About Ashtons Handyman Property Services

Handyman. Ashton's Handyman Property Service. Helping to keep properties well maintained. Clean tidy and respectable. Hourly and day rates. Free quotes given. Decorating and small plastering home improvements carried out. Flooring laminate, skirting, repairs to door frames external and internal. Kitchen sinks replaced. 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. Effective problem solving and attention to detail, Chris's goal is to meet and exceed the expectations of every customer. Working for property services and landlords in Teesside area North East.

Basin in Bathroom

Posted on September 14, 2018 by Ashtons Handyman Property Services

The bathroom basin is coming away from the wall & a tap needs replacing.

So, removed the basin and cut back the water feeds to allow me to fit the flex pipes.

After cleaning up the wall and removing the old trim, I fitted the basin back and attached the water supply, making sure the hot & cold were connected to the right tap, they were not before. Fixed the waste back and turned on the supply, checking there were no leaks.

Finished off with white silicone around the back of the basin to the wall. Job done.

Decking build.

Posted on August 4, 2018 by Ashtons Handyman Property Services

Decking built from design to customers requirements with a view of Infinity Bridge in Stockton on Tees.

Door trimming and hanging

Old window replaced for garage.

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Ashtons Handyman Property Services

This old window is too rotten and damaged to repair.

Old window

So, having measured up, off to the DIY Discount shop in Middlesbrough, where they have a large selection of used UPVC windows. They have them all stacked up in different sizes, it can take a while to find the right size but the price is good. I managed to find a near perfect one, just a little small for the opening I have, but with a sill and some 2×3 timber on either side, should do the job nicely.

Having removed the old window & frame I start to add the timbers which I drill & screw to fix to the concrete garage walls. Once I am happy with the timber fittings, which make a good footing to attach the window, it’s time to get the window in and fixed. Now to finish off with some white trim to cover the timber frame.

There, that’s it, job done. The customer mentioned that it looks better than was!

Internal Door Trimming.

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Ashtons Handyman Property Services

The carpets are laid and look great but the doors are dragging on the new carpets, quite often, when there is a thick underlay, there is a good 6/7 mm to be trimmed off the bottom of the door. If left, the door hinges will pull out and the carpet will be damaged.

So, to work…..

First, mark along the bottom of the door to be trimmed, I do this by laying a sharp pencil on the carpet and run it along the edge pushing down slightly.

Door is dragging on new carpet

Mark the door along the top of the carpet, pushing down slightly.

Now you have your mark along which you are going to trim off.

Remove the door from its hinges and take outside being careful not to bang the walls or ceiling with the door. Some doors can be pretty heavy!

Lay the door on tressels with the marked side up. Check the amount that you are trimming and go over the line with a straight edge.

Check the line and go over with a straight edge

Prepare to cut

Now you have the right length for the door to fit nicely over the carpet, not too much, just enough so the door lightly touches the carpet surface. Now run a plain over & smooth off the edge on both sides of the door.

Door trimming and hanging

Time to hang the door back in the frame.

Door trimming and hanging

Job done. The door is now able to open & close without force and lightly touching the carpet. What a straight edge! Okay, only another 8 to do!!!

Widening a door way through to a garage.

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Ashtons Handyman Property Services

Nice photo taken on me taking the bricks out to widen a doorway through to the garage.

The door frame is attached and the new Suffolk solid internal door is furnished & hung.

Sill added to make step up to floor level in main room.

Frame and new plaster skim applied.

Office refurb at RS Industrial Services

Posted on May 13, 2018 by Ashtons Handyman Property Services

Part of the refurb was to replace the kitchen units and sink. Having removed the old one, this cleared the way for the new. So, off to Howdens to collect the units and worktop.

Units in and worktop fitted with sink & tap. Now to connect the water supply & waste.

Doors on with handles. There’s room for a fridge, Good thinking Chris!

Office re furniture job

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Ashtons Handyman Property Services

RS Industrial Services office re furniture commission. Nice view.

Laminate Flooring and skirting replaced.

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Ashtons Handyman Property Services

The old laminate and skirting is removed to make way for the new.

Having prepared the area the job to get the new skirting starts, and when that is good the skirting is fitted, which nicely covers the gap left between the laminate boards and the wall.

Nice job, the customer is very pleased.

Laminate flooring & skirting

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Ashtons Handyman Property Services

The customer wanted new laminate flooring put down and to replace the skirting, which is a good idea to hide the edging of the laminate floor as a gap should always be left at the edge to slow for expansion.

Finished job.

The old laminate flooring and skirting is removed.

Door frame widened and hung door.

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Ashtons Handyman Property Services

The door frame is not wide enough to fit the oak veneer door by 40mm and you can only trim the door by 12mm. So we decided to widen the door frame. Once done the frame was fitted back with only a small amount of trimming to do to the door. With dressing and frame completed. Nice door.