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“Do you do decorating?” I’m often asked…..

“Do you do decorating?” I’m often asked….. well take a look and You decide.
Here a lovely family in Congleton entrusted me with the makeover of their entire home - hall, stairs, landing, 4 bedrooms, kitchen, lounge, dining room and utility (phew 🥴). Beautiful modern trendy shades chosen, even the latest Barbie film gets a mention 😁
I hope you like, sorry photography isn’t my forte’ 🙄
#duluxpaint
#decorating
#interiordesign
#congletonhandyman
#congleton
#handymanservices
#handyman
#propertymaintenance
#homemaintenance
#residentialproperty
#cheshire
#stoke
#staffordshire
#handyman
#alsager
#holmeschapel

Usually jobs are easy if you have the right tool f

Usually jobs are easy if you have the right tool for the job and know how to use it……today the right tool was the DEWALT reciprocating saw with a demolition blade in its jaws…..that and a crow bar and hammer of course (there’s right tool for the job and it’s always a hammer 🤣).
Business in Congleton wanted to wind back the 🕰️ to when 3 offices were all 1 and “open plan”.
A hard days grafting and for a change no use of a laser level or pencil 😁
#shattered, now they’d like me back to build the new flat pack office furniture 😉
#congleton
#demolition
#remodeling
#handymanservices
#handyman
#propertymaintenance
#homemaintenance
#residentialproperty
#cheshire
#stoke
#staffordshire
#handyman
#alsager
#holmeschapel

Finally, after weeks of indoor decorating whilst t

Finally, after weeks of indoor decorating whilst the rest of the UK swelters in sunshine (phots to follow in later post) I finally have a client who wants outdoor work 😁. 50yr old shed built by her no longer with us Husband required a new door. Magic performed with the usual results and a new window cill as a freebie. Liked so much, Client now wants the rest of the shed giving a makeover 😁

You got outdoor timber build projects doing or even considering, please get in touch ASAP and before the snow returns 😆
#congleton
#handymanservices
#handyman
#propertymaintenance
#homemaintenance
#residentialproperty
#cheshire
#stoke
#staffordshire
#handyman
#alsager
#holmeschapel
#shed
#timberbuildings
#pergola
#gazebo
#treehouse
#decking

Short days work assembling a nice little shed for

Short days work assembling a nice little shed for a lovely lady. Important thing is that the shed is large enough for use but not so that it dominates the garden. Here in a small rear garden of a new build, I think she absolutely nailed it!

Couple of days turning a new house into a beautifu

Couple of days turning a new house into a beautiful home for a couple of lovely new clients.
#new-build

Been “socially” quiet for a bit, but extremely

Been “socially” quiet for a bit, but extremely busy with work so here’s just a snapshot of a recent job…..sorry I forgot the finished pic of the mirrored NEXT wardrobes 🙄
MAYFAIR lounge units client wanted installed around the already hung TV unit.

Out with the old and in with the new, here four 5’ tall heavy duty tanalised vertical feather edge boards installed for a lovely Congleton client and the old timber donated to Handyman bonfire 😁
Have you got need of a strong pair of trustworthy hands (2 pairs can be arranged if the work requires) for indoor or outdoor work? Summer is on the horizon so let’s get your outdoors ready now for you to relax and to enjoy 😉

#congleton
#handymanservices
#handyman
#propertymaintenance
#homemaintenance
#residentialproperty
#cheshire
#stoke
#staffordshire
#handyman
#alsager
#holmeschapel

Well, when the apprentice has been working so hard

Well, when the apprentice has been working so hard of late, management felt He’d deserved a treat……so a “wash, blow dry, back, crack and sack” was ordered and delivered courtesy of His favourite doggie hotel.
Big round of a-paws to Lucy for his brilliant grooming session, highly recommendable 5 big gold stars.

