Ashby Falls, Minnesota
Good work on older houses
Monday to Friday 7:00 to 4:30. Call, or stop by the shop on Mill Race Road.
We are a crew of four working out of a shop on Mill Race Road: Erik, two carpenters and an apprentice. We build kitchens and bathrooms, decks and porches, and we do the slow, careful repair of rot and water damage. If a floor has gone soft or a ceiling has started to drip, call us. We come out for free, look at it with you, and tell you plainly what it needs.
We book a few weeks ahead
After the walk-through you get a written quote inside a week. Call us for the next open start.
On the job this week
- Mon to ThuBack porch rebuild, new posts and decking, on Linden StreetPorch
- Thu and FriBathroom subfloor, soft by the tub, on Ferry RoadBathroom
Around town
- Most weeksTwo or three jobs going at once, from a porch rebuild to a soft bathroom floorAll over Ashby Falls
What we take on
Five kinds of work, all of it on houses that have been standing a while.
- 01
Kitchens
- 02
Bathrooms
- 03
Decks and porches
- 04
Rot and water damage
- 05
Small fix-it jobs
“They opened the floor by our dishwasher, showed us the joist, and fixed the leak that caused it before they fixed the floor. Nobody had done that before.”
Services
What we take on
Kitchens, bathrooms, porches, rot and the small jobs nobody else wants. We price each one in writing after we have seen it.
- 01
Kitchens
New cabinets and counters, or a full gut down to the studs. We plan around the walls you have, which in an older house are rarely square.
Usually 4 to 8 weeks on site - 02
Bathrooms
Tile, tubs and showers, and new subfloor where the old one has gone soft. If we need to open the floor to give you a fair price, we say so first.
Usually 2 to 4 weeks - 03
Decks and porches
Front porches rebuilt, new decks, steps and railings that meet code. Cedar or treated lumber, painted or left to weather.
Usually 1 to 3 weeks - 04
Rot and water damage
Sills, rim joists, window frames, the floor by the dishwasher. We find where the water came from and fix that as well, so the repair lasts.
Often a few days - 05
Small fix-it jobs
A door that sticks, a loose stair rail, a storm window, trim. We keep a standing list and work through it on short days.
Half a day or more
How a job goes
- 1
Call or send the form. We set a time to walk through the house with you. It is free.
- 2
Inside a week you get a written quote, with what we found and what we would leave alone.
- 3
We set a start date with you, cover your floors, and close up tidy every night.
About
Erik and the crew
Four of us, one barn-red truck, and a shop a block up from the river.
Erik Halvorsen grew up in Ashby Falls and learned the trade on the houses here, most of them built before anyone thought about vapor barriers. He runs the crew: two carpenters and an apprentice who is learning it the slow way, by doing it right.
We work out of the shop and yard at 418 Mill Race Road. If you see the barn-red truck in a driveway on your street, that is us, and you are welcome to come and ask what we are doing.
Most of our work is on older houses, and most of it starts with a phone call after something has gone wrong. We would rather fix the cause than cover the symptom, and we will tell you when a job is not worth doing.
What you can count on
The same four things on every job, from a sticking door to a new kitchen.
- 01
We show up when we said, at 7:00
- 02
Floors covered, site closed up every night
- 03
A written quote that holds
If we find something behind a wall, we stop and show you before we go on.
- 04
Straight answers
Including when the honest answer is to leave it alone for another year.
Reviews
What neighbors say
Notes from people we have worked for around Ashby Falls.
“Our porch roof was sagging at one corner. Erik came the same week, braced it that afternoon, and rebuilt the post and beam a few weeks later.”
“They opened the floor by our dishwasher, showed us the joist, and fixed the leak that caused it before they fixed the floor.”
“The quote came in writing four days after the visit and the final bill matched it to the dollar.”
“The apprentice swept the drive every evening without being asked. Small thing, but we noticed.”
“We had a list of eleven little things. They did nine in one day and told us the other two could wait.”
Worked with us before?
We read every note. Send yours through the contact page and tell us which job it was.
Contact
Book a walk-through
Free, and usually within the week. Call, or tell us about the job below and we will call you.
418 Mill Race Road
Ashby Falls, MN 55093
| Monday | 7:00 to 4:30 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 7:00 to 4:30 |
| Wednesday | 7:00 to 4:30 |
| Thursday | 7:00 to 4:30 |
| Friday | 7:00 to 4:30 |
| Saturday | By appointment |
| Sunday | Closed |
Thanks. We have it.
Erik will call you by Thursday afternoon to set a time for the walk-through.
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