# Gartan Construction — Seismic Retrofit & Remodeling in San Francisco, CA (5★)

**URL:** <https://home.renovation.reviews/t/gartan-construction-seismic-retrofit-remodeling-in-san-francisco-ca-5/5163>\
**Category:** California\
**Tags:** kitchen-remodeling, california, seismic-retrofit, san-francisco-ca, general-contractor\
**Created:** [December 4, 2024, 12:21am UTC](https://home.renovation.reviews/t/gartan-construction-seismic-retrofit-remodeling-in-san-francisco-ca-5/5163 "2024-12-04T00:21:39Z")\
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# Gartan Construction — Seismic retrofit & remodeling in San Francisco, CA

Gartan Construction has been working in San Francisco for more than 20 years, long enough to have seen the city’s soft-story retrofit ordinance move from a proposal to a full compliance deadline for wood-frame residential buildings. They’re licensed under California Contractor License #1044466 and based at 1390 Market St in the Civic Center area. San Francisco’s building stock — most of it constructed before 1970 on soil with widely varying liquefaction risk — makes seismic work a practical priority for homeowners here, and Gartan handles both the structural side and the interior renovation work that typically follows a foundation upgrade.

## Services

- Seismic retrofitting — cripple wall bracing, foundation bolting, and soft-story structural upgrades for wood-frame residential buildings
- Foundation work — concrete repairs, underpinning, and drainage correction for sloped SF lots
- Kitchen remodeling — full kitchen redesigns in Victorian, Edwardian, and post-war flats, including layout changes in narrow San Francisco floor plans
- Bathroom remodeling — renovations with attention to the tight footprints and plumbing stacks common in SF multi-unit buildings
- Garage conversions — ADU permits and garage-to-living-space conversions under current California ADU law
- Attic conversions — permitted attic buildouts for additional bedrooms or flex space
- Additions — rear additions and vertical additions on SF lots where horizontal expansion isn’t possible

## Service area

San Francisco, CA — serving the Mission, Castro, Noe Valley, Richmond, Sunset, and other residential neighborhoods across the city

## Why it’s on home.renovation.reviews

A contractor who can handle seismic retrofitting and interior remodeling under the same license avoids the hand-off problem where structural work delays a kitchen or bathroom project. Gartan’s 20-year track record in a city with some of the most demanding permit requirements in California is worth noting for SF homeowners who need both categories of work done on an aging building.

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