Nelson Kitchen & Bath serves homeowners throughout Pine Township with custom kitchen and bathroom remodeling. Our showroom is in Mars, PA, just a short drive north on Route 19 or up through Wexford, which means you are working with a local team that knows this part of Allegheny County well. We have been remodeling kitchens and baths in homes like yours for over 30 years.
Pine Township: Allegheny County’s Northern Gem
Pine Township sits in the northern tier of Allegheny County, bordered by Richland Township to the east, McCandless to the south, Franklin Park to the southwest, and Adams and Cranberry Townships to the north. It covers just under 17 square miles and carries zip codes that most Pittsburgh-area residents associate with Wexford and Gibsonia, two of the most recognizable addresses in the northern suburbs.
The township’s history goes back further than most people realize. Pine Township was formally established in 1796, and at that time its original limits covered what would eventually become eleven separate townships in Allegheny County. The first school opened in 1800. Cross Roads Presbyterian Church, still active today, was established in 1827. For most of the 19th century Pine Township was a quiet agricultural community, and traces of that history are still visible in the older farmsteads and tree lines that give the township its distinctive character even as the surrounding development has grown denser.
The growth really accelerated in the latter half of the 20th century as the Route 19 and I-79 corridors made Pine Township increasingly accessible from Pittsburgh. Today the township has a population of just under 15,000 and is served by the Pine-Richland School District, which is consistently rated among the top school districts in western Pennsylvania. That school district is one of the primary reasons families move to Pine Township and one of the primary reasons they stay.
The housing stock in Pine Township reflects its growth arc. You have older farmhouses and mid-century homes in the more established parts of the township, surrounded by planned subdivisions and newer construction that went up during the boom years of the 1990s and 2000s. Home values here run well above the Allegheny County average, and owner occupancy is high. These are not starter homes. Pine Township attracts households that are planting roots, and those households tend to invest in their properties accordingly.
For Nelson Kitchen & Bath, Pine Township is a community we know well. The Wexford and Gibsonia addresses that define so much of Pine Township’s identity are familiar territory. We have remodeled kitchens and baths throughout the township and we bring that experience to every project we take on here.
Pine Township Homeowners Expect More
Pine Township homeowners who come to us tend to share a few things in common, even if their homes and their specific projects look different on the surface.
Many are in homes built during the big suburban expansion of the 1990s and early 2000s. These homes were well-built and well-located, but the kitchens and baths that came with them were builder-grade, functional enough at the time but never quite right. Cabinet boxes that look fine from across the room but feel cheap when you open them. Countertops that were the standard option because no one thought to upgrade. Bathrooms where every fixture was chosen from the same contractor catalog. These homeowners are not dealing with structural problems. They are dealing with kitchens and baths that have always felt like they belonged in a different house.
Others are in older homes that have been partially updated over the years in ways that no longer hold together. A kitchen that got new countertops in 2005 but still has the original cabinetry. A bathroom where the tile was replaced but the vanity was not, and now nothing matches. These piecemeal approaches are common, and they create rooms that feel disjointed even when the individual elements are not that old. At some point the right move is to start fresh and do it properly.
And then there are the Pine Township homeowners who are simply at the right moment in life to invest in their home the way they have always wanted to. Careers established, household income strong, and a clear sense of what they want their kitchen and bath to feel like. These clients often come to us having thought about this for years. They know what they want, and they are looking for someone with the skill and the experience to build it.
Kitchen Remodeling in Pine Township
Kitchens in Pine Township homes tend to be generously sized, particularly in the larger colonials and center-hall homes that were popular during the township’s peak growth years. A big kitchen is an asset, but only if it is designed well. A large kitchen with poor storage, inadequate lighting, or a layout that forces traffic through the cooking zone is not a joy to use, it is just a lot of square footage that does not work.
Nelson Kitchen & Bath designs and builds custom kitchens from scratch. We start every project by talking through how you actually use the space. Not which cabinet style you prefer, not which countertop material you like best, those come later. First we want to know how your household moves through the kitchen, what drives you crazy about the way it works now, and what you want to feel when you walk into the finished room.
Here is what a kitchen remodel with us typically covers:
- Cabinet design and installation: Custom and semi-custom cabinetry designed around your specific layout and storage needs. In larger Pine Township kitchens especially, the opportunity to get storage genuinely right is significant. We take full advantage of it.
- Kitchen Countertops: Quartz, granite, and solid surface options chosen for durability and the overall look of the room. We help you find a surface that holds up to how your family actually uses the kitchen, not just one that looks great in a showroom sample.
- Flooring: Hardwood, luxury vinyl plank, and tile installed as part of the complete project. We match the material to the traffic, the visual scale of the room, and the finishes in the rest of the home.
