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What do carpenters do?

Whether you’re planning a major renovation on your home or you simply want to make things look a bit nicer, hiring a carpenter or chippy can help you with many different tasks. Carpenters can visit a construction site or take on any work in homes that require additional labour for different projects or repairs. 

Carpentry work is generally broken down into two types: rough and finish. Rough carpentry refers to work that doesn’t have an intricate look, as it’s covered up – often by bricks, tiles, or plaster work. Finish carpentry covers the work that will be on display, so needs to have a nicer finish. Furniture, decking, and window frames all fall into this second category. 

Decking

Want to improve your outdoor space? Hire a carpentry in your area to build a deck. Carpenters who work as a decking specialist can add an outdoor deck or upgrade an existing one that opens up your outdoor space. This is great if you want to entertain guests or eat outside as a family during the sunny months. 

Cabinet making

Cabinet makers are one example of finish carpentry, because of the high level of detail that goes into their end products. Unlike structural work, it’s important that a cabinet looks nice, so this type of carpenter is a lot more focused on fine details. Cabinet makers often specialise in other forms of furniture making too. 

Refinishing carpentry

While structural carpentry is concerned with jobs on the large end of the scale, trim or refinishing carpentry looks at the small end. A trim carpenter is the way to go if you want someone to fix up your skirting boards, cornicing, or a similar aspect of your home.

Custom made furniture

A house isn’t a home without a few personal touches, and if you’d rather avoid the cookie-cutter Ikea approach to decorating your property, hiring a carpenter to create custom-made furniture can make you stand out. Whether you want chairs, tables, or a shoe rack, there’s someone nearby who can help. 

Recent Carpentry tasks in Christchurch

Take a skirting board out from underneath the fridge

$50

Sydenham, Christchurch, New Zealand

11th Sep 2024

There is a skirting board that needs to be removed underneath the fridge in our office kitchen so that it sits properly. I'm not sure what else is required to ensure the fridge sits properly, but I would need this handy person to do whatever's necessary.

Very quick and polite. Great service. Would use him again.

One foldable kitchen table that folds into a door for the understairs

$300

Christchurch 8014, New Zealand

29th Mar 2023

Hi, I'm looking for a carpenter who can put a door & kitchen table to the understairs wall. - Due date: Flexible - Due date: Flexible

Build wooden platform for minivan

$300

Christchurch 8011, New Zealand

12th Feb 2023

We would like someone to build a wooden platform for a bed in the back of our 2005 Mazda MPV. We would like the platform to extend from behind the driver's seat to the back door of the van. We need the platform to be sturdy enough to hold about 160-170 kg of weight. The only other feature we would like to add to the wooden platform is a piece of wood that can slide in and out from under the bed to be used as a stable platform to cook on. I have attached a photo below of the general idea of what we are looking for. I have also attached a photo of the general idea of the sliding surface that comes out from under the bed. This is just a rough example of what we want. We would prefer cheaper materials and a simpler build of this sliding platform though. - Due date: Before Tuesday, 21 February 2023

paining the fence, re-staining the deck, waterblasting concrete

$3,000

Fendalton, Christchurch, New Zealand

21st Jan 2023

29 idris road, fendalton, Christchurch - Due date: Before Wednesday, 8 February 2023

Need some one to buliding 3x 1.5 meter shed for me

$100

Aranui, Christchurch, New Zealand

1st Nov 2022

I bought shed from mitre ten. I cant set up shed as i have no tool supply or strong enough to bulid it on my own - Due date: Flexible

Add shelf into MDF cupboard and put together bookshelf

$100

Mairehau, Christchurch, New Zealand

11th Aug 2022

I need to add a shelf into the bottom of an MDF cupboard. already have the shelf but need someone to screw some brackets in to attach the shelf. There is also a flat pack bookcase to put together - Due date: Flexible

Brought a shed from Amazon just needs to be put together

$130

Christchurch 8011, New Zealand

14th May 2022

Shed assesmbled.Brought a shed from Amazon just needs to be put together - Due date: Flexible

Deliver& install approx 6 cupboards,Someone to remove kitchen

$80

Christchurch 8011, New Zealand

14th May 2022

Looking to get a 2nd had kitchen removed units only,delivered and fitted into our kitchen( ours has 2 double units to be removed) - Due date: Flexible

Barn shed & need someone to build it as am to busy.Have bought a7x7.

$200

Christchurch 8011, New Zealand

13th May 2022

All materials are here just eeds built - Due date: Flexible

Shed repair.new 4 x 4 post needed for shed door.

$130

Christchurch 8011, New Zealand

13th May 2022

I have a large shed with double doors. One of the doors has dropped because the wooden post that it is attached to has rotted at the bottom. So the 4 x 4 post needs replacing. Some of the horizontal planks of wood of the shed need replacing too. Both doors need new shed hinges. Some roofing felt that is flapped over needs replacing. You will need an 'acrow' to hold roof up whilst doing job. - Due date: Flexible

A large wooden climbing frame needs constructing and erecting.

$70

Christchurch 8011, New Zealand

13th May 2022

A large wooden climbing frame needs constructing and erecting. Requires cementing it into the ground. - Due date: Flexible

Advice wanted on removing stains on bricks

$500

Christchurch 8022, New Zealand

2nd Feb 2022

Would like to know if the bricks are able to be cleaned from stains shown in photos. This is a 2-bedroom unit, one of two units (approx 110m2), built 1996. There is staining around most of the brick work. I don't know what has caused the staining. Any advice on how to proceed with treatment and cost would be appreciated. - Due date: Flexible