Service & price
Joinery & second-fix
£420.00
Doors, frames and skirting that were left "good enough" when the site closed.
Typical of this job
- Easing and re-hanging doors that catch on the frame or floor
- Fitting or adjusting ironmongery — hinges, handles, latches, closers
- Scribing and finishing skirting and architrave runs left short or gapped
- Filling and sanding timber joints ahead of a final coat
- Small second-fix carpentry a decorator or builder didn't get back to
What the deposit buys
£420 for joinery & second-fix work at the UK address you supply. That pays for one visit of up to 4 hours on doors, frames and timber edges, credited in full against that job.
Any balance due = quoted extra labour + quoted extra materials. The deposit you already paid is credited in full and is never charged twice. If you decline a later quotation, the balance due is £0.
If the included visit is not enough to finish the job, we put the extra work in writing first — hourly rate, estimated hours and any materials. Nothing extra starts until you accept that quotation.
Rough guide: from £18.00 per linear metre of skirting/architrave
Skirting and architrave work is priced by the linear metre, not by floor area — a long straight run goes faster than a room full of corners and doorways. As a reference, one room's run (roughly 12–16 linear metres, about £220–290) plus easing a door or two in the same room usually fits inside the visit below. Several rooms or a full second-fix pass will likely need more than 4 hours — ask for a quote first. This calculator gives a rough size check only — it is not a quote.
Not included
- Supplying new doors, frames or staircases — we work with the joinery already on site
- Structural carpentry or anything needing building-control sign-off
- Paint finishing of the joinery itself (see Wall & ceiling decoration)
Booking
We agree a visit date in writing after payment, once we know the postcode and access. Paying today reserves the job, not a clock time on a specific day. The service begins when we start the included attendance at the address you gave, or when we start writing up the remaining-works note if we cannot attend. Paying on PayPal does not by itself start the service or book a calendar date.