Do You Undertake Both Residential and Commercial Carpentry Projects in Jacksonville?

Most of our work is in Jacksonville homes, from new builds in St. Johns County to established neighborhoods in Mandarin and San Jose. Residential projects tend to focus on making a house feel custom: upgrading trim, adding character with wall and ceiling treatments, and building storage that fits the way a family actually lives.

Popular residential projects include custom built-ins for living rooms and offices, coffered ceilings, wainscoting and board and batten in foyers and dining rooms, real wood closets, Murphy beds, and mudroom drop zones. For a full list, see our overview of the carpentry services we provide.

Commercial clients come to us for the same reason homeowners do: they want woodwork that looks designed rather than ordered from a catalog. A reception desk is the first thing a visitor sees, and a conference table sets the tone for every meeting held around it.

• Custom reception desks built to your layout, brand colors, and workflow, with cable management and storage built in.
• Conference tables sized to the room, with power and data access where you need it.
• Office built-ins such as bookcases, credenzas, file storage, and home office desks for executive suites.
• Display cabinets for retail, showrooms, and lobbies.
• Feature walls and ceilings in lobbies, waiting rooms, and restaurants using slat panels, shiplap, beams, and accent trim.

Commercial pieces are built in our shop and installed in a short window, which keeps disruption low for your staff and customers.

The craftsmanship is the same. The planning is not. Here is how the two types of projects usually compare.

Commercial woodwork has rules that a home project does not. Under the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design, sales and service counters generally need a portion of the counter no higher than 36 inches above the floor. That affects how a reception desk is designed from the first sketch. Florida also enforces the Florida Building Code, and the State Fire Marshal oversees fire safety rules that can limit which interior finish materials are allowed in public spaces. We plan for these requirements during design and coordinate with your landlord, architect, or general contractor when the project calls for it.

Rental homes and multifamily properties need carpentry that holds up between tenants. We help property managers with baseboard and casing replacement, interior doors, closet shelving, and accent walls in clubhouses and common areas. Because Jacksonville averages about 89 percent relative humidity in the morning, we steer away from particleboard shelving and thin trim that swells and fails between turnovers. Consistent materials and profiles across units make future repairs simpler and cheaper.

One process for every client

Homeowners and businesses get the same 3D design process. You see the reception desk in your lobby or the built-in in your family room before it is built, and decision makers can review and approve it from a rendering instead of a sketch. For commercial clients with several stakeholders, that rendering saves rounds of meetings and keeps everyone working from the same picture.

Shop-built for less disruption

Most of our commercial and custom residential work is built and finished in our shop, then installed in a short window. For a business, that means fewer hours with a crew on site and less impact on customers. For a family, it means less dust in the house. Clients regularly point out our job site cleanliness in their Google reviews.

Locally owned, locally accountable

Klein Carpentry is locally owned in Jacksonville and holds a 4.8-star rating from 51 Google reviews. We serve Duval and St. Johns Counties, so the businesses and homeowners we work with are our neighbors. We only install cabinetry we build, which keeps design, construction, and installation with one accountable team.