From opening up a closed-off 1950s kitchen to a full gut with new layout, cabinets, tile and lighting, our carpenters handle the structure and the finish work themselves, so the schedule holds and the details line up.
The kitchens in Missoula's older neighborhoods were built for a different kind of family. A 1948 house in Lewis and Clark has a galley kitchen closed off from the dining room, a single 15-amp circuit and cabinets that stop a foot short of the ceiling. Constructive Brothers remodels those kitchens as a carpentry job first. We take out the wall between kitchen and dining room with a properly sized beam, correct the floor where the old linoleum sat on three layers of subfloor, and frame new openings and soffits so cabinets hang on solid backing. Then our own crew installs the cabinets, tile, trim and flooring while a licensed electrician brings the circuits up to current code.
Materials get chosen for how a Missoula kitchen actually gets used. Quartz counters hold up to the sandy grit that comes in off the trails, LVP or porcelain tile floors survive wet boots better than site-finished hardwood, and a vented range hood matters more here than in most towns because windows stay shut through smoke season and January alike. We work with local cabinet shops as well as semi-custom lines, and we will tell you where the money is best spent: usually on layout and cabinet quality, rarely on the fancy faucet. Every kitchen gets a fixed-scope quote with allowances spelled out, a written schedule and the same crew from demo day to the last piece of shoe molding.
A mid-range kitchen remodel in Missoula runs $45,000 to $90,000, and a full gut with layout changes, custom cabinets and a removed bearing wall runs $90,000 to $160,000, with cabinet grade and structural work being the two biggest variables.
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Opening a wall between the kitchen and living room is where most kitchen remodels go wrong. We identify bearing walls before quoting, size the beam with an engineer, and carry the load to the foundation so the ceiling never sags.
Cabinet runs only look right when the wall behind them is flat and the floor under them is level. We shim, plane or refloat the walls before install, set the base cabinets to a laser line, and scribe the fillers so the 3-inch gap at the end of the run never happens.
Old Missoula kitchens rarely have the two 20-amp small-appliance circuits, GFCI protection and dedicated range and dishwasher circuits the code now requires. We coordinate the electrician during rough-in so the panel work is done once and the inspection passes without a return trip.
Our crew sets the backsplash and lays the floor, so the tile lines run true to the cabinets and the flooring transitions are planned rather than patched. Nobody waits a week for a tile sub to fit you in.
We measure the room, check what the walls are carrying, and talk through how you cook and where the family lands at dinner. From that we sketch two or three layouts with honest pros and cons.
You pick cabinets, counters, tile and fixtures with our help, and we lock them into a written quote with allowances. Cabinets get ordered early because lead times in western Montana run six to ten weeks.
We set up a temporary kitchen for you, strip the old room, handle any structural changes, and get electrical and plumbing roughed in and inspected before the walls close.
Cabinets go in, counters get templated and installed, then backsplash, flooring, trim and lighting finish the room. We do the final inspection and walk-through and leave you cooking in it.
Based in Missoula. One crew and one standard of work from Frenchtown to Hamilton, up the Blackfoot and over to Seeley Lake.
Whole-house and multi-room renovations for Missoula's older housing stock, run by the carpenters who do the work. We open walls and fix what the last owner hid, then finish to a standard that passes inspection the first time.
Learn more →Porcelain and ceramic tile, LVP, engineered and solid hardwood, and heated floors installed by carpenters who fix the subfloor first, so the tile does not crack and the planks do not gap when Missoula's winter air dries the house out.
Learn more →Baseboard, casing, crown, wainscot, built-ins and stair parts fitted by carpenters who scribe to wavy old plaster instead of hiding gaps under a bead of caulk. Paint-grade or stain-grade, matched to the age of your house.
Learn more →Free on-site walkthrough. A fixed-scope quote in writing. Work that passes inspection the first time.
Send us a few photos and a rough idea of the project. You will get a real number from a real carpenter, usually within one business day.
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