Sounds fine. See you then. > From: Cortney Buletti <http://www.boltdownthebayarea.com/~cortney> > Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2023 19:44:53 -0600 > > Hi Robert, > > Thank you for confirming your inspection availability and for your > interest in letting Bolt Down The Bay Area help protect your home! > > *We are confirmed for your free inspection at 12:00 PM on 1/22. - > Please acknowledge. > > Location: ., where-I-live > > The entire visit will take about an hour. What we do is examine and > photograph the perimeter foundation in the crawl space area looking > for evidence of proper bolting of the mudsill to the foundation > (bottom most member of the wood framing of your home that sits > directly on the concrete foundation). We also look for fastening of > the floor joists to the mudsill, the existence of any unbraced cripple > walls and for any cracks or other issues with the foundation. Finally, > we draw and measure the perimeter of your house and take a few outside > photos to document the exterior building materials to determine the > ‘weight’ of your home, (which helps determine the amount of hardware > we use). > > If we find that everything looks up to current building code > standards, we will confirm that for you. If we find there is a gap > between current seismic standards and what exists under your house we > will send you a detailed work proposal for what it will take for us to > close that gap. > > Plan Set A, FEMA Plan Set and CEBC Chapter A3 are the standard for > strengthening homes to better withstand earthquake forces without the > need for another engineer (each plans was created by a team of them!). > These documents are what we reference most to determine what needs to > be done to "close the gap" between what exists under your house and > current seismic standards. Here is the address to the ABAG website > that has some more info regarding Plan Set A as an example for your > review - https://abag.ca.gov/sites/default/files/plan-set-a.pdf > > Please feel free to contact us with any questions. > > Thank you, > > Cortney Buletti > Client Support > Bolt Down The Bay Area > 707-582-0448