-how

What is different about building in Downey

A mix of raised foundations and slabs

Houses across Downey are built on either a raised wood floor over a crawl space or a concrete slab. The foundation decides how we prepare for flooring, how plumbing is reached and how a new wall or addition is tied in.

Permits through the City of Downey

Structural, plumbing and electrical changes need a building permit from the city. Knowing what the building department asks for early keeps a remodel from stalling after it has started.

Stucco, termites and sun

Stucco exteriors, wood trim that fades in strong sun and the termite pressure common to Southern California wood framing shape how we repair and paint what we find when walls are opened.

Seismic requirements

Los Angeles County sits in an active earthquake region, so framing connections, hold-downs and wall bracing are checked more carefully in structural work here than in most parts of the country.

FAQ

Contractor work in Downey: your questions

Are you based in Downey?

Yes. RH Construction And Renovation is a Downey company, and the crew is based nearby, so Downey projects are the shortest drive we have.

Do you work in every part of Downey?

Yes, across the city, from the neighborhoods near downtown Downey to those along Lakewood Boulevard and Firestone Boulevard. If you are not sure we reach your address, call and we will tell you.

Can you work on older houses in Downey?

Yes. Many of our projects are in homes built in the post-war decades, where we plan for older framing, original plaster or drywall and outdated plumbing that tends to appear when walls are opened.

Do you handle city permits for Downey projects?

We identify what your project needs at the scope stage and include the permit in the plan, so the work is done in the order the city expects and inspected as required.

Planning a project in Downey?

We are a local call away. Tell us about the project and we will come see it.

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