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40 finish carpentry subcontractors serve Fort Lauderdale (Broward County). Browse listings below, or create a free* GC account to see phone and email and invite a sub to bid on your RFQ.
Most of these finish carpentry subcontractors are based in Margate (6), Pompano Beach (4), Deerfield Beach (3), Fort Lauderdale (3), Coral Springs (2), and Hollywood (2) — plus 20 more across the metro. We've reviewed a license or insurance certificate for 1 of them.
Finish carpentry subcontractors handle the trim and millwork on a project — interior trim, base and crown, paneling, door and hardware installation, casework anchoring, and the wood-grade finishes that land in front of the GC's punch list. On commercial jobs they price from the architectural set and Division 06 spec, follow paint into the building, and carry the work that the owner sees first — the visible, hand-fit assemblies along the building's finished surfaces and at every door.
When a GC sends a finish carpentry RFQ, they want a quote against the millwork drawings, the door and hardware schedule, and the Division 06 spec for trim and architectural woodwork. Bids are typically broken out by linear foot for base and crown, by each for doors and frames, and by each or lump sum for casework installation. GCs want the bid to name the door hardware grade or supplier assumed, the casework supplier if furnished by others, and what's excluded — millwork fabrication beyond installation, paint-grade versus stain-grade material, field-applied finishes.
Finish carpentry contracting in Florida falls under the specialty contractor classification regulated by the Construction Industry Licensing Board (CILB) under the DBPR. A specialty contractor's license covers the scope of work listed under that classification — interior trim, millwork installation, doors, and related carpentry — and can be held at the certified level (statewide) or the registered level (local jurisdiction only). Finish carpentry scope can also be performed by a general contractor (CGC/CBC/CRC) under their broader license. Florida treats unlicensed contracting as a crime, which is why every finish carpentry sub in this directory carries its DBPR license number.
Most commercial jobs split this: the architectural millwork sub or shop fabricates casework, paneling, and specialty millwork, and the finish carpenter installs it on site. Trim, base, and crown are often furnished and installed by the finish carpenter. RFQs should state which categories are furnish-and-install versus install-only. A clean bid lists furnishing assumptions per category so the GC can reconcile.
Door leaves, frames, and hardware are typically furnished by a single doors-and-hardware supplier under Division 08 and installed by the finish carpenter. The carpenter receives the schedule, verifies hardware against the drawings, and hangs the doors. RFQs should state who supplies versus installs each component. Bids should list door, frame, and hardware install as separate or combined lines so the GC can match the supply package.
Usually no on commercial jobs. Stain-grade and clear-finished millwork is typically shop-finished by the millwork supplier; paint-grade trim is finished by the painter after the carpenter installs it. The finish carpenter is responsible for installation tolerances and back-priming where the spec calls for it. RFQs should call out which trade carries field finishing if any; bids should state the assumption.
Casework anchoring is typically carried by the finish carpenter — blocking in the wall (when called out as carpenter scope), scribing to the wall, leveling, and fastening to studs or blocking. It's usually priced per each cabinet or per linear foot of casework. RFQs should state casework dimensions and the substrate, since block walls and metal stud walls change the anchor approach and the labor count.
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