Hank Tucker Carpentry Inc
Local business · 38 Newell St
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Highlights
- Steps and bulkheads — a narrow specialty, not a sideline
- Long-running shop — BBB lists a 1980 business start
- A+ BBB grade — accredited since March 2023
- One review only — a single account on one directory
- One-employee shop — ask about lead times and crew size
- Masonry, not carpentry — the work listed is steps and bulkheads
Despite the name, Hank Tucker Carpentry does one thing: the way you get into your house. Steps and bulkheads — precast, concrete, brick and stone, plus the Gordon metal bulkhead door units and the excavation that goes with them. It is a one-man corporation out of 38 Newell Street in Lowell, owned by Hank Tucker, and the Better Business Bureau puts the business start at 1980, which makes this a 46-year-old outfit that never grew beyond its owner. The BBB grades it A+ and has accredited it since March 2023. A customer has posted a favorable account of a basement bulkhead replacement. That is the whole public record — one review and a directory profile. It is enough to see what they do and not enough to know how consistently they do it. If your project is a crumbling set of front steps or a rusted-through bulkhead, this is a specialist rather than a generalist taking the job on the side. Ask what the lead time looks like for a one-person shop, get the material and finish spelled out in the quote, and ask for a couple of nearby jobs from the last year or two that you can drive past.
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Established rating 3.5
- behind the score: One review only — a single account on one directory
What does carpentry work cost in Greater Boston?
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from Hank Tucker Carpentry Inc. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
A typical single-level deck is 12×16 — about 200 sq ft.
Estimated range
$7,750 – $14,500
Typical carpentry project around $11,100