F. Girard General Construction and Fern’s Cabinet Shop — Construction and Custom Cabinetry in Hearst, ON Since 1972
F. Girard General Construction and Fern’s Cabinet Shop is a 50+ year Hearst institution — founded by Fern Girard in 1972 and sold in 2009 to brothers Gyslin Alary and Michel Alary, who have continued the business without interrupting the lineage of reputation it carries along the Highway 11 corridor. It is a true one-stop shop: residential and commercial construction under one roof, hand-crafted custom cabinetry built in-house, and 24/7 emergency fire- and water-damage restoration served by the same crew.
Services
- Residential construction — new builds, additions, and whole-home renovations.
- Commercial construction — small-commercial builds and tenant fit-outs in the Cochrane District.
- Custom cabinetry — cabinets built in-house at Fern’s Cabinet Shop using hardwood, polyester, thermoplastic, and melamine finishes.
- Cabinet systems — kitchen, bathroom, and storage cabinet installations paired with full renovations.
- Flooring — hardwood, tile, and engineered-product installations.
- Roofing — shingle and envelope-trade work on residential and small-commercial projects.
- Restoration services — emergency response for fire damage, water damage, and disaster recovery.
- Blueprint drawings — design-drawing services for renovation and new-build scopes.
Service Area
The company is headquartered at 1568 Highway 11 West, Hearst, ON P0L 1N0, with a direct line at 705-362-1116. The service radius follows the Highway 11 / Cochrane District corridor through Hearst, Mattice, Opasatika, Jogues, Constance Lake First Nation, Kapuskasing, and surrounding northern-Ontario communities.
Why it’s on home.renovation.reviews
F. Girard / Fern’s Cabinet Shop is one of the longest-tenured firms in our directory — more than 50 years of continuous operation at one Highway 11 address, with a transfer of ownership in 2009 that kept the brand intact rather than dissolving it. That kind of longevity matters in Hearst, where homeowners frequently hire the same firm to build a new home, renovate it 20 years later, and handle the emergency restoration in between.
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