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BCM Carpentry At BCM Carpentry, we are a trusted Residential and Commercial Construction Company serving Morganton, NC, and surrounding areas.

Our skilled team takes pride in providing top-notch construction, attention to detail and quality craftsmanship.

10/08/2026

Every set of house plans makes an assumption about the dirt underneath it. Site work is how you make that assumption true.

This lot is being prepped for a single-level custom house:
➝ 91 feet wide from end to end
➝ Crawlspace foundation on 8" block, with footings set below the frost line
➝ Attached garage and shop on a reinforced 4" slab over compacted fill

Free tip: Read the foundation notes on your plans, not just the drawings. This set assumes the soil can carry 1,500 pounds per square foot. It calls for topsoil, roots, and debris to be stripped out from under the footings, and for any fill to go down in 6-inch layers compacted to 95% density, verified by a soil testing lab.

None of that is visible once the house is standing, but it's the reason a slab stays flat and a foundation doesn't settle. If your lot needs fill to get level, ask who's testing the compaction and when, and get that answer before the concrete truck shows up.

Have a lot you're planning to build on? DM us a few photos and the address, and we'll set up a call to talk through what it'll take to get it ready.

Serving Morganton, Burke County, and surrounding areas.

09/26/2026

Sponsor Spotlight: BCM CARPENTRY ✨

2026 Burke Day for Life GOLD SPONSOR!

On behalf of the staff here at PCC we would like to thank BCM Carpentry for their support of PCCOB and our Day for Life!✨

09/24/2026

Retrofitting an old cabin is a different animal than building new. You don't get to start from a clean slate — you're working around whatever decisions someone else made decades ago.

Part three of turning this hunting cabin into a full custom home. Framing is now complete outside of the decks:

→ The loft is up
→ Walls have been pushed out to open up the footprint
→ Everything tied back into the existing structure, which is the hard part of any retrofit
→ Additional deck square footage going on the back to open the space up to the river behind the house
→ Next up: HVAC, electrical, and plumbing rough-in

Free tip if you're planning a big renovation on an older cabin or home: right now — with the framing done and the walls still open — is the moment to walk the space and speak up. Stand where the furniture will go. Check that the windows frame the view you actually want. Make sure the outlets and fixtures land where you'll use them.

Once HVAC ducts, wiring, and supply lines go into those walls, every one of those changes stops being a framing decision and becomes three trades coordinating around each other. It's not impossible, it's just a much bigger conversation than it is today.

The other thing worth knowing about retrofits: an older cabin was framed for the loads it had, not the ones you're adding. A loft, pushed-out walls, and new deck square footage all put weight into a structure that was never drawn for it. That's why this kind of work takes a builder who'll open things up and verify what's actually there before committing to a plan on paper.

More to come on this one.

Got an older home or cabin you're thinking about transforming? Send us a DM with a few photos and let's set up a time to talk through it.

BCM Carpentry proudly serves Morganton, Burke County, and surrounding areas.

09/16/2026

A detached garage sounds like one of the simpler things you can add to a property. Four walls, a slab, a door. Then you walk the lot and find out it falls away from the house.

Grade is what turns a simple building into an engineering problem. This customer wanted a detached garage and the only place to put it was on a slope, so before anybody framed anything we brought our engineers out to design the foundation around the existing topography rather than trying to force a flat-lot detail onto a lot that isn't flat.

Here's what went into it:

→ Engineered foundation design based on the existing topography
→ Reinforced CMU foundation, specified to handle a car lift
→ Steel building kit set on top
→ 100 amp electrical service run to the building

The car lift is the part worth paying attention to. He told us up front that he wanted one, so the foundation was reinforced for it from the beginning. That's a decision that has to happen before anything gets poured.

Free tip if you're thinking about a detached garage or shop on a sloped lot: figure out everything you want that building to do before the foundation is designed. Car lift, heavy equipment, a second floor, a bathroom, future electrical load. All of it is a design conversation while it's still on paper and a demolition conversation once the concrete is in the ground. The building on top is the easy part. The grade and the foundation are what actually decide what's possible.

If you've got a sloped lot in Burke County and you've been told a detached garage won't work there, send us a DM with a few photos of the site and we'll set up a call to look at what it would take.

08/21/2026

Got the call from the management team over the McDowell House here in Morganton — a home built in 1812 that sits on the National Registry.

Today's visit is a consultation:
→ Walking the property with the management team
→ Going through their scope list
→ Assessing what they want done
→ Determining if we're the right fit for the project

Working on a home from 1812 requires a different approach than a modern build. Materials, methods, and every decision has to be weighed against preserving the character that gives the home its historic value. The goal on a project like this is to keep the home functional for another century without erasing the two it's already lived through.

