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Tujunga sits in a different world from the flat valley floor just a few miles southwest. The hillsides here run straight up into the Angeles National Forest, and that changes everything about how a home gets built or renovated. We work in Tujunga regularly, know the canyon winds, the alluvial slopes, and what the inspectors expect to see on a hillside footing. If you’re planning a remodel, addition, roof, or hardscape project, call us at (877) 610-1318 and we’ll talk through what your specific lot will actually require.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Why Tujunga Homeowners Choose Barrett & Sons Construction
We’re Barrett & Sons Construction, an owner-operated company founded in 1998 by Tom Barrett. Tom’s sons run the crews, and Tom’s name, address, and license number are published for anyone to look up before signing anything. That’s the way it ought to be in a place like Tujunga, where the difference between a contractor who understands canyon conditions and one who doesn’t shows up in the first heavy rain after a job’s done. Homeowners in Hill Haven and the neighborhoods off Foothill Boulevard call us because our pricing shows up in writing before work begins, permit inspectors sign off on every eligible job, and a live person answers our phone at any hour. Not a voicemail box. Not an out-of-state call center.
The 90-Day Done Right Promise rides on every contract we write. If something’s not right, Tom comes back and makes it right. One call. We’ve stood behind that promise in the Angeles National Forest-adjacent neighborhoods around Big Tujunga Canyon and down through the ranch-home streets of the 91042 and 91043 ZIP codes.
Construction Services We Offer in Tujunga
Kitchen Remodeling
Kitchen Remodeling in Tujunga often runs headfirst into Chapter 7A fire-hardening requirements the moment a permit gets pulled. We plan around that from the first walkthrough, not after the walls come down. We install premium brands like KraftMaid and Cambria, because a kitchen is a decision you live with for twenty years.
Learn more about our Kitchen Remodeling in Tujunga.
Bathroom Remodeling
Older Bathrooms in Tujunga hide surprises in the joists, and everything we find gets documented and priced through a written change order before work proceeds. You’ll know what you’re paying before a single tile gets set. We build with materials like Schluter waterproofing and Sterling fixtures.
Learn more about our Bathroom Remodeling in Tujunga.
Roofing
Tujunga Roofing means Class A fire-rated assemblies and ember-resistant venting that flat-valley homes never have to think about. We install GAF and CertainTeed systems to the letter of Chapter 7A, and we coordinate the permits and the inspector sign-off so you don’t have to chase either one.
Learn more about our Roofing in Tujunga.
Windows & Doors
Replacement Windows & Doors in Tujunga in the 1940s and 1960s bungalows up here almost always open a conversation about framing, flashing, and fire-rated assemblies. We quote what your house actually needs, with the allowance and scope in writing before the order goes in.
Fence Installation
Tujunga fences face wind loads from Santa Ana events that whip down from the San Gabriels. We set posts and design panels for conditions that actually occur here, not for a showroom brochure.
Driveway & Pavers
Alluvial soil near the canyon mouths settles and shifts. A paver driveway in Tujunga needs base work that accounts for that movement, plus drainage that sends water away from the foundation. We use Belgard and Techo-Bloc pavers with a base specified for the site, not a standard detail sheet.
Home Additions & ADU
Room additions and ADUs on hillside lots near Big Tujunga Canyon regularly require deepened footings, caissons, or grade beams because of loose alluvial fan deposits. Local inspectors expect that scope. Crews coming from valley-floor jobs get surprised by it. We don’t.
Neighborhoods We Serve in Tujunga
We work across both Tujunga ZIP codes. You’ll see our trucks in these neighborhoods most often:
- Hill Haven, on the upper slopes off Foothill Boulevard
- The ranch-home blocks near Mount Gleason Avenue
- Big Tujunga Canyon mouth, where alluvial conditions shape every foundation
- The streets around Tujunga Canyon Boulevard and Commerce Avenue
- Plainview, off Tujunga Canyon Boulevard toward the forest boundary
Most Tujunga visits happen within a day or two of your call, and our no-trip-charge offer applies anywhere inside the county, including both Tujunga ZIP codes.
