We had so much unusable space in our backyard because of the hill slope, and the back of our house is not beautiful by any stretch of the mind. It's actually quite ugly with a botched window job (previous owner/flipper) and a large mass of electrical and utility boxes/lines all coming together right outside our patio door. I want to enjoy sitting in my backyard on nice days, but am very limited in space and desire. The area that would be considered our "deck" was a 10×10 concrete slab. Not safe for our child with no railing protecting the drop-off to our very sloped yard on all sides. Chet, Shane, and Russ with CA Carpentry started work on our mess and I cannot write enough about the finished product. Not only did they work around that nasty slab (so much $$$ to remove!), and that mess of utility connections on the house, but they completely changed the look of our entire backyard with the gorgeous wood deck they crafted. Not build, crafted. You don't see work like this in construction these days. I had a picture in my mind, and these guys' work absolutely exceeded it. The quality of work, speed, communication, and how me and my husband feel after is life changing. Now, instead of my tiny children and elderly family having to walk out onto steps with no hand-hold, they can walk straight out. Our useable space was tripled, and the beauty of the deck has reignited my desire to decorate, host in, and enjoy my back yard again. Also, my kids will not fall off of the sides any longer because we have exquisite, child-safe, metal bar railings in all of the important places! Seriously, craftsmanship, not just constructed. They are artists and have great pride in what they do, and now so do I. I cannot wait to sit out ther and just enjoy the new look and feel. It's currently dumping our largest snow load of the year on the first day I can walk on it. But it's, Colorado, so I just have to wait a couple days. Thank you, CA Carpentry, Chet, Russ, and Shane!! I have already been and will be recommending you guys. read more

CA added a cover to our patio. It looks fabulous. They were great to work with...communicated appropriately and did what they said they would do. Would highly recommend. read more

We bought a house on a golf course with a beautiful view. The builder truncated the deck after the city required a certain setback from the golf course. With the deck dramatically reduced in size, there was no backyard access except from the walkout basement. We tried to get a deck extension approved a couple of times, with our landscaper and with another deck company with no success. We learned about the quality work, read testimonials and saw pictures of stunningly beautiful decks built by CA Carpentry. We were reenergized to try one last time. We contacted the owner, Chet Anderson. He met with us to review our desires and talk about our past challenges. He worked with the city and was able to get conditional approval, pending HOA approval. Chet drew up a design based on our conversations and we submitted them to the HOA. The design was approved and the city gave us the approval for the new deck. We had done a lot of research and really wanted to go with a Brazilian hardwood. Chet talked about the positives and negatives of each option available to us, including costs. He was very thoughtful in presenting his points and let us make the decision. His experience was invaluable to finalizing our options and making a decision. It was crucial that the design would work with the existing landscaping. We went with a simple, yet elegant design that would maximize our space and blend in as if it was planned as part of our recently completed backyard landscape. The day the demolition of the old deck began, Chet brought over the team and introduced them to us. Shane and Russ are experienced carpenters and were both friendly and professional. They showed up as planned, did high quality work and involved both Chet and us when necessary to discuss the inevitable challenges that arise with any project of this type. Chet ensured they were able to match the stone of the house, as well as the flagstone in the existing hardscape for the post bases. I really appreciated the fact that, each day, they cleaned up the work area, in case we were going to use the backyard. During construction, Chet came to us with several ideas to improve the look of the deck - just little things here and there. They were completely our option. They were also included in the cost. He takes pride in the quality as well as the deck's aesthetics. These ideas occurred after construction began and increased the beauty of the deck. The deck looks fantastic. The carpentry is exquisite, with an attention to detail that seems to be from a forgotten age. CA Carpentry definitely takes pride in their work and build a very high quality product at a reasonable cost. I highly recommend CA Carpentry for any deck, patio or backyard structure project you may have. If I ever have a need for any such work in the future, I will definitely use them. read more

We hired CA Carpentry for a patio cover (roof) project in late spring 2018 with actual work starting in July. It was to take 2-3 weeks max to complete, but was not completed until September. I am an insurance adjuster and work with building code on a regular basis. I pointed out several deficiencies on the framing, but the Centennial code inspection was called in anyhow and it failed and a re-inspection was required. No one from CA Carpentry was at the inspection so I spoke with the inspector myself since I work at home. The major issue the code inspector cited was that due to the length of the patio cover, it would need a center support beam to meet the span table. I had pointed this out Chet with the span table charts prior to the inspection. In order to complete the project and make it a safe patio cover, I contacted a structural engineer myself and paid for stamped drawings to correct the deficiency and provided them to Chet to get the project completed. This is something that a general contractor should know and take care of. This drove the cost of the project up significantly, something that you would think as a homeowner would have been pointed out ahead of time. Another issue that I caught was that one of the subcontractors for CA Carpentry removed a light fixture and buried the electrical wires behind the ledger board with electrical tape on the ends of the wires. Thank goodness I caught it as it was totally covered up and no inspector would have ever noticed it. Chet did subsequently fire the subcontractor and brought on another carpenter and completed the project. Communication with Chet throughout the project was very spotty and I felt as if I was the project manager. The final straw that drove me to write this review was that I requested that he called in the final inspection in DEC 2018 and it was not done. I contacted him again in FEB 2019 notifying him that the permit was going to expire on 23 FEB 2019 and that the inspection needed to be done. On 21 FEB the inspection was not completed so I had to personally drive down to Centennial Building Offices and requested that it be completed before the expiration date. I had to do this because CA Carpentry pulled the permit and I could not request an inspection as a homeowner online. This is unacceptable that a client / homeowner would have to do this in order to get the project completed. Overall, I feel there was a lack of project planning and supervision on the job site that resulted in several code failures and a potential fire hazard. A typical homeowner does not know the ins and outs about building codes and a project can "look amazing" but there could be hidden flaws that could result in someone getting hurt or worse. I would not recommend CA Carpentry for your choice as a contractor. read more