Our shop sits on Forest Avenue, so a Trafford kitchen is a job down the street. The borough asks more of a big kitchen remodel than you might expect, starting with the sewer line, and we plan for that before you see a number.
Trafford Kitchens
Half of Trafford's owners arrived in the last fifteen years or so, the median home is valued under $150,000, a third of houses predate 1940, and a bigger kitchen job here can set off a sewer test. Those facts shape what people want and how we build it.
In Trafford the job's size decides the sewer test: above $20,000, or above $10,000 once two plumbing fixtures or more are involved, the lateral gets tested before the permit is signed. Owners want to know which side they fall on.
We tell you at the walkthrough whether your kitchen crosses the line, book the borough's camera early, and fold any lateral repair into the schedule. A passing certificate stays valid three years, so it can serve a later sale.
Kitchen cost rangesWestinghouse laid out its foundry and the town beside it starting in 1902; today a third of Trafford's homes are older than 1940. Kitchens in those houses hide a century of wiring, plumbing and patches behind their walls.
We open those walls expecting several eras of work, price the rewiring and new drain lines before the finishes, and scribe new cabinets to walls that settled long ago. The house keeps its age; the kitchen stops showing it.
What we find in old wallsHalf of Trafford's homes are worth less than about $147,000. Owners of a house in that range want a kitchen that is a real improvement without putting more into the room than the house can carry.
We separate the must-dos from the nice-to-haves in the estimate. Leaving plumbing and gas in place, reusing sound cabinet boxes and putting money into counters and lighting usually buys the most kitchen for the dollar.
Kitchen refresh costsThirty-nine percent of Trafford's homeowners are under 45, and half of all owners have arrived within roughly the last fifteen years. If this is the first house you have owned, the kitchen may well be the first big project you take on.
We walk the room with you, explain what the borough will need, from plot plan to sewer test, and put a single price for everything in writing. You know what happens each week before anything is torn out.
How a kitchen job runsTwenty-seven percent of Trafford homes are attached houses or units in two-family buildings. Their kitchens share walls with a neighbor, and owners want the most out of a narrow room without disturbing the house next door.
We plan the layout around where the plumbing already runs, carry cabinets to the ceiling, and keep demo and saw work to sensible hours so the people on the other side of the wall can live with it.
Small and galley kitchensAbout a third of Trafford households include kids, and five rooms is the most common house size. In a home that compact, the kitchen is also where homework, dinner and morning chaos all happen at once.
We fit a peninsula with stools or a built-in bench where a table used to crowd the floor, add drawers kids can reach, and put outlets where the laptops land. The room seats everyone without feeling packed.
Islands and seatingFigures: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024, Borough of Trafford. History: Trafford Foundry marker. Sewer rule: Trafford Code §160-44.
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 Our Borough
Trafford's permit desk wants a full package, its public works crew runs the sewer camera, and our own shop is a few blocks away. Each plays a part in a kitchen job.
Deed copyPart of every application
Trafford wants a site sketch, duplicate sets of drawings and your deed with every building permit, and the borough confirms the sewer connection before issuing it. Inspections need a day's notice. We assemble all of it and file at the Brinton Avenue office.
$250Sewer lateral inspection
When a kitchen triggers the sewer test, Trafford's public works department runs the camera through your lateral. If it finds a problem, the borough reports it within five days, and a repair is reinspected within 48 hours. We plan the kitchen schedule around both.
Trafford Code §160-45 (opens in a new tab)529 ForestOur shop, in the borough
Our shop is at 529 Forest Avenue, inside Trafford. When a cabinet needs a second look or a part goes missing, the crew is minutes from your kitchen, not across the county, and the borough office on Brinton Avenue is around the corner from both.
Building in TraffordKitchen Questions
Five things neighbors in our own borough want answered before demo day. The kitchen service covers the rest of the process.
Ask a QuestionWhatever your kitchen's work adds up to, priced once we have stood in the room and seen it. In Trafford the total matters twice, because a large enough job also brings in the borough's sewer test. We tell you where your kitchen lands on price and on that threshold.
Kitchen cost rangesIf your kitchen triggers the sewer test, the certificate has to be in hand before the borough approves the building permit, so book the camera inspection early. A lateral that needs repair adds the fix and a reinspection. From permit day on, the build runs to the written schedule.
How a kitchen job runsYes, in two cases. Trafford skips the remodel test if you can prove the lateral went in under ten years ago, or had a partial repair in the past five. Bring the paperwork from that work, and we hand it to the code enforcement officer with the application.
Trafford Code §160-44 (opens in a new tab)The borough tells you what is wrong within five days. Once the lateral is fixed, it gets reinspected within 48 hours, and it cannot be covered back up until that inspection is done. After that the certificate holds for three years, covering a sale or refinance in that window.
Trafford sewer rules, Chapter 160 (opens in a new tab)Yes. Nearly all of Trafford is Westmoreland County, with a small slice over the line in Allegheny. Either way, the borough's permit and sewer rules apply, and we check which county's plumbing rules cover your address before filing. With the shop a few blocks away, the whole borough is close to home.
Other Services
Steps and porches on hillside streets, prewar baths and old framing are all part of our home-borough work. Every card opens one 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
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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Trafford, PA 15085
