Kessil

Any recommendations for a good handyman/electrician/construction person/company?

kinetic

kinetic

Supporting Member
BARcard
I have a bunch of projects that I need done around the house, but I'm having a hard time finding anyone available at the moment. I guess with the pandemic, people have taken to doing a lot of home projects.

I'm looking for bathroom repair (like possibly water damaged wall, resurfacing bathtub, etc), electrical (main panel needs to be grounded to spec, expansion, some other weird electrical issues in the house), and some other random handyman type of things.

I have a nice list, and was just hoping for someone to come in and start on all of them at once, rather than project managing a bunch of individuals to specialize on each. Though if you know a specialize in any of these areas, I'm happy to work with them too.

Thumbtack hasn't gotten me very far, so BAR it is!

Thanks!
 
Often it works well to have a handyman do everything in their comfort zone and then get a specialist for the rest (like maybe an electrician for the main panel work). It really depends on the person you find, a lot of handymen have a network of people they work with for specialty work so they basically coordinate for you. Hard to find good people though.
 
JVU said:
Often it works well to have a handyman do everything in their comfort zone and then get a specialist for the rest (like maybe an electrician for the main panel work). It really depends on the person you find, a lot of handymen have a network of people they work with for specialty work so they basically coordinate for you. Hard to find good people though.
Click to expand...

Yeah, I guess this was what I was imagining.

I'm hoping I can find a lead on someone who is really good!
 
The guy who helped with my reef tank build and remodeled my house is a really solid general contractor. I have nothing but great things to say about working with him and his quality of work. Feel free to look through my build thread to see the background kitchen he built and pm me any questions. His name is Jesse Smith at Buildsmith construction. I have loads of pictures to share if anyone is interested. Or even better, come over to my house in Sunnyvale for a tank /house tour!
 
Last edited:
JVU said:
Often it works well to have a handyman do everything in their comfort zone and then get a specialist for the rest (like maybe an electrician for the main panel work). It really depends on the person you find, a lot of handymen have a network of people they work with for specialty work so they basically coordinate for you. Hard to find good people though.
Click to expand...
The problem is when you get handymen who think they can do everything. It's like the qualifications are 1) get a truck preferably old, something like a beat up Toyota or a Nissan and 2) put a rack system on the truck, bam there's your qualifications to be a handyman :D

Handymen typically are going to be cheaper, but they also typically won't have insurance or be licensed to do said work e.g. plumbing, electrical, etc. I mean I've done my own electrical and plumbing in the past, and I find myself fairly confident with it, but there's no way I'd offer to do it for someone just for that reason.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top