Most of Hempfield's houses date from the fifties through the seventies, spread over 77 square miles of subdivisions, farm roads and village crossroads around Greensburg. We take on the kitchens, baths and basements that have aged with them.
Out in the Township
Half of the township's homes have three bedrooms, three in four are detached houses, and about one in sixteen is a mobile home. Just over half went up between 1950 and 1979. Here is where we start on the typical one.
An eat-in kitchen from the seventies often has more floor than counter. We rework the layout around an island or a peninsula, then hang the cabinets and set counters on a level subfloor.
In Hempfield, putting a roof over a porch or deck takes a building permit. We draw it up, file the permit, set the posts on footings and flash the roof into the house wall.
If an earlier owner half-finished the lower level, we strip out what is tired, look for moisture along the walls and frame a family room worth spending long winter evenings in.
Hempfield needs no permit to replace windows or siding, so window jobs can start soon after you sign. Out come the old units; we repair the openings and set new ones, flashed and level.
Census figures for Hempfield Township alone, not Greensburg or the boroughs inside it (American Community Survey 2020–2024). The plan illustrates the type of house. Hempfield Township on Census Reporter (opens in a new tab)
What We Build Here
Hempfield wraps around Greensburg and six boroughs, so it holds every kind of house, from 1940s village homes to 2000s subdivisions. Here is where each job in the township usually starts.
01Kitchen RemodelingFifties and sixties kitchens tend to be closed rooms with little counter. We open a wall where the structure allows, then build the new kitchen with our own crew, framing to trim.View Service
02Bathroom RemodelingWith three bedrooms and one full bath, mornings get crowded. We add a second bath where the plan allows, or rebuild the first down to the joists, waterproofed and tiled.View Service
03Attic FinishingSeventies roofs are often truss-built, and trusses can leave an attic fit for storage only. We check the framing first and tell you plainly what the space can be.View Service
04Basement FinishingA dry basement in a township house is room you already paid for. We frame and insulate the outside walls, run the drywall and trim, and add an egress window for a bedroom.View Service
05Additions & ADUsAn addition here goes through the township's 30-business-day review. We draw it, plan the start date around that clock so the crew is not left waiting, set the footings and frame it.View Service
06Windows & Exterior DoorsSeventies patio sliders rarely seal well anymore. We replace it with a new slider or French doors, rebuild the sill if it has rotted and trim the opening inside and out.View Service
07Exterior Restoration & Structural RepairsWeather wears hardest on fascia, trim and sills. Where water got behind the siding and rotted sheathing or a rim joist, the bad wood comes out and new framing goes in.View Service
08Decks & Covered PatiosDecks and porches need a township permit in Hempfield. We build both, open or covered, on footings dug below the frost and framed to carry a Western Pennsylvania snow load.View ServiceCrossroads and Villages
The township's own plan lists thirteen neighborhoods, several of them old crossroads villages that still have their own post office. Five of them follow, each with what a job there tends to turn up.
First county seat · 1773
Hanna's Town, the first county seat west of the mountains, was founded here in 1773 and burned in 1782. Between Routes 119 and 819, we confirm whether a lot is on septic or public sewer before planning another bath.
ZIP 15634 · homes from the 1940s
Grapeville is the township's only Census-designated place, with its own ZIP, and its homes are older than most in Hempfield: the median one was built in 1949. In houses that age, we plan for plaster, settled floors and dated wiring.
Baltzer Meyer Road · new sewer
In 2024 the county's water and sewer authority approved more than 7,000 feet of new sewer line near Baltzer Meyer Road and Fort Allen Elementary. Where homes along a new line tie in, we plan any new bathroom around the connection.
Five Star Trail · Route 819
The Five Star Trail runs from Greensburg through Youngwood and on to Armbrust, a village with its own ZIP. In February 2022 Armbrust Road flooded between Fairground Road and Route 819, so on low lots here we check drainage first.
