Kitchen Remodeling in Schertz - Written Fixed Price, Finish Date in the Contract

Fast, Reliable Kitchen Remodeling Across Schertz

Kitchen remodeling in Schertz typically runs $14,000-$45,000 for a full renovation, with smaller galley or partial updates landing between $9,000 and $20,000. Most projects take four to eight weeks depending on scope, and the biggest local variable isn’t the cabinet style or the countertop material. It’s what’s happening under the slab. Schertz sits on Blackland Prairie clay that swells and shrinks with every wet-dry cycle, and we’ve walked into homes along FM 1518 and north of Wiederstein Road that are only twelve or fifteen years old and already showing the telltale signs: cabinet doors that won’t close square, cracks running through tile, islands that have drifted a quarter inch out of level. That’s not a cabinet problem. That’s a foundation problem wearing a cabinet costume.

Call (877) 610-1318

We’re Barrett & Sons Construction. Tom Barrett founded the company in 1998, and his sons run the crews that work Schertz and the surrounding communities. When you call (877) 610-1318, a live person answers. When you sign a contract, every allowance is in writing. When something changes, you get a change order on paper before a nail moves. That’s how we’ve done it for 29 years, and it’s why homeowners in 78154 call us instead of rolling the dice on a name off a billboard.

Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Schertz’s Preferred Kitchen Remodeling Company

Most of our Schertz referrals don’t start with a Google search. They start at the fence line. A neighbor on Borgfeld Road mentions they redid their kitchen last spring. Another on Ashley Way chimes in that their contractor actually answered the phone when a drawer front came loose three weeks after the job closed. Word travels fast in a city of 42,000 where half the subdivisions were built in the last two decades and everybody’s on a first-name basis at the H-E-B on FM 3009. That’s the reputation we work for.

What does that mean for your kitchen? It means Tom or one of his sons is on-site most days, not a rotating cast of subcontractors you’ve never met and will never see again. It means the permit inspector who signs off on your electrical and plumbing work is someone we call by his first name, because we’ve been pulling permits in this county for decades. It means the price we quote is the price you pay, unless you change the scope, and if you change the scope, you’ll sign a written change order before we buy a single sheet of plywood. No surprises at the final walkthrough. No “verbal agreements” that evaporate when it’s time to write the check.

We also know what Schertz homes actually need. The city’s housing stock is overwhelmingly builder-grade construction from the 2000s through the 2020s, most of it on post-tension slabs designed for expansive clay. That’s not a knock on the builders. It’s just the reality of building fast on prairie soil. When we open a wall in a Schertz kitchen, we’re not surprised to find framing that’s shifted or a drain line that’s been working a little loose for a decade. We plan for it. We price for it. And we write it into the scope so you’re not paying for a “discovery” later.

Our Kitchen Remodeling team has handled everything from full gut renovations in the subdivisions west of I-35 to partial updates in older homes closer to Main Street. And when a kitchen project turns up water damage to a bathroom wall or a ceiling that ties into the roofline, we can bring in Roofing in Schertz specialists without you having to chase down a second contractor.

Our Kitchen Remodeling Services in Schertz

Full Kitchen Remodeling

A full kitchen remodel means we take it down to the studs and rebuild it right, with the slab in mind. Before we hang a single cabinet, we check the floor for deflection, the walls for plumb, and the penetrations for movement. In Schertz, where the clay under your home can shift enough to throw a doorway out of square in a single dry summer, that step isn’t optional. It’s the difference between a kitchen that looks good on closing day and one that still works ten years from now. We handle everything: demo, drywall, plumbing, electrical, insulation, flooring, cabinetry, countertops, and final trim. You get one crew, one schedule, and one name to call if anything’s off.

