Remodeling and general contracting in Augusta, Missouri

The housing in Augusta

Nineteenth-century brick and frame houses in town, farmhouses, and custom rural homes.

A whole-house renovation of an older Augusta home starts with the systems: knob-and-tube or cloth wiring, galvanized pipe, gravity-era ductwork and little insulation. We sequence that work so original floors, trim and plaster survive it.

Basements and foundations

Historic homes have stone cellars that should stay cellars: dry them, light them and use them for storage or wine. Newer rural homes have conventional basements that finish normally.

Old foundations in Augusta were built to keep a house up, not to keep a room dry. Stone and early concrete walls breathe and weep. Where ceiling height and moisture allow a finish at all, we use assemblies that let the wall dry and keep organic materials away from it. Where they do not, we say so and help you put the money into a better place.

Kitchens, baths and interiors

Old houses call for careful work around plaster, original floors and trim. We upgrade wiring, plumbing and insulation while keeping what makes the house worth owning.

Kitchens in the older houses of Augusta were service rooms at the back. Bringing one up to date means finding space, often from a pantry, porch or adjacent room, and threading new wiring, plumbing and ventilation through plaster and balloon framing without wrecking the trim and floors that give the house its value.

Decks, additions and exteriors

Porch restoration, wood siding repair and historically suitable windows are common in town. On rural properties, decks and pavilions are oriented to valley views.

A front porch is part of the architecture of an older Augusta house, and rebuilding one means matching column profiles, railing heights and beadboard ceilings, often under historic review. Rear decks and porches have more freedom, but we still design them to suit the house.

Permits in Augusta

Augusta has its own town government, and surrounding rural parcels fall under St. Charles County.

We prepare the drawings, submit the application, meet the inspectors and close the permit. If your subdivision has an architectural committee, we put together that package as well. Our permit guide and HOA approval guide explain both processes.

Services in Augusta