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Kitchen Remodeling in Bay City, MI
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Kitchen Remodeling in Bay City, MI

Kitchen Remodeling · Bay City, MI

Small kitchen updates and full gut remodels in older homes

Kitchen remodeling in Bay City usually means working in an older house. The median home here was built around 1941, and kitchens from that time tend to be small and closed off. We plan the new layout with you, then take the old kitchen out and build the new one back. The job can be a small update or a full gut remodel down to the studs.

Contracting Pros is based in Bay City and does kitchen remodeling across the Great Lakes Bay Region. We do the tear-out ourselves, because demolition is our core trade. Licensed trades handle the plumbing, electrical and gas work, and we run their schedule. Bathrooms go through our bathroom remodeling service, while basements and whole-home jobs run through home remodeling.

What We Handle

  • Kitchen layout planning with you before any tear-out starts
  • Tear-out of old cabinets, countertops, flooring and plaster, down to the studs when needed
  • Opening up or moving walls, with a header or beam sized for the span on load-bearing walls
  • New wall framing, plus drywall hanging, taping and finishing
  • Kitchen cabinet installation, shimmed level and plumb in rooms that are out of square
  • Countertop installation, with stone tops measured and cut by a fabricator
  • Tile backsplashes and tile or luxury vinyl plank kitchen floors
  • Licensed plumbing, electrical and gas trades, scheduled by us as the general contractor

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What kitchen remodelers plan for in older Bay City homes

About half of the homes in Bay City were built before 1940. A house that old has had a long time to settle. Walls run out of square, and floors are rarely level.

More turns up once the old cabinets come off the wall. Plaster, old wiring and old supply lines often sit behind them. We tell you what we expect to find at the estimate. After the tear-out, we go over the open walls with you before anything new covers them.

Opening up a closed kitchen often means taking out a wall. A wall that carries load gets a header or beam sized for the span. That is typically permit work. We frame the new opening and hang the drywall, the same framing and drywall work we do on additions.

Kitchen cabinet installation, countertops and tile

You choose the cabinets, and we install them. Kitchen cabinet installation starts at the high point of the floor. In an older house the floor and walls are rarely true, so the cabinets get shimmed level and plumb. That gives the countertop a flat, even base.

We install the countertops once the base cabinets are set. A stone top is measured and cut by a fabricator. The fabricator measures after the cabinets are in, so the stone fits them as they sit.

A tile backsplash goes up after the countertops. On the floor, tile and luxury vinyl plank both hold up to a kitchen's spills and traffic. We also lay floors as a job of their own through our flooring installation service.

Small kitchen remodel or full gut: how the job runs

It starts with a free estimate. We come out to look at the kitchen and plan the layout with you. A small kitchen remodel might keep the sink and range in place and replace the cabinets, countertops and floor. A full gut remodel takes the room to the studs and can move walls, plumbing and gas lines.

The tear-out is interior demolition, and we clean up the debris as we go. Wall changes get framed next. With the walls open, the licensed trades run their new lines under the job's permits. Drywall goes up once that rough work is done.

Cabinets, countertops, backsplash and floor go in after the drywall. The trades come back for the final hookups at the sink and the appliances. We run that whole schedule as your general contractor and finish with a walkthrough of the new kitchen.

Base cabinets being set level with long levels during a kitchen cabinet installation Remodeled kitchen with gray cabinets, a subway tile backsplash and a stone island

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How We Work

How a Job With Contracting Pros Runs

From the first call or text to the final walkthrough of the finished work, here is how it goes.

1

Call or text

Tell us what needs to come down and where the property sits. Call or text (501) 520-1783 and we will set a time to look.

2

Site visit and estimate

We look at the structure, the access and what sits around it. Then you get a free estimate for the demolition.

3

Permits and prep

Utilities get shut off and capped, and a MISS DIG 811 dig notice typically goes in. We pull the demolition permit and the historic district approval where Bay City calls for one. An asbestos survey and state notification get ordered when the rules cover the building.

4

The teardown

The structure comes down with our equipment, in pieces where the site is tight. Debris gets loaded out as the work goes.

5

Cleanup and walkthrough

The hole gets filled, compacted and topped with soil and seed. Then we go over the finished site with you before we leave.

FAQ

Kitchen Remodeling Questions, Answered

Common questions about kitchen remodeling across the Great Lakes Bay Region. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.

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How much does a kitchen remodel cost in Bay City?
It comes down to how much of the room changes. Moving the sink, the range or a wall typically adds trade work and permits, so keeping the layout costs less. The cabinets and countertops you pick move the number too. Estimates are free, so call or text (501) 520-1783.
Do I need a permit to remodel a kitchen in Bay City?
Michigan's residential code lists cabinets, countertops and tile as finish work that typically needs no building permit. Moving a wall that carries load, or changing plumbing, wiring or gas lines, typically needs a permit. We handle the permits for our part of the job or guide you through them. The local building official has the final say.
Does a kitchen renovation contractor need a license in Michigan?
Typically, yes. Michigan licenses the contractors who repair, alter, add to or improve a home for pay. Those are the state's residential builder and maintenance and alteration contractor licenses. Contracting Pros is licensed and insured.
Can you take out the wall between my kitchen and dining room?
Often, yes. If the wall carries load, a header or beam sized for the span carries it instead. That is typically permit work, and we handle the permit. Any pipes, wires or ducts inside the wall get moved by the licensed trades before it comes out.
Do you do the plumbing and electrical work too?
Contractors licensed in those trades do that work, gas lines included. We schedule them as the general contractor. They run new lines while the walls are open and come back for the final hookups. Our part is the tear-out, framing, drywall, cabinets, countertops and tile.
How long does a kitchen remodel take?
It depends on how much changes. A small update that keeps the layout goes faster than a full gut that moves walls and lines. Permits, the licensed trades and any stone fabricator all have to fit the schedule. We set the order of work before demo day, so you know what comes when.
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Why Choose Contracting Pros

Built Tough. Built Right. Built to Work.

Licensed and insured

Contracting Pros is licensed and insured for the work we take on. The paperwork is available before a job starts.

Residential and commercial

We tear down houses, garages, barns and sheds for homeowners. We also handle small commercial buildings and interior demo for businesses.

Demolition through rebuild

One demolition contractor takes the structure down and puts the new one up. That keeps the schedule and the site under a single plan.

Free estimates across the region

Estimates are free anywhere in our working radius around Bay City. That covers the Great Lakes Bay Region and the counties around it.

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Tell us what needs to come down and where the property is. Call or text (501) 520-1783, or send the details through the form and we will get back to you.

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