Kite Carpentry

Kite Carpentry honest, reliable carpenter with many years of experience & a keen eye for detail.

Bit of a photo drop of the woodwork I've been up to in the last few weeks. The light fitting piece on the ceiling is one...
22/05/2026

Bit of a photo drop of the woodwork I've been up to in the last few weeks. The light fitting piece on the ceiling is one of the most stressful things I've ever fitted. Very hard on my own to get it measured and cut bang on when it's 5.5 metres long with a joint in the middle, not straight forward at all. One chance! Incredible amount of headwork in putting Lindsay's designs into production. It's challenging me to come up with ways of doing things that are new to me. 😊

Facing a constant battle with using this lovely ash that has been barn stored and bringing it into a heated environment....
03/05/2026

Facing a constant battle with using this lovely ash that has been barn stored and bringing it into a heated environment. Shrinking, bowing and cupping. Working with it is the biggest challenge, and then kinda letting it do its thing is adding to the character and charm of the natural environment of the treehouse. It's a strain on my brain though, being a perfectionist 😊 mirrored sliding door to the shower room and toilet. Design credentials go to Charlotte, Lindsay and Jackie. Myself for making it functional.

Lots of details on this build the grain in the ash boards is lovely 😊
25/04/2026

Lots of details on this build the grain in the ash boards is lovely 😊

Got the underside of the treehouse clad with douglas fir last week. Some very tricky scribing round the angled steel sup...
27/03/2026

Got the underside of the treehouse clad with douglas fir last week. Some very tricky scribing round the angled steel supports. Thank you Reuben Davidson for your help, I couldn't have done it without you and enjoyed your company. 😊

There's some ash boards going on the wall. The clients had this timber all milled on their own land from their woods. It...
20/02/2026

There's some ash boards going on the wall. The clients had this timber all milled on their own land from their woods. It's nice to be doing some finish carpentry on the inside now 😊 made a nice little flattening sledge too for the bigger slabs 👍🏻

And breathe! Scaffolding down and nice and tidy ☺️ looking forward to the Christmas break now, just a few more days to g...
12/12/2025

And breathe! Scaffolding down and nice and tidy ☺️ looking forward to the Christmas break now, just a few more days to go.

This one's really been a slog the last month or so to be honest. Very wet working conditions, trying to get the outside ...
04/12/2025

This one's really been a slog the last month or so to be honest. Very wet working conditions, trying to get the outside finished so the scaffolding can come down. Very nearly there now, little more cladding to do. It's scorched larch this time. The boards have been blow torched before going on. ☺️

Don't know if it's a good or bad thing, but I sorted myself out with a couple of dry spaces to put my tools while I'm wo...
12/11/2025

Don't know if it's a good or bad thing, but I sorted myself out with a couple of dry spaces to put my tools while I'm working in this damn horrible weather. It meant I could carry on today even though it didn't stop raining all day really. Hoping for a dry day tomorrow at least. Can't wait to get the outside of this second treehouse done.😊

No let up today 🌧️ waterproof on all day and crack on. Had to pack it in a 4pm though, my god there's some water coming ...
04/11/2025

No let up today 🌧️ waterproof on all day and crack on. Had to pack it in a 4pm though, my god there's some water coming out the sky! 😊

By no means perfect, which I find hard to accept, but I'm getting better. I only seem to get these fairly complex shapes...
18/10/2025

By no means perfect, which I find hard to accept, but I'm getting better. I only seem to get these fairly complex shapes to practice my lead welding on.....don't really get much time to just practice for practice sake. I use a very cheap set up that is very hard to get a consistent flame on, I'd love to be able to warrant buying something decent, but I'm not at that stage yet. I think I can get better with what I've got first.
The little box at the top of the gutter is probably my best and most controlled bit of welding so far. 😊

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