Carpentry & Trim · Stittsville
Carpentry & Trim in Stittsville
$100–$145/hr
What this looks like in Stittsville
Builder-grade trim is installed fast, nailed thin and mitred tight on a dry summer day. Two or three heating seasons later those joints open — and in Stittsville, where a great many houses were finished within a few years of each other, whole streets are reaching that point together. The right fix is to re-cut and glue the joint so it moves as one piece. Caulking the gap works until December, then the gap comes back slightly wider.
What we get called for here
- Mitred casing joints separating at door and window corners
- Baseboard pulling away from the wall along exterior walls
- Quarter round lifting after new flooring went in
- Stair skirt and newel trim loosening from daily use
Stittsville pricing
$100–$145 per hour plus materials. Most Stittsville trim visits are a two to four hour block covering an entire floor rather than a single joint.
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Why do my trim joints keep opening every winter?
Indoor humidity drops sharply once the furnace runs, the wood shrinks, and any joint that was only nailed rather than glued opens up. Re-cutting and gluing means the two pieces move together instead of apart.
Is it worth replacing builder trim or just repairing it?
Repair, unless you want a different profile. The material is fine — it is the joinery that was rushed. Repairing a whole floor of joints costs a fraction of re-trimming it.
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