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HELPING TO KEEP YOUR PROPERTIES AND HOMES WELL MAINTAINED. CHRIS AT ASHTONS HANDYMAN SERVICES PRIDES HIMSELF ON COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE A PROFESSIONAL AND SPEEDY SERVICE AT ALL TIMES, WHILST MAINTAINING THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF WORK. CLEAN, TIDY AND RESPECTABLE.
Chris’s goal is to meet and exceed the expectations of every customer. Working for property services, home owners and landlords in Stockton on Tees and surrounding Teesside areas in the North East England.
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Boxing in Boiler
The customer wanted to cover over the boiler and the pipe work. So I suggested boxing in the unit with a standing cabinet that can be used for storage. It’s important the boiler can be accessed for serving, allowing for easy access.
There, much neater and smarter, with plenty of space to access the boiler for serving.
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Painting of Sitting/Dinner
It is always best to paint a room that is clear of furniture and furnishings but that’s not alway the case, in fact it is mostly the case, after all we live in our homes! It took me nearly 2 hours to get this sitting and dinner clear and under dust sheets with the sofas, tables and TV having to be moved and covered.
Once I have finished all the painting, I applied two coats to the walls, I have to put everything back, TV on wall curtains etc.
There, job done. The customer can come home from work and everything is back to how it should be, just put the kettle on then..
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Bedroom Decorating
Mostly I am working in lived in homes, it’s great when you have and empty house to decorate but that’s not very often the situation. So, it’s important to have the room cleared as much as possible and get those dust sheets down covering all surfaces including the bed!
Clean and good quality dust sheets are alway used.
I move the heavy furniture to the centre of the room so I can work round and be able to reach the middle of the ceiling with an extended poll.
There, job done.
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Bathroom shower Leak
By the looks of things this leaking has been going on for sometime as the water has now soaked the plasterboard and the skirting, which in made of MDF.
So, time to get to work. I have removed the damaged plaster and skirting and pulled back the flooring to allow to dry. I have also removed the shower screen as this is where the water is getting through. The shower screen needs a new seal and lowering a bit as the gap between the screen on the bath is too big.
There, job done, just needs painting.
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Carpets lifted
Carpets, underlay and grippers are removed from the property in Ingleby Barwick and removed from site using a reliable local family run company, ClearAway.
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Brick Wall Repair
The few bricks have been damaged here and the customer wants them replaced with new. So of the MKM to get new bricks to match in with the existing. Might be a little tricky as there are thousands of different colours and sizes.
There job finished, and tidied up, not a bad match..
The carpet is to be fitted but before this can happen the floorboards are in a bit of a state after the pipe work was fitted for the central heating.
So time to messure up and get some 6mm ply.
Having measured and cut the ply into the edges and around the door entrance it’s time to screw down.
There, job finished and all ready for the carpet to go down.
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Top 3 Best Rated
I have just received this award for being in the top 3 of best rated Handyman in Stockton on Tees.
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Garden Shed Renovation
The customer wants to have the garden shed renovated within the budget. This will include new felt on the roof with replaced roof sidings, painted and any rotten timbers replaced.
Good Evening Chris,
Thank you so much for all of your hard work today. We are so happy with all you have done.
Laura
The extended part of the upper fence was added to to creat more privacy from the onlooking neighbours.
Recording old records that you don’t listen to anymore, into digital copies and making CD’s so you can play in the car or easily on any device.
Just a small side line so my fee is small. Can collect and return.
The guttering has fallen off and is not now positioned under the tiles to catch the water.
Time to get a ladder and take some measurements. The fascia board is partly missing at the end.
There job done, and the rain water is running off into the gutter which has a gentle gradient towards the down pipe.
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Home Gym Kit
The assembly of one gym muscle building equipment.
The boxes are opened and the parts are displayed. The instructions are always hard to read and one needs to think ahead as how the unit it going to work with regards to how the various parts are to be fitted together.
Three hours later, the unit is assembled. If I was to assemble another same unit, I recon I could do it half the time.
The shower pole attachment is broken and the bath need resealing around the edge.
So off the B&Q to source a new fitting. This can take a bit of time and persistance to find the right item & at a reasonable cost. There where items costed at over £50 and not always the best solution.
The seal around the bath also needs attention, as you can see the seal is messy and probably not affective. So now I have the old shower fitting removed from the wall I will remove the old silicon and clean up the area, this is quite a time consuming job as all the old silicon should be removed.
There that looks better now the new silicon is added. Now to fit the new shower pole.
Great job! Now let’s give everything a clean.
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Drive Way Bricks
The bricks on the drive have come loose and need re positioning correctly and securing.
So, time to remove all the loose bricks and sort the background out. Having found all the bricks and cleared the base out, I re laid the background and levelled with sharp sand. The edging bricks are to be set in cement to hold everything in place.
There that’s better. I later added some top soil to cover over the sand, just need some grass seed and all will look fantastic in the summer.
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