Kitchen Remodeling in Garland, TX

We handle kitchen remodeling in Garland, TX from Lake Highlands, about 20 minutes and 7 miles from our base. Most of the city's housing is 1960s-1980s brick ranch homes on slab foundations, spread west of Lake Ray Hubbard between I-635 and the George Bush Turnpike. Many of those homes still have the original oak cabinets and tile countertops they were built with. That is the thing that makes Garland different: the house is usually sound, the layout is usually workable, and the decision is how much of the original kitchen to keep.

Garland's Brick Ranches, Slab Foundations and Clay Soil

The typical Garland remodel starts in a single-story brick ranch with an attached garage, a kitchen open to a den or breakfast area, and one or two hall baths. Kitchens from this era commonly have dropped soffits over the uppers, a fluorescent light box, honey oak raised-panel doors and square tile counters. Removing the soffit and box usually gains cabinet height and room for better kitchen lighting.

Under almost all of it is a slab-on-grade foundation on Blackland Prairie clay. The clay swells after wet springs and shrinks in August, so slabs flex and long runs of tile and grout crack. Moving a sink to an island means saw-cutting and trenching the slab, which adds plumbing permit work and time.

Newer subdivisions in north Garland around Firewheel were built later and tend to have larger kitchens with builder-grade finishes rather than original oak. For any Garland house finished before 1978, the EPA lead RRP rule governs how painted trim and cabinets are sanded or removed.

Garland is also one of the few cities in the area with its own electric utility, Garland Power & Light. If your kitchen needs a larger electrical service, the utility side is coordinated with GP&L rather than Oncor.

How Kitchen Remodeling in Garland Runs From Our Lake Highlands Base

Garland's own permit office is the main difference from a Dallas job.

1. Weekday consultation. We visit Monday through Friday between 9 am and 5 pm, measure, photograph and ask how you use the kitchen.
2. Design, selections and a written scope. You get a layout, a materials list and an estimate before anything is ordered.
3. City of Garland permit. Where plumbing, electrical or structural work is involved, the permit goes to Garland's building inspection office, not Dallas.
4. Demolition and rough-in. Garland inspectors check the rough plumbing, done by a TSBPE-licensed plumber, and the wiring, done by a TDLR-licensed electrician, before walls close.
5. Install and walkthrough. Cabinets, counters, tile and fixtures go in, then we walk the room together.

Reviewers mention this kind of planning: "a clear understanding of what to expect and when to expect it," wrote Kenton G. in a Google review.

Duck Creek to Firewheel: Getting Around Garland

Nothing on this site is tagged to a Garland job yet, so here is what we can stand behind: coverage and the drive. West Garland, around Forest Lane and Jupiter Road, sits only a few miles from Lake Highlands. From our base we take I-635 for south and central Garland, Garland Road and SH-78 toward downtown Garland, and the George Bush Turnpike for the north side near Firewheel Town Center. Neighborhoods along Duck Creek and out toward Lake Ray Hubbard are on the same weekday schedule. Local landmarks help us place a house: the historic downtown square by the DART Blue Line station, Spring Creek Forest Preserve on the north side, and the Lake Ray Hubbard shoreline along I-30 to the east.

Next door to Garland, we also serve Rowlett, Sachse, Richardson, Murphy and Sunnyvale. If you are weighing paint against new doors, read what works and what peels when painting oak cabinets.