Are you, like most people, unable or unwilling to tackle advanced DIY? The alternative doesn’t have to be finding specialists for each task. If you’re looking for a handyman London is well covered by the Handy Squad, who can complete most jobs as skilfully as any specialist.
Working With Wood
It’s very easy to see when carpentry hasn’t been done by an expert. A good handyman will make a professional job of major renovations like laying wooden flooring, building partition walls and installing new kitchen units. He’ll also tackle awkward jobs like hanging doors, where precision is everything, and repairing and sprucing up your sash windows.
Some jobs may seem simple enough till you compare the amateur and professional results. A handyman’s cupboard doors won’t work loose, and the shelves he puts up, whether for books, laundry or general purpose, will be solid and secure.
Decorating
Decorating seems a given for DIY, but it’s not as easy as you might think to get right. A good handyman can do an expert job on repairing the wall plaster, hanging wallpaper (straight!) and applying a smooth paint-job. In the bathroom or kitchen, he’ll re-tile your walls or grout your old tiles, and insert silicon around the bath or sink to keep it watertight.
Electrical Work
There’s no place for the enthusiastic amateur when it comes to electrical work, unless you want to risk burning the house down. A good handyman will be trained to do everything from replacing light-bulbs to installing or replacing switches, sockets, fittings and the like, and should even be able to test for faults in the system.
Plumbing Work
Flooding your home may be marginally less serious than burning it down, but all but the simplest plumbing, like electricity, is best left to the professionals. A good handyman will be able to install or replace fittings like taps, pipes, sinks, baths or showers, and repair pipes, radiators, toilets and much more.
Odd Jobs
Hanging up blinds, curtains, pictures, mirrors, TVs or shelves may seem simple enough, but they can look terrible if they’re not exactly right — not to mention the risk of collapse. And if you have flat-pack furniture to assemble, it can be much easier to let a handyman figure out how to fit A into slot B. Chances are, he won’t have that extra screw left at the end.
If your patio or garden furniture has got dirty (after winter, perhaps) a handyman should have the equipment to jet-wash it clean.
Contact us if you have any of these jobs you want to leave in the capable hands of a handyman.