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Who We Are

Carpenters by trade,owner-operated by choice.

We're a small Westmoreland County crew that keeps framing, build, and finish inside the firm. The person on your call is the person on your job — from the first walkthrough to the last switch plate.

Learn More About Us
A recent AllTrades Contracting Group kitchen remodel in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
Kitchen Remodel

  • Carpenters, Not Subs

    The crew that walks your house is the crew that builds it. Framing, trim, and finish stay in-house.

  • One Point of Contact

    The owner on site answers your questions. No account manager, no handoff, no telephone games.

  • A Real Number, Not a Brochure

    Priced against the actual work and written down. Changes get your sign-off before we start them.

  • Materials That Hold Up

    Specified for Westmoreland weather and daily use. An hour sourcing right beats a week warrantying wrong.

  • The Punch List Is the Punch List

    We finish what we start, down to the switch plate. Done means done around here.

  • Rooted Here, Working Here

    Based in Westmoreland County by people who know the county. Same-day drives across our service area.

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What We Build

Framed, built, and finishedby the same crew.

Eight service lines, one firm. The person on your call, the person in your kitchen on week one, and the person doing the final punch on week ten are the same people.

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Why Choose Us

The AllTradescommitment.

Four promises on every job. Non-negotiable, written into the contract, and the reason homeowners around Westmoreland call us back for the next one.

  • Clear Price Upfront

    The number we quote is the number you pay. Any change gets your sign-off before we start it.

  • One Crew, Start to Finish

    Same people from the first phone call to the last switch plate. No sub-switcheroo mid-project.

  • Weekly Updates, Plain English

    You know what happened last week, what's happening this week, and what's coming next on your job.

  • Finished Means Finished

    Switch plates, baseboards, paint touch-ups. We don't leave until the punch list is actually done.

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Our Process

Five honest steps,end to end.

Most remodels feel stressful because nobody walks you through what happens next. Here's exactly what happens next — start to finish.

Start a Project
01

Walkthrough

A working carpenter walks your space, looks at how the house is actually built, and listens to what you're trying to accomplish. No sales script, no clipboard tour.

02

Scope + Selections

We work with your designer, suppliers, and showroom partners on selections. If you don't have them, we introduce you to ours. The build team stays on-point throughout.

03

Real Number

Priced the way a carpenter prices — against the actual work and the actual materials. Written down and signed before anyone starts swinging a hammer.

04

Build

Framing to finish, same crew. Weekly updates in plain English. The person who walked your house in week one is the person on-site in week ten.

05

Punch List

Switch plates on, baseboards caulked, paint touched up. We don't leave until the list is actually done. Final walkthrough with you, in person.

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Recent Work

Projects you canwalk through.

A sample of what we’ve built across Westmoreland County — kitchens, baths, additions, decks, basements, and interior fit-outs. Every one framed, built, and finished by the same crew.

Start a Project Like These

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Verified Google Reviews

The word fromhomes and job sites.

5.0 out of 5 · 3 reviews

Written by the homeowners we've worked for across Westmoreland County. Every one verified on Google, every one pulled from the real feed.

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Read all reviews on GoogleStart a Project

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Investment Services

Transforming properties,creating opportunities.

We also work with property owners and real estate investors on acquisition, renovation, and redevelopment across Westmoreland County. One crew start to finish — fewer middlemen, a straighter line from a number on paper to a finished build.

  • Fix-and-Flip Project Management

    Scope, schedule, and finish calls handled by the same crew doing the build.

  • Distressed Property Acquisition

    Direct offers on vacant, inherited, or deferred-maintenance properties.

  • Investment Property Redevelopment

    Full gut renovations priced to the resale target, not to the brochure.

  • Sell Your Property to Us Directly

    A straight-across conversation when you want out without listing.

Start the ConversationCall 555-010-0100
A Westmoreland County investment property after renovation by AllTrades Contracting Group.
Before
After
Investor Project·Westmoreland County, PADrag to compare · before & after.

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Common Questions

What people askbefore they call.

The answers that come up most often. Something not covered here? Ask us on the first call — there's no wrong question.

Ask a Question
[ 01 ]Where do you work?

