Alm - 11-8-2014 at 03:07 PM
Need some "carpintero". It's a trailer, low ceiling, so I need to either shorten a standard 24" high wall cabinet, or make a custom size. (And - no,
standard 18" high wall cabinet is too small, I need 22" high).
Also, is there any place here to get a piece of standard laminate counter like those in Home Depot? It's 5/8" thick, in Home Depot they call it 3/4
but it's 5/8. Old counter has a rounded corner and a plastic trim in front rather than laminate "lip". I can't use 1.5" lip-less counters because
mine is 5/8", and can't use those old-style with lip because there is a rounded corner on one end. So I need to either cut the "lip" off a standard
5/8 counter and attach my old plastic trim or some other strip, or to custom-make 5/8" lip-less counter with rounded end.
In other words - need somebody who knows this woodwork, not just to take one out and put another one in. If it were just a replacement work, I
could've probably done it myself.
[Edited on 11-8-2014 by Alm]
Pescador - 11-9-2014 at 10:03 AM
The best carpenter that I know has moved his shop from Palo Verde to Vizcaino, but comes back over here whenever he has a job is Juan Cesena. His
number is 615-155-8353. From your description, he is the guy for the job.
Alm - 11-9-2014 at 12:23 PM
Thanks Pescador. 615 looks like landline number. Now I only have to figure out how to use a Canadian cell phone here 
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Pescador - 11-9-2014 at 07:49 PM
No, actually that is a cell phone. All phones in this area start with 615. Hopefully you can find someone with a Mexican cell phone, it is an easy
call. Or you can go to the Telephone, Telegraph office in Santa Rosalia. Are you in Santa Rosalia or at San Lucas?
Russ - 11-10-2014 at 05:47 AM
There is a guy, Peter, in Palo Verde that replaced a couple closet doors for me. Good work but a bit pricey. Another guy, Jorge Bargenes, from Santa
Rosalia stopped by looking for work and he measured up a door for me 3 weeks ago and gave me a decent price. SENORCARPINTERO007@yahoo.com. Said it
would be 10 days but has not brought the door. I've given up on him.
edit: Oh, and Temo at the lumber yard in San Bruno is doing some doors and cabinet work now too.
[Edited on 11-10-2014 by Russ]
Pescador - 11-10-2014 at 07:28 AM
Yeah, but Juan is the only guy who I figure could do this cut to fit work. He is now in Vizcaino but he has come back here for a few jobs in San
Bruno.
Alm - 11-11-2014 at 06:33 PM
Thanks guys. Yep, this cut to fit job is a little more difficult than replacing a door.