Find a carpenter near you
Doors, wardrobes, kitchen units, shelving, furniture repairs and fitted joinery.
Also called fundi wa mbao, joiner or furniture fundi.
Carpentry on Help24 runs from a door that will not close to a full fitted kitchen. The small repairs are the ones most worth posting: a sagging hinge, a swollen door, a drawer that has dropped, a wobbly table — all an hour's work for somebody with the right tools and a whole weekend for somebody without them.
For fitted work — wardrobes, kitchen units, shelving, a TV wall — the useful thing to post is the space, not the product. Give the width, height and depth available, and say what has to fit inside it.
Finish is where carpentry quotes separate. Melamine board, blockboard, MDF and solid mahogany are four very different prices for the same drawing, so say what you want or ask the carpenter to quote options.
What people post
Carpentry jobs on Help24
Anything in this list can be posted as a single job — you do not need an ongoing arrangement to use Help24.
- Doors: hanging, adjusting, replacing, fitting locks and handles
- Fitted wardrobes and built-in storage
- Kitchen cabinets, worktops and open shelving
- Beds, tables, desks and benches made to a size
- Repairing furniture — joints, drawers, legs, hinges
- Skirting, architrave, cornices and trims
- Ceilings in gypsum, timber or PVC
- Window frames, burglar-proofing frames and grille surrounds
- Decking, pergolas and garden furniture
Writing the request
What to include so the offers come back usable
- Measurements of the space, in centimetres if you can
- Photos, including one wide enough to show the surrounding wall
- The material and finish you have in mind, or say you want options
- Whether existing units have to be removed and taken away
- Whether the work happens at your place or in the carpenter's workshop
What moves the price
Why two quotes for the same job differ
- Material and finish, which usually dominates the quote
- Whether it is made on site or built in a workshop and delivered
- How square and true the existing walls and floor are
- Ironmongery — hinges, runners, handles and locks add up quickly
- Delivery and the number of people needed to carry it in
Help24 does not publish price ranges for carpentry. Quotes come from the carpenters themselves, and the number you agree is the number the payment is held against.
Before work starts
What to check with a carpenter
- Ask to see photographs of work they have finished, not work in progress
- For fitted joinery, agree whether the quote is for supply and fit or fit only
- Confirm who measures — and that whoever measures is responsible if it does not fit
- A NITA trade test certificate (Grade III is the artisan entry level, Grade I the highest) is the standard Kenyan proof of a trade. Plenty of excellent fundis work without one, so treat it as a bonus rather than a bar.
How Help24 works
Posting a carpentry job
Describe the job
Say what needs doing and where you are. Posting is free, and you are not committing to anything by posting.
Nearby carpenters send offers
Providers near you quote their own price. Nobody is assigned to you — you see the offers and you choose.
Agree the price first
Nothing starts until you have accepted an offer. The number you agree is the number that gets held.
Pay by M-Pesa, released when it's done
Help24 holds the payment while the work happens. The provider can see it is there; neither side can move it until you confirm the job is finished.
More detail on how posting and offers work, and on how payment protection works.
Related services
Often needed alongside carpentry
- PaintingInterior and exterior painting, preparation, filling, and the repaint between tenancies.
- Interior DesignSpace planning, finishes, furniture layout and managing a fit-out from drawing to done.
- WeldingGates, grilles, railings, staircases, water tank stands and steel repairs.
- MasonryBlockwork, plastering, screeds, paving, boundary walls and the repairs that follow a leak.
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