Carpentry trim install Austin
Base, casing, crown and built-ins cut on site, priced per linear foot by profile.
The carpentry trim install Austin rooms need almost always comes down to a run of baseboard, a set of door casings, or a run of crown that has to cope into an out-of-square corner. Every foot is cut on site to the room it's going in, not pre-mitered off a cut list from a different house.
What's sold and what it runs on
This trade covers baseboard, door and window casing, crown molding and built-in shelving or cabinetry cut and installed in place. It's priced per linear foot, and the number changes with the profile you pick and how many corners, copes and returns that profile has to make around the room.
- Price basis
- Per linear foot
- Profiles
- Base, casing, crown, built-in
- Material
- Primed MDF, poplar or paint-grade pine
- Typical lead time
- 1 to 4 working days per room
What's in scope, what isn't
We say the refusals out loud before you sign anything, not after the deposit clears.
We take this on
- Baseboard removal and reinstall, including profile upgrades to a taller or more detailed run
- Door and window casing, mitered or with rosette corner blocks
- Crown molding, coped at inside corners and mitered at outside corners
- Built-in shelving and simple cabinetry, cut and fitted to the actual wall, not a stock size
- Wainscoting and picture-rail runs where a room calls for them
- Caulk and fill on every joint before paint goes on
We don't take this on
- Structural shelving that ties into a load path, like a built-in that also carries a beam. That's a framing scope first
- Stair rail and balustrade work that needs a code-stamped rail height and spacing review beyond a standard replacement
- Exterior trim and fascia. That's weather-exposed work we schedule as part of decks and fences or as its own call
- Custom furniture unrelated to the house itself
How the cut list actually happens
Every run gets measured to the room it's going into, corner by corner.
We measure twice, cut once, and write it down before anyone touches drywall.
That's not a slogan we hang on the wall, it's how the cut list gets built. Every wall in the room gets measured independently, because two walls that look the same length from across the room are rarely the same length up close in an older house. Inside corners on baseboard and crown get coped, not mitered, because a coped joint holds its line as the house moves with the seasons and a mitered inside corner opens a visible gap within a year.
Outside corners get mitered at 45 degrees and back-cut slightly so the joint closes tight even if the wall isn't perfectly square, which most walls in a house built before the 1990s aren't. Casing goes up plumb to the door jamb first, then level across the head casing, with rosette blocks used where the wall or door opening is too far out of square for a clean miter.
Built-ins get templated to the actual wall with a story pole before any plywood is cut, because a shelf unit built to a tape measurement instead of a physical template is the single most common reason a built-in doesn't sit flush against an out-of-plumb wall.
Linear-foot pricing by profile
The profile you choose changes both the material cost and the labor per foot.
| Profile | Typical material | Joint work | Typical lead time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baseboard | Primed MDF or paint-grade pine, 3 to 5.5 in | Coped inside corners, mitered outside | 1 day per average room |
| Door & window casing | Primed MDF or poplar | Mitered corners or rosette blocks | 1 to 2 days for a full room of openings |
| Crown molding | Primed MDF or paint-grade pine, 3 to 6 in | Coped inside corners, compound miter outside | 1 to 2 days per room |
| Built-in shelving | Furniture-grade plywood with a solid-wood face frame | Templated to the wall, scribed to fit | 2 to 4 days depending on size |
Figures above describe method and typical scope, not a quote. The per-linear-foot number moves with profile height, material grade, how many corners and copes the run needs, and paint versus stain finish. The written scope after your walk-through carries the real number.
The sequence, start to sign-off
Same order every time, whether it's one door casing or a whole floor of baseboard.
Walk-through and measure
Every wall, corner and opening gets measured to build an accurate linear-foot count and cut list.
Written scope
Profile, material, linear footage and finish go on paper before a board is cut.
Material ordered
Trim stock ships to the job site or shop bay, checked against the cut list before install day.
Cut and fit
Runs are cut, coped and mitered on site to the room's actual dimensions, not a stock length.
Nail, caulk and fill
Every joint and nail hole is caulked and filled so the paint line reads clean.
Sign-off
Walk every run together, check corners and joints, and close out the written scope.
Straight answers before you call
The questions we actually get about carpentry trim install Austin jobs.
Can you match the trim profile already in the rest of the house?
Usually, yes. Most production-home baseboard and casing profiles are common stock shapes we can match or get close to. Custom historic profiles sometimes need a specialty millwork order, which we'll flag before quoting the job.
Do you paint the trim, or just install it?
Both, if you want it. Trim install includes caulk and nail-hole fill ready for paint; final paint and coats can be bundled in or handled as a drywall-and-paint scope if walls are getting painted at the same time.
What if my walls aren't square?
Most houses aren't perfectly square, especially anything built before the 1990s. We scribe and back-cut joints to close tight against real walls rather than assuming a factory-square room.
Can a built-in also serve as a load-bearing shelf?
Not through this trade alone. If a built-in needs to carry structural load, that gets engineered and framed first. See Additions & framing for how that scope works.
Six people, eleven years, one shop bay
Ronevexa has been running out of Austin for eleven years. The six-person crew cutting your trim is the same team on every job type in this catalogue, working out of the same rented shop bay off the east side of town.
Get your trim measured and priced.
Tell us the rooms and the profile you're after. We'll walk the space, build the cut list, and write the scope.