Maryland
Carpentry repairs in Frederick County, MD
Frederick County is two different jobs. Downtown Frederick, Brunswick and Middletown have houses from the 1800s with doors that were never square to begin with, tall baseboard, turned balusters and jambs that were built in place. Urbana, Lake Linganore and the new neighborhoods south of the city have ten year old houses where the doors have dropped, the MDF trim has swelled and the stair rail was nailed, not bolted.
Or call or text (240) 616-4788. Hours 8 to 6, Monday through Saturday.
Old doors downtown, new doors in Urbana
The crew makes a Frederick day out of both. Old house work means scribing, planing and matching profiles. New house work means long screws, new pivots and resetting what the builder rushed. Either way the door closes when we leave.
Downtown Frederick houses sit in a historic district, and the Historic Preservation Commission cares about the exterior. A rotted front door jamb or a storm door swap on a house on Market Street gets repaired in matching material, and we tell you when a change needs their sign off before the work starts.
What we do in Frederick
- 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.
Frederick County towns the crew covers
- Frederick
- Urbana
- New Market
- Brunswick
- Walkersville
- Mount Airy
- Middletown
- Thurmont
ZIP codes 21701, 21702, 21703, 21704, 21754, 21716, 21793, 21771, 21769, 21788.
Frederick County door and trim questions
- Can you match the tall baseboard in a downtown Frederick house?
- Yes. Most of it is a two piece build up, a flat board with a cap, and we match it from a sample. Where the profile is odd we have a short run milled, which adds a week.
- Why do the doors in my Urbana house rub after five years?
- The house settled and the hinge screws were short. Three inch screws through the top hinge into the stud pull the door back up. Most of them do not need planing once that is done.
- Do you come out to Thurmont and Brunswick?
- Yes, on the Frederick day. We group the far stops, so a Thurmont job may wait a few more days than a Frederick city job. Text the address and we tell you the day.