Maryland
Carpentry repairs in Baltimore County, MD
Baltimore County is the county with the most worth saving. The brick ranchers and cape cods in Towson, Catonsville and Parkville came with solid wood doors, real wood casing and oak stair rails, and all of it is worth repairing rather than replacing. The crew plans a Towson day with a Catonsville stop and a Pikesville stop and works through the list.
Or call or text (240) 616-4788. Hours 8 to 6, Monday through Saturday.
Solid doors and plaster walls in Towson and Catonsville
Dundalk and Essex rowhouses take the weather off the water, so the front door jambs rot at the bottom and the storm doors go first. Owings Mills and Perry Hall townhomes from the 90s are the other end, hollow core doors, bifolds off the track and rails that were only ever nailed to the drywall.
The 1950s houses in Towson and Catonsville have plaster walls, so a handrail bracket needs a stud or blocking, not a drywall anchor, and the doors are often odd widths that no box store stocks. We measure every opening before a door is ordered, and we plane and rehang the original solid doors wherever they are sound.
What we do in Baltimore County
- Interior door installationPrehung or slab, one door or the whole floor. Hung plumb, latched clean, trimmed and ready for paint.
- Door frame and jamb repairSplit jambs, kicked in frames, strike plates torn out, rotted exterior jambs. Repaired or rebuilt so the door closes like it should.
- Door repairSticking, sagging, swollen or dragging doors. Knobs, latches, hinges and weatherstrip. Fixed in one visit most of the time.
- Storm and screen doorsNew storm doors hung square on brickmould, closers that stop slamming, screens restrung, retractable screens that stick.
- Wood rot and trim repairRotted window sills, door trim, fascia, corner boards and porch posts. Cut out, replaced with rot resistant stock, sealed and painted.
- Stair railingsLoose newel posts, wobbly handrails, missing balusters, new wall rails for a basement stair. Solid, at the height the code asks for.
- Closet doorsBifolds off the track, bypass doors that jump the rail, new shaker bifolds, barn style doors. Hung level, rolling quiet.
- Baseboard and crown moldingBaseboard replaced after a flood or a floor, crown in one room or the whole floor, gaps caulked, corners tight, painted.
Every job is done by a contractor licensed with the Maryland Home Improvement Commission (MHIC). The license number is on your estimate.
Baltimore County areas the crew covers
- Towson
- Catonsville
- Pikesville
- Owings Mills
- Parkville
- Perry Hall
- Cockeysville
- Dundalk
- Essex
ZIP codes 21204, 21228, 21208, 21117, 21234, 21236, 21030, 21222, 21221.
Baltimore County door and railing questions
- Does a Baltimore County rental inspection check the stair rails?
- Yes. The rental registration inspection looks for a handrail on any stair with four or more risers and a guard on open sides. We build to that, set the rail height between 34 and 38 inches, and put it on the invoice so the inspector can see it.
- Can you fix a 1950s solid door instead of replacing it?
- That is the plan every time. We reset the hinges, plane the swollen edge, seal it and fix the strike. A sixty year old solid door is a better door than anything in the stock aisle.
- Do you work in the city as well as the county?
- Yes. Baltimore City rowhouse jobs get scheduled with the Dundalk and Catonsville runs. Text the address and we tell you the next day the crew is in that direction.