Florence is roughly twenty-five minutes south on US-93, so we schedule full days there with material staged on site and no travel charge on the quote.
Florence is the first real town heading south into the Bitterroot Valley, twenty-five minutes from our Missoula shop on US-93. It never had a downtown to speak of, so the housing here is mostly acreage: homes from the 1970s through the 2000s scattered across the benches above the river and up the side drainages like One Horse Creek and Eight Mile. Nearly all of them are on private wells and septic. That shapes the work. An addition has to respect the drain field, and a second unit needs its own water and waste plan. An older manufactured home on a good lot often gets replaced by a stick-built house rather than remodeled.
The soils change fast between the river bottom and the bench. Down near the Bitterroot you hit cobble and a high water table, while up on the bench it is glacial till that drains well but can be full of rock the size of a truck tire. We have dug enough footings in both to bid the excavation honestly instead of tacking on change orders. Decks are big business in Florence because the lots are wide open and the views run from the Sapphires to the Bitterroot front. Most owners want a deck that handles a hot tub and a long table, which means engineered beams and 42-inch footings rather than the pad-and-post method.
Florence is a comfortable drive from Missoula, so we run it as a normal day with the crew on site early and no travel surcharge. The building season is short, roughly May through October for anything outside, and we fill the winter with interior remodels, mostly bathrooms and kitchens. Every job starts with a site visit and a fixed-scope quote in writing. If a wall opens up and shows something we did not expect, you get a call and a price before anyone keeps going. Call (406) 207-2524 to get on the calendar.
Working near Bitterroot River, One Horse Creek, Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge, Florence-Carlton School, Eastside Highway and throughout the Florence area.
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Excavation on the Florence benches is a guess until the bucket hits ground. Glacial till drains well, which is good for footings, but it hides boulders that turn a two-hour dig into a full day. We bid a realistic excavation allowance up front and tell you exactly how it gets reconciled at the end.
Houses close to the river and the Lee Metcalf refuge deal with a high water table and spring flooding on the low ground. Any addition or deck there gets footings set for saturated soil, and we look hard at floodplain maps before quoting. Crawlspace moisture is the most common surprise in those homes.
A lot of Florence owners want a big garage with a finished room above it, or a small guest house for family. Both usually mean a septic review with the county, which takes time. We build the shell to handle the snow load, then finish the inside so it passes as living space.
Composite and cedar decks framed to carry Missoula snow loads, with flashed ledgers, footings below frost and railings that pass inspection the first time. One crew handles design, permits and construction.
Custom Decks in Florence →Bedroom additions, second stories, primary suites and mudroom bump-outs for growing Missoula families, built on frost-depth footings, tied into the existing structure correctly and finished so the seam between old and new disappears.
Home Additions in Florence →Detached ADUs, garages with living space above and workshop garages built on Missoula lots under the new state and city rules, framed for snow load and finished so they appraise well and pass inspection without drama.
ADUs & Garages in Florence →Tile showers, soaking tubs, double vanities and proper ventilation, built by carpenters who treat waterproofing as the job and the tile as the reward. Fixed-scope quotes and one crew from demo to the last bead of silicone.
Bathroom Remodels in Florence →Based in Missoula. One crew and one standard of work from Frenchtown to Hamilton, up the Blackfoot and over to Seeley Lake.
Free site visit, a fixed-scope quote in writing, and a crew that shows up when it says it will.
Send us a few photos and a rough idea of the project. You will get a real number from a real carpenter, usually within one business day.
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