Aging-in-Place & Accessible Remodeling in Des Peres, Missouri

Des Peres homes and this kind of project

Because Des Peres is made up of original ranches and the large new homes replacing them, the first thing we check for an accessibility remodel here is the route from the car to the bedroom and bath, door widths and every step along the way.

The housing stock here: a mix of mid-century ranches and large homes built since 2000.

A single-level ranch is the ideal starting point for aging in place.

What we find inside Des Peres homes

In original houses, whole-floor renovation is common. In new ones, work is personalization: built-ins, millwork and upgraded baths.

The pink, blue and green tile bathrooms of Des Peres's mid-century homes were set in mortar over wire lath, and they come out by the bucket. Underneath are cast iron and galvanized lines at the end of their service life. We replace piping, add a fan where none existed and rebuild.

What is included

In Des Peres we build zero-threshold showers, install blocking and grab bars, widen doorways, flatten thresholds, build ramps and landings, convert main-floor rooms to bedrooms with accessible baths, improve lighting and swap hardware throughout.

We take on accessibility remodel work in and around neighborhoods off Manchester, Ballas and Dougherty Ferry roads.

What we watch for

Garage-to-house entries in Des Peres usually have two or three steps. A ramp inside the garage needs length, so we measure the rise before anyone counts on parking two cars afterward.

Des Peres properties tend to be lots where coverage limits are a real constraint, and that affects how we stage materials, where carpenters, a plumber, an electrician and a tile setter park and how debris leaves the site.

Permits and approvals in Des Peres

In Des Peres, an accessibility remodel is reviewed by the City of Des Peres. What follows is inspections for structural, plumbing and electrical changes.

Interior work like this normally does not involve lot-coverage and height limits, though dumpsters and working hours sometimes do, and we check.

Schedule and getting to you

On site, an accessibility remodel in Des Peres generally runs two to four weeks for a bathroom.

Des Peres sits toward the edge of our range: I-64 to I-270 south, about forty minutes. We group trade visits and deliveries carefully for projects at that distance, and we take them on when the scope justifies a dedicated crew.

What moves the price in Des Peres

We price aging-in-place & accessible remodeling in Des Peres from a site visit, not a square-foot figure. These are the items that change the number.

• Number of doorways widened, particularly in bearing walls.
• Ramp length. Code slope is one inch of rise per foot of run, so a twenty-four-inch rise needs twenty-four feet of ramp.

More detail

Our step-by-step method for this work, and the factors that move its price, are laid out on the main aging-in-place & accessible remodeling page. More about the area is on our Des Peres page.