Monroeville grew up around the Turnpike interchange: the Miracle Mile opened in 1954, and planned subdivisions like Garden City and Alpine Village followed in the mid-1950s. Those houses are seventy now, and we remodel them room by room.
From the Fifties Boom
The 1950s built a quarter of Monroeville's homes, the most of any decade, and two in three date from 1950 through 1979. Every sale here now brings a municipal inspection and a sewer test. Four spots we open first.
Fifties kitchens were laid out around a range, a sink and not much else. We rework it for today's appliances, open it up where the walls allow and hang the cabinets plumb and level.
A seventy-year-old bath can still carry its original tile, and the floor under the tub has taken decades of water. We open it up, fix what has rotted, then waterproof and tile the room.
Before a sale, the municipal authority may dye-test every downspout and area drain. If a remodel touches gutters or drains, we plan that work so the house is ready for the test.
Monroeville's occupancy checklist rules out lag and carriage bolts for deck connections, and lattice on the guards. A deck we build or rebuild meets that list, so it won't hold up a sale.
Census figures, Municipality of Monroeville (ACS 2020–2024). This is how the era's houses were laid out, not one particular house. Monroeville on Census Reporter (opens in a new tab)
What We Build Here
Two of every three Monroeville homes were built between 1950 and 1979. Each job below is shaped by that age, and by the inspection your house will face the next time it changes hands.
01Kitchen RemodelingFifties kitchens were usually closed off from the living room. Where a wall can come out, we put in the right header, then frame, set and finish every part of it in-house.View Service
02Bathroom RemodelingFifties bathrooms tend to be small and boxed in. We redraw the layout where the space allows, waterproof the walls and the floor behind the tub, and set every tile ourselves.View Service
03Attic FinishingWith stairs and enough headroom, an attic can turn into a bedroom or an office. We check the rafters, add a proper floor and insulate the roof so it works in July and January.View Service
04Basement FinishingOnce dry, a fifties basement turns into a den, an office or a guest room. We insulate and frame the outside walls, drywall and trim it, ready for the sale inspector.View Service
05Additions & ADUsAdding on here begins with a zoning permit and a plot plan, and on a steep lot the grading rules can call for a geotechnical engineer. We handle both, set footings and build the framing.View Service
06Windows & Exterior DoorsDrafty windows and a sticking back door come with a house this old. New windows go in at the existing size; we rebuild any rotted sill and trim each one inside.View Service
07Exterior Restoration & Structural RepairsDecades of weather show at the sill plate, the fascia and the bottom course of siding. We cut out the rot, replace it with sound lumber and correct whatever sent the water there.View Service
08Decks & Covered PatiosAbove 30 inches off the ground, a deck calls for a building permit here; below that, a zoning permit. We draw it, file whichever applies and build it to the occupancy checklist.View ServiceAcross Monroeville
Monroeville grew in planned pieces: subdivisions in the fifties, the mall in the late sixties, office parks along the highways. Five of those places follow, with what we usually find in each.
Mid-1950s · Leak Run
One of the planned subdivisions of the mid-1950s, Garden City is drained by Leak Run, which follows William Penn Highway. On a house this age and this close to a run, we check the basement and grading before finishing anything below.
Mid-1950s · Alpine Park
Alpine Village went up in the same mid-1950s wave, with Alpine Park on Olten Road. Houses here are about seventy years old, so a remodel there usually begins with a look at what is behind the walls.
Noel Drive · the elementary school
The municipality's comprehensive plan calls for keeping University Park's residential character, and University Park Elementary sits on Noel Drive. We build additions and porches here to suit the house and the block rather than outgrow the street.
Route 130 · Forbes Hospital
Haymaker Village on Route 130 is the commercial center of southern Monroeville, with Forbes Hospital on Haymaker Road. In June 2025, flooding closed Route 48 between Haymaker Road and Wall Avenue, so low lots here get a drainage check.
Walmart's 186 acres
Walmart bought Monroeville Mall in 2025 for about $34 million and has applied for a state grant to demolish it and redevelop the 186-acre site. The municipal manager expected that work to begin in early 2027.