Well it might have warmed up but it wasn’t so dr

Well it might have warmed up but it wasn’t so dry as I’d have liked…..lovely Congleton family required a new side gate, family dog trained in its “Houdini skills”.
New gate built on site and installed, new gate post, all in pressure treated timbers, 4x2 and feather edge cladding, all lap joints glued and screwed, hung with heavy duty galvanised hinges and secured with Brenton bolt and ring latch for access.
Topped off with replacement of “make do” fence panel with bespoke matching feather edge panel.
Not too shabbee 😉
#congleton
#handymanservices
#handyman
#propertymaintenance
#homemaintenance
#gates
#fencing
#residentialproperty
#timberbuilding
#deckingideas
#cheshire
#stoke
#staffordshire
#alsager
#holmeschapel
#kidsgrove

“New gate for old”, it’s always a pleasure t

“New gate for old”, it’s always a pleasure to work local so when a fellow businessman engages me for work it’s also an honour. Here Mark at Broken Cross Decorators Supplies required somewhat urgently a new gate, the old was well past it’s best and weather beaten. Tricky install with one vertical hanging post and a somewhat less than vertical closing post restricted with what could be done.
Courtesy of Phil at Home Timber Supplies, a tanalised 1.4m wide by 1.9m, 4x2 timber frame constructed and clad with 4x1 vertical closed boards. Topped with a weather cap before hanging on four 16” galvanised heavy duty hinges. Finally secured with 2 Brenton bolts which can be padlocked if required.
Back briefly today despite the weather to install the second bolt before some well overdue Team Building games with the apprentice……I think He thinks He’s a malamute, playing in the snow 😁
#timbergates
#macclesfield
#congletonhandyman

Teamwork……when the apprentice offers to help w

Teamwork……when the apprentice offers to help with the admin 😁

Well, roll on Spring & Summer 2023. Possibly the

Well, roll on Spring & Summer 2023. Possibly the longest job of this year here, making and installing a pair of made to measure gates.
Day 1,excavate hole….rained off
Day 2 ….. install 150mm heavy duty post, then rained off
Day 3 ….. manufacture 6’ high gates with trellis windows within (using tantalised 4”x2” framework, half lap glued and screwed joints, clad in 5” feather edge boards)….. you guessed it, rained off 😭
Day 4 ….. finally the sun shined (and annoyingly right in my eyeline 🙄) and everything finished including gate furniture all heavy duty galvanised hinges, Brenton bolts and drop bolt.

Gate designed with clients wishes in mind, and her regular input.
No “it’ll do” here
#delightedclient

Get in touch for YOUR outdoor timber projects, but please can we do it in nice British weather,or even better somewhere abroad 😆

#congleton
#handymanservices
#handyman
#propertymaintenance
#homemaintenance
#gates
#fencing
#residentialproperty
#timberbuilding
#deckingideas
#cheshire
#stoke
#staffordshire
#alsager
#holmeschapel

Rewarding day yesterday made even better when such

Rewarding day yesterday made even better when such praise as this is received from another happy client:
“Frank carried out a number of jobs on the “to do” list to tweak my new build so it that it works for me:
Installed shelving in two cupboards
Put up a retractable washing line and door number tile
Hung a heavy mirror and a number of pictures on dry lined walls
Everything was done to the highest standard with clear communication before, during and after the work
Frank is super-professional and very reliable
I would 100% recommend him
Give him as much notice as you can as he is very busy”
too busy to remember to take all the photos, so here is a small collection 😁
Next year is just around the corner so don’t hesitate to get in touch if you’ve got ideas and dreams for your home or business you want to turn into a reality

#thanksMarie!
#newbuild
#newbuildjourney
#shelves
#congletonhandyman
#Biddulph
#Congleton
#Scholargreen
#Alsager
#Kidsgrove
#Macclesfield

Tonight's probono, well at least it's not last min

Tonight's probono, well at least it's not last minute on Christmas Eve!
#dontgetcaughtout
#flatpackassembly
#flatpack
#congletonhandyman
#Biddulph
#Congleton
#Scholargreen
#Alsager
#Kidsgrove
#Macclesfield
#pawhut

Just sitting here enjoying a week away in the ☀️ and reviewing the last few weeks….. A Happy Client makes a Happy Handyman, and reading these makes me very 😁
Just a few diary spaces left for bookings now in December, then it’s 2023 so don’t delay in contacting if you have use of my 🧰 🛠 and ⏰

#congleton
#handymanservices
#handyman
#propertymaintenance
#homemaintenance
#fencing
#residentialproperty
#timberbuilding
#deckingideas
#cheshire
#stoke
#staffordshire
#handyman
#alsager
#holmeschapel

Final photos of a job from a couple of weeks ago.

