CRF Services Ltd
Carpentry for doors and woodwork in Rochester
Well-fitted timber work for doors, trims, storage and everyday improvements around the home.

How CRF can help
Practical carpentry, properly finished
CRF Services Ltd carries out focused residential carpentry where accuracy and a neat finish matter. The service is suited to improving a room, replacing worn joinery or adding useful storage without turning the job into a large building contract.
Good fit: A good match for room-by-room upgrades, replacement joinery and practical bespoke pieces.
Typical work includes
- Internal doors and frames
- Skirting boards and architraves
- Shelving and simple fitted storage
- Timber repairs and adjustments
Loft ladders and hatches
Carpentry around the house includes fitting a loft ladder or hatch: enlarging the opening, trimming the joists properly and hanging an insulated hatch door so the loft becomes easy and safe to reach. Partition walls are covered in the stud wall cost guide.
Carpentry guides
These guides explain common carpentry jobs and what affects the work involved.
Carpentry jobs in detail
Each of these pages explains how a particular piece of carpentry is planned and fitted.
Carpenters by area
Local pages for the towns where most carpentry enquiries come from.
Related jobs
- Internal door hanging and fitting
- Skirting board and architrave fitting
- Wardrobe fitting and fitted wardrobes
- Alcove shelving and alcove cupboards
- Internal bifold door installation and sliding doors
- Loft hatch installation and enlarging loft hatches
- Kitchen fitters near me: kitchen fitting in Medway and Maidstone
- Front door fitting into existing openings
- Door handle replacement, latches and simple locks
- Fire door fitting: what is involved
- Window board fitting and internal sill replacement
Where CRF Services works
Based in Rochester, Kent ME3, covering Medway and out to Maidstone and Tonbridge, roughly 25 to 30 miles.
Common questions
Carpentry questions answered
Useful guides
How much does a handyman charge per hour in the UK?
Hourly rates, half days and day rates explained in plain terms.
Internal door fitting cost: price per door
Door hanging prices, and why the frame matters more than the door.
Fence panel replacement cost, and repair versus replace
Panels, posts and gravel boards priced job by job.
Why is my internal door sticking, and how is it fixed?
Rubbing, dropping and refusing to latch: the usual causes in order of likelihood.
How to hang shelves on plasterboard walls safely
Studs, cavity fixings and the mistakes that bring shelves down.
Skirting board and architrave cost: what drives the price
How finishing carpentry is priced, and the questions that make quotes comparable.
LVT vs laminate flooring: which suits your room?
Two popular hard floors that behave very differently around water.
Boxing in pipes: a neat finish that still lets you reach them
Hiding soil stacks and pipe runs without trapping the valves you will one day need.
Loft boarding cost: what decides the price
Raised or direct, small or large, and why the hatch matters more than you think.
Cost to lay laminate flooring: what affects the price
The preparation and finishing that sit around the boards themselves.
Squeaky floorboards: why they creak and how they are fixed
Finding the source of a creak, and fixing it without damaging what lies underneath.
Decking repair: what can be fixed and what can't
Spongy boards, wobbly sections and a green slippery surface, and how far a repair can go.
Stud wall cost: what goes into building a partition wall
The parts of a partition wall that decide the price, from the studs to the final coat of paint.
Loft legs and raised loft boarding over insulation
Why squashing loft insulation costs you heat, and how raised boarding gives you storage without it.
Door frame repair: what can be fixed and what needs replacing
Split linings, loose stops, broken keeps and rot at the foot, and how to tell a repair from a replacement.
Loft ladder installation cost: what drives the price
Why the hatch, not the ladder, usually decides the cost.
Loft ladder types and how to choose one
Folding, sliding, concertina or telescopic, and why hatch size and head height decide it.
Local service
Areas covered
Based near Rochester and travelling across Medway and neighbouring Kent towns for suitable residential work.
Have a job in mind?
Tell Danny what needs doing and get a clear, no-obligation quotation.
