KITCHEN REMODELING

Taber Builders Inc. offers full general contracting services including kitchen remodeling. We are fully insured and have over 40 years of experience. Our experience has helped us become one of the most respected contractors in our community. We believe that in our industry, there is no substitute for doing the job right! We offer custom home building, remodeling and renovation services including bathroom remodeling, kitchen remodeling, basement finishing and home additions.

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What Actually Drives the Cost of a Kitchen

Almost every kitchen estimate comes down to one question: are the walls, the plumbing and the electrical staying where they are? A kitchen that keeps its footprint and changes its cabinets, counters and finishes is a predictable job with a predictable number. The moment the sink moves to an island, a wall comes out or the range changes fuel, the project stops being a finish job and becomes a structural and mechanical one. Both are worth doing. They are not the same price, and you should know which one you are buying before you fall in love with a layout.

We will walk the space and tell you which of the walls you want gone are carrying load. In a lot of Fox Valley homes the wall between the kitchen and the dining room is doing structural work, and taking it out means a beam and posts carried down to something solid. That is a normal job. It is not a surprise we discover halfway through.

Older Homes Near the River Have Their Own List

If your house predates the war, the kitchen is usually where its age is most concentrated. Undersized electrical service that a modern kitchen will outrun on day one. Supply lines that have been narrowing quietly for decades. Waste lines that are fine until they are disturbed. Subfloors that have taken on a slope. None of that is a reason not to remodel, and none of it is unusual. It is a reason to have it priced honestly at the start rather than discovered in week two.

The Part People Regret Skipping

Ventilation and lighting. A properly ducted hood that actually exhausts outside, and enough circuits that the countertop appliances are not fighting each other. These are the cheapest decisions on the plan and the ones homeowners most often mention afterwards, in both directions.

Living Through It

A kitchen is the room you cannot easily do without, so the sequence matters as much as the work. We will tell you at the estimate roughly how long you will be without a working kitchen and what a temporary setup looks like. Anyone who will not put that in plain terms up front is guessing.