Kitchen Remodeling in Roswell, GA

Kitchen Remodeling for Roswell homes

Roswell's population multiplied between 1970 and 2000, and the housing records that growth. Martin's Landing and Brookfield Country Club date mostly to the late 1970s; Horseshoe Bend, Saddle Creek, Loch Highland and Wildwood Springs filled in through the 1980s; Barrington Farms and Edenwilde followed in the 1990s. Much of that stock is wood-sided or wood-trimmed, with cedar, hardboard and brick fronts, and the rolling ground that falls toward the river and the creeks gives many lots a slope and a walk-out basement. Older still is the historic district: the Mill Village around Sloan Street, where some millworker housing dates to the 1850s, and the blocks along Canton Street and Mimosa Boulevard, with old wood, plaster and many layers of earlier paint. Newer infill townhomes, such as Harlow and Ashbury, are the exception rather than the rule. For painting and remodeling that adds up to a lot of carpentry before paint, decks and siding at replacement age, and kitchens and baths on their first or second remodel.

Areas we work in Roswell

• Martin's Landing
• Horseshoe Bend
• Brookfield Country Club
• Barrington Farms
• Saddle Creek
• Mill Village

Near Bulloch Hall, Barrington Hall, Roswell Mill ruins and the Vickery Creek trails and across the rest of Roswell.

Kitchen Remodeling on Roswell houses

Roswell kitchens from the late 1970s and 80s, in Martin's Landing, Horseshoe Bend, Saddle Creek and Holcombs Crossing, are usually closed rooms with a separate breakfast nook, a wall between the kitchen and the den, and a soffit over the wall cabinets. The typical remodel opens that wall, takes the soffit out and rebuilds the layout around an island. Many of these homes sit over a basement on a sloping lot, which makes moving plumbing and wiring easier than on a slab because there is access from below. The remodeling crew handles the build-out, with an on-site supervisor keeping the plumber, electrician and countertop installers in sequence.

What usually gets missed

In a 70s or 80s kitchen, the wall that looks easy to remove often carries floor or roof load, and the original wiring may be tied into circuits feeding other rooms. We find out what the wall carries and trace the circuits before the plan is final. Old flooring is the other surprise: sheet vinyl from that era is sometimes glued over earlier layers, and those layers and their adhesive get tested before anything is torn out.