If you own or manage a historic property and want to talk through what a thoughtful renovation could look like, shoot us a DM and let's hop on a call.

Serving Morganton, Burke County, and surrounding areas.

08/19/2026

Part two on this hunting cabin turned luxury build in Old Fort. Framers are on site, lumber's delivered, and we're moving fast to get the loft addition framed up before weather rolls through.

Where we are today:

→ Prepping the area to set a structural beam

→ Beam will let us take down the existing wall behind the living space

→ Living room getting pushed out for more square footage

→ Kitchen getting pushed out on the same side

→ Second story loft addition going up above

Tip if you're planning a remodel with an addition tied in: the sequence of the build matters more than most people realize. You want the shell of the new footprint tight before you start opening up walls in the existing home. Otherwise you're exposed to weather on two fronts at once and the whole schedule tightens up on you.

If you've got a property you're thinking about transforming and want to talk through what's realistic on your site, shoot me a DM.

08/04/2026

Before we go vertical on this second story loft addition, we're verifying the footing depth.

What that looks like on site:

→ Digging out to expose the existing footing

→ Peeling back the dirt to reach the base

→ Confirming we're meeting the minimum depth per building code

→ Documenting it before any framing goes up

Here's why this step matters: the footing is what keeps the addition tied to the earth. If it's not at the depth code requires, the new build can shift and move over time. That's not something a homeowner catches in year one — it shows up later as doors that stop closing right and cracks in the drywall.

Verifying takes a few hours on the front end and protects the whole project on the back end.

If you're planning an addition and want to know what questions to ask your contractor about foundation work, shoot me a DM.

Serving Morganton, Burke County, and surrounding areas.

07/31/2026

Kicking off a new remodel and master suite addition here in Morganton. This is an 80s built home with the tight, room-to-room feel — and the clients wanted it to breathe.

Here's the scope:

→ Taking out the wall between the old kitchen and living space

→ Structural beam sized to spec to carry the load

→ Removing an outdated dining nook to open the footprint

→ 14x32 master suite addition tied into the existing home

The biggest cost decision on this project wasn't the design — it was where we placed the addition. We shifted the new build to the lowest foundation point of the home. On an addition, your foundation is one of the largest line items. Building where the existing grade works with you instead of against you can cut major costs out of the project before a single wall goes up.

If you're planning an addition and want to think through where it makes the most sense to build on your lot, shoot me a DM and let's hop on a call.

Serving Morganton, Burke County, and surrounding areas.

07/26/2026

Trading a rotten deck for a covered concrete patio can cut your outdoor build cost by roughly half.

Here's how this one came together:

→ Demoed the existing deck

→ Dug footings

→ Poured a monolithic slab

→ Framing a roof to cover the entire footprint

Quick tip if you're weighing your options: a deck rebuild puts you back on the same maintenance cycle — staining, board swaps, and eventually another rebuild down the road. A concrete slab under a roof stays out of the weather from day one, which changes the long-term math on your outdoor space.

If your deck is at the end of its life and you're not sure which route makes sense for your home, shoot us a DM and let's hop on a call to walk through it.

Serving Morganton, Burke County, and surrounding areas.

07/20/2026

The smartest move on this Old Fort, NC renovation was knowing what NOT to tear out.

We're deep into a massive full interior and exterior renovation on this hunting cabin — and while plenty of it has been taken down to make way for the new build-out, one thing earned its place:

the original siding was in genuinely solid shape.

→ Full interior and exterior renovation, top to bottom
→ Original siding stays in place and works as the exterior sheathing layer
→ Weather barrier gets applied directly over it before the new exterior goes on
→ Roughly $10,000 saved by skipping unnecessary siding demo and re-sheathing

That's money the homeowners get to keep — or roll straight back into the parts of the project they'll actually see and use every day.

Free tip if you're planning a renovation: demo is a tool, not a default. A good contractor evaluates each component on its own merits — what's structurally sound stays, what isn't goes. Every dollar spent redoing something that was already right is a dollar that can't go toward the upgrades you hired us for in the first place.

Thinking about a renovation and wondering what your budget could really do? DM us some photos of your project and we'll hop on a quick call.

Serving Morganton and Surrounding Areas

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Morganton, NC
28655

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Monday 8am - 4pm
Tuesday 8am - 4pm
Wednesday 8am - 4pm
Thursday 8am - 4pm
Friday 8am - 4pm
Saturday 8am - 12pm

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+18283905653

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