Guides

"Class A" on a brochure is not the test that matters. How the State Fire Marshal listing actually works, which decking currently carries one, and how to check any product yourself in about two minutes.

Rebuild projects in the Palisades and Altadena can use the older 2022 building code — with one carve-out. Fire requirements are the exception, and the deck is where that lands hardest. What the new wildfire code actually requires, why like-for-like is zoning relief and not building code relief, and why Altadena does not permit through LADBS.