A client’s house down by the Gowanus Canal was being flooded every time there was a major storm, when a large rain came, the toilets overflowed. Not Fun. This was happening because the storm drains in NYC connect to the sewer mains, and down by the canal you get all the water that is draining [...]
From the same job that we installed the Elfa Shelving, here are some picts of the condo painting we did in Long Island City. I do a lot of prep work before painting, and it pays off when the client buys you lunch! I lay down rosin paper and canvas tarps everywhere we work. The [...]
I will travel to other parts of the city for larger jobs, and we just finished a large project on a new condominium in Long Island City, ( LIC ).
• paint the entire apartment
• install rolling shades in all rooms
• build custom shelves
• install elfa shelving
We installed 4 closets of Elfa Closet Shelving. The client [...]
I was hired to fabricate new wooden storm windows to protect the stained glass eyebrow windows on the parlor floor of a brownstone. The building’s facade was being resurfaced, so it was a handy time to be able to climb up on the scaffolding to measure and then install these.
Storm windows need to have weep [...]
Many rain downspouts end right next the the foundation of a building, which makes no sense to me. You want to get that water as far away from the foundation as possible. A client who was getting water in their basement called Handyman Eric, The Park Slope Handyman.
Here we have dug a trench and installed [...]
This wall and ceiling were damaged from a roof leak. [ i can do spot roof repairs ] After the leak was fixed, the damaged wall and ceiling was removed, and the area allowed to dry out. Fiberglass mesh was then applied to the damaged areas, and spackle was applied in several layers. This type [...]
