Builders and Carpenters in Ferntree Gully

Recladding, renovations, extensions, decks, carports and carpentry in Ferntree Gully. Get in touch with Edwards Building for a free quote.

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Renovations, Recladding and Carpentry in Ferntree Gully

Edwards Building provides residential building and carpentry services across Ferntree Gully, from recladding and renovations through to extensions, decks, carports and standalone carpentry.

Updating an established home can change both how it looks and how well it performs, and on older houses the two often go together. Tyler is a carpenter by trade, which matters when work to an existing home uncovers something underneath.

Whether you're recladding, renovating or building outdoors, we'll look at the property properly and provide a free written quote.

Clear descriptions of the building and carpentry services available.

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Planning A Build Or Renovation In Ferntree Gully?

Tell us what you have in mind and we'll come out, look at the job properly and give you a free, no-obligation quote. You'll know the scope and the cost before anything starts.

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  Phone 0431 472 715
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  Email edwardsbuilding1@gmail.com
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  Service Area Narre Warren & Melbourne's South East

Ferntree Gully Questions

Building and Carpentry in Ferntree Gully

Home Renovations in Ferntree Gully

Renovation work here is on older housing that has usually had very little done to it. Kitchens and bathrooms from the 1960s and 1970s are common, and behind them the framing frequently needs attention around wet areas where water has been getting in slowly for decades. We check for that rather than pricing around it, because it is the thing most likely to change the number.

Home Extensions in Ferntree Gully

Extensions on foothill blocks need the fall and the existing floor level worked out first. A house sitting on stumps on sloping ground will not naturally meet a new slab at the same level, and getting that flush at the join takes planning. The blocks are generally deep enough that building out remains the sensible option once that is sorted.

Decks & Outdoor Living in Ferntree Gully

Decks do more here than almost anywhere. On streets that climb, the flat ground around a house is minimal, and an elevated deck with stepped footings and external timber stairs is often the only genuinely usable outdoor space a property has. Those decks also need to be built for the damp, because they will not dry out the way they would on an open block.

Carports & Sheds in Ferntree Gully

Building a carport or shed on a foothill block is a different job to building one on the flat. The ground falls, the driveway often runs on a grade, and the access is narrowed by mature trees. All of that is workable, and all of it has to be priced for rather than discovered. Timber also needs choosing for the shade here, because a structure under heavy tree cover stays damp far longer than one in the open.

Cladding in Ferntree Gully

Recladding is the standout job in Ferntree Gully. Original weatherboards that have spent sixty years in the shade under mature gums are usually well past the point where paint will hold, and the frame behind them has often been taking water for years. Recladding solves both, and it is the only chance to insulate walls that were built with nothing in them.

Carpentry in Ferntree Gully

The carpentry through this suburb is cutting to fit work. Floors have settled, walls lean and openings are rarely square, so every trim, door and lining has to be cut to the building rather than to a measurement. Doing it that way is slower and it is the whole reason the finished work reads straight in a house that is not.