Why Tujunga’s Climate & Housing Affect Construction
Tujunga sits hard against the Angeles National Forest at the wildland-urban interface, and nearly all of both ZIP codes fall inside Los Angeles’s Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone. That means any substantial renovation or new construction triggers California’s Chapter 7A ignition-resistant construction standards: ember-resistant vents, fire-rated eaves and soffits, and Class A roof assemblies. A home on the flat valley floor in Sylmar or Pacoima never has to think about those requirements. A Tujunga homeowner who wants to add a bedroom or replace a roof absolutely does.
The same geography creates a second condition that shapes construction here. The steep alluvial slopes above Big Tujunga Canyon accelerate Santa Ana winds and turn every burn scar into a potential debris-flow channel. After the Station Fire of 2009 burned the hillsides above the community, drainage engineering, retaining walls, and grading became live concerns on every hillside project near the canyon mouth. A drainage scope on a Tujunga hillside is simply not the same job as a drainage scope on a flat parcel in the San Fernando Valley, and the inspector walking your job knows the difference.
Pricing for Construction in Tujunga
Construction pricing in Tujunga reflects what the hills require. Here’s what we see in current local bids, with the understanding that your lot’s slope, access, and Chapter 7A triggers shape the final number:
- Kitchen remodel: $45,000 - $90,000 depending on layout changes and finishes
- Bathroom remodel: $22,000 - $45,000 for a full gut renovation
- Roof replacement (Class A): $18,000 - $40,000 depending on roof complexity and fire-rated underlayment
- Room addition or ADU: $220 - $420 per square foot, with hillside footings adding $12,000 - $30,000
- Driveway and pavers: $15 - $28 per square foot installed, including engineered base
Every quote comes as a written line item, every allowance is on paper, and every change order arrives before the work changes. You’ll never see a surprise invoice at the end of a Barrett & Sons job. Call (877) 610-1318 to schedule a free estimate.
Service Area - Cities Near Tujunga
If you’re a little outside Tujunga proper, we also work in Sunland, La Crescenta-Montrose, Shadow Hills, and Burbank. Same crew, same written pricing, same 90-Day Done Right Promise.
Serving Tujunga, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Tujunga area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Construction in Tujunga
Home additions in Tujunga typically run $220-$420 per square foot, and hillside lots near Big Tujunga Canyon often add $12,000-$30,000 in deepened footings, caissons, or grade beams. The alluvial soil up there makes that a standard scope item, not an upgrade. Call (877) 610-1318 for an exact quote on your lot, with the estimate in writing before anything starts.
If your home is in the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, which covers most of the 91042 and 91043 ZIP codes, then yes. The permit review will trigger ignition-resistant venting, fire-rated soffits, and Class A roof assemblies. We handle that compliance in the scope from day one, and the inspector signs off before we finish.
Our price changes only one way: through a written change order that you see and approve before the extra work happens. No verbal allowances, no phantom overages at the final walkthrough. An allowance that isn’t on paper is a surprise waiting for a date, and we don’t do surprises.
Every eligible job gets permits pulled and inspections signed. Tom Barrett sees the permit inspector as someone who works for you, not against you. Skip the permit on a Tujunga hillside addition and you’re risking an uninsurable house and a resale problem down the road.
Start dates depend on the scope and the city’s current plan-check queue, but we can usually be on site within two to four weeks of an approved permit. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll give you a realistic schedule for your specific project type.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Tujunga and the surrounding foothill communities.
What happens when you call
- 1A real person answersNo phone trees - talk to a local construction pro.
- 2You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched. No surprises.
- 3We come out and measureLicensed & insured, at a time that suits you - the visit and the quote are both free.
- 4You get the price in writingLine-itemed, yours to keep, and nothing starts until you say go.
What Tujunga Customers Say
"His sons run the crews and they were in our house for four months. Not once did I feel I had to be home to keep an eye on things."
- Camila Fuentes"Beautiful work and honest pricing throughout. The project ran about three weeks past the estimate waiting on the cabinets, which was the supplier rather than him, though the delay was still real."
- Genevieve Ashcombe"Full kitchen down to the studs. He found the previous owner had done the wiring himself and it was genuinely dangerous, showed me, and put it right properly rather than boxing it back in."
- Augustus Nwachukwu