Our carpentry and joinery work.

Stairs, spindels and newel posts

Pine ballastrades

This job was a safety concern for the customer as it had been completely removed. We started by;

1. mortise out new newel post onto existing string ( bottom)
2. Do the same with the top, landing
3. We now have 2 new Newel posts safely fixed to the frame of the stairs ( the strings) by way of mortising the posts and glue and screwing.
4. Cut accurately the base rail to the top of the string ( base of the 2 newel posts)
5. Again do the same with the handrail, fixing approx at 900mm height.
6. Work out spacing for spindles.
7. Cut spindles to correct angle and fix with nails and glue
8. Accurately cut spacers top and bottom and place inbetween spindles.
9. Place ½ newel post adjacent to top newel
10. carry out same procedure as above for return.

This works was completed for £ 625 as it had a return at the top of landing.

Pine ballastrading in dark oak c/w purpose made stairs.

This particular job was for a customer in Worcester, we had recently completed a conversion of a barn she had bought, and required a staircase which build costs didn't cover.

1. Work out go and rise of area to be used
2. In this case a landing was required at the base of the stairs
3. Construct stair case using 25 mm MDF (as it was to be painted and carpeted)
4. Newel posts, base rails, hand rails & spindles all fitted
5. Handrails also placed along the top return.

The 4 sets of French doors to the back of the barn in photo was supplied and fitted by ourselves

Pricing guide

an average cost to replace ballastrading including all necessary materials would be £575

An average cost to put in a new stair case only 13 treads
£390

Purpose made priced sepratley.

Call Tim at West Midlands Carpentry by Allwood Joiners Ltd
for a free quote: 07980 239511

Serving Wolverhampton, West Bromwich, Dudley,
Sutton Coldfield, Walsall & Cannock in the West Midlands
for over 25 years.

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Loft Ladders

A neat and effective way to extend your access into loft with good quality wooden ladders

1. Cut out appeture
2. Put in additional trimmer joists for strength
3. Remove wooden ladder from hatch
4. Fix frame into opening
5. Re attatch ladder to inside of door
6. Make good around ceiling hatch with archatrave
7. Cut down ladder rungs to suit height
8. Fold up ladder and close hatch

A neat and effective way to extend your access into loft
with a good quality wooden ladders

Call Tim at West Midlands Carpentry by Allwood Joiners Ltd
for a free quote: 07980 239511

Serving Wolverhampton, West Bromwich, Dudley,
Sutton Coldfield, Walsall & Cannock in the West Midlands
for over 25 years.

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Kitten Fitting & Kitchen Makeover

This is a 'Cooke and Lewis' kitchen,
supplied by B&Q and fitted by us, the experts

You join us where the kitchen is ready to have the granite tops fitted the next day. There is a temporary sink to allow the family to carry on as normal overnight.

Why choose us to fit your kitchen?

1. We are qualified carpenters and joiners
2. We are also approved kitchen fitters
3. We have installed most brands of kitchen
******B&Q, Homebase, Wickes, MFI and more
4. We have our own dedicated workshop
5. We have 26 years experience in the trade
6. We have a straight forward pricing structure with no Deposits
7. You will deal directly with us,
***** we will not send sub-contractors to you
8. We give free, no obligation quotations
9. We will complete all of the work in your house,
***** including any extra work, personally
10. We are friendly and approachable and offer free advice

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Kitchen Fitting Gallery 1

Various photos of our work are here, from our full design and fit stage to re new worktops sink and doors and the retail kitchen we fitted.

Our first photo shows you a beech shaker style door, with granite colour laminate ( Duropal ) worktops. Stainless steel built under double oven, gas hob the kitchen also featured are, integrated fridge and freezer ( built under ) Astracast bowl and a half sink. This job was also tiled by ourselves in a chequered pattern Beige and cream.

The other photo's show a retailer’s kitchen, it is in a cream shaker style with no tiling this time. This job featured; Halogen hob. Single oven, stainless steel sink, integrated fridge ( built under ) Feature glass wall cabs.

Also notice right hand side of sink something frequently asked by us to do, this case was a wine rack made out of colour coded board. We can usually accommodate all requests.

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Kitchen Fitting Gallery 2

The first kitchen that is explained in detail above was completed for £3,500 plus associated building works to move walls, doors, windows etc.. for the customer to change the shape and useful area of the room.

The second is one of our kitchen door, worktop and appliance replacements.

This features;
• Ivory shaker doors
• High gloss 40mm (Wilson art) worktops
• Prima stainless steel single fan oven
• Prima stainless steel gas hob
• Prima intergrated inline extractor
• Astracast stainless steel sink Prima is a brand made by Phillips whirlpool.

