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Hillside Homes People Intend to Keep

Eighty three percent of occupied housing in Walnut is owner occupied, and most of it stands on the southern slopes of the San Jose Hills. The housing is master planned single family, with homes ranging from about 1,800 up to 11,200 square feet. Large houses on sloping ground usually means substantial decks and terraces, and stairs that carry real distance between levels.

On slope, the drainage decision outranks the coating decision. Water shed off an edge onto a hillside is a problem deferred rather than solved, so we look at where it goes after it leaves the deck. Owners who plan to stay in a house for decades tend to appreciate that distinction.

Several small creeks, Snow Creek and Lemon Creek among them, run mostly south toward the valley of San Jose Creek, which runs west to the San Gabriel River. Ground already carrying water off the hills is not the place to add more at a foundation.

There are 9,169 housing units in the city at roughly 1,020 per square mile, with 8,861 occupied. Low density, big lots, decks often far from the street. Material handling and debris removal get planned into the estimate rather than surprising anybody.

On a large deck the span itself becomes the issue. Long runs deflect, joints work, and a rigid coating carried across a moving junction splits. We detail those junctions to take movement, replace framing that has softened, and fabricate replacement iron and precast stair sections in our shop.

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