Clean Construction / Home Additions / LaGrange, Ohio
Additions built by your LaGrange neighbor — in-law suites, primary suites, and kitchen expansions for village lots and township acreage, with every phase managed by the owner.
Clean Construction is based in LaGrange, and additions are the most personal work Brad does here — months on a property, building onto the home of someone he's going to keep running into at the gas station for the next twenty years. That's a different accountability than a contractor driving in from two counties away, and it shows in how the job gets run.
LaGrange properties give additions room to breathe. Township acreage means growing outward instead of upward — an in-law suite with its own entrance, a first-floor primary so the farmhouse works for the next thirty years, a mudroom-and-garage wing that finally matches how a rural household actually comes and goes. Village lots and the newer builds around Grey Hawk take tighter planning: setbacks, lot coverage, and a footprint that respects the neighbors. Brad designs for which property you actually have.
Rural ground still makes the rules. Footings go below the 32-inch frost line onto undisturbed soil, drainage gets planned before the pour, and on well-and-septic properties the system's capacity gets verified before any bathroom is promised. Permits run through the Lorain County Building Division — Brad's paperwork, not yours.
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.
Usually an addition wins. An attached suite shares the house's mechanicals and foundation work, counts as part of the dwelling for zoning, and keeps family close without stairs between them. A detached building brings accessory-structure zoning, its own utilities, and often septic questions on township parcels. Brad prices the comparison honestly at the walkthrough — including the septic capacity check that decides whether a second kitchen or bath is even on the table.
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Brad will call you back the same day. If it's urgent, call him directly at 440-315-4438.