- Backsplash and tile work: Custom tile that ties the design together. The quality of a tile installation lives in the details, grout line consistency, pattern alignment, clean transitions, and we treat those details seriously on every job.
- Lighting: Under-cabinet lighting, recessed lighting, and pendant placement that makes the kitchen functional and welcoming at every hour of the day. Lighting is one of the most impactful changes you can make in a kitchen remodel and one of the most frequently underplanned.
- Appliance integration: Built-in appliances, panel-ready refrigerators, and range installations handled as part of the overall design so everything finishes consistently and cleanly.
You work with Ray Nelson from the first conversation through the final walkthrough. No project manager handoffs, no crews you have never met showing up at your door.
Bathroom Remodeling in Pine Township
Pine Township homes often have primary baths that were designed with ambition but executed with builder-grade materials. Large footprints, soaking tubs, double vanities, the bones of a genuinely great bathroom are often already there. What is missing is the execution that turns a large room into a room you actually enjoy spending time in.
Nelson Kitchen & Bath remodels primary baths, guest baths, and powder rooms throughout Pine Township. We handle everything from full gut-and-rebuild projects to more targeted updates where the layout is sound but the surfaces, fixtures, or storage need to be replaced. The right approach depends on your specific room, your budget, and what you are trying to accomplish.
Pine Township homeowners come to us with a few requests that show up more often than others. Tub-to-shower conversions are at the top of the list. The oversized soaking tubs that were standard in 1990s and 2000s primary baths are rarely used, and the floor space they occupy could be doing a lot more work as a walk-in shower. We build custom tile showers that are properly waterproofed, properly detailed, and designed to look like they have always belonged in the room.
Vanity replacement is another common request. Builder vanities age out quickly, the boxes deteriorate, the drawer slides fail, and the finish never quite matched the rest of the room to begin with. We replace them with custom and semi-custom cabinetry that is built to last and designed around how the bathroom actually gets used.
Here is the full scope of what Pine Township 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 substrate that is properly prepared and waterproofed.
- Vanity and storage: Custom and semi-custom vanity cabinetry designed around the scale of the room and your real storage needs. We are not dropping in a replacement vanity from a home improvement store.
- Tile work: Floor tile, wall tile, and accent tile installed with the attention to detail that makes a bathroom feel intentionally designed rather than assembled from parts.
- Plumbing fixtures: Faucets, showerheads, handheld sprayers, and toilet replacements selected for quality and coordinated consistently throughout the room.
- Lighting and ventilation: Bath lighting that works well for the actual tasks the room is used for, combined with ventilation that meets modern standards. A bathroom that does not breathe properly is a bathroom that will have problems down the road.
- Bathroom Flooring: Heated tile floors, luxury vinyl, and natural stone options installed on a properly prepared substrate so they perform well and stay grout-tight for years.
Why Pine Township Homeowners Choose Nelson Kitchen & Bath
Pine Township is a community with high standards, and the homeowners here expect a lot from the people they hire to work in their homes. That expectation is something we have been meeting for over 30 years. Our reputation in this part of the northern suburbs is built entirely on the quality of the work and the experience of working with us, not on advertising, not on a franchise name, and not on a showroom full of options we are trying to push.
Ray Nelson has been doing this long enough to have remodeled kitchens and baths in Pine Township homes during multiple phases of the township’s growth. He knows how these homes are built, what the common issues are, and what it takes to do the work right the first time. That kind of specific, local experience is genuinely hard to find, and it shows in the results.
Here is what you get when you work with us:
- A team that knows Pine Township: We serve this area regularly and know the housing stock, the neighborhood character, and what Pine Township homeowners expect from a remodel.
- Direct access to Ray Nelson: You work with Ray from start to finish. He is not a brand name on a business card, he is the person responsible for your project, and he is reachable throughout the process.
- Custom work designed for your home: Pine Township homes come in a wide range of styles and sizes. We design around your specific space, not around a package we are trying to sell.
- Transparent pricing from the start: You will know exactly what you are paying before any work begins. We do not build a business on low estimates and change orders.
- Work we stand behind after the job is done: We have been in this community for decades. If something is not right when the project is finished, we fix it. That’s not a policy, it is how Ray has operated since 1994.
Schedule a Consultation
If you are a Pine Township homeowner thinking about a kitchen and/or bathroom remodel, the first step is a conversation. Visit our showroom at 637 Route 228 in Mars or reach out to schedule a consultation with Ray Nelson directly.
We serve Pine Township and the surrounding communities of Cranberry Township, Mars, Seven Fields, Adams Township, Evans City, Zelienople, Harmony, Valencia, Gibsonia, Jackson Township, Marshall Township, Wexford, Warrendale, Allison Park, McCandless, Hampton Township, Richland Township, Baden, New Sewickley, and throughout the Northern Pittsburgh suburbs.