This job was to strip out all old doors and tops, keep existing wall and base cabinets and then replace with modern tops and up to date ageless doors, the job was finished off with black tiles. Approximate time was around 1 ½ days !

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The bottom photos show 4 different kitchens

1. Pine style kitchen designed and supplied by us including;
• 15mm white cabinets, • Pine solid wooden doors,
• Prima appliances, • Astracast sink & • Tiles

2. A cream shaker style kitchen supplied by a shop. This was a fit only kitchen with no tiling involved. It was fitted to a shop supplied plan.

3. A supply and fit kitchen. This included complete new kitchen with cream gloss slab doors, Duropal dark bamboo worktop integrated Geronge Halogen hob, single oven, Prima intergrated built under fridge, Frankie stainless steel sink and tap with a Prima extractor and breakfast bar feature, a porcelain tiled floor and a 500 mile round trip as it was in Newquay.

4. An off the shelf Homebase kitchen featuring square edge 50mm tops with a back splash, larder units, Frankie sink and we also tiled the floor.

17th Edition; please note that all electrical systems in the customer's house are assumed to be in good working order. As our work must comply to current regulations, repairing your faulty or outdated eletrical system may sometimes incur extra costs which we will tell you at the survey and quote stage.

This is an example of a replacement doors and tops price to be used as a guide your measurments could be wrong, so please call Tim for a true final price. 

Call Tim at West Midlands Carpentry by Allwood Joiners Ltd
for a free quote: 07980 239511

Serving Wolverhampton, West Bromwich, Dudley,
Sutton Coldfield, Walsall & Cannock in the West Midlands
for over 25 years.

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Doors, Frames & architraving

Example changes for doors and frames

We have a general rate of £35 per internal door to fit,
this is a labour charge only you supply door and ironmongary
or we can supply if requested.

Frame fitting would be at £45 per new internal frame including putting on architraves. Again you supply the materials, or we can provide a frame at an extra cost.

Lock fitting service, we can upgrade your locks to insurance requirments. 5 lever mortice dead lock £55 each lock supplied

We have a solution for all your criteria, whatever it may be, whether it's an interior pressed panel or a hardwood exterior door. And our pricing schedule will give you an instant cost.

We also can manufacture something out of the ordinary to your design, in hardwood or softwood. Generally speaking hardwood doors ie; Mahogany  ,Oak are used for outside they are hard wearing and weather proof ( when treated ).

You mainly see softwood doors ie pine, redwood, on the interior, you also can buy the pressed hardboard doors either 6 panel or 4 panel effect, usually known as colonial or regency style. If your tight on space you can choose a bi fold door, or sliding door.

We also offer  a fire rating service including fire doors, in tumescent smoke seals, door closers etc, for public buildings, landlords etc.

Door frames

If your door frame is completely unsalvageable, no problem we can replace new frames internal or external. Sometimes over the years a door frame or liner( if its internal) will deteriate, go out of square with settlement of a particular building, or generally get knocked about with various door changes, different lock heights. We have seen it all and guarantee satisfaction once we have finished our works.

There are example photos of double doors to a bungalow worked on by ourselves, one set in pine, and one set in mahogany, also at the front showing purpose made windows in softwood with hardwood sills, and a canopy roof section above the bay.

Ironmongery Door furniture

We have all kinds of ironmongery to suit all styles of doors in all finishes, Brass, chrome, pewter ,stainless steel, brushed steel to name a few.

We fit new locks to doors 5 lever dead locks or 5 lever mortise locks, night latches ( or sometimes referred to as yale lock) Suffolk latch, mortise latch, privacy mortise  latch ( bathrooms) Etc.

Example
Internal door and frame fitted inc arcatraves fit only £70
Internal door and frame all materials supplied £120
Minimum charges apply see terms

A bar with steel shutters

• notice the intricate joinery work
• the bar had to be strong yet pretty
• we can make bar fit any area
• we work with other trades such as shutter companies
• also notice the high gloss to prevent rings

This bar cost £3,000 in 2002

Photo 1 shows an inside shot of the 15 pane doors we made, putting finishing touches to it.

• 15 pane double doors, and fixed wings
• Double glazed
• Made to measure
• Arcatrave to surround

Photo 2 is from a shop, its an 1/2 hour fire door with vision panel fitted with a sliding door mechanism.

Photo 3 is taken at the rear of a barn which we converted, showing 3 sets of double french doors.

Photo 4 shows 2 mortice and tennon hardwood doors fitted into a hardwood frame.

