First fix structure, second fix finish · All 32 London boroughs
Carpentry in London
Structural carpentry, staircases, doors, flooring and fitted joinery.
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Fitted kitchen units with worktop and splashback tilingWhat we do
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.
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
- Typical timescale
- Priced per job
- Coverage
- 32 boroughs
- Payment
- In arrears
- Trading since
- 2008
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.
The limits above are the national permitted-development rules for England. Your borough may restrict them further through a conservation area or an Article 4 direction — we confirm the position for your address in writing before quoting.
Our work
Carpentry we have completed
Answers
Carpentry — common questions
Do I need planning permission for carpentry in London?
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.
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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