Harrison City and Penn Township, Murrysville, Irwin, North Huntingdon, Greensburg, Hempfield, Plum, Monroeville, Trafford, Level Green, White Oak and Jeannette. Close by but not listed? Call and we'll tell you.

[ 02 ]Are you licensed and insured?

Yes on both. Documentation goes to you before the contract is signed, and the certificate holder lines up to your name and address.

[ 03 ]Do you give free estimates?

Yes. A real walkthrough, a real number priced against the actual work, and the number written down before anyone swings a hammer.

[ 04 ]Residential or commercial — can you do both?

Both. Residential remodels are the core of what we do; small-to-mid commercial interior build-outs are a steady and growing side of the business.

[ 05 ]Do you handle design and selections?

We work with your designer, suppliers, and showroom partners on selections. If you don't have them, we introduce you to ours. Our job is the construction and installation.

[ 06 ]How long does a kitchen or bathroom usually take?

A single-room remodel typically runs 3–6 weeks from demo to final punch, depending on scope and selections. Additions and whole-homes run longer; we walk you through what to expect at the quote.

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Where We Build

Where you live.Where we build.

We work in the towns pinned below, from Plum and Monroeville out to Greensburg, and the Westmoreland and Allegheny County addresses in between. Not sure if we cover yours? Give us a call and we’ll tell you.

Service area may include adjacent municipalities on a case-by-case basis — call to confirm your address.

Start a ProjectCall 555-010-0100

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Get in Touch

Start the project.Call us today.

Tell us about the project in the form or give us a call. Either way, estimates are free and the number is the number — priced to the actual work, written down before anyone swings a hammer.

Request an Estimate

Tell us about your project.

We'll follow up within one business day with a walkthrough window and the next steps on getting a real number.

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555-010-0100

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Hours

Mon–Fri · 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM

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Shop

100 Sample St

Sampletown, PA 00000

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Kitchen remodel by AllTrades Contracting Group with wood cabinets, black counters and an island
In-house carpentry crew

Kitchen Remodelingin Westmoreland County, PA

The kitchen is where the day starts and ends, and it is usually the room that has fallen furthest behind. We open it up, frame it, set the cabinets and finish it, with our own crew from demo to final punch.

Start a ProjectCall 555-010-0100
5Google Rating
In-House Carpentry Crew
Layouts & Wall Removal
Licensed & Insured
Cabinets Set Plumb & Level
Free Kitchen Estimates
Islands, Pantries & Storage
500+ Projects Completed
Same Crew, Demo to Final Punch

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Penn Township · Westmoreland County

Remodeling Contractorin Harrison City, PA

The houses that went up around Harrison City in the nineties boom are thirty years in now, and the kitchens, baths and decks they came with are showing it. We frame, build and finish what comes next, out of our office in Trafford.

Start a ProjectCall 555-010-0100
ZIP code
15636
Median year built
1993
Permits & zoning
Penn Twp.

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The Work

The kitchen you want,built around your house.

Maybe the counter runs out the moment two people start cooking. Maybe the cabinets were here before you were, and the wall to the dining room makes the whole first floor feel smaller than it is.

We start with how you use the room, then look at how the house is built: what the walls carry, where the plumbing runs, what the floor will take. The person who walks it with you is the person who builds it.

Kitchen remodel by AllTrades with sage cabinets, an island and pendant lights

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What We Build

Every kind of kitchen job,start to finish.

Some kitchens need new cabinets and counters. Others need a wall gone and the layout rethought. This is the range of kitchen work we take on, all of it built by our own crew.

  • 01

    Full kitchen remodels

    Down to the studs and back. New layout, cabinets, counters, flooring and lighting, with framing, rough-in and finish handled by one crew so nothing falls between trades.

  • 02

    Layout changes & wall removal

    Opening the kitchen to the dining or family room. We confirm what the wall carries, frame in the beam, and patch the floor so it reads as one room.

  • 03

    Cabinets & countertops

    New boxes, doors and hardware, set plumb and level so every door closes true. Countertops templated to the cabinets we just hung, not guessed from a drawing.

  • 04

    Islands & seating

    An island built around how you cook and sit: prep space, storage and seating, with outlets and lighting run where the code and common sense put them.

  • 05

    Pantries & storage

    Walk-in pantries, tall storage and built-ins carved out of awkward corners, framed and trimmed to match the rest of the kitchen instead of looking added on later.

