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Overview

Carpentry and joinery

This page covers carpentry and joinery: doors, skirting and architraves, staircases, fitted and handmade furniture, kitchens, timber windows, radiator covers, log cabins and timber structures, roof trusses, barn conversions, boat building and wood turning.

Pick the nearest job from the list in the form. If yours isn't there, choose the closest and explain what you need in the description.

Jobs you can request

Typical carpentry and joinery jobs

Choose one of these in the form, or pick the closest and describe what you need.

  1. Door Fitting / Hanging

    A new internal or external door hung, with its hinges, handle and lock fitted.

  2. Staircases

    A staircase built, replaced or repaired, including its handrail and spindles.

  3. Built In Furniture

    Wardrobes, shelves or cupboards built to fit an alcove, recess or whole wall.

  4. Bespoke Windows / Doors

    Timber windows or doors made to measure for their openings, and fitted.

  5. Handmade Kitchens Designed / Installed

    A kitchen designed for the room, made by hand and installed.

  6. Log Cabins

    A timber log cabin built in a garden, as a garden room, office or store.

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Worth knowing

Worth checking before work starts

A few rules and checks that apply to this kind of work.

  1. Replacement windows and doors

    In England, a replacement external window or door must meet the Building Regulations. A registered installer can certify the work; otherwise, approval comes from building control.

  2. Garden buildings

    In England, a garden building under 15 square metres with no sleeping accommodation normally does not need Building Regulations approval.

  3. Materials and finishing

    Ask whether the quote includes the timber, and whether the carpenter will fill, sand and paint or leave the finishing to a decorator.

Questions

Carpentry and joinery questions

My job isn't in the list. What should I choose?

Choose the closest job, then explain what you need in the description step.

What jobs can I request quotes for here?

Doors, skirting and architraves, staircases, fitted and handmade furniture, kitchens, timber windows, log cabins and timber structures, roof trusses, boat building and wood turning. The full list is in the form's first step.

Does a log cabin need planning permission?

In England, not if it meets the permitted development limits, such as being no more than 2.5 metres high when less than 2 metres from a boundary. Any outbuilding at a listed building needs permission.

Can I request quotes for fitted wardrobes?

Yes. Choose Built In Furniture and say which room and which wall or alcove in the description.

Can I request quotes to replace skirting boards?

Yes. Choose Skirting, or Architraves for the trim round doors, and say which rooms and roughly how many metres in the description.

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Four short steps: the job, when you'd like it done, a description and your details.

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