Handyperson service
Types of jobs the handyperson can carry out
Our trained handyperson can carry out the following jobs:
- Hang pictures / mirrors / clocks
- Fit shelving
- Put up curtain rails
- Disassemble furniture
- Fit light bulbs / lampshades
- Hang curtains
- Fit shower curtains / towel rails
- Install blinds (no cutting)
- Fit toilet seats
- Place items in / out loft
- Move furniture
- Paint timber gates and fencing
- Removing small rubbish / furniture items (only remove items of a particular size / type)
- Lift old carpets
- Fit hang baskets
- Install bathroom cabinets
- Unblock sinks (u-bends)
- Fit smoke alarms
- Help set heating programmers / timers
- Fitting sink plugs
- Easing stop cocks
- Fit draught excluders to letterboxes and doors
- Assemble small items of flat pack furniture
- Lift old lino floor covering
- Fit coat racks / hooks
- Fit door safety chains
- Fit bolts to gates / outhouse doors
- Fit stair safety gates
This service is only available for South Tyneside Council Housing Services tenants, at a charge of £25 per hour.