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Carpentry and joinery services

Nineteen jobs carpenters and joiners are hired for across the UK, each with what the work involves, what it typically costs, and what to ask before you book.

A joinery bench with clamps and hand tools laid out along it

A door hung part open in its lining, hinges and packers in place

Door fitting

Hanging internal doors, fitting external and composite doors

£80 to £180 per internal door, fitted

A run of fitted wardrobe doors with one leaf off, rail and shelves behind

Fitted wardrobes

Built-in wardrobes in bedrooms, sliding-door wardrobe runs

£1,200 to £4,000 for a fitted wardrobe wall

A chimney breast with fitted cupboards and shelves in the alcove either side

Alcove units

Alcove cupboards either side of a chimney breast, built-in bookcases

£900 to £2,500 per alcove pair

A panelled wall built around a recessed screen with a fire below

Media walls

Stud-framed media walls with recessed TV, electric fire and hearth openings

£1,500 to £4,000 for a fitted media wall

A kitchen run of base and wall units with one carcass still open

Kitchen fitting

Fitting a flat-pack or rigid kitchen, handmade in-frame kitchens

£1,500 to £5,000 labour for a standard kitchen

Skirting and architrave

Replacing skirting through a whole house, matching period skirting profiles

£12 to £25 per metre, fitted

A straight flight of stairs with treads, balusters, handrail and newel

Staircases

New staircase installation, staircase renovation and re-treading

£1,000 to £4,000 for a straight flight, fitted

Floorboards laid in staggered lengths with a corner turned back to the underlay

Wooden flooring

Laying solid and engineered board, parquet and herringbone

£20 to £45 per m², labour only

A raised timber deck with balustrade, joists and a step down to the lawn

Decking

Timber and composite decking, raised decks and steps

£60 to £110 per m², supplied and fitted

A timber garden room with a mono-pitch roof and glazed front

Garden rooms

Insulated garden offices, bespoke sheds and workshops

£8,000 to £30,000 for an insulated garden office

Fencing and gates

Fence panels, posts and gravel boards, close-board and feather-edge fencing

£100 to £200 per fence panel, supplied and fitted

A loft with boards going down over the joists and the ladder dropped

Loft boarding

Raised loft boarding over insulation, loft ladders and hatches

£30 to £60 per m², plus £250 to £450 for a ladder and hatch

A timber stud frame with noggins, part covered in plasterboard

Stud walls

Timber and metal stud partitions, splitting a room in two

£500 to £1,200 per wall, plastered ready

A roof truss with rafters, tie beam, king post and struts

Roof carpentry

Cut roofs and truss erection, floor and ceiling joists

£250 to £350 per day for structural carpentry

A box sash window with the stile opened to show the pulley, cord and weight

Sash windows

Cord and weight replacement, draught proofing and re-balancing

£350 to £750 per sash window, refurbished

A beam end spliced with a scarf joint, the decayed section cut out below

Timber repairs

Splicing out wet rot, door and window frame repair

£150 to £600 per repair, depending on access

A cabinet carcass with a drawer taken out, dovetails showing at the corner

Cabinet making

Freestanding and fitted cabinetry, dining tables and benches

£400 to £900 per linear metre for handmade cabinetry

A shopfront with fascia, display window, entrance and fitted shelving inside

Commercial joinery

Shop and salon fit-outs, bar and restaurant joinery

Priced per project, usually £250 to £400 per day per fitter

A forced door boarded over with battens nailed across and a padlocked hasp

Emergency carpentry

Boarding up after a break-in or storm, securing damaged doors and frames

£100 to £250 call-out, plus materials