Call Tim at West Midlands Carpentry by Allwood Joiners Ltd
for a free quote: 07980 239511

Serving Wolverhampton, West Bromwich, Dudley,
Sutton Coldfield, Walsall & Cannock in the West Midlands
for over 25 years.

In photo 1 we have a front entrance door combination frame made to suit a standard door size, made from hardwood.

Next along is an arched door frame with 2 x 10 pane doors all double glazed and made out of hardwood, this was later finished with stain and varnish by the customer.

• Hardwood combination door and frame
• Double glazed
• Brass ironmongary
• Made to measure in our workshop
• Replacement to commercial building

The next along is photo 3 of a Timber conservatory very rare now as most are upvc. but at one time this was a main source of work to us.

And the last along is a set of double doors made from softwood to match existing doors on that job.

We have a fully dedicated workshop where we can manufacture almost anything for your requirements, so give us a call.

Call Tim at West Midlands Carpentry by Allwood Joiners Ltd
for a free quote: 07980 239511

Serving Wolverhampton, West Bromwich, Dudley,
Sutton Coldfield, Walsall & Cannock in the West Midlands
for over 25 years.

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Roofing

there are many different shapes of styles of roofs:

1. Traditional cut roofs
2. Flat roofs
3. Trussed roofs

Roof Extension

Another one of our jobs was an extended premises where a hipped roof had to line through, the pictures show what is known as a hip section, these include;

1. Hip joist
2. Jack rafters
3. common rafters
4. perlins
5. wall plate
6. Ceiling joists
7. Fascia detail
8. soffit 

All works passed by local authority

We can carry out work to house for extensions,
as part of an attic conversion or even turn
flat roofs into traditional insulated roofs with tiles.

We can carry out roof work on commercial properties
were will assume control over the logistics, delivery
and storage, cranes and other sub contractors if required.

Call the experts who are best placed to manage your
roofing project up to CDM 2007 as the principle contractor
or who as part of a wider building team understand and
respect their roles and responsibilities whilst they are on
your site representing you.

Call Tim at West Midlands Carpentry by Allwood Joiners Ltd
for a free quote: 07980 239511

Serving Wolverhampton, West Bromwich, Dudley,
Sutton Coldfield, Walsall & Cannock in the West Midlands
for over 25 years.

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Radiator Covers

We can plaster any room from a cupboard to a school hall,
arches, vaulted ceilings or plaster coving.

You should never cover up any wet walls with plaster or plasterboards.

You should use a tanking system below ground level like in this cellar. The plaster will never come into contact with any water in a fully tanked cellar. Any shapes can be accommodated with the flexible tanking system.

Call Tim at West Midlands Carpentry by Allwood Joiners Ltd
for a free quote: 07980 239511

Serving Wolverhampton, West Bromwich, Dudley,
Sutton Coldfield, Walsall & Cannock in the West Midlands
for over 25 years.

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We have a modern workshop using the latest techniques during our manufacturing process. This enables our customers specifications to be met or exceeded.

All cover designs are simple to fix and come finished and ready for painting. They are constructed from high quality MDF enabling you to match the paint colour to your surroundings.

Fitting is simple and only involves clipping the cover over the radiator. All covers are made to measure and by following these simple instructions you can supply the measurements whilst you place your order and we will make the radiator cover that fits your radiator.

Call Tim at West Midlands Carpentry by Allwood Joiners Ltd
for a free quote: 07980 239511

Serving Wolverhampton, West Bromwich, Dudley,
Sutton Coldfield, Walsall & Cannock in the West Midlands
for over 25 years.

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Once your measurements have been supplied to us, we can give you a delivery date.

We do not supply flat pack or self assembly radiator covers, our radiator covers are ready to go.

Our radiator cover prices start from £20.00 per foot regardless of the height and depth. We offer a delivery service within a 5 mile radius of workshop in Bilston Road, Bilston, at a small charge, otherwise we can post your order to you or you could pick it up.

Call Tim at West Midlands Carpentry by Allwood Joiners Ltd
for a free quote: 07980 239511

Serving Wolverhampton, West Bromwich, Dudley,
Sutton Coldfield, Walsall & Cannock in the West Midlands
for over 25 years.

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New Kitchens Fitted : we can fit you kitchen that you have purchased or we can buy the kitchen for you and fit it.
Replacement kitchen doors & worktops : we can use your old cupboards and fit new worktops and doors
Roofing : we can remove all or part of the old roof and reshape it if required, including the tiles, soffits, eaves and tiles.
Loft hatch & loft ladder systems : using a complete wooden ladder system with spring action and a tidy loft hatch