Kitchen Remodeling—Kitchen Remodelers

     The difference between the kitchen and bath remodelers and general contractors is one of precision.  To most kitchen remodelers design detail and exact placement of each element within a kitchen is very important to them and their tradesmen. Just one example of the difference may be seen in comparing a framing carpenter employed by a general contractor with one employed by a kitchen remodeler.  Most trades develop an average level of precision throughout a job through the human force of habit.  If they are building an entire structure an acceptable error tolerance in the placement of a 2 x 4 stud of ¼” or even ½” or ¾” may be fine in many instances. But when they are placing this same structural member in remodeling a kitchen, this level of tolerance may force the placement of an outlet or switch box off center in the kitchen backsplash and therefore cause a lack of symmetry in tile placement on it.  And because the error may not be discovered until after kitchen cabinets and tile are installed it may be difficult to correct.  In remodeling a kitchen sometimes because of a particular design element the exact placement of a stud is essential.

Additionally residential general contractors may also be less precise regarding design because most of them obtain their work through competitive bidding of plans and specifications.  They are trained to rarely go further than what the plans and specifications call for. On the other hand, those tradesmen who primarily do kitchens and baths on a daily basis will be much more likely to have habits of greater precision as kitchen remodeling requires it.   Since competent and honest kitchen and bath remodelers look upon their business as a personal service, they daily will look for opportunities to further refine the design and more precisely construct each element in your kitchen just to please you more. 

At Woodmark we call these habits of greater precision The Woodmark Way .

During each step in remodeling your kitchen we work hard to retain your home’s existing architecture such that your kitchen enhances the entire appearance and value of your home.

We not only remodel your kitchen, we detail your entire kitchen area in much the same manner as you might occasionally have your car detailed.

We invite you to point out any construction flaw or omission during the remodeling process of your kitchen in accordance with our belief that every pair of eyes is a resource for quality control.

All work is completed using a systematic critical path process. The critical path by way of an example can be illustrated in the way we all prepare Thanksgiving dinner. The total time it takes to bake the turkey represents the critical path in completing the meal:  little importance at the outset is attached to how quickly most vegetable dishes are prepared as you will have to wait for the turkey to finish baking anyway. Our method is to always focus on the time taken by individual critical path steps.  We work on as many parallel steps at once such that no time need be added to this longest path throughout the project simply because all shorter steps had not been completed earlier.

Any existing imperfections such as bowed walls, out of level ceilings, etc. in your kitchen space within reason are corrected completely during the remodeling process.  Our goal is for your entire remodeled kitchen area to look better than when the home was originally built.

We leave your kitchen sink in place for you to use during the remodeling process until it must be removed in order to build or install kitchen cabinets.  We are a service business.  In the case of job built cabinets we first build the cabinet structure and top only, such that granite may be measured and fabricated and therefore possibly be ready to be installed at the time when your cabinets are completely finished.  In the case of factory cabinets as soon as they are delivered and installed they are measured for granite countertops which is then fabricated and installed.  Normally the kitchen sink and faucet are installed the day after the granite countertops are installed.  When your choice is to restore your existing cabinets only, often you are without your kitchen sink for only a few days. 

As a free service we will remove all items from your kitchen cabinets other than glassware and heirloom items and store them in a place you designate.

Having many years of experience in working in occupied homes we have developed techniques to minimize the effect of created construction dust on your daily living.

We move kitchen load bearing walls easily and install a superior supportive structure for the load above because of our clear understanding of your home’s structure since we have built many homes over many years.

You will find that our kitchen managers in remodeling your kitchen will show up when they say they will.

Your will find that our kitchen tradesman in remodeling your kitchen will show up when they say they will.

Our kitchen tradesmen are trained to always do things the correct way not necessarily the easy way when remodeling your kitchen.

Only responsible and trustworthy kitchen tradesmen and their helpers with a long history of working with Woodmark are allowed to do remodeling work in your occupied home.

We are sensitive to your daily and weekly schedule in scheduling our work on your kitchen remodeling.

We are sensitive to the needs of your pets while we remodel your kitchen.

We will finish remodeling your kitchen in a timely manner.


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