  • 06

    Flooring, lighting & finish

    Tile or wood laid on a flat subfloor, recessed and under-cabinet lighting, trim and paint. The details that make a new kitchen feel finished, not almost there.

  • 07

    Small & galley kitchens

    Tight rooms get the same care as big ones. We rework storage, lighting and the path between sink, range and fridge so a small kitchen cooks bigger than it looks.

  • 08

    Tile & backsplash

    Backsplashes, accent walls and tile floors set on a flat, sealed base, with the layout planned around outlets, windows and cabinet lines before the first tile goes up.

  • 09

    Range hoods & ventilation

    Range hoods vented outside, not into the attic, with the duct framed in cleanly and the hood sized to the range you actually cook on every night of the week.

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The Honest Version

What we findwhen the walls open up.

Every kitchen hides something. Knowing what we usually find is how a number stays a number, and how a surprise gets handled before it ever reaches your invoice.

01

Wiring

What we usually findCircuits sized for a kitchen from decades ago, with the microwave, dishwasher and disposal sharing one line.

What we do about itWe plan new circuits for how you use the room and run them before a single wall is closed.

02

The wall

What we usually findThe wall to the dining room turns out to be holding up the floor above, not just dividing two rooms.

What we do about itWe confirm what it carries before it comes out, size a beam to match, and frame it in.

03

The subfloor

What we usually findYears of small leaks at the sink and dishwasher, and a subfloor that has gone soft underneath them.

What we do about itWe open it up, repair the framing, and give the new floor a flat, solid base to sit on.

04

The plumbing

What we usually findDrains and vents running right where the new island or the relocated sink needs to go.

What we do about itWe map what is there first, so the layout you want is one the house can actually take.

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Who Does the Work

Your Harrison City job,our own carpenters.

Plenty of remodels in Penn Township are sold from a showroom and built by whoever bid lowest that month. Ours are built by the carpenters who walked your house, from the township permit to the last piece of trim.

The usual way

  • A salesperson quotes it, then hands it off
  • The work goes to the lowest-bid sub
  • A different crew at the door each week
  • Nobody you met is there for inspections

The AllTrades way

  • The carpenter who walks it builds it
  • Our own crew, from demo to trim
  • The same faces from week one to final punch
  • We book and meet every township inspection
Built in-houseDemoFramingDrywallTileFlooringTrimDecksWindows & Doors

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The Investment

What a kitchenusually costs.

Every kitchen is priced against its actual work, after a walkthrough. These ranges are where most of our kitchens land, so you have a sense of it before we meet.

Tier 01

Refresh

$20K – $40K

Same layout, new finishes

Typically includes

  • New cabinet doors & hardware
  • Countertops & backsplash
  • Updated light fixtures
  • Paint & trim touch-up
Most Common

Tier 02

Remodel

$40K – $75K

Same footprint, everything new

Everything in Refresh, plus

  • New cabinets, set plumb & level
  • New flooring, subfloor repaired
  • Plumbing & electrical updated
  • Recessed & under-cabinet lights

Tier 03

Reconfigure

$75K+

A new layout

Everything in Remodel, plus

  • Walls out, beam framed in
  • Sink & plumbing relocated
  • Island with seating & power
  • Electrical service updated

Every number is written after a walkthrough, priced against the actual work. These ranges are where kitchens begin, not where they are capped.

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Kitchen Work

Kitchenswe’ve built.

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The Rest of the Work

More of whatwe build.

A kitchen is often the first project in a house, not the last. The same crew builds baths, basements, additions and decks across Westmoreland County.

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What We Build Here

Eight kinds of work,one Harrison City crew.

Every service we offer runs in Penn Township, and each one meets a house from the eighties, nineties or 2000s sitting on clay. Here is what each kind of job tends to look like in the 15636.

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The Harrison City House

Built in the boom,thirty years in.

The kids who learned to ride bikes out front are grown, and the house is still wearing its first kitchen. Seven in ten homes in the 15636 went up between 1980 and 2009. These are the four places we open up first.

