What We Build

Unparalleled Craftsmanship

RLS Custom Carpentry, LLC brings 39 years of quality custom framing/carpentry experience from new custom homes, new garages/shop/outbuildings, additions, and structural repairs to smaller projects like decks, pergolas, fences, and gates. We can take on any of your specialty framing needs. Proudly serving Mendocino, Lake, and Sonoma counties.

Wood framing of a new home by RLS Custom Carpentry in Mendocino County, CA

Finished composite deck with redwood railing, built-in bench seating and recessed step lights in a backyard, built by RLS Custom Carpentry, Mendocino County CA

Custom Decks

One-of-a-kind decks built for lakefront, hillside, and ranch properties — composite or redwood, with custom railings and built-in seating.

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Custom redwood backyard pergola with lattice roof and black steel brackets built over a patio in Mendocino County, California

Pergolas

Shade structures and pergolas that hold up to wind and weather and look like they grew out of the place.

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Huge custom redwood diagonal-batten gate built by RLS Custom Carpentry against a bare-winter treeline in Mendocino County, CA

Fences & Gates

Strong, durable fencing for high-wind and hillside lots — and the oversized statement gates folks still talk about.

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Framing

Thirty-nine years of specialty framing for new homes, additions, and structural projects. Framing is the craft this whole company is built on.

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Completed home addition and remodel by RLS Custom Carpentry at 15 Mill Ct in Mendocino County CA, showing a new two-story wing with attached garage joined to the original single-story house with fresh white stucco and a dark composition roof

Home Additions

Additions tied cleanly into the existing structure — built while you keep living in your home.

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New concrete foundation with anchor bolts and seismic hold-down hardware installed under an exterior wall by RLS Custom Carpentry, a foundation retrofit in Mendocino County, CA

Structural Repairs & Foundation Retrofit

Re-sheathing and foundation retrofit to bring a house up to spec and keep it standing.

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Large barn-style building framed in dimensional lumber with a center gable cupola and roof trusses, set against a pine forest in Mendocino County, CA, framed by RLS Custom Carpentry

Garages, Shops & Outbuildings

Workshops, barns, and shops built from the ground up — same standards as the house.

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Large two-story custom home under construction with completed roof truss framing and sheathing against a green Mendocino County hillside

New Custom Homes

Whole custom homes, framed and finished by the same hands that built the gate.

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Remodeled white stucco home with covered porch, brick-capped step, and tidy landscaping by RLS Custom Carpentry in Mendocino County, CA

Remodels & Renovations

Kitchen, bath, and whole-home remodels — updated, better-built spaces, done while you keep living in your home.

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Before-and-after of a whole-home exterior remodel — new siding and finish — by RLS Custom Carpentry in Mendocino County, CA

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General Contracting (Class B)

As a licensed Class B General Contractor, Rob can hire and run the subs and manage your project from foundation to finish.

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CA Lic. #847349Serving Mendocino, Lake & Sonoma counties from Lucerne, CA 95458.

Let’s build something that lasts.

Tell Rob & Aimee about your project — we reply within one business day.

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