Level Green's houses are mostly postwar, mostly big, and mostly lived in by the same family for a long time. Our crew works out of Trafford, one ZIP code over, and builds the kitchen these houses have been waiting for.
Level Green Kitchens
The forties and fifties account for nearly half of Level Green's houses, most of them three- or four-bedroom family homes, and roughly half the owners have been in place since before 2000. What people here want from a kitchen follows from that.
The 1950s built more of Level Green than any other decade, and the forties added another sixth. A kitchen from that era may have had new cabinets since, but the wiring and drains behind them may be far older than the doors.
We plan for several decades of earlier work behind the plaster, replace what is undersized or worn, and price it ahead of the finishes. Cabinets come last, hung true on reworked walls, with circuits sized for today's appliances.
What we find behind old wallsMore than eight in ten Level Green homes hold three bedrooms or four, and seven rooms is the size you meet most often. A house that large deserves a kitchen with room for homework, a second cook and a crowd at the holidays.
An island long enough for stools along its back, a second prep sink, and a run of tall pantry cabinets where a broom closet used to stand. Traffic flows around the cook instead of through the middle of the work.
Islands and pantriesAbout 45 percent of Level Green's homeowners have turned 65, and roughly half have lived in the same house since before 2000. The children are grown, and the kitchen they grew up in could finally be set up for two.
Fewer high cabinets and more drawers below, a counter at sitting height for prep, a wall oven you open without bending, and brighter task lighting. The room works for the two of you and still hosts the grandkids.
Kitchen layoutsClose to three in ten Level Green owners bought their homes after 2009. If the kitchen came with the house unchanged from the previous family, it is likely the first project on the new owners' list.
We sort what is worth keeping, such as a sound floor or a good window, from what has to go, and build around the plumbing and gas where they already sit. The budget goes into what you see and touch every day.
Kitchen cost rangesUpshur soil covers much of the area, a clay the federal soil survey rates high for shrink and swell. Ground that moves with the seasons can tip a kitchen floor and crack tile that was laid rigid.
We check the floor across the whole room before anything is ordered, fix the framing where it has dropped, and choose a floor system with enough give for the ground under it. Cabinets go in level on top of that.
Flooring and finishNinety-four percent of Level Green homes are free-standing houses with land around them. If you want the kitchen to open onto that yard, the ask is a wider window over the sink or a glass door out to a patio or deck.
A bigger opening in an outside wall means a new header and a permit from Penn Township. We frame it, file the paperwork, and flash the new door or window into the wall so the opening stays dry.
Windows and exterior doorsFigures: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024, Level Green (a small area, so shares are rounded). Soil: USDA official series description for Upshur.
The rest of the job
How it runs, what it costs and who builds it are on our main kitchen remodeling page.
A Kitchen in Level Green
There is no Level Green town hall. Penn Township writes the rules and its sewage authority runs the sewer lines, and both reach into a kitchen job.
Penn Twp.Issues Level Green's permits
Permits, construction hours and the sewer code's rule on disposals all come from Penn Township, the same as in Harrison City. Our Harrison City kitchen page explains each one. In short: moving walls, pipes, gas or wiring needs a township permit, and we file it.
Penn Township kitchen rules, explainedOwnerMaintains the sewer lateral
The sewage authority owns the main, but the pipe out to it is yours to maintain. Grease, the authority says, is one of the things that most often backs that pipe up. A new kitchen is a good moment to fix sluggish drains before they become your bill.
PTSA: sewage backup FAQ (opens in a new tab)15085The same ZIP as our shop
Level Green shares the 15085 ZIP with Trafford, where our crew is based. That puts most kitchens here a short drive from the crew's home base, so a missing part or a second look never waits on a trip across the county.
Kitchen remodeling in TraffordKitchen Questions
Five things Level Green owners ask before we start on a kitchen. The full shape of a kitchen job lives on the kitchen service.
Ask a QuestionFrom what the room needs, once we have seen it. Postwar kitchens often hide wiring and drains that have to be replaced, and that comes first in the estimate. Cabinets, counters and finishes go on top. You get one written price, and typical totals for jobs like yours are listed on the kitchen service.
Kitchen cost rangesOnly as long as the permit takes, and only if the work needs one. Penn Township reviews applications and books inspections through its community development office, the same as for Harrison City. We file the week the plans are drawn, so the township's review and the cabinet order overlap.
How a kitchen job runsA disposal is fine on public sewer as long as the food it sends down is ground fine, under the township's sewer code. Grease is another matter: the sewage authority asks owners to keep it out of disposals and drains altogether, because it hardens in the line you are responsible for.
PTSA: sewage backup FAQ (opens in a new tab)It is worth asking your insurer. According to the sewage authority, backup and water damage are covered only through an added rider, the coverage is usually inexpensive, and it has to be requested. With a new kitchen and finished floors in the house, it protects more than it did.
PTSA: sewage backup FAQ (opens in a new tab)Not necessarily. Penn Township notes that the western part of Level Green kept the 412 area code because its phone exchanges were Allegheny County's. The houses are still in Westmoreland County and Penn Township, so Allegheny County's plumbing rules do not apply. Township rules do.
Other Services
Postwar baths, basements on clay and decks with rock under them are all regular work for us here. Tap a card for the details.
Bathroom RemodelingFull gut renovations with proper waterproofing, new framing, and tile set by hand.View Service
Attic FinishingUnused attics framed into bedrooms and offices: subfloor, insulation, drywall, and a proper stair.View Service
Basement FinishingUnfinished basements turned into real rooms: framed, insulated, drywalled, and finished by our crew.View Service
Additions & ADUsAdditions and accessory dwelling units (ADUs), framed from the ground up and tied in clean.View Service
Windows & Exterior DoorsWindows and exterior doors set, flashed, and trimmed so water stays out of the wall.View Service
Exterior Restoration & Structural RepairsRotted trim and siding, sagging joists, failed sills: opened up and repaired to solid wood.View Service
Decks & Covered PatiosDecks, covered patios and three-season rooms, flashed to the house and built for Westmoreland winters.View ServiceVerified Google Reviews
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529 Forest Ave
Trafford, PA 15085
