Haltom City Remodeling Contractor

Remodeling Houses in Haltom City

Haltom City is where we are based, so a walk-through here is a short drive. The city filled in fast after it incorporated in 1949, and the housing numbers still show it. About half of the homes in town were built before 1980, and the 1950s is the single biggest decade. That means a lot of one-story ranch plans with a closed kitchen, one small hall bath, and a garage that has already been half converted by a previous owner.

We work the streets around Browning Heights, Buffalo Ridge, Diamond Oaks, Meadow Oaks, Fossil Ridge and the old Birdville area, along with everything between Denton Highway and Belknap Street.

What the Older Houses Need

A 1950s or 1960s kitchen in Haltom City is usually boxed in on three sides. The fix most people want is the wall between the kitchen and the living room gone, a peninsula or island in its place, and new cabinets on the two walls that stay. We check which walls carry load before we quote it, because on these plans the kitchen wall often does.

Bathrooms from this era are small. The common job is pulling the tub, building a tile shower with a bench, and moving the vanity a few inches so the door swings clean. We also replace the galvanized supply lines we find behind the wall while it is open.

• Kitchen remodeling with a wall removed to open the room to the den.
• Tub to shower conversions in the hall bath.
• Plank flooring over the slab after the old tile and carpet come out.
• Finishing a garage that a prior owner enclosed but never insulated.

Permits in Haltom City

The City of Haltom City handles residential building permits through its Planning and Community Development department. Cosmetic work like paint and cabinets does not need one. Moving a wall, running new circuits, changing plumbing or converting a garage does. We file the application, meet the inspector at each stage, and close the permit out before the last invoice.

How a Haltom City Job Runs

Because we are local, we can come look soon after you call. We measure the room, take photos, and talk through what stays and what goes. You get a written scope with the materials named. Once you approve it, demo begins on the agreed day and the same crew stays through paint.

On older houses we plan for surprises. Slab cracks under the old tile, a rotted sill under a window, aluminum wiring in a 1970s addition. We tell you what we found and what it costs to fix before we cover it back up.

Floors, Paint and the Outside of the House

Flooring in a Haltom City ranch usually means three layers coming out: carpet, the sheet vinyl under it, and sometimes the original tile under that. We take it to the slab, grind the high spots, fill the low ones and lay plank or tile on a floor that is actually flat. That prep step is what separates a floor that lasts from one that clicks and gaps within a year.

Paint follows every job. On these houses that includes scraping the ceilings, filling the nail pops that show up after decades of slab movement, and caulking the trim before the first coat. Outside, the common calls are brick repointing at the corners, new fascia and soffit where the old wood has gone soft, and a front door and porch that make the house look cared for from the street.

We also handle the small commercial spaces along Denton Highway and Belknap Street: drywall, paint, flooring and a restroom brought up to code for a new tenant.

Nearby Cities

From Haltom City we are minutes from North Richland Hills to the east, Fort Worth to the west and south, and Keller up Denton Highway. We take jobs in all three every month.