Decks, additions, roofs, kitchens, baths and basements we built, with the materials named the way we order them.
Trex, TimberTech and cedar, from three front steps to 2,800 square feet on a lake.
2,800sq ft
A full teardown and rebuild for commercial use: 46 footers, eight helical posts 14 to 21 feet deep at the lake edge, over 600 lags in the beams, and a clear 1,700 square feet for gatherings.
The largest deck we have built, at close to 2,800 square feet.
Trex decking and stair treads, black aluminum railing, riser lights, a cedar open-gable roof over one end.
45 x 16PVC
Vintage collection PVC, RDI clay vinyl railing, a 19 x 16 open gable roof with the beams wrapped in clay PVC trim. Risers V-grooved and heat-bent for a finished edge.
Framed in 2x12s on 12-inch centers, built like a tank for years of maintenance-free use.
TimberTech PVC with bronze Avalon aluminum railing, and a ramp down to the drive.
16 x 20
Black aluminum railing. We turned windows into a sliding door and ran electric on and under the deck.
12 x 20
Trex Foggy Wharf with RainEscape water collection, built to roof the patio to come underneath. A landing and stairs.
Trex Lineage Jasper, a black aluminum top rail, and Trex RainEscape water collection over the patio.
12 x 20
Trex Lineage Island Mist, a white rail with black balusters, and a skirt down to the yard.
Another Trex overhaul down: the old deck and steps out, Coastal Bluff and a white rail in.
26 x 16
Another Trex deck down, in Lineage Jasper with a white rail.
20 x 14
Trex Jasper decking and a white rail, with the stairs down to the yard.
A small one: Trex Transcend Lava Rock and Avalon black aluminum railing, with a new sidewalk after.
We held up the existing roof, took the old deck out and opened the wall to carry the new deck beam and roof beam.
A small gable roof on white columns, built where a little aluminum awning used to be.
Quartz counters on a stone base and a built-in grill, ready for get-togethers and football season.
"Very happy with our new deck. It made our house look so much bigger. I would recommend Ben and his company for any of your decking needs. They were very professional."
Jennifer P., Google
Bedrooms, first floors and garages added on, and houses rebuilt from the frame out.
The owners' cottage had sentimental value, so we rebuilt it frame to finish: wood ceiling, stone fireplace, a new kitchen and baths.
Then we came back for the back porch and screened it in with cedar.
We framed and roofed the addition, then gave the whole house a new shingle roof, siding, soffit, fascia, wrapped windows and 5-inch gutters.
A bigger open kitchen, the dining wall carried on LVLs, a steel beam into the addition, a fireplace bump-out and a rebuilt deck.
An open floor from the living room to a white kitchen with a navy island, new stairs and new baths.
24 x 30
Built and finished: vinyl siding, an overhead door and a side door.
"Ben & his guys renovated our entire house! We changed & added things along the way & Ben was there to guide us through it all."
Alyssa H. D., Facebook
Owens Corning shingles, new sheeting where the old has gone soft, and the siding, soffit, fascia and gutters to match.
55square
55 square of Owens Corning Onyx Black, Velux skylights, 400 feet of black soffit and fascia, 6-inch gutters with leaf guards, Provia stone where the siding was, and the brick stained.
Now here's a transformation.
45square
Owens Corning Sierra Gray and 60 sheets of plywood over the old strip sheeting, in and out in one day.
Owens Corning Black Sable, with all new roof sheeting where the old had gone spongy.
For a previous client: vinyl siding, fascia on the dormers, eight new windows, a front door, and a flat roof reframed and resheeted.
"We have used Kissell Home Designs for so many projects on our home- doors, floors, tiling, siding and gutters- and have been happy with every outcome. Ben is knowledgeable and hardworking."
Stephanie F. V., Facebook
Walls out, cabinets in, and the wiring, floors and trim the new layout needs.
We took out the wall between the kitchen and dining room. All-wood cabinets, granite counters and a full stone backsplash.
The kitchen went to the other side of the house: walls out, new beams, new wiring, and new flooring through the downstairs.
Two more kitchens sit with the additions: the cottage and the first-floor remodel.
"Ben kept us in the driver's seat throughout the entire project."
Staci O., Google, May 2026
Tile showers, hall baths overhauled, and restrooms built for public use.
Freestanding tub, tile shower, skylight, black vanity.
This one was fun: a return customer gave us an open time frame to fit it in.
A white double vanity, beadboard wainscot, a wood-look plank floor, a new tub and surround.
The old tub and surround came out for a full tile shower.
Marble-look tile, wood-look plank floors, wall-hung sinks and a run of stall partitions.
The rooms under the house, finished for how the family uses them.
A golf simulator bay and a home gym in one finished basement, under a black ceiling, on plank floors.
"Ben just did a wonderful job of making an unwelcoming drab basement into something that any buyer would appreciate. He was efficient and courteous and I would hire him again in an instant."
Linda M., Facebook
Decks and exterior work run spring through fall. Kitchens, baths, basements and flooring run January to April.
Tell us the job and add a few photos. Ben calls back with a time to walk it.
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