The shop, in figures
Figures from the last three build seasons, kept on the whiteboard in the millshop. The one that matters to a superintendent is the last one.
Scope
What a trim package actually includes
Millshop, not just a truck
Our own molder, a rack of 41 profiles, and stock milled while your drywall dries. What arrives on site is already cased-length, coped and numbered.
Delivered in install order
One drop per floor, wrapped and stacked by room and sequence. The crew starts at door one and walks forward — no lumber pile, no hunting, no backtracking.
One walkthrough, closed
Two carpenters stay on your package to the end. The walkthrough card is emptied the same day it is written — the painter signs a clean card or we are still there.
Built for your superintendent
Trim is the last trade on the critical path and the first to be blamed for a slipped close. We work the other way: unit prices locked at contract, a delivery calendar keyed to your framing dates, and a two-person crew that stays on your job until the walkthrough — not until something bigger calls.
The unit price is the price
The card below is the card on your contract. Quantities change; unit prices do not — no re-quote at rough-in, no fuel surcharge, no “market conditions” between frame and finish.
Services & rates
The unit-price card
Priced per unit, printed on every contract, held for the length of the build. Paint-grade poplar and MDF mix as the plan calls for; stain-grade quoted per plan on request.
2026 card — install included
Interior door, hung & latched$210 ea
Mortised, stops tuned, nickel-slide guaranteed
Opening cased$145–255
Casing, base per room, stool and apron
Crown molding, run & coped$9–15 / ft
Up to 10 ft ceilings, profiles from our rack of 41
Closet system, shelved & roddedfrom $1,850
Linen and reach-in, melamine or painted poplar
Wainscot run, bench to rail$22–34 / ft
Bead-board or flat panel, scribed to the floor
Stair package, oak over pinefrom $8,900
Treads, risers, skirts, rail — set and returned
Recent builds
Six packages, six closings
Contract
Unit prices locked against your plan set; quantities re-counted at frame-up, never re-priced.
Millshop weeks
Stock milled, coped and finished while your drywall dries — off your site, on our clock.
Staged delivery
One drop per floor, wrapped and numbered in install order. No lumber pile in the driveway.
Install & walkthrough
Two carpenters to the end, then one walkthrough. The list is emptied before the truck loads.
Process
The rhythm, keyed to your calendar
We hold a delivery date the way a framing crew holds a crane date. The superintendents who use us book trim at contract signing — the ones who book at drywall get the calendar that is left, and it is still usually enough.
Third house with Rakestraw on the trim. I stopped putting a trim contingency in the schedule — they have never given it back to me late, and the walkthrough card is the only one my painters do not write on.
Spring package slots fill by late January — contractors with three or more units get first hold. (555) 601-3478 · measure@rakestrawtrim.example
Do you work for homeowners, or only builders?
Both, but the machine is built for builders. A homeowner booking one package gets the same unit card, the same numbered delivery and the same walkthrough — the only difference is you are the superintendent, and we treat that as a real job title.
What do you need from our plan set?
Door and window schedules, finish schedules, and the stair section. From those we count units, price the package and hold the delivery date. If your plans are still moving, we price against the current set and re-count at frame-up — prices hold, quantities follow the drawings.
Who handles paint?
We install, fill and caulk ready for your painter’s best coat. Stain-grade packages we finish ourselves at the millshop — three coats, flat, before the wood ever sees your job site.
How do change orders work?
By the unit, off the same card. An added opening is one more line at the contract price; a deleted one comes off. No minimums, no re-pricing, and every change is confirmed on paper before the next delivery.
Get the package priced
Send the plan set or just the address — the unit card comes back inside two working days, delivery dates attached. Builders and homeowners get the same card.