Cabinets & Countertops

We install KraftMaid cabinetry and Cambria quartz in more kitchens than any other combination, because Schertz homeowners want materials they can lookup and a look that holds up. Builder-grade thermofoil doors start to delaminate in a Texas kitchen that hits 95 degrees in September. Solid plywood boxes with full-extension drawers don’t. We’ll also reface cabinets when the boxes are still square and you just want a new front, which runs $4,000-$13,000 for a typical installation.

Backsplash, Tile & Flooring

Tile work in Schertz has to account for movement. We use flexible setting materials and movement joints where the tile meets the slab transition, because rigid grout lines crack when the clay underneath does its thing. Backsplash installation in Schertz typically runs $800-$2,500. Floor tile runs higher, especially if we’re pulling up existing flooring to deal with a slab crack first. We’ll tell you the truth about what your subfloor can handle before you fall in love with a 24-inch porcelain plank.

Kitchen Design & Layout

Most builder-grade kitchens in Schertz were designed for efficient construction, not efficient cooking. We fix that. We’ll reconfigure the work triangle, move the island to where you’ll actually use it, and add the storage space the original blueprint left out. Kitchen island installation runs $3,000-$10,000 in Schertz depending on size, countertop material, and whether we’re running water or power to it. If you’re also thinking about updating a bathroom while we’re on-site, we handle Bathroom Remodeling in Schertz too, which can save you on mobilization and scheduling.

Trusted Brands We Service in Schertz

We don’t install mystery brands off a van. In Schertz kitchens, you’ll see KraftMaid and Cambria going in most often, with fixtures and hardware from names you can check before you sign. That matters when you’re spending $14,000-$45,000 on a kitchen. You should be able to look up every product that goes into your home, from the cabinet hinges to the countertop slab. We also carry GAF roofing products and Andersen windows for the times a kitchen remodel turns into something bigger. And because we’re twenty minutes from most Schertz neighborhoods, we’re not waiting on a parts warehouse in another state when a hinge or a drawer glide shows up wrong. We fix it fast and move on.

Common Kitchen Remodeling Problems We See in Schertz Homes

• Slab movement showing up in the kitchen first. Cabinet doors that stick, crown molding that splits, tile that pops off the floor. These aren’t finish problems. They’re symptoms of Blackland Prairie clay doing what it does. We check for slab movement before we build on top of it.
• Builder grading that sends water toward the house. We regularly find original grading in Schertz subdivisions that has settled toward the foundation within a decade, channeling rainwater under the slab and making clay heave worse. Drainage re-grading and French drains are near-standard scope additions on many of our kitchen and addition projects east of I-35.
• Undersized range hoods and venting. Texas kitchens get hot. Builder-grade hoods often recirculate air instead of venting it outside, and that matters when you’re searing at 500 degrees. We correct ventilation while the walls are open.
• Cheap plumbing shutoffs and supply lines. We replace builder-grade angle stops and polybutylene or old CPVC supply lines whenever we’re opening a kitchen wall in a 2000s-era Schertz home. It’s a $50 fix that prevents a $5,000 flood.

Pricing for Kitchen Remodeling in Schertz, TX

We Also Serve Cities Near Schertz

Our crews work up and down the I-35 corridor and into the smaller towns where Schertz homeowners have family and friends. That includes Selma, Universal City, Cibolo, and Converse. If you’re reading this from one of those communities, the same crew, the same pricing, and the same written change order policy applies. Our base of operations for scheduling is San Antonio, but we live and work here. See our Schertz coverage area for more detail on where we work and when we can get to you.

FAQs - Kitchen Remodeling in Schertz

Ready to Talk About Your Schertz Kitchen?

Call (877) 610-1318 and ask for Tom. We’ll schedule a free estimate, walk your kitchen with you, and talk straight about what your home needs, what it doesn’t, and what it will cost. Before you sign anything, you’ll have every number in writing, every allowance on paper, and a name you can find at the hardware store on Saturday. That’s how we’ve done it since 1998, and that’s how we’ll do it for you.

Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Schertz since 1998.