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All The Colors Handyman

Services start from $50

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HOURLY RATES

  • Introductory offer: $50/hour
  • Whole hours only

AREAS SERVED

We work all over the South Bay and Lower East Bay:

 

  • Sunnyvale
  • Mountain View
  • Santa Clara
  • Los Altos
  • Cupertino
  • Palo Alto
  • San Jose
  • Milpitas
  • Fremont
  • Newark

MORE SERVICES

Window & Doors

  • Smart Locks

  • Rubbing Doors

  • Screens 

  • Window Cleaning

  • Wireless Doorbells

  • Security Cameras

  • Patio Door Hardware

Window Treatments 

  • Blinds

  • Curtain Rods

  • Hemming Curtains

SERVICES

  • Furniture Assembly

  • TV Mounting 

  • Cable Management

  • Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors

  • Holiday Decorations

  • Kitchen & Bathroom Tissue Holders 

  • Towel Rings, Hooks & Bars 

Plumbing 

  • Leaky Toilets: Replace Fill Valve & Flapper

  • Unclog Toilets & Sinks: Plunging & Snaking

  • Bidet Seats

  • Replace Faucets

  • Garbage Disposals

  • Replace Shower Head

  • Gutter Cleaning 

  • Repair Mobile Home Gutters

HVAC

  • Filters

  • Clean AC Unit 

  • Registers & Returns

  • Thermostat Programming

Pets

  • Pet Doors

  • Catio Builds

  • Catification Designs

Electrical

  • Replace Specialty Bulbs

  • Replace Bulbs in Hard-to-Reach Places

  • Replace Switch Plates

Before & After

An inside view of a screened porch. The very large window screen has been trashed with big holes in some places.
A screened porch from the outside. The oversize window is covered with sturdy screen material in black. The edges are neat and the spline is also black.
Replace Oversized Pet Screen

The cats had trashed the screen so we replaced it with a sturdier material.

 

The opening is more than 50" both ways, so we had to order an extra large piece. The screen frame is an integral part of the screened porch, so we had to apply the screen while up on a ladder. 

A faucet on an off-white vanity. It has swoopy, organic curves in a brushed nickel finish. A seam near the end indicates that the business end can be detached. The stopper is missing.
A simple faucet on an off white vanity. The finish is brushed nickel and the forms are restrained. A full-size stopper sits in the drain of the sink.
New Bathroom Faucet

The original faucet had lots of practical features, but it leaked. It also no longer matched the faucet on the other sink in the double vanity. That faucet had already been replaced because it was dripping. 

 

The customer wanted me to replace it with a simpler style that appears to be less prone to leaking. It's a Pfister Ladera in brushed nickel. Some times less is more. 

Interior photo of a patio door with curtains in front of it. A sheer grey-patterned curtain hangs closest to the door. It's mostly covered by a light blue blackout curtain. Both curtains are just kissing the floor. It looks neater than before.
Hole in Skirting

There was a critter-sized hole in the skirting of this mobile home. We filled it with expanding foam and painted it to blend in. 

 

This hole was a good candidate for expanding foam because of the complex shape. 

 

We're going to paint the entire skirting at a later date, so the color was chosen to blend in, rather than be an exact match. Before we paint, the homeowner will source matching skirting panels for all panels that need to be replaced, including this one. 

 

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Interior photo of a patio door with curtains in front of it. A sheer grey-patterned curtain hangs closest to the door. It's mostly covered by a light blue blackout curtain. Both curtains are just kissing the floor. It looks neater than before.
Cat Ladder

The homeowner's cats wanted to get up on top of this built-in cabinet. The substrate is fake wood panelling attached to a 2 by 2 frame. It's challenging to get anything to stay up, unless it's anchored to the frame. 

 

We prepared the area by removing the bottom shelf and filling in the holes after the cat steps that had failed. Then we painted it the same color as the walls. 

 

Next a frame was built out of whitewashed 2 by 2 furring strips and attached it to the frame inside the wall. Then we created seven rungs. The rungs were covered with carpet and had mounting brackets installed. 

 

Finally we installed the rungs. 

Interior photo of a patio door with curtains in front of it. A sheer grey-patterned curtain hangs closest to the door. It's mostly covered by a light blue blackout curtain. Both curtains are pooling on the hardwood floor.
Interior photo of a patio door with curtains in front of it. A sheer grey-patterned curtain hangs closest to the door. It's mostly covered by a light blue blackout curtain. Both curtains are just kissing the floor. It looks neater than before.
Hemming Curtains

These curtains were collecting dust and dirt from the floor in front of the patio doors.

 

We hemmed them so they are just above the floor. Interior designers call it "kissing the floor." 

 

The hemmed curtains look tidier and don't get dirty. It's also much easier to clean the floor. 

Outdoor photo of a beige metal shed that is enveloped by yucca palms.
Outdoor photo of a thicket of yucca palms. The palms fill the space between a shed on the right and a pergola on the left. The reach up and over the carport ceiling at the top of the photo.
Outdoor photo two big stumps of yucca palms. You can see a pergola and other homes across the stumps. The beige metal shed is also clearly visible and accessible now.
Outdoor photo two big stumps of yucca palms. The schefflera plant is now visible against a white shed that was hidden by the yucca thicket in the previous photos. An orange tree, a White House and a Direct TV satellite dish are also now visible. It looks as if the metal shed has been marred by the yucca.
Yucca Removal

Yucca can be invasive in the San Francisco Bay Area. This stand was clearly out of hand. 

 

We removed it and treated the stumps. The home owner can now access all sides of their shed.

 

For now we continue to monitor the stumps for any signs of life. Once fire season is over, we'll have somebody else come in and grind down the stumps.

 

All The Colors Handyman don't offer services that involve gas-powered equipment for liability reasons. 

Still from vertical video showing a very wide window. A step ladder stands on the carpet in front of the window. A blind with wide slats hangs from the top of the window. The ends of it are sagging. It looks very heavy. Some fabric and a cordless drill rest on the wide window sill.
Still from vertical video showing a very wide window. The window is completely covered by a beige set of curtains. The curtains hang from grommets on a curtain rod. They hang down to about an inch off the floor. It would be easy to vacuum the floor without needing to move the curtains.
Hanging Blackout Curtains

The blinds in this over-sized window were so heavy that lowering or raising them was a two-person job. To protect from the summer sun, we hung blackout curtains. They're easy to open and close and lower summertime energy consumption. 

 

Three brackets were required or the curtain rod would have sagged in the middle. We secured all three into studs. The curtain rods were double with a sheer curtain on the inner rod. 

 

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