Bay Area Retrofit

Bay Area Retrofit was founded 25 years ago and to educate the public made these 90+ videos.  They look at every aspect of home seismic retrofitting both for the homeowner and the contractor. The author was trained by the best seismic retrofit engineers in the country has been on two national committees that developed seismic retrofit building codes.  

Learn how to identify weaknesses in your home and what to do about them.  We look at homes with cripple walls and houses without cripple walls. We look at homes built before 1940 and homes built after 1940.  We look at hillside homes, and we look at soft-story homes with a living area above a garage.  We also look at homes that have every weakness imaginable 

Contractors and engineers will enjoy technical topics such as shear wall construction, the impact of wood species, the differences between the three types of bolts, etc.