Doors, Locks & Carpentry

Small fix, daily annoyance

A door that drags on the jamb, needs a shove to latch, or swings open on its own is one of those things you stop noticing and never stop being irritated by. It is almost always an adjustment rather than a replacement: a hinge shimmed, a strike moved a few millimetres, a hinge screw swapped for one long enough to reach framing.

We start with the cheap fix and only recommend a replacement when the slab or the frame is genuinely finished.

Locks and security hardware

Deadbolts only work if the bolt fully enters framing behind the jamb, not just the thin strike plate screwed to the casing. That gets checked on every lock install rather than assumed. Handlesets, deadbolts, smart locks, keyed-alike sets across a house, and strike reinforcement on exterior doors.

Trim and carpentry

Baseboards, door and window casings, crown, chair rail, and the trim repairs that come after other work. Mitres cut to the actual angle of the corner rather than 45 degrees on faith, because very few walls in a real house meet at 90.

Small custom builds too: shelving in an alcove, a window seat, a mantel, a folding counter in a laundry room, closet build-outs. These are quoted per project after we have seen the space, because the measurements and the material decide everything.

Where the carpentry is the room’s feature rather than a fitting, that belongs with accent and feature walls.

Getting a price

For a sticking door or a lock, a short video of the door closing tells us more than a photo. The sound and where it catches are the diagnosis. For trim and carpentry, photos plus rough dimensions.