Clean Construction / Home Additions / Elyria, Ohio
Room additions and in-law suites for Elyria — new foundations tied to century-old ones, siding matched to the house, and one crew from excavation to final trim. Brad Skvor manages every phase.
A lot of Elyria families hit the same wall: the house is genuinely worth keeping — real woodwork, a real neighborhood near downtown or the Black River, a yard the kids already know — but the floor plan ran out of room a kid or two ago. Moving trades away everything that makes the house yours. An addition keeps all of it and fixes the one thing that's wrong: the square footage.
On Elyria's older housing stock, the craft is in the tie-in. A new foundation has to meet one that was poured — or laid up in block or stone — generations ago, and the two have to carry their loads together without the new corner settling away from the old. Brad excavates, pours footings below the 32-inch frost line on undisturbed soil, and plans the drainage so the addition sheds water away from the original foundation instead of against it. When the wall between old and new comes open, headers and beams get sized for the framing that's actually in there — which on a century home can be anything.
Then the addition has to disappear into the house. Older Elyria homes carry siding profiles, trim proportions, and rooflines that a builder-grade bolt-on would insult; Brad matches them, special-ordering discontinued profiles when that's what it takes. Zoning and building permits run through the City of Elyria Building Department, and Brad handles the whole exchange — drawings, applications, every inspection.
An addition stands or settles on how its foundation meets the existing one. Brad excavates, pours footings below Ohio's 32-inch frost line on undisturbed soil, and details the connection so the new structure and the old one carry their loads together — with drainage planned before the pour, not after the first wet spring.
At some point the wall between old and new comes open, and everything above it needs somewhere to stand. Brad walks the existing structure first — foundation, framing, mechanicals — and sizes headers and beams for what's actually there. He's building onto your home, not around it.
Windows get staged early so there's no dead gap between framing and weathertight. Then the siding, soffit, fascia, and roofline get matched to your existing home — and if that means special-ordering a discontinued profile, Brad orders it. Close enough isn't good enough.
An addition means zoning setbacks, a building permit, and trade inspections through the City of Elyria Building Department. Brad handles the drawings, applications, and every inspector visit. The paper trail protects the biggest investment you own when it's time to sell.
Follow a full addition build phase by phase — excavation to finished room — on the additions page, or browse the full portfolio.
A bedroom, a bigger kitchen, an in-law suite, a first-floor primary — or just "we're out of room." Vague is fine. Every addition starts as a conversation, not a bid.
He wants to see how you actually live in it — where the light comes from, how traffic moves, what you're gaining and what you can't lose. Then he walks the structure: foundation, framing, mechanicals, and the lot itself. The plan comes out of that, and it's one you won't be surprised by six months later.
Excavation, foundation, framing, rough-in, exterior, finish — line by line, nothing buried. Money is settled in the contract before a shovel touches your yard.
Excavation, foundation inspected, framing up, licensed subs on rough-in, dried in fast, exterior matched, interior finished to the trim. No handoffs, no subcontractor you've never met making decisions — Brad manages every phase and is on site through it.
Yes — an addition is real construction and gets the full treatment: zoning review for setbacks, a building permit, and electrical, plumbing, and HVAC inspections through the City of Elyria Building Department. Brad handles the drawings, the applications, and every inspection as part of the job. You never deal with the counter.
Most room additions run two to four months of build time depending on size and scope — a single-room bump-out lands at the short end, a full in-law suite with a bath at the long end. Brad stages material orders early so the schedule has no dead time, and you get that schedule in writing before work starts.
That's the standard the job is built to. Siding, soffit, fascia, and roofing get matched to your existing home — special-ordered if the profile is discontinued — and the roofline gets tied in so the addition reads as original construction. When it's finished, it should look like it was always there, because it was designed to be.
Almost never. Most of the build happens outside your existing walls — the addition goes up, gets dried in and weathertight, and only then does the opening between old and new get cut. Your home stays sealed, secure, and livable through the noisy months, and the truly disruptive stretch is measured in days, not weeks.
It depends on size, what's in it — bathroom, kitchen work, second story — and how it ties into your home, so Brad doesn't quote blind and you shouldn't trust anyone who does. He walks your home, then you get a written, itemized estimate with every line explained. The walkthrough and the estimate cost you nothing.
Yes — by respecting the difference between the two structures instead of pretending it isn't there. The addition gets its own modern foundation poured below frost depth on undisturbed soil, and the connection to the old stone or block is detailed so each structure can do its job. Brad walks the existing foundation before the design is final, and if what he finds should change the plan, he tells you at the walkthrough — not at demo.
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