TED'S CARPENTRY

I cannot say enough great things about Ted. He is everything you want in a contractor/carpenter: punctual, honest, fair, hardworking, detail-oriented and very skilled. He has an excellent work ethic and is incredibly reliable. He starts a project when he says he will and works continuously until the project is complete. The final outcome of his work was excellent and he was a pleasure to be around and have in the house. We had no concerns at all about him working on projects while we were gone. The one risk is that once he is in your home you won't want him to leave (i.e. Ted - could you find time to finish the fireplace mantel? could you add trim around this door?). If you have an old house you will find endless jobs once he is there:-). The main projects he completed for us was to add custom trim to the top of our kitchen cabinets, which were then painted; he demolished an existing front closet and built custom mudroom lockers including drywall and floor install; and he built a kitchen banquette. The quality of the work is exceptional and we will definitely have him back for additional projects. I have tried to post before and after pics and hopefully you can see attached to this post.

This is the second time I hired Ted to do carpentry. Why does a person hire someone twice? In my case, because he does excellent work, his price is very fair, and he's honest. I trusted Ted so much that my wife and I left him alone in the house to work while I went to a doctors appointment. It's hard to find someone who's honest, goes beyond pleasing his client, and is fair priced. I was having trouble finding a tile man, so I asked Ted if he knew of someone. He recommended Mitch Gruichich of MG Floors. Mitch did a perfect job of tiling and granite installation. It's because of Ted & Mitch that my bathroom looks so beautiful. It turned out that Ted & Mitch knew each other since grade school. Two honest contractors who excel in their work.

Looks seamless as if there was always a space there for a dishwasher. Great work!

Ted removed and replaced the outside exposed beam "false" covering. Ted used different/better materials than the original, for reduced chances of future rotting. (See photos) Ted showed up on time for the estimate and the proposed work days. Scheduling the work could have been complicated because of anticipated rain but he got everything done before the rains. Ted is very professional and communicates scheduling great. The finished beams are beautiful. I would definitely use his services again.

High quality and detailed work.

I like his work. He is honest. Very dependable. He is very reasonable and does excellent work.

Very well. Ted returned my original call within a day or two. He came when he said he would come to give an estimate. He came to do the job when he said he would and finished the work the same day. He did a wonderful job.

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Ted did a fantastic job installing new baseboard all around the main level of my home. I had just purchased this home and hired Kern's Carpet One to install new hardwood flooring. Although the floors themselves are a good product,Kern's (and their subcontractor) did a very sloppy job with both the demo of the old tile and the installation of the floors.  Not only is Kern's extremely overpriced, but they failed to lay enough subfloor in order to level out the flooring to meet the door frames --  resulting in large gaps of up to several inches between the floor and all the door frames. Additionally, they had bashed huge holes in my walls during the demo of the old flooring. In an effort to cover up as much of this damage as possible, I purchased all new 5-1/4  inch baseboard, and then needed a carpenter to install it.  I found Ted here on Angie's list and hired him based on his good reviews. Ted does excellent work. He is very professional and his prices are very reasonable. I got a few estimates and Ted's was the best. He completed the entire job in 2 days. I couldn't believe how much better my house looked just with the new baseboards. I was very impressed with Ted's work. But as good as he is, there's only so much he could do about the gaps in the doorways -- but he certainly tried. Without even asking him to, Ted took some of the leftover quarter round and used it to try to level/fill in the gaps from the floors to the doorways. What a great surprise! He fixed nearly every issue that Kern's had messed up. I'm still left with some gaps in the door frames -- but I discussed solutions with Ted and we agreed that the door frames will be a major job. I wasn't ready to tackle it at the time, but when I'm ready, my first call will be to Ted. Based on this experience, I would not hesitate to hire Ted again. Just a couple notes: Ted is a do-er not a talker. If you call him to set up work, please don't be put off by his lack of charisma over the phone. When you meet him and speak with him in person you will find him to be very pleasant and kind. But he's not a salesman, and that is clear when you call him. Second note: I would recommend getting a written estimate. Ted doesn't really do email, so have him write something down for you. When I was getting ready to pay him for the job, we had a misunderstanding over the quoted price. i am 100% certain he quoted me a price over the phone that was $100 less than the price he was sure he'd quoted me. Because he did such good work, and because his price was still lower than the other quotes, I went ahead and paid what he thought he'd quoted. But, still, it made for an unhappy surprise. Overall, though, very happy with this provider.

I thought I would need to have a portion of the frame replaced. Ted suggested filling it and sanding it to save time and money. When he was done the damage was almost not noticeable at all. Did a great job!

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Did an excellent job for a reasonable cost.

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Went great, did a nice clean job. Cut part of the cabinet and made it look it wasn't touched.

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Cut and placed new trim on doors and baseboards after we replaced flooring following a flood.  There was a very uneven and large
transition between wood floor and our new kitchen floor, and Ted custom made a transition piece that is beautiful.  Some baseboards had challenging aspects and he found a way to make them all look great.  Ted was professional, prompt, and a very nice guy.  We contracted for him to come and do our job about two weeks after he came to review the job because we were going to be having house guests in between.  He came as promised on the day we planned and came back a few weeks later when we realized we needed one more thing done.  We would definitely call him again for any finish carpentry work.

I reached out to Mr. Rader the week of New Year's and he had availability to swing by and look at the project that week. He said he'd be in touch with an estimate, but let me know he'd planned to do the work the following week. He called the ensuing week on Tuesday and we scheduled the work to be done on Friday. I had told him of a 1-hour conflict I had, and when he arrived on Friday morning, he remembered that without prompting and worked around my schedule, which was very impressive because it showed he listened to me. I gave an 'A' on price, while I can't necessarily vouch for the price vs. time worked, I did appreciate his level of professionalism and was happy to have fully functioning doors in the upper level of the home, the lack of drafts in the dining area and the anchored vent covering to keep children from crawling in. I would use Mr. Rader again. 
 

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It was great. It took about a week and it is a well built shed.

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Ted had to remove the doors and cut a few centimeters off each door to make it fit with our flooring. After hanging the door properly, it wouldn't latch and he trimmed down some of the catch mechanism on the strike plate. He really knocked it out of the park.

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