Kitchen Remodeler in Rowland Heights, CA

Kitchen remodeling options suited to Rowland Heights homes

Hillside houses above Colima Road and Fullerton Road

Flatter blocks near Colima Road were built first, with single-story homes on slabs. As streets climb toward the Puente Hills, homes from the 1970s and 1980s get larger and more often two-story, with kitchens that open to a family room and sometimes a view. Lots step down slopes, so some homes sit partly on raised framing.

Busy kitchens and strong cooking call for good ventilation: plan the range hood size and its duct path before choosing wall cabinets, because the hood often sets the cabinet layout on that wall. Any new duct or circuit is permit work.

Hillside lots were graded into pads, so uphill homes often have a cut slope behind and a fill slope in front, and settling over decades can show up as cracked tile or doors that no longer close evenly. Look for those signs before setting new cabinets, and level them to the floor you have rather than assuming it is flat. Upper streets border brush-covered hills, where LA County Fire enforces brush clearance and Santa Ana winds raise fire danger in the fall. Most houses here were built before 1978, so the EPA requires lead-safe methods when original painted woodwork is cut or sanded.

The long way in: Pomona Freeway to Sherman Way

1. 1

   Measure and note the hood

   Record wall lengths, ceiling height and where the current range hood vents, plus photos of each wall.

2. 2

   Choose a route

   The 60 west toward downtown and the 101, or the 57 north to the 210 and 134; both end at the 170.

3. 3

   Decide in one visit

   Compare cabinets, slabs, backsplash and flooring together; take samples home for a final check.

4. 4

   Schedule delivery

   Confirm sizes by phone, then have materials and any requested installation scheduled to your Rowland Heights address.

Schabarum Park, Fullerton Road and Rowland Water District

Rowland Heights takes its name from John Rowland, who held part of the old Rancho La Puente. Colima Road is its busiest commercial street, lined with Asian markets and restaurants, while Fullerton Road and Nogales Street run north toward the Pomona Freeway and the 57 passes to the east. Schabarum Regional Park, a large LA County park with trails into the Puente Hills, sits at the community’s edge along Colima Road.

Much of the community is served by Rowland Water District, a public agency, while Edison supplies power and SoCalGas the gas. Because Rowland Heights is unincorporated, every permit for a range hood duct, gas line or new circuit is issued by LA County Public Works.

LA County oversight in unincorporated Rowland Heights

There is no City of Rowland Heights; for building purposes the community is part of unincorporated LA County, and Public Works’ Building & Safety issues its permits. Straight replacement of cabinets, tops and flooring is seldom permitted work. A new hood duct, island plumbing, added circuits or a removed wall needs a county permit, and the trades should be licensed; check them through CSLB.

We don’t have Rowland Heights projects to show. Owners in Hacienda Heights, Walnut and Diamond Bar make the same trip.