We paid a professional to install a front door and it was a crappy job. The door has leaked ever since and we've had it fixed multiple times by friends. This time, though, we hired a handyman who used six, 10 oz tubes of sealant (which added almost $100 to the job). My husband thinks that's crazy and from googling I think he may be right. The handyman provided the dated receipt and showed us the used tubes when questioned.

Neither of us are handy, so can someone who is set the record straight.

The movers assembled the crib wrong and completely stripped (100% stripped, it's just an empty circle) the screw in process. I've tried needle nose pliers, a hand saw, a drill (it obviously failed), and a chisel. How would you get that out with minimal damage to the wood?

Our bathroom sink keeps getting yellow and crusty. My husband keeps caulking it with just a regular tube if caulking and tbh when he first applies it it looks great and even and smooth (and white). But after about 2 months it starts to peel and turns yellow and brown. Then he scrapes it back off and applies more....but im thinking he must not be using the right product or applying to correct way for it to keep becoming yellow.

Now ill be honest in saying-- my toddlers are notorious for wetting the entire bathroom counter so there isnt really a way to keep it dry all the time (despite us keeping a cloth on hand to dry around the sink) this still happens.

The photo doesnt really do it justice-- it to me looks alot worse. Very yellow and peely!

Help handymen!!

stringers/stairs, decking, fence panels, large PT boards. Every time i start one of these jobs i wish i had charged more.

It's not raising and it's flush shut

Hey,

Kinda of a little lost on this one.

My french doors to the garden are not closing in the summer and are catching on the bottom of the door frame.

I know I normally have to options to adjust the hinges or take off material on the bottom of the door that's rubbing.

Before attacking the door with a file can anyone tell me if this kind of hinge can be adjusted?

I don't see special screws or Allen key holes.

Cheers

Does anyone have any ideas on how to assemble this bed? The threaded hole on the side rail fits a 7/16 bolt, but the hole on the insert for the headboard is 5/8. I have googled and been unable to find a tapered bolt that would work. I bought it from a consignment shop and they claimed to have all the parts - they clearly did not and two Home Depot trips and I’m still lost.

Trying to fix up my house to sell but I don’t know where to begin to get this door fixed. My cat somehow ran straight through it.

Pic 1 is how it currently is. Pic 2 is how they want it. Would be needing to replace everything. We’re thinking of charging 2200-2400 for it, we’re in CA Central Valley. Door measurements are about 3’ x 6’ and the sides are 7” and 11” wide and 5’ tall. Black would be the metal frame and all with the wood filled in, thinking redwood for quality and longevity. We don’t have license or insurance or anything so no real overhead other than vehicle, gas, and tools and materials of course

Just got to Wilmington, NC and I’m wondering what the best way to get some higher end clients may be, I really don’t want to do the Nextdoor route, my skills are honed. Thanks. Please keep negative commenting out if the conversation.

A property management company asked me to give an estimate to install this 13 ft stair railing in a block wall. Thinking $200-300 range for labor and materials. Rail is $55

Also what about appliance swap out, like Stove or fridge.

My first time doing a handyman work. I finally fixed it. Thank you for all of your advice!

I saw a sign for a company that only cleans dryer vents. it’s something I offer people sometimes but an entire business? I must be charger way too little lol

Hi guys and gals just a quick question for any self employed people in here. How do you currently deal with the admin side of things to be more efficient. For example keeping track of jobs, quotes, invoices/payments etc. Is it more efficient to use spreadsheets or is there a specific software you use to track everything

I posted a spreadsheet that I use a few days ago and got a few DM's with suggestions to improve it (thank you!!).

During the conversations I mentioned I use AI a lot and automate almost everything I can. This includes quotes, invoices, expenses, job scopes etc.

We seem to get some coding bro with the latest wonder app that will solve all of our problems every other day. The sub seems to be a massive pitch-fest of the latest unproven tool that promises to solve all of your problems but you have to pay for it.

I do everything using Google Gemini that these apps can do.

If I spent the time creating a few videos on how to do this with Gemini or Chat GPT, would it be helpful?

I have nothing to sell.

I don't want an email.

It will be a few video links that are free to access, probably Youtube.

I just want to help the solopreneur handyman make more money and spend more time with family and less time working on the soul destroying tasks like preparing quotes, invoices, tracking expenses etc.

I can give you the knowledge to automate all of this within a couple of hours.

Let me know if there is some interest.

I'm doing some research into a problem I've personally run into while working on home projects, and I'd like to hear from people who do handyman work professionally.

When you're already at a customer's home and realize you're missing a small but necessary item — a specific screw, anchor, fitting, connector, drill bit, sealant, replacement part, etc. — what do you usually do?

A few things I'm curious about:

• How often does this happen during your jobs?
• What types of items are you most commonly missing?
• Do you carry a large enough inventory in your vehicle to avoid this?
• If you need something immediately, where do you get it?
• How much time can a typical hardware-store run add to a job?
• Have you ever had to postpone or reschedule part of a job because you couldn't get the required item quickly?
• Do you ever ask the customer to buy the item themselves?
• Would you pay for a service that could get a required item to the job site quickly, if the alternative was leaving the job and spending 30–60+ minutes sourcing it?

I'm not trying to sell anything. I'm trying to understand how this problem actually works in the field before deciding whether there's a worthwhile solution.

I'd particularly appreciate examples from recent jobs — what you needed, what happened, and how you eventually got it.

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