Carpentry and building works in Llantrisant

Areas we cover

Carpentry and building works in Llantrisant

Wardrobes, kitchens, panelling and doors across Llantrisant old town, Beddau, Church Village and Llantwit Fardre.

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What the houses are like in Llantrisant

The old town and the newer villages below it are different propositions. Up in the old town the streets are steep and narrow, access is the first thing to work out, and the houses are older with the uneven walls to match.

Beddau, Church Village and Llantwit Fardre are largely newer stock: square rooms, stud partitions and lower ceilings. Fixing into a stud wall rather than masonry changes how a media wall or a run of wardrobes is carried, and that gets checked at the measure-up rather than assumed.

Common questions

Can you get materials up to the old town?

It needs planning rather than assuming. The streets round the Bull Ring are steep and narrow and some of the houses have very tight staircases. Where a carcass or worktop will not go up in one piece we build in the room instead.

Do you cover Beddau and Church Village?

Yes, along with Llantwit Fardre, Tonyrefail and Talbot Green. Those are much more straightforward than the old town.

Can you fit a kitchen as well as joinery?

Yes. We fit kitchens you have bought or supply through the Howdens trade account. Gas, electrics and final plumbing are certified trades and get signed off by the people who hold those certificates.

My floors slope badly, what does that mean for wardrobes?

It means the carcasses get levelled and the plinth scribed to the floor, so the doors line up even though the floor does not. It is normal in older property on the hill and it is part of the job.

OUR SERVICES

The four jobs we do most

Everything else is on the services page.

Shaker kitchen with oak worktops we fitted

Kitchens

Kitchen fitting

Units, worktops, doors and end panels fitted to the room you have. Like for like swaps and full rip outs.

  • Kitchens fitted from most suppliers, including one you have already bought
  • Delivery checked against the plan before the job starts
  • Gas, electrics and final plumbing certified separately
See Kitchen fitting
A steel beam ready to go in, with the ceiling propped

Structural

Wall removals and RSJ beams

Load-bearing walls taken out and steel put in. The engineer calculates it, we install to that, and building control signs it off.

  • Ceiling propped and needled before the wall comes down
  • Steel bedded on padstones at each end, opening boxed and made good
  • Engineer calculates it, building control inspects it, you keep the certificate
See Wall removals and RSJ beams
A media wall with a recessed television in a living room

Living rooms

Media walls

Television recessed, cables run out of sight, chimney breast boxed and finished ready for paint.

  • Carcass built around the sockets and aerial points, ready for paint
  • Fire aperture decided before we start rather than during
  • Electrics certified separately by an electrician
See Media walls
Wall panelling fitted in a hallway

Panelling

Wall panelling

Set out around the sockets, the radiator and the chimney breast before anything is cut. Rooms, hallways and staircases.

  • Panel widths chosen to divide into the wall evenly, usually 400mm to 600mm
  • Sockets brought forward onto the new face, certified separately by an electrician
  • On a staircase the run is set to the pitch of the flight, not to the floor
See Wall panelling