Aging-in-Place & Accessible Remodeling in Harvester, Missouri

Harvester homes and this kind of project

Our first visit for an accessibility remodel in Harvester is spent on the route from the car to the bedroom and bath, door widths and every step along the way, which tells us how 1970s to 1990s ranches and two-stories were put together.

The housing stock here: 1970s to 1990s ranches and two-stories in established subdivisions, with some newer infill.

Two-stories of this era need a main-floor bedroom and full bath carved from a dining room or office.

What we find inside Harvester homes

Closed kitchens with soffits, fluorescent box lighting and peninsula layouts are common. Removing soffits and opening a wall changes these homes a great deal.

One-piece fiberglass tubs, cultured marble vanity tops and corner whirlpools define bathrooms in Harvester homes of this period. Tile was often set over moisture-resistant drywall, which has since failed. Everything wet gets rebuilt from the studs.

What is included

In Harvester 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 across Harvester, from neighborhoods along Harvester Road and Caulks Hill Road to the Highway 94 and Jungermann Road area.

What we watch for

Garage-to-house entries in Harvester 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.

Working on leafy, established subdivision lots, as we do in Harvester, we plan access for carpenters, a plumber, an electrician and a tile setter before the first delivery arrives.

Permits and approvals in Harvester

For an accessibility remodel at a Harvester address, the paperwork goes to St. Charles County, because Harvester is unincorporated. Expect inspections for structural, plumbing and electrical changes.

Interior work like this normally does not involve subdivision trustees in some neighborhoods, though dumpsters and working hours sometimes do, and we check.

Schedule and getting to you

Plan on two to four weeks for a bathroom of site work for an accessibility remodel in Harvester, once permits and materials are in hand.

Harvester is a little under half an hour by I-70 or Highway 364 from our Wentzville base. We plan crew days and deliveries around that drive so you get full working days on site.

What moves the price in Harvester

We price aging-in-place & accessible remodeling in Harvester 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 Harvester page.