Nelson Kitchen & Bath serves homeowners throughout Adams Township with custom kitchen and bathroom remodeling. Our showroom sits right in the heart of the community at 637 Route 228 in Mars, which means you are working with a team that is part of the same township you live in. We know these roads, these neighborhoods, and these homes. We have been remodeling kitchens and baths here for over 30 years.
Adams Township: One of Butler County’s Fastest-Growing Communities
Adams Township has a story that most Butler County residents know in broad strokes but rarely stop to think about. Named for President John Quincy Adams, the township was carved out in 1854 from portions of Middlesex and Cranberry Townships. Its earliest settlers arrived as far back as 1796, drawn by the Depreciation Lands Act, which opened western Pennsylvania to new development. For much of its history, Adams Township was a farming community, wooded acreage, cleared fields, and a pace of life that matched the land.
That history still shapes the township in subtle ways. The rolling terrain, the tree lines along Breakneck Creek, and the general spacing of homes all reflect a place that grew up around agriculture before it grew into a suburb. But the growth has been significant. Between 2000 and 2022, the township’s population more than doubled, from around 6,700 residents to more than 15,000. That kind of growth does not happen without real appeal, and Adams Township has it in abundance.
Today Adams Township sits in one of the most sought-after pockets of southern Butler County. The Mars Area School District, which serves the township, is consistently rated among the top school districts in western Pennsylvania. Route 228 and Mars-Evans City Road give residents easy access to the Route 19 and I-79 corridors, making the commute to Pittsburgh or Butler manageable without sacrificing the quieter suburban feel that draws people here in the first place.
What makes Adams Township distinct from neighbors like Cranberry Township or Seven Fields is its size and variety. At over 22 square miles, it is a genuinely large township with a range of neighborhoods and housing types that reflects different eras of development. You have older homes near the Mars borough line that date to the mid-20th century, established subdivisions from the 1980s and 90s, and newer planned developments that have gone up in the last decade or so as the township has continued to attract families from the Pittsburgh metro. That variety means Adams Township homeowners come to us with a wide range of project types, and we are set up to handle all of them.
Adams Township Homeowner Demographic
The homeowners who call us from Adams Township are a pretty good cross-section of who lives here. Families who moved out from Pittsburgh or the inner suburbs looking for more space and better schools. Professionals who work along the Route 228 corridor or in downtown Pittsburgh and chose Adams Township for the commute, the community, and the quality of the homes. Long-term residents who have been here for decades and are finally ready to put real money into a kitchen or bath they have been living with for too long.
A few patterns show up consistently. First, there are the homeowners in homes built in the 1980s and early 90s whose kitchens have never been seriously touched. The original cabinetry is still there. The countertops are original laminate or an early-generation solid surface that has seen better days. The layout made sense at the time but does not work as well for how the household actually lives now. These projects often involve more than just replacing surfaces, the layout itself needs to be rethought.
Second, there are homeowners in newer construction who found that the builder’s standard kitchen package was fine for the model home but has not held up, or simply never felt like it belonged in the home they were paying for. The bones are solid, the space is good, but the finishes are generic. These homeowners want something that actually reflects their taste and works for their family.
Third, there are the Adams Township homeowners who are approaching or in retirement and want to invest in the home they plan to stay in. The kids are grown. The mortgage is manageable. The kitchen and bath that were always an afterthought are finally getting their turn. These are often our favorite projects, clients who know exactly what they want and are ready to do it right.
Kitchen Remodeling in Adams Township
Adams Township kitchens vary widely depending on when the home was built and who built it. A kitchen in a 1985 colonial near Mars borough is a completely different project from one in a newer home in a planned community off Route 228. What stays the same is our process: we start with a conversation about how you use your kitchen, what frustrates you about it, and what you want it to feel like when we are done.
Nelson Kitchen & Bath designs and builds custom kitchens from scratch. We do not sell packages. We do not show you a catalog and ask you to pick your favorite. We design around your specific space, your storage needs, and the way your household actually works.
Here is what an Adams Township kitchen remodel with Nelson Kitchen & Bath typically includes:
- Cabinet design and installation: Custom and semi-custom cabinetry built around your layout. Full-height uppers where they make sense, deep drawers where you need them, pullouts designed for how you cook. No standard configurations that your kitchen has to fit into.
- Countertops: Quartz, granite, and solid surface options chosen for durability and appearance. We help you pick a surface that holds up to how your family uses the kitchen, not just one that looks good in a showroom.
- Flooring: Hardwood, luxury vinyl plank, and tile installed as part of the full project. We match the material to the traffic level, the visual weight of the room, and the rest of the home’s finishes.
