Maintaining our own in-house woodshop, we are able to meet a wide-range of client needs for remodeling, restoration, and repairs that call for custom solutions.

Our craftsmen have learned their skills in the remodeling/rehab area of the construction industry. They have been trained from their first years in the business as problem solvers...not problem makers.

We strive for customer satisfaction. We're in the business of meeting and exceeding our client's construction needs.

• Truss framing
• Ceiling joints
• Skylights
• Vaulted Ceilings
• Window Openings
• Door ways
• Stairs and stair cases of all types
• Room additions
• Entry ramps
• Siding
• Decks and railings
• Wood fencing
• Walls
• Garage construction, addition and remodels
• Senior and Aging-In-Place home adjustment and conversions

Remodeling carpenters, who are the ones in charge of refashioning homes and/or other structures, must be broadly knowledgeable on the subject matter since they have to be able to perform lots of required tasks.  Nonetheless, due to their wide experience, they are capable of switching from residential to commercial building or construction.

Although all their day-to-day activities may vary depending on many factors, the steps they follow to come up with their work are, basically, the same. The layout, including the phases of measuring, making and arranging all the necessary materials such as fiberglass, wood and plastic, among others, goes first. Then, they put the materials together with nails, staples, screws or adhesive substances.  Finally, they use a wide-ranging variety of tools in order to check out the precision and accuracy of their final work and adjust whatever needs it.  They may use rulers, framing squares, plumb bobs and levels for this matter. 

Finish Carpentry

• Cabinetry installs and refinishing
• Crown moldings and trim
• Wood and laminate floors
• Custom finish work
• Architectural wood design
• Fascia trim
• Stairs and stair cases of all types
• Room additions
• Remodels
• Senior and Aging-In-Place home adjustment and conversions

"That gap's so big you could throw a cat through it." I had just finished trimming a window, when one of my fellow carpenters assessed the quality of a particular miter joint with that comment. It was job-site hyperbole, of course. You could barely have slipped a matchbook cover into the gap, but his point was clear. The gap was too big.

Finish carpentry is not a game of inches. It's a game of skoshes, hairs, tads, and other increments smaller than any carpenter's tape will measure. The overriding goal of frame carpentry is strength, but with finish carpentry, it's all about looks. And in order to look good, finish carpentry must be executed to very high tolerances.

In the real world, working to high tolerances is hard. Floors are never level, walls are never plumb, and the build-up of joint compound on drywall means that corners are never square. There's never a stud or joist to nail into when you need one. And then there's human nature to contend with. You know, the voice whispering in your ear that you don't really need to drill a pilot hole for that nail, which of course splits the wood as soon as you drive home the nail.

To do good finish work you need four things. First you need to care about doing good work. Then you need patience and good tools. And finally you need every trick in the book . . . which makes F/X Repair & Remodeling a good place to start.