Level Green began as George McWilliams's 336-acre land grant in the late 1700s. Nearly half of the homes standing today went up in the 1940s and 1950s. We remodel them out of our Trafford shop, a few minutes away.
What Most Families Here Live In
Picture a detached house from the 1950s, with three or four bedrooms and a yard on every side. That decade alone built 29% of Level Green's homes, more than any other, and the 1940s add another 16%. Four places we start.
A kitchen this age often sits behind a wall from the living room. If that wall can go, we check what it carries, frame a header, and open the two rooms into one.
A bathroom from the 1950s sits on joists that have taken seventy years of splashes and slow leaks. We open the floor, repair what the water reached, waterproof the walls and tile it new.
Much of Level Green sits on Upshur clay, which swells when wet and shrinks as it dries. Before finishing a basement, we check its walls for cracks and seepage and fix the water first.
The sewer pipe running out to the street is inspected by the sewage authority before any sale or refinance. A passing result holds for three years, unless there is new construction in between.
Level Green Census figures (ACS 2020–2024). The plan shows a typical postwar house, not one address. Level Green on Census Reporter (opens in a new tab)
What We Build Here
Half of Level Green's homes are more than sixty years old, many sit on clay, and every one on public sewer has a line the authority inspects before a sale. Here is how that shapes each kind of work.
01Kitchen RemodelingSeventy years of settling leaves floors and walls out of true. Before new cabinets go in, we level the base and straighten the walls, then set the boxes, counters and trim square.View Service
02Bathroom RemodelingTrading the old tub for a walk-in shower? We plan the drain, slope and curb before any tile goes down, waterproof the whole wet zone, then set every tile ourselves, by hand.View Service
03Attic FinishingA 1940s or 1950s roof may be framed with rafters, not trusses, and that can leave space for a room. We inspect the framing, then add insulation, a floor and a usable stair.View Service
04Basement FinishingUpshur clay drains slowly, so basement walls here can take on water after a soaking rain. We find where it comes in, fix the grading or drainage behind it, then frame and finish the room.View Service
05Additions & ADUsWhen a three-bedroom house runs out of room, we can add a family room or primary suite off the back, drawn to match the roofline, set on new footings and built by our crew.View Service
06Windows & Exterior DoorsIf the windows were replaced decades ago, the seals may be failing and the gaps around them stuffed with foam. We pull them, fix rot, flash the opening and set each unit square.View Service
07Exterior Restoration & Structural RepairsClay that swells and shrinks moves porch steps and walks out of line over time. We rebuild the steps on new footings, replace rotted trim and sills, and flash the spots where water got in.View Service
08Decks & Covered PatiosAbout ten days a year top 90°F here, and a bare deck bakes. A roof over the deck or a covered patio makes those afternoons usable, framed on footings dug below frost depth.View ServiceAround Level Green
Level Green is a community inside Penn Township rather than a town of its own, yet it has its own fire company, school and Lions club. Five places, and what a job near each tends to involve.
536 Route 130 · the fire hall
The fire company organized in 1930, when Level Green had about seventy families, and bought its Route 130 lot in 1946. The station has grown by three additions since. We build ours the same way, tied into what is there.
The community building
In 2022 the Level Green Lions signed in volunteers at the community building on Murrysville Road for their spring roadside cleanup. The club also published Tales of Level Green, a town history, in 1973 and again, expanded, in 2008.
Level Green Elementary
Penn-Trafford's Level Green Elementary, kindergarten through fifth grade, sits on Cypress Court. A three-bedroom house can feel small once kids are in school, and finishing the basement is often the quickest way to add a room without adding on.
Area code 412
When most of Penn Township moved to the 724 area code in 1998, western Level Green kept 412 because those numbers run through Allegheny County exchanges. The phone number leans toward Pittsburgh; the permits still come from Penn Township.
Saunders Farm · Shaffer · Kings Manor
The sewage authority names three Level Green plans in its fee list: Saunders Farm Estates, Shaffer Plan and Kings Manor. A new sewer tap there costs $4,550, against $2,875 elsewhere in Level Green, with part going to Monroeville.