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Who Does the Work
With a sale inspection and a sewer test waiting at the end, details matter here. The carpenters who measure your house also build the job, and they walk it with you before any inspector does.
The usual way
The AllTrades way
The Monroeville Year
The municipality puts the rain and snow that fall here at about 36 inches a year, carried off through roughly 68 miles of storm pipe. Where that water goes on your lot matters more to the house than any one storm.
Freezing nights
114Freezing nights, Pittsburgh airport
Frost heaves shallow footings and loose steps. Every deck and porch post we set starts below the frost depth, and we tie new steps to footings dug deep enough, not the lawn beside them.
Spring melt
36 inPrecipitation a year, municipal figure
Spring is when that water finds a basement. Before we finish a lower level in a fifties house, we look for the dampness the walls show in March, not the dry look they have in August.
Summer storms
$120Yearly flood-reduction fee, from 2018
Storms in July 2019 clogged drains and closed Abers Creek and Thompson Run roads, and Monroeville began billing each house $120 a year for flood reduction in 2018. Every gutter we touch gets an outlet clear of the house.
Freezing nights: Pittsburgh International Airport normals (NOAA). Precipitation and storm pipe: the Municipality of Monroeville. July 2019 storms: Tribune-Review. Monroeville stormwater management (opens in a new tab)
Building in Monroeville
Monroeville inspects a house before anyone new moves in and tests its sewer before any sale. Both shape a remodel if you plan to sell, so we build for them from the start.
30 inDecks over it need a permit
The municipality's Building & Engineering department reviews and inspects work from 2700 Monroeville Boulevard, with plumbing going to the Allegheny County Health Department. Plans can take 15 to 30 business days, and every application needs a plot plan or survey, so we prepare one with the drawings.
Monroeville Building & Engineering (opens in a new tab)$100Inspection for a home sale
Under a rule adopted in April 2026, every home must be inspected by the municipality before new occupants move in, whether it is sold or rented. The checklist covers smoke detectors, GFCI protection and how a deck is bolted together, so we build to it.
Monroeville occupancy permits (Ch. 267) (opens in a new tab)30 daysApply before the sale
Selling also takes a certification from the Monroeville Municipal Authority, applied for at least 30 days ahead. Its tests can include dye in the drains, smoke in the lines or a camera through the lateral. We finish any plumbing or drainage work in a remodel before that date.
Monroeville sewer certification at sale (§316-91) (opens in a new tab)Where Else We Build
Our shop in Trafford sits just past Monroeville's southern edge, and Murrysville and Plum both share a border with it. One crew covers the lot.
Before You Sell or Build
The sale inspection, the sewer test and deck permits come up most. Five answers for Monroeville.
Ask a QuestionTwo. The municipality inspects the home before new occupants move in, under a rule adopted in April 2026, and the Monroeville Municipal Authority must certify the sewer, applied for at least 30 days before the sale. A remodel finished before both is the simplest path.
Monroeville occupancy permits (Ch. 267) (opens in a new tab)Over 30 inches above grade, a deck requires a building permit; under that, a zoning permit, and every application needs a plot plan or survey. The occupancy checklist also rules out lag and carriage bolts for deck connections and lattice guards.
Monroeville Building & Engineering (opens in a new tab)The Allegheny County Health Department's plumbing division handles plumbing plan review and inspections in Monroeville; the municipality uses outside agencies for electrical inspections and does the rest itself. We line up all three before work starts, so no inspection waits on another.
Roughly one in three. The state's registry holds more than 9,000 tests from the 15146 ZIP, and 36% were at or over the 4-picocurie action level, and basement tests ran 38%. Have it tested before we finish a lower level, and mitigate first on a high result.
PA DEP: Radon in the Home (opens in a new tab)In parts. Coal was mined extensively in old Patton Township, and the state's map shows confirmed mining across roughly a quarter of today's Monroeville, mostly in the west and center around the mall and Route 22. Check your address before you add on.
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