Carpenter and dry liner in Cheddar, Somerset
I frame and board walls, hang doors and lay floors in Somerset houses. You get a written quote before I start, and the price on it is the price you pay.
- 30 min
- radius of Cheddar, mostly
- Free
- quotes, always in writing
What I do
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Studwork & dry liningMetal or timber partitions framed, boarded and taped so the decorator finds a flat wall. Most of my week.Partitions framed, boarded and taped so the paint goes on flat.
Fire doorsFD30 door sets fitted to the gaps, seals and ironmongery the certificate actually requires. Landlords and HMOs included.FD30 door sets fitted to the gaps and seals the certificate asks for.
Door hangingA run of internal doors that all shut with the same weight, in houses where no two openings are square.A run of doors that all shut with the same weight.
CarpentrySkirting, architrave, staircase repairs and fitted storage, cut on site to the wall you have rather than the wall it should be.Skirting, architrave, staircases and fitted storage, cut on site.- NEEDED — a finished bathroomTilingBathrooms and wet rooms set out from the eye line down, so the cut tiles end up where nobody looks.Set out from the eye line down, so the cuts land where nobody looks.
FlooringLVT and laminate over a subfloor that has been levelled first. A 2mm dip in a screed telegraphs straight through LVT within a year.LVT and laminate over a subfloor that has been levelled first.
How a job goes
Five steps, and you know where you stand at each one. Most of what people worry about with a tradesman happens in the gaps between them, so I keep the gaps short.
- 01You ring or send the formTell me the room and roughly what you want. I will say straight away whether it is a job for me.
- 02I come and measureUsually within a week. Half an hour in the room, and I tell you what I would do and what I would leave alone.
- 03The quote arrives in writingItemised, by email, within two days. The price does not move unless you change the job.
- 04We book a dateA start date and a realistic finish date, not a vague week. If something slips you hear it from me first.
- 05It is finished and cleared upDust sheets down every day, floors swept, waste taken away. You get the room back, not a tidy-up job.
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Recent work
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Loft conversion, framed and boardedTwo weeks of framing under the rafters and then boarding out. The gable was blockwork on one side and old brick on the other, so the linings were packed out to meet in a single flat plane rather than following what was there.
Curved bar counter, commercial fit-outFramed and clad in a long continuous curve, then tiled. The radius was set out full size on the floor first, so the front came round in one line instead of a series of flats pretending to be a curve.- Door sets with vision panelsSets hung and vision panels fitted square to one another, linings taped and caulked ready for the decorator.
Where I work
I work out of Cheddar, and most jobs are within half an hour of it: down through Sedgemoor and across the Levels, up onto the Mendips, and out to the coast at Burnham and Weston.
If you are further out than that, ring and ask anyway. I would rather tell you no on the phone than leave you waiting a week for a quote that was never coming.
Towns covered
- Cheddar
- Axbridge
- Wedmore
- Winscombe
- Burnham-on-Sea
- Highbridge
- Bridgwater
- Weston-super-Mare
- Wells
- Glastonbury
- Street
Tell me about the room
Quotes are free, in writing, and fixed. Ring during the day or send the form and I will come back the same evening.