Carpentry & joinery
Carpentry in Amersham. Built to fit, and built to last.
Inside the house, from a single door to a room full of fitted furniture. Here is each kind of carpentry I take on, and what goes into it.
How I work
Your house is still your house while I am in it
Carpentry makes dust and offcuts. The difference is what happens around it: floors covered, cutting done outside where I can, and the room swept at the end of every day.
- I come and look before I price it
- Floors and furniture covered
- Cutting done outside where possible
- Swept up at the end of each day
- Offcuts and rubbish taken away
- You deal with me from start to finish
01 / Fitted wardrobes & shelving
Fitted wardrobes & built-in storage
Old houses are never square, and off-the-shelf furniture never quite fits them. Built-in work does. I scribe it to the walls and the ceiling, so there are no gaps down the side and no dead space on top.
Floor-to-ceiling wardrobes, oak bookcases either side of a chimney breast, plywood shelving and lift-up hatches into the eaves of a loft room. Painted, oiled or left ready for your decorator.
- Fitted wardrobes, floor to ceiling
- Alcove shelving and cupboards
- Eaves and under-stair storage
- Scribed to walls that are not straight
- Oak, birch ply or painted MDF
- Hinges, runners and handles fitted
02 / Kitchens & utility rooms
Kitchens & utility rooms
Kitchen fitting is mostly carpentry: carcasses level and fixed, doors lined up, worktops cut and jointed, end panels and plinths scribed to the floor. I fit kitchens you have bought yourself, from the big sheds or a local supplier.
Utility rooms and boiler cupboards too. A boiler hidden behind flush doors, a worktop over the washing machine and somewhere to put the ironing board.
- Units fitted and levelled
- Wooden and laminate worktops
- Doors, drawers and handles lined up
- Plinths, end panels and fillers
- Boiler and meter cupboards
- Small kitchens and kitchenettes
03 / Doors & frames
Doors, frames & pocket doors
A door that closes with a quiet click and an even gap all round takes longer to hang than most people think. I hang new doors, trim and rehang old ones that stick, and fit the locks, latches and handles.
Pocket doors that slide into the wall where a swinging door would get in the way. And ledged and braced doors, made up for garages, barns and outbuildings.
- Internal doors hung
- Sticking doors eased and rehung
- Pocket and sliding doors
- Door linings and architraves
- Ledged and braced doors made up
- Locks, latches and handles
04 / Floors & panelling
Floors, skirting & panelling
The finishing carpentry is what people notice in a room, even when they do not know they are noticing it. Mitres that close, skirting that sits tight to the floor, a herringbone pattern that runs true from one wall to the other.
Wooden and engineered floors laid, skirting and architrave replaced, and panelling put up: dado rails, picture-frame mouldings and full-height panelled walls.
- Herringbone and engineered floors
- Skirting boards and architraves
- Wall panelling and dado rails
- Floorboards lifted and relaid
- Stair treads and handrails
- Window boards
Get in touch
Tell me which of those you need and I will come and look
I cover Amersham, Chesham, the Chalfonts and the villages round them, seven days a week.
Send me the details
What the job is and where you are. I will come back to you with a time to look.