Royston first fix: joists, studwork and roof timbers

Royston is about 40 miles south west of Brandon, at the outer edge of where we travel. We do take work on in this part of Hertfordshire, and at this distance we would rather tell you straight away whether your job is worth the journey.

Royston falls under North Hertfordshire Council. That matters as soon as a project involves a structural alteration or anything outside the existing footprint, because the application and the inspections go through them. We build to what has been approved and work to the inspection stages on the programme.

Royston has a Victorian and period centre with a great deal of modern commuter development around it. At forty miles Royston is the furthest town we list, so the scale has to justify the travel. That combination is what first fix carpentry runs into. Two houses on the same street can differ on this, so a number quoted down the phone is a guess. We price from the property, never from a template.

At roughly 40 miles it is outside our core area, so it depends on the size of the job. For a full first fix the travel is usually worth it for both of us. For a small one day job it honestly is not, and we would rather tell you that than quote a price that reflects the driving.

Royston has a Victorian and period centre with a great deal of modern commuter development around it. Structural timber work depends on what the house was built with, because new work has to tie into the old frame properly.

The commuter development plots in Royston are compact and modern. Access is the practical question here: long joists and roof timbers have to get from the road to where they are needed.

That depends on the property and the alteration, and the decision sits with the council. Anything structural is built to an engineer's design and inspected, which we plan into the programme from the start. In Royston that means North Hertfordshire Council. If there is any doubt we would rather you check with them before work is booked than after.

Yes. The nearest other towns on our list to Royston are Saffron Walden, Haverhill, Huntingdon, Newmarket and Ely, and the villages in between are covered as well. Each of those has its own page for first fix carpentry, linked further down this page.

Yes. It most often runs alongside second fix carpentry, extension work and renovation work, and because one team does the carpentry throughout there is no gap between trades. At about 40 miles from our base, putting the work into one programme also means one run of travel instead of several.

Call 07539 278705 or send the enquiry form with a line about the job. At roughly 40 miles away we will talk the job through by phone first, so neither of us makes a wasted trip. The quote costs nothing.