First-floor plan of a typical Harrison City house: attached garage and entry on the street side, living and dining rooms at the front, the kitchen and family room at the back, stairs up and stairs down to the basement, and a deck off the back of the house.1234
1980–200970% built
3–4 bed8 in 10 homes
~8 roomsPlus baths

  1. The first kitchen

    If the kitchen is original, the cabinets, counters and wiring are thirty-some years old. We take it to the studs, reframe what the new layout needs, and set the cabinets level.

  2. The basement

    The clay under these lots holds water, and the water table rises from late winter into spring. Before we frame a basement room, we find the seeps and handle the water first.

  3. The back deck

    A deck built with the house has taken thirty Western Pennsylvania winters. We check the ledger where it bolts to the house, then decide with you whether it is repaired or rebuilt.

  4. The front windows

    Windows from the nineties tend to fog between the panes and leak air at the sash. We pull them, repair any rot in the opening, flash it, and set the new unit square.

Figures: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024, ZIP code 15636. The drawing is an illustration, not a specific house. ZIP 15636 on Census Reporter (opens in a new tab)

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Around the 15636

Five cornersof Penn Township.

The township lists more than a dozen neighborhoods in its Harrison City ward alone, and they were not all built in the same decade. Five of them, and what a remodel there tends to involve.

  • Harrison City proper

    The village on Route 130

    A few blocks either side of Route 130, the village that named the ZIP. Some of the oldest houses in the 15636 stand here, and on those, old wiring and plaster walls tend to come with the job. We price them in before demo.

  • Ward 2 · Harrison Park Elementary

    Harrison Park

    The township spent $2.8 million on flood-control projects here, paid off in 2019. Water on the lot is the first thing we ask about in this neighborhood, before a basement gets framed or a patio gets poured against the house.

  • Final approval 2022

    Kistler Ridge

    One of the newest subdivisions in the 15636, given final approval in 2022. A house this new rarely needs its kitchen torn out. The work worth calling about comes after move-in: finishing the basement, a deck, a covered patio out back.

  • Ward 2 · a senior village

    Penn Crossings Senior Village

    A senior village in the Harrison City ward, where a remodel is usually about staying put: a walk-in shower where the tub was, blocking in the walls for grab bars, a doorway wide enough for a walker. Small jobs, done carefully.

  • Toward Bushy Run Battlefield

    Along Route 993

    Bushy Run Road heads out past the 1763 battlefield, now a state historic site. Sewer extensions are still being proposed along this road, so before an addition out here we confirm whether the lot is on public sewer or a septic system.

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The Year Here

Snow, thaw and storms,on clay ground.

The Pittsburgh area averages about 44 inches of snow a winter. It melts into clay in the spring, and summer storms drop more water at once than they used to. A house here takes all three, so we plan for all three.

  • Winter snow

    44 inSnow a year, Pittsburgh area

    Snow loads the roof and sits against deck posts, sills and the bottom of the siding for weeks. We frame covered patios and new roofs to carry it, and keep new wood up off the ground where drifts melt.

  • The spring thaw

    Jan–AprWater table at its highest

    As the snow melts, water sits high in the clay under these lots, and that is when basement walls seep. A basement we finish gets its drainage and moisture barrier planned for the wettest month, not the driest one.

  • Summer downpours

    +70%Very heavy PA rain, 1958–2012

    Very heavy rain has grown more common in Pennsylvania, and the township's flooding calls rose with it. Before we build against the house or finish anything below grade, we walk where the roof water and the yard water go.

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Where Else We Build

Past Penn Township,the rest of our list.

Harrison City is one of twelve places we work, from Plum and Monroeville out to Greensburg and Jeannette. The same carpenters build in all of them, out of our office in Trafford.

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Penn Township · 15636

Kitchen Remodelingin Harrison City, PA

Maybe it is the cabinets that came with the house, a counter that was fine for two, or the wall that keeps whoever is cooking out of the conversation. In Harrison City, our carpenters rebuild that kitchen from the studs out.

Plan Your KitchenCall 555-010-0100

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Kitchens in the 15636

What Harrison Cityasks of a kitchen.

What a Harrison City family wants from a kitchen remodel depends on the house: when it was built, who lives in it, and how long they have been there. Six requests that fit the 15636, and how we build each one.

  1. Replacing the builder's kitchen

    Builders put up seven of every ten houses now standing in the 15636 between 1980 and 2009, and the nineties alone account for nearly a third. If your kitchen is still the first one, everything in it is the same age as the house.

