Beach Kitchen
NJ · Beach Haven, New Jersey
A small shore kitchen rebuilt after Hurricane Sandy, every inch worked for cooking and gathering.
Grate Contracting L.L.C. · Spokane Valley
Design-build for the Inland Northwest.
Kitchens, bathrooms, decks, and additions — from Spokane Valley. Craft since 1985. Itemized estimates. Written extras before we proceed.
Beach Haven, New Jersey. Kitchen after the Sandy rebuild.
The work
Rooms, not icons.
Kitchens
Kitchens designed and built for how a family actually cooks — layout, structure, and finish in one contract.
Bathrooms
Bathrooms that have to work every morning — wet walls, tile, and a room you can stand to be in.
Additions
Rooms added to a house you already own, built to match what is there.
Estimates
Itemized bids. Fair extras.
The estimate lists the work. If something extra appears, you get a written price before that work starts. That is the habit, not a slogan.
From clients
“We hired Rich after hurricane Sandy destroyed our beach home. At the time Grate Contracting was doing a window install on our main home. Rich ended up re-doing our whole house. He handled all the inspections and dealt with the insurance company. We were thankful at that point that we had him. We even invited his whole team down the next summer for a block party. Rich is honest and a good communicator. We highly recommend him.”
“We started working with Grate Contracting 11 years ago. So far he has done all 5 bathrooms, a major kitchen remodel with a addition, flooring throughout out home approx 5500 sq ft. He also replaced all the doors in our home and he just finished building our daughters home. Grate Contracting is more then just a contractor, he is honest and fair.”
Selected work
All projects
Parody Kitchen
CO
A kitchen built as an add-on, with an island, subway tile, and French doors to the yard.
Kloecker Kitchen
NJ
Ceiling-height white cabinets, granite, and recessed light in a formal kitchen.
Decaro Kitchen
CO
A warmer kitchen with crown, a rustic faucet, and beveled counters.
Scarcia Kitchen
NJ
A kitchen brought forward with simpler materials and color.
Oldwick Kitchen
NJ · Oldwick, New Jersey
Gray tones, wood and granite, a breakfast bar, and a tile floor.
About
Transform spaces. Transform lives.
Rich Grate has been in the trade since 1985 and created the company in 1991. Explore, design, then build — one contract, one person to call. We take grate pride in the work.
Questions
- Who is Grate Contracting?
- Grate Contracting L.L.C. is Rich Grate’s design-build company. He has been in the trade since 1985 and created the company in 1991. The shop is based in Spokane Valley and works across the Inland Northwest.
- What do you actually take on?
- Kitchens, bathrooms, decks, additions, and general remodeling. Custom homes and cabins are in the gallery from Colorado. They are not advertised as local inventory.
- Where do you work?
- Spokane, Spokane Valley, and Liberty Lake in Washington. Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls, and Hayden in Idaho, inside a two-hour North Idaho drive. St. Regis, Paradise, Plains, and Thompson Falls in western Montana, inside a two-hour drive. There is no Kalispell office.
- Are you licensed?
- Licensed in Washington and Montana. Idaho registration is in progress. We do not print registration numbers on this site.
- How do estimates work?
- The bid is itemized. If the scope changes, the extra is priced in writing before that work starts. Peggy Johnston’s note on this sits on the estimates page because it is the point.
- What are your hours?
- There are no posted shop hours. Rich replies within a day, including evenings and weekends.
- Is the work on this site from Spokane?
- No. The published photos are New Jersey and Colorado jobs, labeled by state. They are here because they are Rich’s work. We will not caption them as local.