6 March, 2023 | Detail, General Handyman, Maintenance
I’m not really a locksmith, but when you need to get a key for an old trunk lock and you can’t find another one the same on the internet, you either buy the closest match (which I couldn’t find) or make one yourself. I took an old 5 bar house key,...
8 August, 2021 | Decorating, General Handyman, Maintenance
It’s been exactly 2 years to the day that I painted the Old Town Community Library, I thought it would just need a clean, but it definitely needed the new paint too, possibly because of the volume of local traffic, either way it was nice to be asked back. I also...
1 June, 2021 | Carpentry, Decking, Maintenance, Safety
I spotted this landing as being a potential safety risk whilst visiting my customer for another job. It gets regular use in the mornings as a great spot to have coffee with the paper. I have replaced it like-for-like, although, as ever, I’ve tried to do a better job...
20 April, 2021 | Maintenance, Mechanics
One of my clients runs a gym, during lockdown I dismantled 21 spin bikes, refurbed many parts, the client had the frames powder coated in a few new colours and I then reassembled them ready for reopening. Click the pic to see the timelapse:
15 November, 2019 | Maintenance, Refurbishment, Roofing
I’ve done a few of these recently as a result of the high winds. This one had easy access and only took an hour and a half to remove the old felt and nails, staple in a polythene membrane and nail on the new felt, with a bonded overlap, then repinned all the...
13 November, 2019 | Carpentry, Decking, Landscaping, Maintenance
A quick and easy repair to a 10 year old deck. This area has a lot of water from an outside tap and the boards nearby have aged poorly, I cut and removed them, installed a new substructure as the deck floats over an old patio, and then cut 3 new boards to fit. This...
