Half the houses in North Huntingdon have three bedrooms, and the typical one dates to 1967. When the family outgrows one, our carpenters check the township's setbacks and the soil out back, then build a room that looks like it came with the house.
North Huntingdon Additions
Forty percent of the houses here were built in the 1950s and '60s. Children are in 32% of households, someone past 65 in 36%, and both groups shape what gets added on.
Every second home in the township has three bedrooms, and children live in about one household of every three. When a fourth child or a home office pushes the house past full, owners ask for one more bedroom built onto it.
A bedroom wing off the side or back, with its own closet and a window that meets egress, warmed by a new duct run or a wall-mounted heat pump. Inside, the hall is extended so the new room feels like it was planned from the start.
Room additionsOne North Huntingdon owner in three is past 65. They want a bedroom and a bath on the entry level so a bad knee or a hip replacement doesn't mean moving.
An entry-level bedroom suite with a zero-step shower, a seat and a hand shower, lever handles, and a bedroom big enough to walk around the bed. We keep the route to the kitchen short, level and well lit.
Primary suite additionsWhere the yard is shallow or the lot slopes off, building out may not work. Owners then ask about building up: a new floor on a one-story house, or rooms on top of an attached garage.
The township allows two stories in most of its residential districts and three in R-1, so we check the district first. An engineer then checks that what's below can bear the weight, and only then do we frame, roof and side the new level.
Second-story additionsKitchens and living rooms from that era were often sized for smaller families. Owners ask for one large room off the back where the kids do homework while dinner cooks and everyone fits on game night.
A rear addition with a vaulted or flat ceiling to suit the roofline, a wide opening into the kitchen and a beam sized for the wall it replaces. Big windows face the yard, set and flashed into the new wall.
Room additionsSome township families keep two cars, a mower and the sports gear in a one-car garage, or in no garage at all. Owners ask for a two-car garage with a workbench, either joined to the house or freestanding.
An attached garage follows the house's own setbacks; a detached one has tighter limits on height and size behind the house. We lay out the slab, the door and the circuits for the bench to fit whichever rule applies.
Garage buildsSummer evenings on the deck end early when it rains, and the sun bakes it by July. Owners ask to put a roof over it, or close it in as a three-season room, and want to know what a roof changes.
A roofed deck needs a township permit even if the old open deck didn't. We check the posts and footings under it, frame a roof that ties into the house, and add screens or windows if you want to close it in.
SunroomsHomes and households: Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024, North Huntingdon Township. Height and setbacks: the township zoning ordinance.
The rest of the job
How it runs, what it costs and who builds it are on our main additions & adus page.
Adding On in the Township
North Huntingdon's own permit office, the setbacks in its zoning table, and its height limit by district decide how big an addition can be and where it can sit.
Roofed decksOn the list, like additions
Additions, detached garages, carports and roofed decks all need a permit from the township, which reviews and inspects the work with its own staff. Our North Huntingdon kitchen page explains the review. We submit the plans and book each inspection.
Township permits, explained30 ftRear setback, R-1 to R-3
Every residential district keeps a 30-foot front setback except R-4, which needs 40. Rear yards are 30 feet, 60 in R-4; side yards are 10 feet, 20 in R-1A and R-4. Lot coverage, garages and sheds included, tops out between 20 and 30% by district.
Township zoning map (PDF) (opens in a new tab)2 storiesHeight cap outside R-1
The zoning table allows three stories in R-1 and two everywhere else in the residential districts. So a one-story house can usually gain a floor, while a third story is possible only in R-1. Your lot's district gets confirmed before any design.
Township zoning (opens in a new tab)Addition Questions
These come up before most township additions are drawn. The full build is explained on the main additions page.
Ask a QuestionFrom the site up. A single room on flat ground is the lightest job; a new floor overhead, plumbing for a private bathroom, stepped footings or an engineered retaining wall each raise it. The number comes to you in writing after we've measured and walked the yard.
Addition price rangesInside the required rear yard, the township caps an accessory building at 624 square feet and 14 feet to the roof peak, and keeps it 10 feet off the property line. Bigger takes a special exception, and only on lots over an acre. Outside that yard, the house setbacks apply.
Garage buildsOnly in some districts. The township's use table permits duplex units in two of its five residential districts, not all of them. Rooms for a parent that share the family's kitchen and front door avoid the question. The zoning officer hears about any second kitchen before we draw it.
Township zoning (opens in a new tab)Footings may step down the grade, and a retaining wall may be needed. Any wall over four feet needs an engineered design and its own township permit. Slides have closed roads here after wet springs, so we look hard at drainage above and below the new foundation.
What we check firstIn the south especially. DEP's map puts much of the township over old workings, the southern half most of all, and ordinary home coverage won't pay for ground that settles into a mine. Look your lot up early and get a quote on the state's subsidence insurance.
Mining in North HuntingdonOther Services
For families who'd rather stay put, we remodel kitchens and baths and finish attics and basements in houses all over North Huntingdon. Choose one below.
Kitchen RemodelingNew layouts, new cabinets, new counters: framed, built, and installed by the same crew.View Service
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
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
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