Blue Bell and Whitpain homeowners call us for primary suites, kitchen expansions, second floors and whole house renovations. We design and engineer each project in house.
Whitpain Township covers about 13 square miles of Montgomery County, founded in 1701 by farmers, many of them Quakers, with communities including Blue Bell, Center Square and Belfry. Washington made his headquarters here from October 21 to November 2, 1777, at Dawesfield, now on the National Register. The Wissahickon and Stony creeks are its two watersheds.
Single family neighborhoods make up much of the township, and owners often want more room. Our engineers evaluate the existing structure first, then design the addition or second floor alongside the architecture.
Licensed architects and professional engineers on one team, one contract and one set of signed and sealed drawings. See all of our services.
Rear, side and wraparound additions for kitchens, family rooms and primary suites, with the existing house evaluated by our engineers.
New floors over ranches, capes, garages and one story wings, with foundations and framing checked and reinforced as needed.
Whole house and partial renovations, wall removals and open plans, basements and attics, with structure and systems designed in house.
Ground up single family homes and teardown rebuilds, from site planning to sealed construction drawings.
Decks, covered porches, pergolas and garages engineered for footings, ledgers and loads.
Beam replacements, foundation fixes and engineer's letters for homeowners, buyers and insurers.
In Pennsylvania, building permits are reviewed under the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code by the township or borough, zoning comes first, and a project that needs relief from the zoning ordinance goes to the Zoning Hearing Board.
Properties along the Wissahickon and Stony creeks may be near mapped flood areas or stream buffers. We check those before design.
Homes from the 1960s through the 1990s are good candidates for second stories and large additions. We check the original framing and design any reinforcement.
However your project is approved, we deliver signed and sealed drawings to you, support you and your contractor through the permit submission and answer the building department's review comments in house. Read how a project moves from consultation to close out on our process page.
Often, yes. We check the existing foundation and framing first.
Yes, including the beams and posts needed to remove bearing walls.
Our instant quote gives you a fixed design fee, which we confirm after a site visit.
See a fixed design fee in about two minutes, or book a consultation and we will visit your home.