Skirting boards: a lesson for us all

  Posted on by southamptoncarpenter

This customer had new french doors fited by a national company. After many months and the involvement of trading standards the job was finally put right. A lesson for us all -use a local contactable tradesman rather than a national franchised chain who sub contract out the ‘lead’ to the lowest bidder.

Even after all of that the skirting was not finished apparently the contractor took a piece and said he would be back after going to the supplier that was 2 years ago. So a very small job. I machined the skirting on site out of off cuts from a previous job.There was a little ‘jiggery pokery ‘ with one of the pieces as it had to return over the step.

Result one happy customer.

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Traditional standards. Traditional tradesman. Traditional service. I have been a carpenter for over 45years, 5 year apprenticeship as a boat builder, 2 years as a wood machinist, then a spell repairing furniture and manufacturing reproduction antique clocks. I spent a further 15 years working in a therapeutic environment passing on my skills, before setting myself up as a self-employed carpenter/joiner. As you will appreciate, I undertake a wide range of projects, so scrolling through the site map may well direct you to past work that may be similar to your requirements. The preferred way to contact me is by using the contact page on this site. However you can always ring me during normal working hours. Lead times vary depending on the time of year; small jobs I can often do promptly. I cover Southampton and I am also happy to visit Winchester and Salisbury areas, but a small fee will be charged