52 Card Project 2021: Week 40: Handyman
Oct. 8th, 2021 01:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pegkerrMy house is over a hundred years old, and maintenance suffered for a good proportion of my marriage because 1) we were broke and/or 2) we were busy and/or 3) Rob's cancer.
I suddenly reached my limit with little annoyances adding up. At the same time, my sister Betsy mentioned to me a friend of hers who had bought an Ace Handyman franchise. Just call the number and have someone come into your house to do all the little "Honey Do" tasks.
So I contracted to have a couple of workers to come into my house this past Wednesday, and I got a LOT of things checked off my list.
They couldn't do everything. The bathroom faucet has dripped for over a year, and that annoyance was what prompted the decision to hire the service--but they couldn't fix it in the time blocked out because the valve was frozen. This will be addressed at a later date when they have more time to drain the entire system, cut the pipes, and reinstall new ones with a new valve.
A wall that I thought could be patched will have to be replaced (the drywall is cracked through). I was planning to have them come back to install a new kitchen floor anyway, and they'll tackle those other tasks at the same time.
But I did get a LOT of other things done: replace the kitchen faucet, two storm doors and one screen door, install a closet doorknob, hung a mops and brooms rack. Etc.
It felt great. I can highly recommend Ace Handyman Services. I certainly will be hiring them again.
Handyman
Click here to read about the 52 card project and see the year's gallery.
I suddenly reached my limit with little annoyances adding up. At the same time, my sister Betsy mentioned to me a friend of hers who had bought an Ace Handyman franchise. Just call the number and have someone come into your house to do all the little "Honey Do" tasks.
So I contracted to have a couple of workers to come into my house this past Wednesday, and I got a LOT of things checked off my list.
They couldn't do everything. The bathroom faucet has dripped for over a year, and that annoyance was what prompted the decision to hire the service--but they couldn't fix it in the time blocked out because the valve was frozen. This will be addressed at a later date when they have more time to drain the entire system, cut the pipes, and reinstall new ones with a new valve.
A wall that I thought could be patched will have to be replaced (the drywall is cracked through). I was planning to have them come back to install a new kitchen floor anyway, and they'll tackle those other tasks at the same time.
But I did get a LOT of other things done: replace the kitchen faucet, two storm doors and one screen door, install a closet doorknob, hung a mops and brooms rack. Etc.
It felt great. I can highly recommend Ace Handyman Services. I certainly will be hiring them again.
Click here to read about the 52 card project and see the year's gallery.