Residential · Sheet A-202
Remodels, Additions and Basement Finishing in Northwest Arkansas
Kitchen and bathroom renovations, basement finishing and home additions, built on the same site preparation, foundation and framing work Trade Pro does for new structures.
Chapter 01
Start with the rooms that work hardest
Most remodels begin with one room that stopped keeping up: a kitchen with cabinets that no longer fit how the household cooks, a bathroom that has been patched more than once, a basement that holds boxes instead of people, or a house that is simply a bedroom short. The useful first question is not what to tear out but which rooms get used most and which of them is costing the household the most every day.
Trade Pro Construction lists general construction and remodeling as one scope, covering site preparation, foundation work, structural framing, exterior finishing, interior upgrades, kitchen and bathroom renovations, basement finishing and home additions. Starting with the highest-use rooms means the money goes where the house feels the difference first, and later phases can follow without redoing earlier work.
Trade Pro technician at a yard cleanout beside a rural Northwest Arkansas home and pasture
Site preparation, foundation and framing come first
A home addition is a small new building that has to be tied into an old one. It begins outside, with site preparation and a foundation that suits the ground and the house: slab, crawl space or a full basement, the three options Trade Pro names for foundation work. The new foundation has to sit correctly against the existing one, and the ground around it has to shed water away from both.
Structural framing follows, and this is where an addition is won or lost. The new roofline has to meet the old one without a valley that collects water, floor heights have to line up so there is no step where nobody expects one, and openings cut into an existing wall need proper support before the wall is touched. Exterior finishing, meaning siding, windows and roofs, then closes the new work in and makes it read as part of the house rather than a bolt-on.
Trade Pro does this on the same footing as its new construction, which is why a remodel or addition is not treated as a lesser job than a new structure. The framing crew, the foundation work and the exterior trades are the same ones either way.
Chapter 03
Interior upgrades, finished basements and the final walk-through
Once the structure is sound and closed in, the interior goes in: rough work behind the walls, sheetrock hung, taped and mudded, texture and paint, and cabinetry fitted to the room. Kitchens and bathrooms concentrate the most trades into the least space, so the sequence matters more there than anywhere else in the house. Cabinets cannot be set until the walls are finished, and the finished walls cannot be painted until the plumbing and electrical behind them are done and checked.
Basement finishing has one extra question to settle before any wall goes up: moisture. A basement that has ever seeped or smelled damp should be inspected and sealed first, because finishing over a problem hides it until the mold shows. Trade Pro also does waterproofing and window and flashing leak repair, so that check does not have to come from a different company.
Trade Pro offers free estimates and stands behind its own line, 100% satisfaction guaranteed. If your home is in Springdale, Fayetteville, Rogers, Bentonville or anywhere nearby, call (479) 309-8111 and they will set up a time to walk the project with you. Before you sign off, go through every finished room twice, once in evening light and once in morning light, and ask about anything that does not look right.
Free estimates, reviewed in person. In Trade Pro's own words, 100% satisfaction guaranteed. Call (479) 309-8111.