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  • Cabinet making
  • Custom shelving
  • Wood repair
  • Custom made furniture
  • Deck sanding
  • … or anything else
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What does a carpenter 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 can help you with many different tasks. Carpenters take on a wide range of work, such as fixing areas of houses and building furniture from scratch.

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 plasterwork. 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

Don't know what to do with all that space in your backyard? Hire a carpenter who specialises in building decks. 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

Cabinetmakers 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. Cabinetmakers 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.

Joinery

Joinery services encompass the craftsmanship of creating and joining wood in workshops, distinct from on-site carpentry. These services range from bespoke projects to crafting timber buildings, emphasizing precision and passion. Joiners play a crucial role in interior woodwork, window and door production, and specialized construction, offering tailored and quality timber solutions.

Get in touch with carpenters such as Ana M, Clifford D, and Deep G today to get a wide variety of Carpentry jobs done.
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Recent Carpentry tasks in Berkshire Reading

Build and install a wooden gazebo

£600

New Town, Berkshire

12th Nov 2024

I’m looking for someone to install a wooden Gazebo on our decking. I’m including a link of the gazebo (which is 5x3m) and a picture of the decking it needs attaching to.

Laying insulation and boarding in Shed

£400

Hemdean Bottom, Berkshire

12th Oct 2024

Need help with cutting and laying up insulation in Shed walls , ceiling and floor. Also will install vapour barrier and board up. Shed is 12 x 8ft apex type shed

Deep is one of a kind.. Honestly can't describe how efficient and helpful he was. Absolute gem of a bloke !

Build understairs shoeshelves

£1,000

Lower Caversham, Berkshire

30th Sep 2024

I would like to make good use of my understairs space. Our idea is turning the space to pull-out shoeshelves. Attached please find the sample of product for reference. The rough measurement of the space is width: 110 cm, height: 120cm, depth: 34cm. Feel free to discuss the design / materials. Appreicate if quotation could be provided.

Pouring concrete to form a patio

£500

Churchend, Berkshire

16th Sep 2024

Need some experienced people to pour and level concrete for a patio build. Date flexible, mid October to early November preferred. Patio is an irregular shape and we'd like to embed a threshold drain, so not the simplest pour. Area is about 15m2 and depth is approx. 15cm across most of it, with a deeper lip. Concrete to be delivered and pumped to back of garden. Plan is for site to be ready to go, but happy for you to do as much as the prep and measuring as you need. Budget flexible. Depends on experience and tools.

Repair of existing loft ladders

£75

Calcot Row, Berkshire

15th Sep 2024

Existing loft ladders have become detached in the loft. Should be a simple repair to reattach ladders in loft.

Shed assembly

£300

Mapledurham, Oxfordshire

11th Aug 2024

Shed is being supplied in panels and needs to be put together (hammer and nails). Should be a full day job.

Cliff was reliable, on time, and did an excellent job

Building sitting area

£50

Whiteknights, Berkshire

20th Jun 2024

I want to build wooden roof sitting area with 4-6 pillars in garden

Shed Installation

£250

Harpsden Bottom, Oxfordshire

13th Jun 2024

Need a 9x6 tiger shed installed

Shed installation

£250

Harpsden Bottom, Oxfordshire

13th Jun 2024

Tiger 9x6 shed needs installing on concrete base

Recover Optima slate pool table, new cushion rails(6ftx3ft)in Berks.

£350

Earley, Berkshire

5th Jun 2024

Recover slate bed Optima pool tablewith wool cloth and new cushion rails all round

Create a cupboard/shelves around my electricity board in the basement

£700

New Town, Berkshire

29th Jan 2024

Need a glued on solution (no nails etc) to cover fuse box and distribution board. - Due date: Before Sunday, 31 March 2024

Carpenter

£20

Reading, Berkshire

5th Jan 2024

In need of a carpenter for door fittings - Due date: Needs to be done on Thursday, 11 January 2024

Outhouses

£5,000

Lower Caversham, Berkshire

29th Nov 2023

Build beauty shed in my garden - Due date: Flexible

Build a small rail

£70

Reading, Berkshire, RG1

21st Aug 2023

Hello, we need a small « curtain » rail for shelving in our office - to cover the bottom shelves - Due date: Flexible

Carpenter and assembly services

£50

Reading, Berkshire

1st Jul 2023

Cut the doors and assembly required - Due date: Flexible

Joining two cabinets

£100

Reading, Berkshire

1st Jul 2023

I have two identical cabinets side-by-side that I want joined to look like it’s one continuous piece but the issue is on the ends of both cabinets, there is a top and bottom overhang which will need to be cut so the cabinets can join together. - Due date: Flexible

Sanding down a wooden frame cupboard opening

£100

Woodley, Berkshire

11th May 2023

The integrated dishwasher needs to be uninstalled so that the wood surround frame can be sanded down thus slightly enlarging the width of the opening and then the dishwasher needs to be re-installed correctly. - Due date: Before Friday, 19 May 2023

Garden shed making

£1,000

Lower Earley, Berkshire, RG6

8th May 2023

Make a big shed or workshop in the garden - Due date: Flexible

Deck REpair

£200

Lower Earley, Berkshire, RG6

20th Sep 2022

Decking boards are rotting. Need repair - Due date: Flexible

Hi, Need to repair garden shed roof, thanks

£300

Southcote, Berkshire

27th Jul 2022

Hi, Need to repair the shed roof. 1. remove existing felt and rotted boards. 2. supply and fit new 4x2 roof joists 3. supply and fit new 18ml OSB boards 4. torch-on felt 5. clean site and remove rubbish Thanks - Due date: Flexible