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Howard Cook has been active in educating homeowners, realtors, and home inspectors.for the past 15 years and has appeared as a retrofit expert on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and PBS Channel 9. Howard has also written numerous professional articles on home retrofitting. Howard is still writing on the subject and the downloads here offer the most up to date information available. It is hoped that these downloads will serve to protect our community and raise the entire retrofit industry to a higher standard. Also included here is a sample retrofit proposal, which are normally offered free of charge, as well as a list of his company's services.


Helpful PDF Downloads
Retrofit Magazine Article
Hazards Posed by Hillside Homes
Our Services
Brick Foundation Retrofit
Cripple Wall Proposal and How it Works
Homeowners Guide to Seismic Retrofitting
Old Foundation Test Report
PEER Hillside Homes Report
Soft Story Proposal with Shear Walls
Soft Story Retrofit with Steel



Bay Area Retrofit
737 Page St., Berkeley, CA 94710
Office 510-548-1111
Fax 510-704-4408

Howard Cook, General Manager
510-418-1676
bayarearetrofit@aol.com

Jeff Bailey, Operations Manager
510-418-0451
jeffatretrofit@aol.com

This website and the articles within are copyrighted by Howard Cook

updated: November 30, 2009
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