- Backsplash and tile work: Custom tile installation that pulls the design together. The difference between a professional tile job and an amateur one is visible in the grout lines, the transitions, and the pattern alignment. We get those details right.
- Lighting: Under-cabinet lighting, recessed lighting, and pendant placement that makes the kitchen work at every time of day. This is one of the most overlooked parts of a kitchen remodel and one of the highest-impact changes you can make.
- Appliance installation: Built-in appliances, panel-ready refrigerators, and range installations handled as part of the project so everything finishes cleanly.
You work with Ray Nelson directly from the first conversation through the final walkthrough. No handoffs, no project managers you have never met, no crews that show up without context.
Adams Township Bathroom Remodeling
Adams Township bathroom remodeling is one of the most impactful investments a homeowner can make, and in Adams Township homes it often delivers both daily quality-of-life improvements and measurable value at resale. The primary bath in particular is a room that buyers notice immediately, and a well-done remodel in that space is one of the strongest signals that a home has been cared for.
We work on primary baths, guest baths, and powder rooms throughout Adams Township. Some projects are full gut-and-rebuilds where we take the room down to the studs and start fresh. Others are more targeted updates where the layout is fine but the surfaces, fixtures, or storage need to be replaced. We help you figure out which approach makes the most sense for your specific room and your specific goals.
A few things we hear consistently from Adams Township homeowners heading into a bath remodel:
“The original tub is taking up space we do not use.” — Dave Z.
“The vanity storage does not work. Original builder vanities in 1980s and 90s homes were rarely designed with serious storage in mind.” — Michelle F.
“The tile is dated and grouting it again is not going to fix it. The tile job is past the point of maintenance and needs to come out.” — Alex J.
Here is what bathroom remodeling with Nelson Kitchen & Bath covers:
- Shower and tub work: Tub-to-shower conversions, custom tile showers, frameless glass enclosures, and niche installations built on a properly waterproofed substrate.
- Vanity and storage: Custom and semi-custom cabinetry designed around the scale of the room and your actual storage needs. We do not swap in a box-store vanity and call it a remodel.
- Tile work: Floor tile, wall tile, and accent tile installed with care. Grout lines, pattern alignment, and transitions matter, and we treat them that way.
- Plumbing fixtures: Faucets, showerheads, handheld sprayers, and toilet replacements selected for quality and coordinated consistently across the room.
- Lighting and ventilation: Bath lighting that actually works combined with ventilation that is up to modern standards. A poorly ventilated bathroom is a room with long-term moisture problems. We address it during the remodel, not after.
- Flooring: Heated tile floors, luxury vinyl, and natural stone options installed on a properly prepared substrate so they stay flat and grout-tight for years.
Why Adams Township Homeowners Choose Nelson Kitchen & Bath
Adams Township homeowners have choices. The Pittsburgh area has plenty of contractors who will take a kitchen and/or bath remodeling job. What brings people to Nelson Kitchen & Bath is not a marketing pitch, it is word of mouth from neighbors who have seen the work firsthand.
We have been doing this in this community since before Adams Township was the place it is today. Ray Nelson has watched this township grow from a quiet rural suburb into one of the most desirable communities in Butler County, and he has remodeled kitchens and baths in homes across the full arc of that growth. That kind of local history matters when you are trusting someone to work in your home.
Here is what working with us looks like:
- We’re right here: Our showroom is at 637 Route 228 in Mars, which is inside Adams Township. You do not have to drive across the metro to talk to us. Stop in on your way home from work.
- You work with Ray directly: From the first consultation through the last walkthrough, Ray Nelson is your point of contact. Not a sales rep, not a project coordinator, not a crew lead you meet for the first time on demo day.
- Custom work for your specific home: Adams Township homes span multiple decades of construction and a wide range of styles. We design around your space, not around a template.
- No surprises on price: You will know exactly what you are paying before any work begins. We do not win jobs with low estimates and recover the margin in change orders.
- We stand behind what we build: If something is not right after the project is done, we make it right. That is not a warranty policy, it is how Ray has run this business since 1994.
Schedule a Consultation
Adams Township homeowners considering a kitchen and bathroom remodeling need to take the first step. Stop by our showroom on Route 228 in Mars or reach out to schedule a consultation with Ray Nelson directly.
We serve Adams Township and the surrounding communities of Cranberry Township, Mars, Seven Fields, Evans City, Zelienople, Harmony, Valencia, Gibsonia, Jackson Township, Marshall Township, Wexford, Warrendale, Allison Park, McCandless, Pine Township, Hampton Township, Richland Township, Baden, New Sewickley, and throughout the Northern Pittsburgh suburbs.