Clean Construction / Home Additions / Grafton, Ohio
Room additions for Grafton village lots and township acreage — foundations set right in wet-clay ground, exteriors matched, and the whole build run ten minutes from home base.
Grafton households tend to outgrow their houses the honest way — more kids, a parent moving in, a household that actually uses its property. And Grafton lots, especially out toward Indian Hollow, have the acreage to answer with an addition instead of a moving truck. Ten minutes from Clean Construction's home base in LaGrange, this is some of the closest addition work Brad does.
The ground is the thing to respect. Grafton sits low and river-fed, and an addition foundation here gets designed around water from the first sketch: where the lot drains, where the downspouts discharge, how the excavation stays dry long enough to pour. Footings go below the 32-inch frost line to undisturbed soil, perimeter drainage gets planned with the pour, and the finished grade sends water past the house — old part and new part alike.
Above the foundation it's the standard Clean Construction promise: framing tied into the existing structure's real load paths, windows staged early so the addition dries in fast, siding and roofline matched to the house. Permits run through the Lorain County Building Division, and Brad handles every piece of that paper.
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 Lorain County Building Division. 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 Lorain County Building Division. 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.
Almost never — it just moves drainage to the top of the design instead of the bottom. Brad reads where the water comes from and where it can go, places and details the foundation so the addition sheds rather than collects, and uses the excavation work to fix grading that's probably been wrong for years. If a specific corner of the lot genuinely can't support the plan, he tells you that at the walkthrough and designs around it.
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Brad will call you back the same day. If it's urgent, call him directly at 440-315-4438.