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Custom Woodworking Group
3.8(
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Furniture - Build Custom

Serving Ghent, KY and surrounding areas

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In business since 1991

Free estimates

Credit card accepted

"Very good experience. I would highly recommend them. We love our new bookshelves. Mike was very helpful in suggestions for the design to help tie the look in with our fireplace that's between them."
Double Bowl vanity
Lower Bar
White Shaker stlye Kitchen
Lower level Bar
Bar cabinets

+41

Response time6 days
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Recommended by100%of homeowners
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Dave Does It Handyman Services LLC
5.0(
4
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Interior Trim and Decorative Moldings - Install

Serving Ghent, KY and surrounding areas

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Free estimates

Small jobs welcome

Credit card accepted

"I recently hired Dave & Alison with Dave DOES IT handyman services to put together an island. I could not be happier with the results. They were very professional through the entire process and I was very pleased with their price. They arrived on time and were in and out in about an hour. I would definitely use them again and highly recommend them."
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Platinum renovations and handyman service llc
5.0(
1
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Furniture - Build Custom

Serving Ghent, KY and surrounding areas

Approved

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

Small jobs welcome

"He was very nice. The price was right. He did a wonderful job. He was on time. He texted me the day before to let me know. He text me as he was coming. It was the best experience I ever had with a handyman. Thank you sending him to me."
Mobile home kitchen floor
Mobile home kitchen floor
Retaining wall
Retaining wall
Bedroom remodel

+2

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Carpentry questions, answered by experts

Joists do distribute their load to beams, but they don’t sit on top of the beams. Instead, home builders nail or screw the joists directly to the beams such that the end of the joist butts up against the edge of the beam. Beams can sit on other beams for support, but you’ll never see a joist sitting on top of a beam or another joist.

Framing is the shell of the house. It includes several steps, including studs, plumbing, and electricity. A professional will ensure the wall frame is secured for the house’s structural integrity. 

Framing prices change depending on the material and whether the wall is load-bearing. Most contractors use wood to frame a home, but metal is another popular choice.

Most Cape Cod houses are two stories tall at the peak, although they’re considered one-and-a-half stories tall because the steep roof pitch cuts off a portion of the living space on the second story. Unless you raise the roof on your Cape Cod house to add a dormer, the interior rooms upstairs will lose some usable living space to the sloped ceilings.

Removing a load-bearing wall is best handled by professionals. However, if you have the skill set and decide to DIY the project, you will still need at least one additional person to assist you. Aside from helping with demolition, you'll need another hand to install the new support beam.

Bump-out additions can add some space to a closet without requiring any significant structural work. This entails pushing back the existing rear or side of the closet, simply moving the wall into either an adjacent room or unused space. For ground-floor closets, this could even be extended to the exterior of the home, but that has its own complications. Bump-outs are a good discussion to have with your contractor if you’re just looking to increase the space a little—not renovate the entire closet space.

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