The importance of finding a low-cost carpenter & joiner you can trust
Carpentry and joinery is a great way to produce; eye-catching bespoke pieces of furniture, perfect storage solutions, breath-taking wooden floors to see you though years in your home. It might seem like a fun and novel way to save money being economical to try your hand at carving wood or sawing and hammering pieces of wood together to do it yourself but unless you opting for something quirky and easy like building a table made from crates or a wine-rack from small pieces of wood, you might want to call in a skilled carpenter or joiner when it comes to constructing a bespoke wardrobe perfectly suited to your bedroom space or to fit wooden flooring in your hallway.
Tips on how to save on your carpenter & joiner job
When it comes to finding an experienced carpenter and joiner for your project bear these few points in mind to keep the project low-cost and as cheap as possible. Afterall the more you can save, the more tasks you can tick off your to do list in your home. If you are needing the carpenter to build fitted wardrobes or a bookcase, find an appropriate spot in your home where there might be an alcove (e.g. under the staircase or perhaps on either side of a chimney breast) to fit the storage because this way the walls of the alcove can be used as the side and back walls of the storage solution so not only does it make for best use of space in your home but it also will save money on materials needed.
Keep the labour costs down by clearing the room from furniture before the carpenters arrival so that they don’t have to spend the first hour or two clearing the space for the flooring that they might be laying down or having to move furniture to access the bottom of the walls to fit new skirting boards. Some carpentry work in your home can create a lot of mess from dust and pieces of wood while sawing, so arrange with the carpenter before work commences that you will do the big clean-up to again keep the project as low-priced as possible rather than spend money on additional labour charges.
Consider the room that the carpenter will be working in and what overall look will suit the room to see if you can be economical on the type of materials that you choose. If the carpenter is replacing internal doors in your home, remember that a veneer wooden door would be cheaper than fitting wood doors that still need to be painted by the carpenter as well as hung for a finished look.
If it is a shed that you are needing constructed, rather than have a carpenter and joiner build it from scratch, best is to buy an inexpensive shop-built-shed, buy the base kits yourself to have the base level ready for the construction and then you only faced with the labour charge of erecting the shed.
To keep prices low when the carpenter and joiner are doing replacement work in your home, (e.g. replacing window frames or a balustrade) would be to replace the wood with pre-existing dimensions rather than the cost of more work involved in making space for a bigger and better version of what you are replacing. When it comes to bespoke furniture being made for you, get creative, find pieces of wood and other materials to upcycle for truly unique furniture all while keeping the costs low on materials.
Get comparison quotes
Keep with the golden rule of always getting quotes from 3 different carpenters to compare services and skills offered as well as to see if any ‘hidden charges’ crop up in some quotes (this could be a mark-up on the carpenter and joiner suppling materials or quoting for the removal of large parts of waste removed once replaced wooden features). Here on HaMuch.com you can quickly and easily get quotes from available carpenters and joiners in your area.