Gardner · Southwest Johnson County
Gardner · new-build automation at the trail junction.
IntegrateIT is a home automation and low-voltage integrator serving Gardner, Kansas, a short drive southwest of the design center at 15108 Glenwood Ave, Overland Park. Most projects here are new or nearly new houses, so we get into the framing: cable to television walls, ceiling speakers and keypad locations, an access point on each level, camera drops at the eaves, and a lower-level media room roughed in before finish. Control4 Platinum Dealer, Crestron Elite Partner, Lutron Certified Dealer, CEDIA member, HTA Certified. Five-year workmanship warranty. (913) 804-7575.
Gardner grew up at the point where the Oregon and Santa Fe trails split, and it has spent the last two decades as one of the fastest-growing communities in southwest Johnson County. That growth shows in the housing: block after block of newer construction on generous suburban lots, with a small original downtown and a ring of acreage properties beyond the city edge. Two-story builds with finished or finishable basements are the norm. It is a short drive southwest of our Overland Park design center.
Installing in Gardner
What is different about Gardner houses
Installing here is different because the timing is usually still open. Most Gardner projects are new or nearly new houses, which means we can get into the framing and put cable where it will matter for decades: television walls, ceiling speakers, keypad locations, an access point on each level, and camera drops at the corners. Doing that during construction is quiet, quick and inexpensive compared with the same coverage in a finished house.
The basement is the second theme. Nearly every newer Gardner build has a lower level that is either finished, framed or waiting, and it is the natural place for a theater or a media room: no windows to fight, a flat ceiling, and space for seating rows. If we know before drywall, we can put in the projector power, the speaker locations, an isolated equipment spot and conduit for a future screen, even if the room does not get built for years.
Third, these are family houses that fill up with devices. A newer subdivision home can carry dozens of connected things across streaming, cameras, thermostats, doorbells and consoles, and a builder-supplied router does not hold that together. We put in a cabled Ubiquiti network with access points placed by floor plan instead of by guess, and keep smart-home gear on its own lane so a busy evening on one does not take the other down.
The kind of work we do in Gardner
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Pre-wire and structured cabling set at the framing stage of a new build
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A lower-level media room roughed in during construction and finished later
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A cabled network sized for a two-story home full of connected devices
What we install in Gardner
The full integration stack — designed to disappear.
Before you call anyone in Gardner
We wrote down the parts most people learn the expensive way.
How to choose a home automation company
The questions worth asking before you sign with anyone — including us. What a dealer tier actually buys you, and what happens in year four.
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What a home theater really costs
A media room, a dedicated theater and a reference build are three different projects. What separates two identical basements is the room, not the equipment list.
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Why your Wi-Fi keeps dropping
A "the smart home stopped working" call frequently traces back to the network. The diagnosis, before you call anyone.
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Questions from Gardner homeowners
Our builder offers a wiring package. Why bring in an integrator?
- Builder packages tend to cover the minimum: a few outlets, maybe a coax run. What they rarely do is plan for where you will actually want a display, a speaker or an access point once you live in the house. We design against your floor plan and how you use the rooms, coordinate with the builder as the single low-voltage trade, and leave the house able to grow.
We are not finishing the basement yet. Should we still plan the theater?
- Yes, and that is the cheap moment to do it. Speaker locations, projector power, conduit for a screen and an equipment spot can all go in while the walls are open, and then sit unused until you are ready. The alternative is opening a finished ceiling later. Roughing it in costs very little compared with retrofitting the same room.
How far out is Gardner for service calls?
- It is a routine drive from our Overland Park design center, and Gardner sits inside our normal service area. Much of what a system needs after the install is handled remotely, which means most questions are answered without anyone driving anywhere. When a truck is needed, it is scheduled like any other Johnson County call.
Gardner consultation
Tell us about your Gardner project.
Consultations are by appointment. We'll spend an hour walking through your space, talking about how you live, and sketching what's possible — at no cost, no pitch.