Wendel Road · the west side
Wendel sits on the township's west side, where the state has confirmed mining across a wide stretch toward Jeannette. Before a footing or an addition out here, look your lot up on the state's subsidence map first.
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Who Does the Work
A township this size has plenty of contractors passing through. We are the one that sends the same carpenters every day, from the first measurement to the last trim board, out of our shop in Trafford.
The usual way
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A Township Year
Hempfield's rolling hills send rain toward a dozen small creeks, and its winters bring snow and a long run of freezing nights. A house here feels all of it, from the footings up.
Winter
114Freezing nights, normal year
Frost heaves a footing that was not dug deep enough, and a normal year here brings around 114 freezing nights. Every deck, porch and covered patio we build goes on footings set below the frost line.
Spring
42.7 inPrecipitation, New Stanton station
The weather station at New Stanton, inside the township, logs about 43 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Spring is when the steep slopes the township's plan warns about send that water at foundations.
Summer storms
9 floodsOne Slate Creek home
Slate Creek flooded one Redgrave Drive home's lower level nine times, up to 28 inches deep, and federal money has since paid to buy it out. Near a creek, we would rather not finish space that floods.
Frost nights: Pittsburgh airport normals; precipitation: New Stanton 1 SW, inside the township (NOAA, 1991–2020). Slate Creek: Tribune-Review, 2025. Tribune-Review: the Slate Creek buyout (opens in a new tab)
Building in Hempfield Township
Hempfield runs its own permit office, and a few of its rules surprise people. These three shape a schedule more than any others, so we raise them first.
30 daysBusiness days for code review
Hempfield's Code Enforcement Department issues building and zoning permits from its offices on Woodward Drive. Residential permits that need building-code review take up to 30 business days; fences and small accessory structures take 15. We file early so the clock runs before the crew is ready.
Hempfield Township building permits (opens in a new tab)No permitWindows, siding, shingles
New windows, new siding and replacement shingles need no township permit, and neither does repaving a driveway. A deck, a porch, a fence, a shed or a roof over a patio does. We sort a project into those two piles at the first walkthrough.
Hempfield Township FAQ (opens in a new tab)RequiredDye test before a sale
Selling a Hempfield home requires a dye test. On public sewer, that goes through the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County; on septic, through the township's sewage enforcement officer. We schedule any plumbing or downspout work in a remodel ahead of the test.
Hempfield Township FAQ (opens in a new tab)Where Else We Build
Greensburg, in the middle of Hempfield, has a page of its own, and so do Irwin, North Huntingdon and Murrysville to the west. Our shop in Trafford covers all of them.
Before You Start
Permits, the sale dye test and the ground come up the most in the township. Five answers, specific to Hempfield.
Ask a QuestionUp to 30 business days for residential work that needs building-code review, and 15 for permits that do not, such as a fence or an accessory structure under 1,000 square feet. We file as soon as the drawings are done so the township's clock runs while we order materials.
Hempfield Township building permits (opens in a new tab)Yes, the township requires one for a home sale. For public sewer, call the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County, which bought the township's sewer system in 2016; for septic, the township's sewage enforcement officer handles it. A certificate of occupancy is not required for a sale.
Hempfield Township FAQ (opens in a new tab)In parts of the township, yes. The state has confirmed coal mining mostly on the west side toward Wendel and Grapeville and north of Greensburg toward Carbon and Hannastown. Ordinary homeowner's coverage leaves out subsidence, so look your lot up before an addition.
Check your address on the state's mine subsidence map (opens in a new tab)Test before finishing a basement. In the seven village ZIP codes that sit wholly inside the township, about 27% of 154 recorded tests measured 4 picocuries or higher, where the state advises fixing it. Greensburg-addressed tests, which cover much of Hempfield, ran 37%.
PA DEP: Radon in the Home (opens in a new tab)Yes. We work across all 77 square miles, from Bovard and Luxor to Armbrust and Darragh. Some rural lots there are on septic rather than public sewer, so we confirm which before planning a new bathroom or an addition, and pull the right permits for it.
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