Handyman work often involves painting. After hundreds of hours of painting walls, ceilings, doors, shelves, skirting boards, window frames, window sills and the likes we have good experience in all aspects of painting and offer these tips:
brushes – don’t spend a lot of money on expensive brushes. A reasonable quality brush generally does a good […]
We get many requests to change light bulbs in businesses, houses and apartments in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. Light bulb technology has changed enormously over the last 10 years. The modern light bulb comes in many types and varieties and the technology used. They include:
Incandescent – the traditional filament light bulb used for more […]
We get asked to install a lot of curtain rods. The range and variety vary hugely and they have become quite sophisticated over the years. Many curtain rods available today are ‘telescopic’ meaning the overall length of them can easily be adjusted to accomodate varying window widths. A few tips when installing curtain rods:
check the […]
From time to time we get asked if we can patch a hole in gyprock or plasterboard walls or even ceilings. Depending on the situation is is often possible to repair holes in plasterboard provided it is not too large and there is reasonable access to the job. In some instances small holes can be […]
We recently installed a number of weather strips in an eastern suburbs home. The type and variety of weather strips now available is huge. We installed 2 different types of weather strips. One type was a rubber base weather strip that is designed to virtually create a seal between the door and the flooring surface. […]
We get many requests for installation of a wide range of fittings and fixtures onto tiled walls, particularly bathrooms but also in kitchens and laundries in the eastern suburbs. The fittings that people ask to to install onto ceramic and porcelain tiles include:
towel rails
hooks
toilet roll holders
picture hooks
spice racks
kitchen roll holders
shaving cabinets
shower curtain rail brackets
Drilling into […]
We had an interesting project this month. With the increase in usage of a huge variety of audio visual devices, computers and peripherals, many home owners in the eastern suburbs end up with a ‘rats nest’ of cables and wires in their lounge rooms and seek a way to tidy up the appearance of the […]
We get asked to install curtain rods by home and apartment owners in the eastern suburbs. We have installed onto brick walls, gyprock and even concrete walls. The array of curtain rods and curtain tracks available nowadays is staggering and the types of fittings and fixtures we encounter are very varied. The number of curtain […]
Home Repair
We get a lot of enquiries from eastern suburbs property owners for home repair services. These can include requests for repairs to:
sticking doors – often caused by movement of the foundations over time, excessive paint build up, swelling of timber work due to water ingress and other issues
painted over windows that won’t open
broken tiles […]