Wildfire rebuild ready Chapter 7A fire zones Palisades · Altadena · Malibu

The frame that
does not burn.

ESRL engineers, supplies, and installs light gauge steel framing for luxury custom homes and wildfire rebuilds across Los Angeles, Orange County, and Ventura. Owner-led. 22 years in California. CA Lic #1149234.

Steel does not burn. Non-combustible framing built for California's Chapter 7A fire zones, where standard wood framing struggles to qualify.
Insurers reward it. California regulation requires wildfire hardening discounts, typically 5 to 20 percent per year, and a hardened steel frame home stays insurable where wood struggles.
Framed in 3 to 4 weeks instead of 8 to 10. A shorter schedule means months less loan interest, rent, and carrying cost.
Termites cannot eat steel. No tenting, no rot, no warped studs, and walls that stay straight for the life of the home.
One contract covers engineering, steel supply, and installation. No markup stacking across three separate vendors. Financing available.

Call the owner · (424) 209-8771

You reach Asher, the owner. Not a call center. If he is on a job site, you get a same-day callback.

Financing available for the steel frame system through our independent lending partner. Ask on your first call.

Prefer email? info@esrldevelopment.com

Have approved plans? Upload the set for a rough estimate

Light gauge steel frame cutaway showing the structural skeleton of a luxury custom home

01 · Wildfire rebuilds

Rebuilding Palisades, Altadena, and Malibu in steel.

Chapter 7A

Non-combustible.
Insurable.
Up in weeks.

Light gauge steel framing is non-combustible and engineered to meet California's Chapter 7A requirements for Wildland-Urban Interface fire zones. For families rebuilding after the fires, that means a home that does not feed the next one, carriers willing to write the policy, and a frame that goes up in weeks, not months.

ESRL handles the structure end to end: engineering, steel supply, and installation under one contract, coordinated with your architect and the city.

Qualifying rebuilds can currently stack city permit fee relief, state all-electric rebuild incentives, and insurer wildfire discounts required by California regulation. Combined, these programs are often worth tens of thousands of dollars, in some cases six figures. We track every one and tell you on the first call which ones you are likely to qualify for.

Rebuilding while the insurance settlement is still in motion? Ask about financing that bridges the structural package.

Call the owner · (424) 209-8771 See current rebuild incentives ↗ Wildfire rebuild details ↗

Light gauge steel frame home construction for California fire zone rebuild

The ESRL difference

One contractor.
Engineer · Supply · Install.

Most California GCs say they "can do steel frame", and then subcontract to three different vendors. ESRL is all three.

Step I

We engineer
the steel frame.

In-house structural engineering. Stamped drawings. CBC + CRC. Title 24. Chapter 7A fire zone compliance.

No outside engineer. No coordination delay. Faster permits, fewer RFIs.

Step II

We supply
the steel frame.

Galvanized 14-18ga light gauge steel, wall panels, joists, tracks. Prefabricated to spec. ICC-ES listed components, current ESR reports.

Direct procurement. No middleman markup. No supply-chain coordination on your shoulders.

Step III

We install
the steel frame.

Trained ESRL crew, not subcontracted. Frame raised in days. Through to MEP, drywall, finishes.

Same crew. Same standards. Same accountability. Every project.

One contract. One contractor. One person who answers for all of it.

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02 · Proof

Numbers, not promises.

On the record

Fire-zone insurance 5 to 20% yearly hardening discounts required by California regulation

Framing schedule 3 to 4 weeks versus 8 to 10 for comparable wood framing

Seismic testing M9.0 laboratory-tested under AISI S100 and ASTM standards

California experience 22 years owner-led · CA License #1149234

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"Not only is Asher a professional and trustworthy person, he really cares about the end result aesthetically and practically. Being a film director, I have been very picky with every detail around my surroundings."

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Steel, without the upfront strain.

The steel structural package can be financed through our independent lending partner, subject to credit approval, so the safer frame does not have to wait. Useful when insurance settlements arrive in stages or when you would rather keep capital invested. Ask about it on your first call.

The frame that
does not burn.

Rebuilding Palisades, Altadena, and Malibu in steel.

Non-combustible.
Insurable.
Up in weeks.

One contractor.
Engineer · Supply · Install.

We engineer
the steel frame.

We supply
the steel frame.

We install
the steel frame.

Have approved plans? Get a number.

Numbers, not promises.

Steel, without the upfront strain.

Build with
the contractor
who answers.

The frame that does not burn.

Rebuilding Palisades, Altadena, and Malibu in steel.

Non-combustible.Insurable.Up in weeks.

One contractor. Engineer · Supply · Install.

We engineerthe steel frame.

We supplythe steel frame.

We installthe steel frame.

Have approved plans? Get a number.

Numbers, not promises.

Steel, without the upfront strain.

Build withthe contractorwho answers.

The frame that
does not burn.

Non-combustible.
Insurable.
Up in weeks.

One contractor.
Engineer · Supply · Install.

We engineer
the steel frame.

We supply
the steel frame.

We install
the steel frame.

Build with
the contractor
who answers.