Aging-in-Place & Accessible Remodeling in O'Fallon, Missouri

O'Fallon homes and this kind of project

An accessibility remodel in O'Fallon means working in two-stories and atrium ranches from the 1985 to 2010 boom, so on our first visit we look at the route from the car to the bedroom and bath, door widths and every step along the way.

The housing stock here: mostly 1985 to 2010 production two-stories, ranches and atrium ranches, with older ranches and bungalows near the original town center.

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

What we find inside O'Fallon homes

The typical O'Fallon kitchen has honey oak cabinets, a peninsula and a breakfast nook, with a formal dining room on the other side of a wall. Homeowners commonly ask to remove that wall and build a large island. Hall baths have one-piece fiberglass tubs ready for conversion.

One-piece fiberglass tubs, cultured marble vanity tops and corner whirlpools define bathrooms in O'Fallon 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 O'Fallon 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 O'Fallon, from old town O'Fallon to WingHaven and Twin Chimneys.

What we watch for

Garage-to-house entries in O'Fallon 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.

O'Fallon properties tend to be established subdivision lots with fenced rear yards, 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 O'Fallon

The City of O'Fallon building division is where we file for an accessibility remodel in O'Fallon, and the job will see inspections for structural, plumbing and electrical changes.

Being inside the house, this project is unlikely to need sign-off from neighborhood HOAs and, in WingHaven, a master association, but we confirm any rules on containers and work hours.

Schedule and getting to you

Most O'Fallon clients see two to four weeks for a bathroom of construction for an accessibility remodel.

From our Wentzville base, O'Fallon is fifteen minutes or so east on I-70 or I-64. That is close enough that your project lead can stop by most days.

What moves the price in O'Fallon

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

• 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.
• Whether a main-floor bedroom suite is a conversion or an addition.

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 O'Fallon page.