What a typical scope looks like
A Northbrook or Winnetka kitchen is rarely just cabinets. The lighting in the ceiling, the circuit for the range, the plumbing for the sink and dishwasher, the tile, the hardware — it all has to land in the same week, not three different calendars.
- Cabinets, counters, and backsplash
- Lighting — pendants, recessed, under-cabinet — wired in the ceiling, not an afterthought
- Plumbing for the sink, dishwasher, and fridge line
- Electrical for the range, island, and the outlets the code now wants
- Hardware and the last wipe-down so the room can be used
How the one-crew approach works
Nailed It North Shore is a licensed electrician and remodeling contractor. The same people who look at the kitchen are the people who wire it, plumb it, and finish it. You are not coordinating three crews for one room.
- Call or request a visit. We come look at the kitchen in person.
- You get a clear estimate for the scope — not a low number that grows every week.
- If the work cannot start that day, we schedule it. You know who is coming.
- We stay on the job through finish. If something is off, we come back.
Timeline, in plain terms
A fixture swap is a visit. A full kitchen is not. Cabinets and counters have lead time. The demolition, the electrical and plumbing in the walls, the install, and the finish each have a place in the calendar. We tell you that calendar before we pull the first cabinet.
We work Monday through Friday, 8:00 to 4:30. The house is treated carefully from start to last wipe-down.
What moves the number
Layout changes, moving plumbing, a panel that cannot feed the range and the island, custom cabinets versus stock, and how much of the room comes apart. We do not publish a fake starting price. You get a clear estimate for the kitchen in front of us.
Living in the house
Most North Shore kitchens stay occupied. We dust off, keep a working path, and do not treat the rest of the house like a jobsite. If a temporary sink or a cooktop setup is needed, we say so before demo.
Permits and the village
A full kitchen usually needs a building permit. Electrical and plumbing in the walls get inspected. We pull what the job needs. You are not coordinating the village on top of the cabinets.
Cabinets, counters, and lighting
Stock versus custom changes lead time more than it changes how we run the job. Three pendants over an island need a box in the ceiling before the drywall closes. Under-cabinet lighting is easier before the backs go on. We sequence the electrical with the cabinets instead of fishing later.
Kitchen electrical, specifically
A kitchen carries more electrical than any other room in the house, and most of it goes in the walls before the cabinets do. Because the licensed electrician is on the same crew, the circuits, the lighting boxes, and the panel check land in sequence with the cabinets — not with a separate contractor you have to chase.
On a typical North Shore kitchen that covers:
- Dedicated circuits for the range, oven, dishwasher, disposal, and the fridge
- Countertop and island outlets where today’s code wants them, with GFCI protection
- Recessed, pendant, and under-cabinet lighting — boxes set before the ceiling closes
- Dimmers and Lutron controls for the lighting you just paid for
- A look at the panel first — an older 60- or 100-amp service may need an upgrade before a new range and island go in
- The electrical permit and inspection, pulled and scheduled by us
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