Why do I get all the mucky jobs 😭 (“coz you d

Why do I get all the mucky jobs 😭 (“coz you do the jobs no one else wants to do 😉”)
Here yesterday, a lovely lady seriously concerned over the rising cost of heating bills asked for her downstairs underfloor to be insulated. Underneath was a void accessed from the garage where the wind could just blow in and chill the ground floor.
75mm KINGSPAN insulation sheets cut to size and squeezed into the cavity and then glued to the underside of the floorboards. Finally the access hole sealed up with the remainder offcuts of KINGSPAN.
Hopefully client now looking forward to winter and not so painful fuel bills 🙏
#insulation
#kingspan
#congleton
#handymanservices
#handyman
#propertymaintenance
#homemaintenance
#residentialproperty
#timberbuilding
#deckingideas
#cheshire
#stoke
#staffordshire
#handyman
#alsager
#holmeschapel

Planned day off yesterday (walking the “apprenti

Planned day off yesterday (walking the “apprentice”…..checkout thebluegs_bullit 😁), but took a call from a house in distress.
Following moving home, flat pack dining suite and office desk delivered but unable to self build. Congleton Handyman to the rescue late afternoonand all done in record time in time for 🍛😁…..despite being accused by the clients grandmother of “clearly not knowing what I’m doing” 😳, as her Husband was good at flatpack and always used to use very colourful language full of expletives, myself allegedly being too restrained 🤣
Lovely (GOOGLE) review received this morning also.
Thank You Ian!!!

#congleton
#handymanservices
#handyman
#propertymaintenance
#homemaintenance
#residentialproperty
#timberbuilding
#deckingideas
#cheshire
#stoke
#staffordshire
#handyman
#alsager
#holmeschapel

New stable for old….. Well this week was quite a

New stable for old…..
Well this week was quite a dirty job to do. Block of 3 stables requiring major “spring clean”. Roofspace, walls and floor brushed, scrubbed and then finally jet washed to remove years of debris and evidence of the feathered squatters variety 🤮Finished with some minor joinery“boxing in” alcoves and installing wire mesh to prevent future nesting and fledging practice. New top steels to the barn doors and all hinges realligned.
All ready for the equine residents to return once new heavy duty rubber flooring is installed by specialist contractor.

#congleton
#handymanservices
#handyman
#propertymaintenance
#homemaintenance
#residentialproperty
#timberbuilding
#deckingideas
#cheshire
#stoke
#staffordshire
#handyman
#alsager
#holmeschapel

Long hawt 3 days of grafting with my client perfec

Long hawt 3 days of grafting with my client perfectly timed with the heatwave 🥵.
Original wooden fence posts and panels replaced in this established rear garden with 9’ concrete posts, 5,6” vertical closed board panels and 12” concrete gravel boards to allow for different height between neighbouring gardens and the sloping fall of both away from the homes.
Difficult heavy work as the original posts seemed to have excessively poured concrete for foundations AND the straight’ish fenceline had to weave through the established fruit trees.
Job done, clients very happy and the fizzy bottle of gratitude very much appreciated at “Handyman Towers” 😁
…..here’s to the next job/ project, but only following a short 🌞summers break.
Cheers 🥂 Handyfans 😉
#fencing
#congleton
#handymanservices
#handyman
#propertymaintenance
#homemaintenance
#residentialproperty
#cheshire
#stoke
#staffordshire
#handyman
#alsager
#holmeschapel

None working day today, priority being the “appr

None working day today, priority being the “apprentices” welfare.
Here enjoying a strawberry/doggie peanut butter frozen overnight sorbet on lick mat…..already demolished a frozen food stuffed horn, doesn’t know he’s got a Jumbo KONG frozen with goodies to follow later.
No excuse for taking the pets out today for any form of exercise, anyone walking a dog today in these temps wants locking up!!!!
Enjoy whilst it lasts, there’ll be snow on the horizon soon 😆

Oh I do like working with wood 😁 Just a Thursda

Oh I do like working with wood 😁
Just a Thursday throw back vid of recent projects and work with clients
Get in touch if you got ideas for your home, garden or workplace
Taking on work now from October onwards so don’t delay 😉
Enjoy your Summer!

