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Holiday House Preparation: A Handyman’s Guide to a Stress-Free Season The holidays bring cozy gatherings, beautiful décor, and lots of foot traffic — but they also bring extra strain on your home. Before guests arrive and celebrations begin, a little preparation can save you from mid-party mishaps and costly repairs. Here’s a handyman-approved checklist to get your home holiday-ready. 1. Start with a Safety Check Test smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. Replace batteries and ensure…

Winterizing Your Central Texas Home: What to Do Before the Temperature Drops Winter in Central Texas can be unpredictable—mild one week and freezing the next. Sudden cold snaps, ice storms, and hard freezes have become more common in recent years, catching many homeowners off guard. The good news? A little preparation goes a long way toward protecting your home, preventing costly repairs, and keeping your family comfortable. Here’s your essential guide to winterizing a Central…

Overview Texas regulations for placement of smoke/CO2 (carbon monoxide) detectors vary based on whether the building is a residential, commercial or rental property and when it was built. If a domicile is new or renovated, detectors should be hardwired, interconnected and include a battery back-up. There should be a unit inside and right outside of each bedroom and on every level. If the unit is dirty or the battery is failing, it will begin to…

As a practice project and upgrade to our home, we’re remodeling a bathroom. This will give team members the opportunity to practice skills they may want to learn or improve. It’s a relatively small bathroom that desperately needed an update, and it’s the type of project that includes interesting issues (if DIY is your thing).  Starting a project like this can feel overwhelming but breaking it down to discrete steps helps: Define Your Goals Set…

At My Georgetown Handyman, we are fortunate to work with a crew of talented and personable handymen and women. The following is a project one of our senior techs worked on and project managed in the last few weeks. Their work area was a typical bedroom and bathroom.In May, we were approached by a client to paint, hang wallpaper and wainscotting for a nursery and paint the attached bathroom. We were happy to implement the…

Being a handyman means knowing something about a lot of things. In a typical week, we may create a cattery for someone’s porch, replace a disposal and sink, fix a broken shower handle, hang some grab bars in a shower or more. One of the things most handymen will tell you they like about the job is the variety. To be successful, we must constantly improve our skills while running a small business. One way…

In today’s fast-paced world, home security and convenience have become top priorities for homeowners. One of the most popular ways to enhance both is by installing smart home security devices, and Ring™ products are at the forefront of this trend. Ring’s innovative technology offers solutions like video doorbells, security cameras, and smart lighting that provide your home peace of mind and protection. But, setting up these devices can be a daunting task. That’s where we…

Hiring My Georgetown Handyman to clean your gutters is a smart decision for many homeowners. Gutter cleaning, while often overlooked, is a critical task that can prevent serious damage to your home. A professional handyman offers expertise, safety, time savings, and a range of additional services that can enhance the value of this maintenance task. Below are key reasons why you should consider hiring My Georgetown Handyman to clean your gutters. Safety and Expertise Gutter…

Labor Day is just around the corner, and for many of us in Georgetown, it’s the perfect time to kick back, relax, and spend quality time with our loved ones. But if you’re like most homeowners, you might be tempted to use the long weekend to tackle that never-ending list of home improvement projects. Before you trade your barbecue tongs for a toolbox, consider this: why not let My Georgetown Handyman handle the work, so…

About a year ago, Michael Tucker and I began discussing how we could leverage our combined business and “fix-it” skills to start a handyman business in the Georgetown area—one with a slightly different approach. Our idea was simple: we would estimate every project a client asked us to do, no matter how small. In our area, quality tradespeople were often too busy to take on smaller projects. Generalists, especially contractors, preferred focusing on larger, more…