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      "name": "Step 1: Feasibility and Property Boundary Assessment",
      "text": "Your project manager and designer evaluate local zoning setbacks, exterior easements, foundation options, and rooflines to confirm expanding your kitchen footprint is viable. This phase typically takes one to two weeks to verify property constraints.",
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      "name": "Step 2: Drafting, Engineering, and Permitting",
      "text": "Architectural plans, structural engineering calculations, energy calculations, and utility schematics are drafted and submitted to your local city building department. This phase usually spans three to six weeks depending on municipal review queues.",
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      "name": "Step 3: Foundation, Framing, and Building Envelope",
      "text": "Crews excavate, pour footings or foundations, frame the expanded floor and exterior walls, tie into existing roof structures, and install windows and doors. This structural envelope phase generally takes three to five weeks to make the new space weather-tight.",
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      "name": "Step 4: Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Rough-Ins",
      "text": "Licensed trades run new drainage lines, water supply pipes, dedicated electrical appliance circuits, task lighting, and ventilation ducts, followed by required municipal rough inspections. This stage typically takes two to three weeks of coordinated on-site trades.",
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      "name": "Step 5: Insulation, Drywall, and Interior Finishes",
      "text": "Insulation is installed and inspected, drywall is hung and finished, followed by custom cabinetry, countertops, flooring, fixtures, trim carpentry, and final sign-off. This final transformation phase takes four to eight weeks, leaving you with a seamless, fully integrated kitchen addition. What to Expect During the Process Because an expansion alters your home's structural framing and exterior envelope, managing timelines requires close coordination between craftsmen and local code officials. Professional project management ensures framing, utility upgrades, and finish carpentry align smoothly. Blue Lake Construction builds custom home additions and kitchen expansions across the Salt Lake Valley. Call 385-202-5987 to discuss your project timeline.",
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