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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.

Recent Carpentry tasks in Forest Gate

To make my wardrobe 10 cm narrower

£200

Forest Gate, Greater London, E7

22nd Sep 2024

We have a wardrobe from ikea measuring 150 cm. We’d like a carpenter to cut off 10 cm to make it narrower. It has sliding mirrored doors, but we would just slide the door in a bit.

Carpentry works , plastering , general building works

£150

Forest Gate, Greater London, E7

5th Sep 2024

Carpentry, plastering , placing insulation, putting plaster board

Sanding and Painting of a Wooden Lamp and Chair.

£150

Forest Gate, Greater London, E7

24th Aug 2024

Wooden Chair bought Second Hand. It needs a Lot of Sanding as it has Layers of Paint ... I'm not sure whether to Paint them, or keep them as Natural Wood, with either a Matte Varnish, or Wax ...? The Lamp I inherited from my Mother. It has been in Storage and needs Some TLC ... I live in Forest Gate. My Flat is too Small for the Work to take place here, so I need it to be taken away, and then Returned ... I am Really Grateful for all the Offers I have received, but I was away, so I couldn't take any Photographs, but I have now ...P.SThe Lamp needs Rewiring. I look forward to hearing from Prospective People ... Many thanks. Kind regards, Michélle

Hallway carpentry

£350

Stratford, Greater London, E15

19th Aug 2024

1. Build wedge shape step on stairs as at the moment as have to step down to step back up. Red line on image indicates step to be built. 2. Box in copper boiler pipe and metre near front door of flat. Copper pipe total running length 895cm. Metre to be boxed in with door 55x35x20cm. We need access to this box to read the metre. 3. Fit stringer along stairs (image included of the stringer on the othe side of the wall to know what the new skirting needs to be matched to) There are 12 steps on the stairs. 4. Remove 3 floorboards where floorboards has been cut. Use these floorboards to replace other parts of floorboards which have also been cut (the bits to be removed are longer and can be cut to use as filler pieces for other parts of floorboards that have been cut). Replace new floorboards where the original three were taken from. Floorboards to be removed are 200x14.5cm. the width of the floorboards where these boards will be used to fill in is also 14.5cm. Airtasker asks for a budget so we have had to add an indicative price, please don't hesitate to quote us. Budget doesnt include material.

Replace damaged panel/drawer of PAX Wardrobe

£50

Forest Gate, Greater London, E7

11th Jul 2024

Replace panel, doors & 1 drawer of pax wardrobe.

Kitchen fitters!! 3 kitchen units need fitting. 2 top, 2 bottom.

£150

Wanstead Flats, Greater London

11th Jun 2024

Looking for a kitchen fitter to fit 4 units and panels. 4 kitchen units fitting. 2 top, 2 bottom. Will involve cutting some pieces to fit so will need an electric saw setup. 3 units ready built.

Build a small decking area in a small garden

£200

Forest Gate, Greater London, E7

11th May 2024

To build decking in a small area

Furniture sanding

£80

Wanstead Flats, Greater London

15th Mar 2024

I have two wooden chests of drawers and some wooden shutters that need sanding. The drawers have some intricate patterns but I have access to an air compressor and a sandblaster if it’s useful.

Paint shed

£100

Forest Gate, Greater London, E7

27th Feb 2024

Painting back and side of shed

Build mdf shelves - floor to ceiling in a corner. Utilize the corner

£150

Forest Gate, Greater London, E7

1st Feb 2024

Please build simple MDF shelves in this corner - please see picture. About 8 shelves . Must utilize corner. Need as much storage space as possible. Please say if your quote includes materials or not. - Due date: Needs to be done on Saturday, February 3, 2024

Thanks so much Nick. Polite and helpful throughout.

To fit an external back garden frame and door

£100

Forest Gate, Greater London, E7

23rd Oct 2023

To fit a external garden frame and door - Due date: Flexible

Fix a kitchen cabinet

£75

Wanstead Flats, Greater London

7th Jun 2023

Faktum drawer. The spring in the mechanism that attaches to the drawer front panel has come off. The draw runners are OK as is the front panel. What we need is someone to repair this drawer or fit a new drawer in the space/ Part number 600.320.41. . Discontinued by IKEA since 2014. - Due date: Flexible

Great job fixing our drawer. Quick and efficient!

Carpentry skills needed! Bespoke drawers made for inside a wardrobe

£300

Wanstead Flats, Greater London

6th Mar 2022

I recently had 3 bespoke wardrobes fitted in my bedroom, two for hanging and the middle one for drawers. Unfortunately we haven't been able to build the drawers to fit inside the cupboard (due to life getting in the way) so I wanted to get a quote to see how much something like that would cost. The cupboard is roughly 92cm wide and 32cm deep and we would be looking to have 5/6 drawers. - Due date: Flexible

Wardrobe build and Shelves Installing

£1,000

Forest Gate, Greater London, E7

2nd Oct 2021

Floor to ceiling wardrobe and shelves fitting, 2.2M wide, approx 3m ceiling height. Shelves and drawers already specified.