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Carpentry in Ealing
First fix structure, second fix finish. Family-run since 2008, working across Ealing and all 32 London boroughs.
Extension + loft, North Finchley
Rear extension and loft conversion in London stock brick with French doors, North FinchleyCarpentry for Ealing homes
Carpentry spans the whole build: the joists and studs nobody sees, and the architraves and staircases everybody does. Both matter — the first for whether the floor is level, the second for whether the job looks finished.
Large Edwardian and Victorian houses across Ealing and Hanwell, inter-war semis in Greenford and Northolt, and dense terraced and extended stock through Southall. High volume of side and rear extension work.
That housing mix matters more than it sounds. It determines whether your carpentry is a straightforward job or a structural one — how the loads transfer, whether a Party Wall Award is likely, and what the council will accept on the elevation. We survey before we price, so the number you get reflects your actual house rather than an average one.
Included as standard
- First fix: joists, studs, roof timbers and floors
- Second fix: doors, skirting, architrave and ironmongery
- Staircase construction and Part K compliance
- Fitted wardrobes, alcove units and bespoke joinery
- Timber, engineered and laminate flooring
- Decking, garden structures and repairs
- Timescale
- Priced per job
- Planning authority
- London Borough of Ealing
- Postcodes
- W3, W5, W7, W13
- Housing stock
- Mixed housing stock
Where the regulations bite
Structural carpentry — joists, trimmers, roof timbers — is covered by Part A and sized from span tables, or by an engineer where the loading is unusual. Notching and drilling joists for services is limited to defined zones, and exceeding them quietly weakens the floor.
Staircases are governed by Part K: maximum rise, minimum going, two metres of headroom, and guarding that will not let a 100mm sphere pass. In a loft conversion, fitting a compliant stair into an existing floor plan is often the hardest part of the entire design.
Internal doors in a loft-converted house usually have to be fire doors under Part B, complete with intumescent and smoke seals, and hung so that the gaps are within tolerance — a fire door fitted with sloppy gaps is not a fire door.
Second fix is where the job gets judged. Scribing architrave to an out-of-plumb wall, and getting consistent margins around doors, is what separates work that looks finished from work that merely is.
Those are the national rules. In Ealing they are administered by London Borough of Ealing, and they can be tightened locally by a conservation area or an Article 4 direction covering your street. We confirm the position for your address in writing before you commit to anything.
Working in Ealing
We are based in Chadwell Heath, RM6. Ealing is a regular run for us, and we resource jobs there properly rather than stretching a crew across the city. Scaffolding licences, skip permits and highway licences are all applied for in our name as part of the contract, because they have to be — they are the contractor's responsibility, not yours.
Access shapes the programme in London more than anywhere else. Narrow streets, controlled parking and shared alleys all affect how materials get in and waste gets out, and we plan for it at survey stage rather than discovering it in week two. Where a job needs a wait-and-load skip or a grab lorry instead of a standing skip, we say so in the quote.
You get a named project manager for the duration — Jagpreet (Sandeep) or Simarjit (Sonu) depending on where the job sits — and you pay in arrears of work completed rather than handing over a deposit and hoping.
Our work
Carpentry we have completed
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Answers
Carpentry in Ealing — common questions
Do I need planning permission for carpentry in Ealing?
It depends on the property type and what is proposed. Many single-storey rear extensions and loft conversions fall under permitted development, but those rights do not apply to flats and are restricted in conservation areas or where an Article 4 direction applies. We check the planning position for your specific address before quoting, and tell you in writing which route applies.
How do you price the work?
From a site survey, written up as a fixed and itemised scope before any deposit is discussed. If something genuinely unforeseen appears once work is opened up, it is priced and agreed in writing before we continue — never added to the final invoice after the fact.
When do I pay?
In arrears of work completed. You pay for work that has been done and inspected, not for work that has been promised. This has been how the company operates since 2008.
Which postcodes in Ealing do you cover?
We work across the whole borough, including W3, W5, W7, W13, UB1, UB2 and the surrounding districts.
Who is the planning authority for Ealing?
London Borough of Ealing is the local planning authority and also runs building control for the borough. Planning applications, prior approval submissions and building control applications for your property all go to them, and we handle those submissions as part of the contract.
Do you handle Party Wall notices?
Yes, where the work requires them. Under the Party Wall etc. Act 1996, notifiable work on a shared wall needs 2 months written notice to the adjoining owner, while excavation near a neighbouring structure and building at the line of junction need 1 month. We serve the notices and manage the award process as part of the job.
Will I get certificates at the end?
Yes. Electrical work is tested and certificated under Part P, and building control issues a completion certificate where an application was required. You receive the handover pack — it is what a buyer's solicitor will ask for when you eventually sell.
How long will it take?
It depends entirely on scope, and we give a programme with the written quote rather than a guess on the phone. What we will not do is start a job we cannot resource, which is the usual reason a build stalls halfway through.
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