Joinery and carpentry across Preston and the Fylde.
Doors hung, shelves built, kitchens installed, fences fixed. Quoted in person.
A door, a shelf, a fence post, a gate hinge — the half-day work that most established joiners are too booked-out to come and do, taken at the same hands and the same care as anything bigger. Quick jobs priced on the phone or after a quick look.
From a hinge to a kitchen.
Most days it's the small stuff. Some weeks it's bigger. Always the same pair of hands.
Everyday joinery and carpentry
Hanging interior doors, putting up shelves, re-securing fence panels, sorting gate hinges, boxing in pipework, fixing rotten thresholds, hanging a TV bracket properly. Quick jobs priced on the phone; anything more involved after a quick look.
Fitted joinery
Built-in bookcases, alcove storage, fitted wardrobes, panelling, media walls, and standalone pieces. Hardwood-led: oak, walnut, ash, beech. Paint-grade where it suits the room.
Kitchen installs
Fitting supplied units to a high standard. Wren, Howdens, B&Q, Magnet, or your own supplier. Full design-build kitchen work occasionally for existing clients, priced individually.
Garden carpentry
Decking, fencing, gates and gate posts, garden joinery repairs. Pressure-treated softwoods and hardwoods, built to weather slowly.
First-fix and structural carpentry
Floor and ceiling joists, stud walls and timber-frame partitions, roof framing and rafters, dormer and loft conversions. The carcassing that goes in before the plasterer — separate skill set to the joinery, same pair of hands.
Smaller jobs get a quick price on the phone or on the spot. Bigger projects are priced individually after a site visit. These are the ranges I typically work within, given here so you know if a conversation is worthwhile.
Kitchen installs are priced per job — see the kitchen installs section above. The unit cost is whatever the supplier (Wren, Howdens, etc.) quotes; my labour is separate.
Real prices from real jobs in the last few months — every one quoted per job, supplied and fitted by Henry unless noted.
- £625 · Stairs, hall and landing panelling — supply & fit
- £950 · Extra-deep Shaker wardrobes — supply & fit
- £1,900 · Wren kitchen install — install of supplied units
- £1,900 · Oak feature wall and floating unit — supply & fit
“Asked Henry to replace a back garden gate for me, I hadn't realised the dimensions were not standard, he gave me options to choose from and I had it made and fitted on site in an afternoon. Brilliant.”
“Henry replaced my bath siding, fitted a bedroom and kitchen floor in two days, for most of it I couldn't tell he was in the house. Good finish and the price was agreeable.”
Trained as a joiner ten years ago, now on the tools under my own name.
An adult apprenticeship after a few earlier years on other tools. Three years on the books of a property developer doing HMO conversions, seven years fitting kitchens for someone else, and now trading under my own name with the occasional commercial fit-out sub-contract on the side.
Workshop in Clifton, near Preston. Most weeks the calendar is the smaller stuff — doors, shelves, fence and gate repairs — with bigger projects, fitted joinery and kitchen installs through the year. Every job gets its own price. Smaller ones on the phone or after a quick look; bigger work in writing with a start date on it.
How far in advance should I book?
Six months is comfortable. Three months is possible for joinery; kitchen install bookings depend on the unit supplier's lead time.
Do you take a deposit?
Yes, on bigger jobs — typically 30% on signed drawings, 40% on materials, 30% on completion. No deposit to receive a written quote. Smaller jobs are paid in full on the day.
Do you work outside Lancashire?
Occasionally, for the right project. I will not pretend the travel is free; it gets quoted in.
What about the rest of the build?
I co-ordinate independent trades where the job calls for it — tiler, plumber, electrician. Each invoices you directly. I don't subcontract.