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About Splitgill Carpentry
We are a Chapel Hill / Carrboro, NC - based, insured construction company specializing in residential repairs + renovations. We want to work with anyone that would feel safer having queer + trans people in their homes, or anyone who wants to support us!
Accessible
Our services are offered at a sliding scale rate, according to your self-identified financial privilege. (Scroll down to learn more.)
Reliable
Our clients deserve to feel safe and secure in their decision to work with us - we are committed to transparency in every step of the process.
Sustainable
We are also committed to using socially and environmentally responsible practices and materials wherever possible, including refurbished materials.
Meet the team!
Hey, I’m Kate! (she/they)
Growing up as an athlete, I formed a deep connection with and trust in my body–a connection that has been important to me years later as a tradesperson. After leaving the athletics world, I wasn’t sure what a future career would look like, but when I began working in the trades, I knew I was in the right place.
I’ve spent the past three years sharpening my skills
in home renovations and repairs, and I particularly enjoy finish carpentry and tiling projects. I love to
get creative and find innovative solutions to tricky problems! As a triple Capricorn, I am passionate
about my work and hold myself to the highest
standard of quality. I recognize that working in people’s homes can be a very personal experience, so it’s important that my clients
feel comfortable, seen, and heard.
And I’m Greer! (they/he)
I’ve specialized in home repairs since 2020, when I dropped out of a Master’s in Art Education program to pursue a career in carpentry.
I’ve always loved making things and moved around a lot as a kid. I think the desire for home really directed me to the residential trades. The concept of home/a place of respite is especially important for so many queers, and I want to make it more accessible.
I love this work and my dream is for Splitgill to one day take part in building safe, affordable housing for TGNC (trans + gender nonconforming/nonbinary) people.
Why “splitgill,” you ask?
Well, splitgills are one of the most common wood-decaying mushrooms and they exist pretty much everywhere! They have over 20 thousand sexual identities - making them the queer icons of the natural world. Also, if you choose Splitgill Carpentry, you get to work with a couple of FUN GUYS!
(That was Greer, he’s sorry.)
Some of the services we offer:
General Handy
Services
Drywall + Painting
Flooring + Tiling
Doors + Windows
Light Framing + Structural Repair
Areas we serve:
We work in a 15 mile radius of the downtown Carrboro area (approximately 30 minutes of driving).
Sliding Scale
Providing accessible services means challenging the ableist, cis/heteronormative, classist and racist systems we live within. One way we do this is by encouraging our clients to self-identify their socioeconomic privilege to determine what they are able to pay for our hourly labor. Consultations are free, and from there we draw up a lump-sum contract for labor and material cost so you know what you’ll be paying for the work provided. Any deviations from that contract will require a change-order from us.
Please use the information below to identify your level of financial privilege. We are building trust and community, and therefore will never ask you for any “proof” of your decision.
$100/hr
$75/hr
$50/hr
Top of the scale:
Middle of the scale:
Bottom of the scale:
- I am comfortably able to meet all of my basic* needs
- I may have some debt but it does not prohibit attainment of basic needs
- I own my home or property OR I rent a higher-end property
- I own or lease a car
- I am employed or do not need to work to meet my needs
- I have regular access to health care
- I have access to financial savings
- I have an expendable** income
- I can always buy new items
- I can afford an annual vacation or take time off
- I may stress about meeting my basic needs but still regularly achieve them
- I may have some debt but it does not prohibit attainment of basic needs
- I own or lease a car
- I am employed
- I have access to health care
- I might have access to financial savings
- I have some expendable income
- I am able to buy some new items & I thrift others
- I can take a vacation annually or every few years without financial burden
- I frequently stress about meeting basic needs & don’t always achieve them
- I have debt and it sometimes prohibits me from meeting my basic needs
- I rent lower-end properties or have unstable housing
- I do not have a car and/or have limited access to a car but I am not always able to afford gas
- I am unemployed or underemployed
- I qualify for government assistance including food stamps & health care
- I have no access to savings
- I have no or very limited expendable income
- I rarely buy new items because I am unable to afford them
- I cannot afford a vacation or have the ability to take time off without financial burden
* Basic Needs include food, housing, health care, and transportation.
** Expendable Income might mean you are able to go out to eat, go to the movies or a concert,
buy new clothes, books, and similar items each month, etc.
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