    How we build it

    We start with what is worth keeping. Sound cabinet boxes can sometimes be refinished; tired ones come out, and new ones go in plumb and level. Counters are measured off the cabinets once they are set.

    What a full kitchen remodel includes

  2. A kitchen for the next twenty years

    More than half of Harrison City's homeowners are 55 or older, and nearly four in ten moved in before 2000. For a lot of them, the ask is a kitchen that stays easy: less bending, more light, room to move.

    How we build it

    Drawers where the low cabinet doors were, pull-outs in the corners, a wider path between the island and the counter, and light under every wall cabinet. All of it planned into the layout from the first walkthrough.

    Kitchen layouts and storage

  3. Opening up to the dining room

    If a wall stands between your kitchen and the dining room, it is usually the first thing you want gone. The goal is simple: cooking dinner without being shut out of the conversation at the table.

    How we build it

    Cutting a load-bearing wall is not an ordinary repair under Pennsylvania's building code, so it goes through Penn Township's permit office. We find out what the wall carries, pick the beam that carries it, and frame the opening.

    Wall removal and layout changes

  4. An island with seats and power

    Kitchen islands are among the most-searched kitchen terms in Westmoreland County, and a good share of those searches ask for seating. In Harrison City that usually means a place for homework, coffee, or keeping the cook company.

    How we build it

    We size the island to the walkways around it, then plan its outlets and lights early, because new wiring is permitted work in Penn Township. The permit goes in before demo, not after the island is built.

    Islands and seating

  5. Switching to a gas range

    Ninety-one percent of homes in the 15636 heat with gas from the utility, so there is usually a gas line in the house already. That puts a gas range, or a cooktop on a new island, within reach of most Harrison City kitchens.

    How we build it

    New or moved gas piping is permitted and inspected work, so we plan its route along with the layout. The range goes in flush with the counters on either side, under a hood vented outdoors.

    Range hoods and ventilation

  6. Finishing a newer kitchen

    Not every kitchen here is thirty years old. More than a quarter of the 15636's houses were built after 2000, and Kistler Ridge won final approval in 2022. In those houses the ask is smaller: a backsplash, better light, a real pantry.

    How we build it

    Tile laid out around the outlets before the first piece goes up, lights wired into the wall instead of taped under the cabinets, and pantry cabinets built into corners that hold nothing now.

    Backsplash, lighting and pantries

Figures: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024, ZIP code 15636. Island searches: Google Keyword Planner, Westmoreland County, October 2025 to September 2026. Kistler Ridge approval: Penn Township.

The rest of the job

How it runs, what it costs and who builds it are on our main kitchen remodeling page.

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A Kitchen in Penn Township

Three things the townshipadds to a kitchen.

None of these change what your kitchen looks like. They change what gets filed, what goes down the drain, and when the saws can run, so it is better to know them before demo day.

  1. 4Changes that need a permit

    Penn Township permits

    Harrison City has no borough hall of its own, so kitchen permits come from Penn Township's community development staff on Municipal Court. Under the state code, moving a wall, a sink, a gas line or wiring needs one. We prepare the application, file it, and meet the inspector.

    34 Pa. Code §403.62 (opens in a new tab)

  2. ½ inchLargest piece the sewer takes

    Sewer, septic and the disposal

    On Penn Township's public sewer, a disposal is fine if it grinds food fine: the rules allow no piece over half an inch, and bar grease that clogs lines. Out along Route 993, where the township is still weighing new sewer lines, we confirm sewer or septic before adding one.

    Penn Township sewer rules, §133-34 (opens in a new tab)

  3. 7 a.m.–9 p.m.Construction hours, township code

    When the crew can work

    Penn Township's code bars construction work between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m., and remodeling inside a house counts. Inside those hours, we set the working day with you before demo, around school runs, work calls from the dining table, and the nights you still need to cook.

    Penn Township Code §63-2 (opens in a new tab)

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Other Services

Past the kitchen,the rest of the house.

Kitchens are one job on our list. Around Harrison City, the same carpenters take on baths, basements, attics, additions, windows and decks. Each card below goes to that service's page.

Building in Harrison CityNeighborhoods around Harrison City