#congleton
#handymanservices
#handyman
#propertymaintenance
#homemaintenance
#residentialproperty
#timberbuilding
#deckingideas
#cheshire
#stoke
#staffordshire
#handyman
#alsager
#holmeschapel

Here a recent client asked to have their newly bui

Here a recent client asked to have their newly built summerhouse internally insulated and clad. 50mm polystyrene sheets cut to fit and overclad with “tongue & groove” pine boards. Lovely job, all set for the summer BBQ and chillax on the decking
#congleton
#timberbuildings
#gardenroom
#handymanservices
#handyman
#propertymaintenance
#homemaintenance
#residentialproperty
#cheshire
#stoke
#staffordshire
#handyman
#alsager
#holmeschapel

“New gates for old” Here a lovely lady in a ru

“New gates for old”
Here a lovely lady in a rural location near Congleton wished for her driveway field gate to be replaced after a not very motorist chose to cause it to lie down 🙄.
Original extremely heavy 8” gate posts replaced and new 12’ wide gate hung on heavy duty galvanised fittings.
She did ask for the original house name sign to be hung on the gate, but this as a gift I replaced in new timber but in her own hand painted style……from some 40yrs ago!
Site fourlegged supervisor on site as well 😁
#gates
#congleton
#handymanservices
#handyman
#propertymaintenance
#homemaintenance
#residentialproperty
#cheshire
#stoke
#staffordshire
#handyman
#alsager
#holmeschapel
#timbersbrook
#thebluegs_bullit

Finally, hopefully, COVID 🦠 clear and feeling r

Finally, hopefully, COVID 🦠 clear and feeling recovered sufficiently to resume Handymanduties.

If I’ve not this evening reached out to You directly a past, present or potential future client, then please feel free to message me directly and “chase me up”. This 🦠 experience was extremely unpleasant, malingering and has taken a toll both physically and mentally.

Be kind to those currently suffering and if you haven’t had it, be glad and hope it never comes your way.

Now then, Who’s next for the HandyVan to visit 😁……..hope to see you very soon!

Personally, I think there is little more unsightly

Personally, I think there is little more unsightly than the back of a post and rail fence and nearly all new build properties have just that.
The answer, easy fix, clad it with feather edge boards and make a feature out of the posts….. now it looks BETTER than the front 😁
3 Happy clients in Congleton already, who’s next?
#fencing
#propertymaintenance
#homemaintenance
#residentialproperty
#commercialproperty
#cheshire
#stoke
#staffordshire
#congleton
#handyman
#macclesfield
#holmeschapel
#sandbach
#alsager

Nope, not a timber TARDIS, but this young growing

Nope, not a timber TARDIS, but this young growing family needed precisely that running quickly out of space indoors and needing to gain more quickly become the “new arrival”.
Answer, a mini-shed to accommodate some shelving and the tumble dryer.
Pallet upcycled for a firm base (zero £££’s), 3”x2” timber framed clad with OSB and feather edge boards for a water tight structure secured with T&G clad door hung with 3 14” galvanised hinges
Fit for the tumble dryer (…..and maybe the odd time traveller as well 😉)
#timberconstruction
#timberbuildings
#propertymaintenance
#homemaintenance
#residentialproperty
#commercialproperty
#cheshire
#stoke
#staffordshire
#congleton
#handyman
#macclesfield
#holmeschapel
#sandbach
#alsager

When “almost straight” or “it’ll do” jus

When “almost straight” or “it’ll do” just won’t do. Absolute precision accuracy only achieved with laser level technology…… if a job needs doing, it needs doing right, right? 😁
#dewalt
#laserlevel
#propertymaintenance
#homemaintenance
#residentialproperty
#commercialproperty
#cheshire
#stoke
#staffordshire
#congleton
#handyman
#macclesfield
#holmeschapel
#sandbach
#alsager

Spot of major face lifting here required. Having

Spot of major face lifting here required. Having painted the stone window cills front and rear of this Victorian 3 storey terraced property in Congleton, the ginnel gate required complete restoration. Stripped back to bare timber then painted with two coats of BRADITE ONE CAN. Should be good now for another 100+ years, though I doubt I’ll get called back to do it again in 2121😆
#braditeonecan
#paint502121
#propertymaintenance
#homemaintenance
#residentialproperty
#commercialproperty
#cheshire
#stoke
#staffordshire
#congleton
#handyman
#macclesfield
#holmeschapel
#sandbach
#alsager

Problem with heights? No problem, I just get the b

Problem with heights? No problem, I just get the big ladders out.
Here in darkest Congleton a client asked me to remove the roofline 🪴 growing in the gutter. Downspout elbow joint completely blocked. “Oh and while you are up there, could you…..”
Install 3 bird boxes and a bat box……let’s help the wildlife, happily achieved !
#guttercleaning
#rspb_love_nature
#propertymaintenance
#homemaintenance
#residentialproperty
#commercialproperty
#cheshire
#stoke
#staffordshire
#congleton
#handyman
#macclesfield
#holmeschapel
#sandbach
#alsager

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