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James K. Holton INC

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James K. Holton INC

Your imagination is our business Welcome to James K. Jim Holton, a lifelong resident of Landenberg, PA, began his construction career in 1976. He founded James K.

Holton, Inc., a family owned and operated home contracting firm located in Southern Chester County, Pennsylvania. We offer a variety of home improvement services ranging from minor repairs, new kitchens, major home renovations, and home additions. Holton, Inc. in 1991. At that time, his son Tim was just 5 years old. Tim worked with his father while growing up and developed a love for carpentry and

building. Tim attended Pennsylvania College of Technology where he studied residential construction and construction management. In January of 2015, Tim took ownership of JKH Inc. Are you cramped for space? With over thirty years experience in the construction industry we have the knowledge and expertise necessary to handle any residential building project. Whether you need a room addition, complete home restoration, or anything in between, we can do it. We believe in traditional values and "old-fashioned" craftsmanship. We've built a solid reputation for professionalism, integrity, and superior craftsmanship. Our family and employees are dedicated to providing the highest quality materials and workmanship possible. James K. is committed to providing you with unparalleled service, not only during the project, but long after completion as well. We enjoy a long term working relationship with many local subcontractors and suppliers. Working closely with you and our subcontractors from start to finish ensures your project is smooth, enjoyable and successful. Our success depends on our outstanding reputation and the security we assure you, our customer. Please visit the Additions, Renovations, and Log Home pages to view the many photos of some of our projects we've completed over the years. Read what others have to say about James K. on the Testimonials page. If you have any questions or comments please contact us. We look forward to serving all your building needs. HIC Registration

02/23/2026

Jobsite looks a little different today! We’ve actually had a winter this year! is loving it… but I’m over it!

Anyway, we’re putting the new skid loader to the test today. We bought this machine back in the fall and haven’t really had a chance to put it to work. I’ve played with it some, but still learning it. Normally I have to use our tractor and drive backwards with the snowblower to plow snow. So this little machine has been a game changer.

We chose this machine for a few reasons, but the number one reason was the telescoping arm which makes it kind of a hybrid between a telehandler and a skid loader.

Drop a comment below if you’d like to see me do a full review and test of it and how it works for a construction company.

11/11/2025

This is one that never got posted. Three car garage and workshop with storage on the second floor. It was a pretty quick and easy build. And we know those don’t come often! I was just back there to pour a sidewalk and concrete apron in front of it. Customer has pretty much moved everything into it and is putting it to good use!

10/29/2025

The calm before the storm! Quite literally this week. It’s rare in this business that we aren’t racing the weather. Unlike new construction, we’re always opening up, tying in and trying to enclose before a storm from comes in. Great progress on our build yesterday though. The truss truck followed me into the jobsite and we had the main trusses set by 8 am. Then onto cricket roof framing, sheathing and fascia. We will have all the shingles on today and the house wrap completed by the days end. Most of the east coast is getting hammered tonight into tomorrow with remains of a hurricane so we have to do everything possible to have it watertight today.

10/24/2025

Man! We do so many projects that after a while they all start to blend together. Took a little trip down memory lane aka my camera roll…. Looking back, it’s hard to believe this was almost 6 years ago that we did this one. It’s a pretty drastic before and after project!

10/23/2025

For the love of the craft. That’s why I got into this business and why I started to love woodworking at a younger age. As I’ve gotten older, the stress of life and running the business sometimes clouds the reasons why I really do love it. I had the opportunity recently to build a sign for our motocross club. This wasn’t a paid job, it wasn’t even really a job at all. I wasn’t asked to do it, but I wanted to. I knew I wanted to create something cool that fit with the aesthetic of the property. There was no plans or drawings, just me playing with barnwood! It didn’t take long to do, but it was exactly what I needed as quick reset and refocus. Huge shoutout to for help with the router for that incredible logo.

10/22/2025

Here’s a little self proclaimed “welcome back” or reintroduction! For a few years my instagram page was hopping! It was fun and new and exciting to share the day to day stuff with you as a small business owner in SE Pennsylvania. I’m not entirely sure why, but as time went on I got bored of posting and it seemed like a hassle. I was becoming slightly burnt out of the pressure of always coming up with new and interesting content, and running a business on top of it. I pretty much stepped away from all social media, but our work continued and we had some seriously cool projects happen in that time. A new custom house, lots of renovations, and even more additions.

We also had a daughter which has never made her IG debut on this account until now.

I’m going to start posting again and doing some backlog content pictures as well as the current stuff we have. Stay tuned and let me know what you want to see!

06/03/2024

Green means go! We just passed our footing inspection for our new house project. Foundation walls are being delivered and set tomorrow. Now it starts to feel real!

05/30/2024

It’s been a minute since I’ve posted… but we’ve been crazy busy. I’m going to be doing a lot more on here coming up. We’re starting a very nice custom home with all kinds of cool aspects and details. This a picture of our progress on it so far. We’re in the final prep stages and our foundation goes in next week!

02/21/2024

We finished up the exterior of the door project today. We wrapped it with custom sized white oak hand hewn beams. We milled them down and ran them through a brushing machine to clean them up, but still leave the patina. There is still some interior work to be done, but the exterior is a wrap for now.

02/14/2024

This was a first for me! I’ve installed hundreds of doors, but I have never built one fully from scratch. When my customers first approached me with the idea, I was excited, but apprehensive. This is essentially a piece of wooden furniture that will see the brunt of the element. It took a lot of careful planning and ex*****on to get to this point. We had to build it to be able to withstand and try to eliminate as much seasonal movement as possible. It’s all reclaimed character white oak material. All the checks, knots and holes were epoxy filled and stabilized. After we had the materials prepared, we milled every single piece and built all of it, threshold, jambs and panels. We custom ordered glass because this door is wider than a standard door. The main swinging door is 38” wide and a massive 2 1/4” thick. It’s got a satisfying thunk when it closes! We finished it with four coats of Tung oil to give it a soft matte glow. We will be custom building a rustic surround to finish the space off.

08/15/2023

Wrapped up our timber frame barn entry project today. It’s hard to capture the true size of the timbers and the overall stance of the project. Overall I’m happy with the scale of it and it’s adds quite a bit of curb appeal to the front of this old barn.

Address

1 Cole Valley La
Cochranville, PA
19330

Opening Hours

Monday	7am - 5:30pm
Tuesday	7am - 5:30pm
Wednesday	7am - 5:30pm
Thursday	7am - 5:30pm
Friday	7am - 5:30pm

Website

http://www.jkholton.com/

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