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Falis Construction provides rough and finish carpentry for remodeling, additions, basements, decks and other residential construction projects. The scope may include wall, floor or roof framing, interior trim, stairs, railings and other carpentry work.
When a project involves structural changes, the work is coordinated around applicable design, engineering, permit and inspection requirements.
The first question on any wall modification. Determining load path — and sizing the header and the posts that carry it down to bearing — is work that belongs before demolition, often with engineering.
Older houses are rarely square, level or plumb, and previous alterations may have changed how load travels. Framing into that reality is normal; assuming it is not there is what causes problems.
Anything structural outdoors — deck posts, porch piers, addition footings — has to bear below Minnesota frost depth, or seasonal heave will move it and keep moving it.
Cabinets, tile and trim all expose framing that was approximately right. Getting walls flat and openings square during framing is cheaper than compensating for them at finish stage.
Usually, from a site visit combined with the direction of the joists above and what sits over the wall on upper floors. Where it is genuinely ambiguous, or where the removal is significant, engineering input is the right answer rather than a confident guess — this is one of the few residential decisions where being wrong is a safety issue rather than a cost issue.
Both. They are different skills and different tolerances, but they sit either side of the same project frequently enough that handling both keeps the sequence and the accountability in one place.
Often. Older Twin Cities homes commonly have profiles no longer stocked, and the options are sourcing a close match, having a profile milled, or reworking existing material from a less visible part of the house. Send photos with the estimate request and we can tell you which is realistic.
Yes. Both are code-governed — rise and run consistency, guard height, baluster spacing — and both are highly visible, so they sit right at the intersection of structural correctness and finish quality.
Frequently yes, particularly where structure is involved, and requirements vary by municipality across the Twin Cities. Permit coordination is part of preconstruction. It is not a formality worth skipping — unpermitted structural work surfaces at resale and is far more expensive to resolve retrospectively.
Finishing unfinished basements, remodeling finished spaces, and coordinating the construction details that help make the lower level functional and complete.
Bedroom, primary suite, family room, kitchen expansion, sunroom, second-story and garage additions across the Twin Cities.
Deck construction, porch construction and three- and four-season rooms across the Twin Cities.
Professional drywall installation, finishing and repair for residential projects large and small.
Residential construction, remodeling and home improvements across the Twin Cities metro and surrounding communities.
