Kitchen Remodeling in Rowlett, TX

Rowlett is about 25 minutes and 12 miles east of our Lake Highlands base, by I-635 and I-30 or by the President George Bush Turnpike, and we bring kitchen remodeling in Rowlett, TX to homes on the lake and off it. Rowlett sits on the west shore of Lake Ray Hubbard, and its 1980s-2000s lake and golf-course homes, including the Waterview area, favor open kitchens that look out toward the water. That orientation is what makes Rowlett different: the kitchen is often the room with the best view, and many original layouts hide it behind a wall, a soffit or a peninsula of upper cabinets.

Rowlett's Lake and Golf-Course Homes on Expansive Clay

Most Rowlett housing was built from the 1980s through the 2000s as two-story and single-story brick homes on slab-on-grade foundations. Kitchens from that period commonly have stained oak or maple cabinets, tile or laminate counters, a peninsula with hanging uppers and a breakfast area at the back of the house.

The soil under Rowlett is Blackland Prairie expansive clay, and slabs move with wet and dry seasons. Cracked tile and doors that rub are worth checking before new floors go in.

Many homes built from the 1980s on also sit on post-tensioned slabs, with steel tendons held under tension inside the concrete. Moving a sink to an island in one of them means scanning the slab to locate the tendons before any saw-cutting, which is worth knowing before a layout is drawn. In two-story houses, Winter Storm Uri in February 2021 showed another risk: a burst attic line can send water down into the kitchen below.

Parts of Rowlett were hit by the December 2015 tornado, and some homes were repaired room by room afterward. A small part of the city also falls in Rockwall County, though the City of Rowlett handles permits everywhere inside its limits. Many lake and golf-course neighborhoods have HOAs; interior work rarely needs their approval, but dumpsters, portable storage and contractor parking may have rules.

How Kitchen Remodeling in Rowlett Moves From Lake Highlands

A Rowlett project begins with a weekday visit between 9 am and 5 pm. We measure, photograph, check the floors for movement and talk through how you want the room to face the lake.

You then receive a layout, a set of cabinet, stone and flooring selections, and a written estimate. Where the work involves plumbing, electrical, gas or walls, permits go through the City of Rowlett's building inspection office. Any pipe work in a Rowlett kitchen is a job for a TSBPE-licensed plumber, and any new circuit is a job for an electrician licensed by TDLR. Inspections happen before walls close, and the job ends with a walkthrough.

Staying on the agreed calendar is part of the job: "SDG stayed on schedule," wrote Chris B. in a Google review.

I-30, the Bush Turnpike and SH-66: Our Rowlett Coverage

This site does not yet show any Rowlett projects or Rowlett-tagged reviews, so there is no list of streets or past jobs here. What we can say is how we get there. I-635 to I-30 brings us to the south side of the city along the lake. The George Bush Turnpike runs through Rowlett down to I-30 and covers the west and north sides. SH-66 connects the older downtown area, at the eastern end of the DART Blue Line, with the lake crossing toward Rockwall. Waterview and the shoreline neighborhoods off Miller Road and Dalrock Road are on the same weekday schedule, and so are homes on the Rockwall County side of the city. Lake Ray Hubbard itself is a City of Dallas reservoir, so shoreline rules come from Dallas, while an interior remodel answers to Rowlett.

Around the lake, we also serve Sachse, Garland, Rockwall, Heath and Murphy. For layout ideas, see kitchen island ideas for ranch and tract homes.