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Who Does the Work
Our shop is in Trafford, close enough that the carpenter who measures your Level Green kitchen is the one who builds it, and the one who comes back if something needs a second look.
The usual way
The AllTrades way
Level Green Through the Year
Winters here bring weeks of snow on the ground, and summers bring a few hard downpours. Both end up in the clay around the house, which is why we plan every job around where the water goes.
The coldest stretch
~32Days that stay below freezing
On about a month of days each winter the high never passes freezing, and roof snow melts only from below. That feeds ice dams, so attics we work on get insulation and venting that keep the roof cold.
Snow cover and melt
~40Days with snow on the ground
Snow lies on the ground about forty days a year, and every melt soaks into slow-draining clay beside the foundation. Before a basement gets finished, we check that gutters, downspouts and grading carry that water away from the walls.
Summer cloudbursts
~6Days a year with an inch of rain
About six days a year bring an inch of rain or more, nearly half of them in summer. A downspout tied into the sewer line is something the authority can test for, so we route new ones to the yard.
Freezing days, snow cover and heavy-rain days: Pittsburgh International Airport, 1991–2020 normals (NOAA). Sewer testing: Penn Township Code §133-44. NOAA U.S. Climate Normals (opens in a new tab)
Building in Level Green
Level Green has no borough office of its own: Penn Township and its sewage authority set the rules. These three shape a project here, especially one that comes before a sale.
$150Sewer line inspection before a sale
Before any sale, transfer or refinance, the Penn Township Sewage Authority inspects your sewer line where it runs out to the authority's main, under township Ordinance 630. It must inspect within 10 days of your application, and a line that fails has to be repaired and passed before the authority will clear the sale.
Penn Township sewer inspection before sale (Ch. 133) (opens in a new tab)30 daysTo repair a failed line
The authority can dye, air or smoke test any lateral and check whether surface drains are tied into it. If a line is letting in groundwater or storm water, the owner has 30 days from written notice to repair it. When we move a downspout, it empties to the yard, not the sewer.
Penn Township lateral inspections (§133-44) (opens in a new tab)41%Level Green tests reading 4 pCi/L+
Of the 101 radon tests filed in the state registry under a Level Green address, 41 came back at or over the state's action level of 4 picocuries per liter. Nearly all were taken in basements. Test before framing any basement room, and have a high reading mitigated before the walls go up.
PA DEP: Radon in the Home (opens in a new tab)Where Else We Build
Trafford, home to our shop, is next door, and Monroeville, Murrysville and Harrison City are each a short drive off. The same crew builds in every one of them.
Before You Call
Five answers for Level Green homeowners, three of them about the sewer inspection that comes with every sale.
Ask a QuestionPenn Township. Level Green has no municipal government of its own, so building and zoning permits are issued through Penn Township's Community Development department, and applications, payments and inspection requests now go through the township's online portal. We prepare the drawings, file them and book each inspection.
Penn Township permit portal (opens in a new tab)Sometimes. A property the sewage authority found compliant within the three years before your application is exempt from a new inspection, but only if no new construction has taken place on it in that time. If you are planning an addition and a sale, ask us about the order before either starts.
Penn Township sewer inspection before sale (Ch. 133) (opens in a new tab)The authority has five days after inspecting to tell you what is wrong and what repair is needed. After the repair, you call for a reinspection, which it must make within 48 hours, and the line cannot be backfilled until it passes. Then the certificate of compliance is issued.
Penn Township inspection and repair rules (§133-18) (opens in a new tab)Possibly. Much of Level Green is mapped as Gilpin and Upshur soils, and Gilpin typically reaches bedrock about 30 inches down, shallow enough to meet when digging footings. We probe before pricing an addition or deck, so any rock work is in the quote rather than a surprise.
Not according to the state's map: none of its confirmed-mining areas fall within Level Green's census boundary. Coal was mined elsewhere in Penn Township, though, so before a big addition or deck, enter your address in the Mine Subsidence Insurance map to be sure.
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