Repairs/Miscellaneous
Preparing Your Home for Winter: The Ultimate Guide to Preventing Frozen Pipes
The Ultimate Guide to Preventing Frozen Pipes As the cold months approach, homeowners need to be aware of one of the most common and costly winter hazards: frozen pipes. When temperatures drop, the water inside your pipes can freeze, expand, and cause catastrophic damage to your plumbing system. Why Frozen Pipes Are a Concern Frozen…
Read MoreFall Check List
Fall is here and so are those chores you’ve been putting off since last year! Don’t let another autumn go buy without getting some of these important tasks completed. Call us at A+ Handyman to tackle your biggest honey-do-list of the year! Gutters: Cleaning your gutters and downspouts are vital to the health of your…
Read MoreKnow Your Home
List & Definition of House Parts This article provides a glossary of the main parts of a house and house structure and we give definitions of common home inspection terms used during home inspections or in home inspection reports. Terms defined here may also appear in home inspection standards and home inspection licensing laws. This…
Read MoreNow that’s A+ Gutter Cleaning and Power Washing at it’s Finest
Ok so as winter is fast approaching take a look at your gutters and then give us a call before the snow starts and you end up with clogged gutters. Most homeowners do not look and then once winter is over they have more damage from the over flowing of the gutters that gets down…
Read More10 Bad Habits That Can Cost Homeowners In The Long Run
10 Bad Habits Is your house or business ready for the seasons ahead of us? Do you have a PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PLAN in place? Do certain systems and fixtures show signs of deferred maintenance? Do you sometimes look around and wonder, how did this happen? If you haven’t gotten around to taking care of…
Read MoreDARE to COMPARE
For Service a Grade Above the Rest! A+ Handyman has repaired, remodeled and renovated properties in the Shenandoah Valley for over 35 years; resulting in a wide range of technical experience and an extensive referral network. We generally do not ask for any payment until a project is satisfactorily completed – you can have confidence…
Read MoreWhat to Consider BEFORE you DIY
With 35 years of all kinds of construction, (here in the Shenandoah Valley area for about 19 years) I have seen and repaired just about every issue a homeowner could face. Regardless of the size of the property or the financial standing there has been one issue that is present in most homes that we…
Read MoreLiving Lean & Clean in ’17
Practice Purging, Organizing and Cleaning via Schedules Living in 2017 can be lean and clean if you purge what is no longer valuable and useful; organize what you need and want; then keep it all clean, clean, clean. Sound overwhelming? It needn’t be – we’ve got resources! We recommend getting rid of all that you…
Read MoreEasier to Ask a Dumb Question than Fix a Dumb Mistake
Recent reports indicate that the age of information may have given rise to mishaps relating to repairs in the home. The perfect storm of entertainment, the interwebs, economic concerns and accessibility is making it easier to try to take on tasks for yourself. But beware, reports of injuries to diy-ers is on the rise! Avoid…
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