Over the years, if you’ve done any indoor home repair, you’ve likely had to work with drywall. There aren’t many homes built in the last 60 years that don’t use it for the interior walls. In Nashville, we have so much building going on it’s a common sight to see construction dumpsters filled with leftover…
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Recently, I noticed that whenever I hire someone to handle a small household task it now takes two trips to complete the project. Now I’m not pay them by the visit, so what’s up? Either I have bad luck with handymen, or something has changed…
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Just when you think you’ve experienced everything you find out that you were wrong. My new toilet seat squeaks when it’s lifted. After all these years of using the bathroom I had no clue that a squeaky seat was even possible…
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Last weekend, my wife and I were working around the house. We had to do some yard work and a couple of minor repairs. And it hit me; we need a ton of tools to maintain our home. Many more than my parents did back in the day…
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Recently I noticed that it’s taking longer to build a houses here in Nashville. So, yesterday a friend confirmed what I’ve thought. In short, if you do construction work Nashville is where you should be…
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I’m not the handiest guy around, but I do okay. Although a recent home repair made me wonder, can you learn to be handy?
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A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that we have a backyard fence around our new house. Of course, that fence is already starting to cause me huge issues. Our HOA says that I need to fix my fence. And I can’t find someone who wants to do the job…
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I’ve learned a handy lesson about hiring a handyman for small home repairs. Don’t tell them that it’s a small repair in any voicemail you leave. I learned this lesson the hard way. Last week I was trying to find a handyman for a quick repair but couldn’t get a call back. Finally, I didn’t…
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