Make your Palos Heights home work for the years ahead, with doorways widened, grab bars anchored into solid wood and the walls finished as if nothing moved.
Staying in a house longer usually means a few framing changes: a bathroom doorway wide enough for a walker, grab bars by the toilet and in the shower, a railing along a hallway. A grab bar is only as strong as what it screws into, so we open the wall and add solid wood blocking between the studs before anything is mounted. Widening a door means cutting the opening, framing a new header sized for the span and hanging a wider door. We finish the drywall around all of it and leave the wall ready for paint.
Palos Heights is on our regular route, reached on Route 83 and Harlem Avenue, with 127th Street and Ridgeland Avenue running through the city past Lake Katherine. It is a Cook County city that borders Palos Park and Orland Park. In a ranch house, or any home with the main bath on the first floor, the bathroom is usually the first room people want to change. We look at the wall behind the toilet and tub, the door width and the swing, and give you a plan that fits the room.
We open the wall, add solid wood blocking at the heights you need and patch it, so the bars mount into wood, not anchors.
We cut the opening wider, frame a properly sized header, and hang a wider door with new trim.
Hallway and stair railings get continuous blocking behind the drywall so the brackets hold.
Doorways that swing the wrong way or sit in the wrong spot get framed in and moved.
Bathroom walls opened for blocking go back with moisture-resistant board, and tile areas with backer board.
Every opening we cut is patched, taped and finished so it does not show once the wall is painted.
We visit, measure the door widths and talk through who will be using the space and how, then write up each change with its price. If opening a wall turns up a pipe or wire in the way, we price the reroute in writing and wait for your yes. The work is scheduled on the days we said, with the bathroom out of service for as few days as the scope allows. Floors are covered, dust stays in the room, and we test every grab bar with you before we leave.
Call or text (815) 585-1750, tell us which room you want to start with, and we will come measure and price it in writing.
Call or text (815) 585-1750
Email matt@onitcc.com