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Remodels & Additions in Fort Wayne & Grabill, Indiana

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// Remodels & Additions

Built To Match The Rest Of The House

A remodel that doesn't match the rest of the home looks like exactly what it is: a patch job. GNG handles kitchens, bathrooms, basements, and additions as full construction projects, with the same crew that handles our structural and roofing work.

The two rooms people call about most have their own pages: kitchen remodeling and bathroom remodeling. When a project needs structural work and framing, that is the same crew too. See all of our services.

// Remodeling Services

Pick The Room You're Remodeling

Kitchens and bathrooms are our most requested remodels, but basements and additions are built the same way.

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Kitchen Remodeling

Layout changes, cabinets, counters, and the structural work behind them.

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Bathroom Remodeling

Full gut renovations to smaller refreshes, plumbing and electrical included.

// Know The Signs

Signs It's Time To Remodel

Your kitchen or bathroom layout hasn't changed since the home was built
You're renovating to sell and want it to look updated, not dated
A growing family needs more usable space
Outdated plumbing or electrical behind the walls
You want an addition instead of moving
Storm or water damage opened up a bigger renovation opportunity

// Definition

Refresh, Gut, Or Layout Change?

Three different projects, and they are not on a smooth price curve.

Remodels come in three sizes and it is worth knowing which one you are asking for. A refresh replaces finishes and leaves everything else where it is: paint, flooring, fixtures, maybe cabinet doors. A gut takes the room back to the studs and rebuilds it in the same footprint, which is where plumbing, wiring, and waterproofing get corrected. A layout change moves walls, plumbing, or both, and it is the only one of the three that touches structure and permitting in a serious way.

The price gap between them is not gradual. Going from a refresh to a gut roughly changes what trades are involved; going from a gut to a layout change adds engineering questions, permits, and the possibility that the wall you want gone is holding the roof up. None of that is a reason not to do it. It is a reason to decide which project you are actually funding before anyone starts demolition.

We scope a remodel in that order: what has to change, what you would like to change, and what is going to have to change once the drywall is off an older house.

// Straight Answers

Remodeling Questions, Answered

Can we live in the house during a remodel?

For most single-room remodels, yes. A kitchen remodel is the hardest to live through, because it takes out the room the household runs on, so set up a temporary sink, refrigerator, and microwave before demolition day. A bathroom remodel is manageable with a second bathroom and difficult without one. Additions are usually easiest, since the work stays outside the existing envelope until the tie-in.

How does an addition tie into the existing house?

In five places, and all five have to be right. The foundation has to match the existing footing depth so the two structures settle together. The framing has to key into the existing wall. The roof has to shed water cleanly at the intersection instead of dumping a valley over a wall. Siding and trim have to match or transition deliberately. And the HVAC and electrical have to be checked for capacity. Miss any of them and the addition reads as an addition forever.

What does a remodel cost depend on?

Scope first: a refresh, a full gut, and a layout change are three different projects in the same room. After that it is whether plumbing or electrical has to move, whether a wall being removed is load bearing, the condition of what is behind the drywall, and the finish level you pick. Older homes carry more unknowns, because what is inside those walls was not necessarily built the way anyone would build it today.

Do I need a permit for a remodel?

It depends on what the work touches, and the rule is set by the city or county the house sits in rather than by the state. Cosmetic work generally does not require one. Moving or adding plumbing and electrical, altering structure, and building an addition generally do. We pull whatever the local jurisdiction requires and schedule the inspections, so it is not something you have to work out yourself.

Should I remodel or build an addition?

Remodel when the space you need already exists but is laid out badly, and add on when the house genuinely runs out of square footage. Reworking an existing footprint is almost always the cheaper path, because there is no new foundation, no new roof, and no exterior tie-in. An addition is worth it when no amount of moving walls creates the room you need. We price both when a project sits on that line so you can compare instead of guess.

How do you protect the rest of the house?

Dust containment, floor protection, and a defined path in and out. On a gut, the work area gets sealed off so drywall dust does not travel through the house and into the furnace. Floors along the route from the door to the work get covered. Registers in the work area get closed off so the HVAC system is not distributing debris through the whole house. It is unglamorous and it is the difference between one remodeled room and a house you have to clean top to bottom.

// Who Does The Work

One Amish-Owned Crew, Framing Through Finish

GNG Roofing & Construction is an Amish-owned family business in Grabill, Indiana, and remodeling is where that shows up most directly. A remodel is the job most often broken into pieces: one company demos, another frames, a third does the plumbing, and a fourth arrives to hang cabinets on walls nobody has checked. We keep it under one crew, so the person who opens the wall is the person who closes it.

That crew is the same one that does our structural work and framing and our roofing, which matters when a remodel turns structural or an addition needs a roof tied in. We have been building in Northeast Indiana for more than 34 years, we are licensed and insured, and the work carries a 10-year craftsmanship warranty. Google reviewers rate us 4.9 out of 5 across 30 reviews.

If you are weighing a large renovation against starting over, our custom home building page covers the other side of that. Read about the family behind GNG.

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// FAQ

Remodeling Questions

Can you handle structural changes, not just cosmetic updates? ▾

Yes. We're a full construction crew, so removing walls, relocating plumbing, and other structural work and framing is handled in-house.

Do you do additions as well as remodels? ▾

Yes, additions, basements, kitchens, and baths are all part of what we build.

How do you keep a remodel matching the rest of the house? ▾

We build additions and remodels to tie into the existing structure and finishes, not sit on top of it looking patched on.

Can we live in the house during a remodel? ▾

For most single-room remodels, yes. A kitchen remodel is the hardest to live through, because it takes out the room the household runs on, so set up a temporary sink, refrigerator, and microwave before demolition day. A bathroom remodel is manageable with a second bathroom and difficult without one. Additions are usually the easiest, since the work stays outside the existing envelope until the tie-in.

Do I need a permit for a remodel? ▾

It depends on what the work touches, and the rule is set by the city or county the house sits in rather than by the state. Cosmetic work generally does not require one. Moving or adding plumbing and electrical, altering structure, and building an addition generally do. We pull whatever the local jurisdiction requires and schedule the inspections.

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