Gaines Andrews Handyman

02/20/2025

Day 5 of Spring. Things are happening over here.

02/14/2025

Day 2 got a lot of ripping stuff down done!

02/13/2025

This is day 1 of the site in Spring. I’m starting a ground up, 16,000 sq foot shopping center here on FM 2920. Let’s see just how fast we can get this sucker done!

02/07/2025

Have you seen these trading up shows?
One guy started with a 📎 and turned that into a 🏠 in 14 trades… 🧐
IDK if I believe all that, but I think it sounds like a fun thing to try out. So let’s begin!
We can do just about anything you could possibly need done for your home or business. So… whatchu got to trade? 🫣

Gaines Andrews Handyman
www.GainesAndrews.com
346-456-8207

Houston area Handyman Services.
I work with home owners to make houses into homes!
I work with realtors to get too $$$ at sale!
www.gainesandrews.com

02/07/2025

I’m thinking about playing this trade up game I keep seeing on TV. Everyone has cool stuff laying around and I’ve got 2 crews that aren’t busy next week. I’ll make a post tomorrow and see where it goes.

02/05/2025

Just about done with this building in Humble.
Almost ready to to start one in Spring!
I love watching the progress and being able to say,
“I did that!”

01/20/2025

It’s been a really good start to this new year! Everyone’s been busy getting work done around here. I’ve been building a building in Humble, about to start another one in Spring, and my guys have been making magic happen for some deserving home owners around Houston. If you are looking to sell a home and it needs work to get top dollar, or you’re buying a home that just doesn’t quite fit you yet, call me and my crews will help you get there! Thank you and have a great year!
www.gainesandrews.com
346-456-8207

12/01/2024

November 24
Had fun remodeling a convenience store…
Lost a lot of faith in the intelligence of your average shopper! 😂

10/01/2024

Painting your house exterior is a big job, so it's important to ensure when you do it, it is done effectively. This requires careful consideration of various factors, and choosing the right time to do it is crucial. Extreme temperatures can affect the quality of the paint and may cause it to not adhere properly to the surface. Painting during cooler temperatures also helps in preventing the paint from drying too quickly. Paint adheres and dries best in temperatures ranging between 40 and 90 degrees Fahrenheit.

Ensure you have several days both before and after painting with mild weather, including no rain since it's crucial for the surface to be dry when you start. You'll also want the paint to have time to dry and cure without the threat of rain. Painting during rainy or damp conditionscan also affect the durability of the paint and may lead to peeling or bubbling in the future, it is also advisable to avoid painting on windy days as the wind can blow debris and dust onto the wet paint, causing imperfections.

You also should choose the time of year with the least humidity in your area, since humidity does not allow the paint to dry quickly. A clouded sky, however, is actually beneficial when painting your house exterior since it allows the paint to dry at a measured pace. This painting trick can help you avoid those unsightly brush marks that may set in full sun.

The best time to paint your house exterior is between late spring and early fall. This is because during these seasons, the weather is mild with less humidity and moisture in the air. Painting during these times helps the paint to dry evenly and thoroughly without any issues.

Cold weather can affect the paint's curing process, leading to poor adhesion and other issues. Painting during really hot and sunny days can cause the paint to dry too quickly and not adhere properly.

Which makes this the perfect time to paint!

09/30/2024

Building a fence in your yard.

Homeowners pay between $2,000 and $5,000 to get a wooden fence installed. Wood fences cost $17 to $45 per linear foot. Lumber averages from $7 to $15 per foot, while labor ranges from $10 to $30 per foot. The fence's length, height, and wood type are significant factors in the price of building a fence. Gates, hardware, and sealant are additional costs that need to be budgeted into the project. Also, consider the cost of upkeep and maintenance, including restaining and replacing warped or damaged planks and posts.
A new fence helps increase your home's curb appeal, value, and privacy

09/28/2024

What can you do the increase the value of your home?

We've all heard those magic words, "curb appeal", but what does it mean?

To people in the market looking to purchase a home, curb appeal is how inviting your home is when they see it. People want a home that says hello before they do. A bright front door is one good way to add curb appeal, another is landscaping around the front of the home. We've all seen that house on the street all beautifully done up with flowers and bushes lining the home, walkways, and driveway. That home is way more valuable than the exact same home without, but why? Because it has curb appeal. When selling a home you want to show it in the best light. You want it to look as inviting as possible, and spending a few hundred dollars on plants can increase your overall sale price by thousands! Don't skip the yard! It's the first and last thing a buyer sees when they visit your home!

09/27/2024

REMODELING ISNT A SKILL.

It’s about 10 trades, dozens of skills, and a whole lot of experiences. You don’t learn remodeling, you learn skills and use them to react to problems. You learn a process. Remodeling is a challenge and constant problem solving upon discovery. You are at the mercy of existing conditions and must figure out how to get the end results you want. Don’t believe us, read these brief overviews of each phase of remodeling.

Demolition isn’t just swinging sledge hammers. Demo for remodeling requires planning and preparedness. It’s identifying what’s inside a wall cavity. It’s disconnecting plumbing and electrical so demolition can be done safely. It’s knowing how things go together and common building practices so you can disassemble things. It’s dust control for people living in the home.

Framing isn’t just for entire houses. Remodeling requires framing knowledge. It’s crowning studs all the same way. It’s understanding blocking, load bearing wall sections, headers, footings, posts, trusses, joists, wall layout, and terminology, etc. It’s ensuring things are flat, square, level, and plumb.

Plumbing isn’t just water running down hill and things not leaking. It’s supply water, pressure and balancing, filtering, and fixture units. It’s venting, pipe size, slope, and traps. Remodeling can require a lot of plumbing, especially when adding, expanding, or rearranging fixtures.

HVAC isn’t just supply air to a room. It’s air returns, supply air, air exchanging, air quality, make up air, ventilation, etc. Remodeling doesn’t always require this, but a lot of it still has to be known for when it arises.

Electrical is almost always encountered when remodeling. New switches, lights, receptacles, etc. Floor heat systems, new circuits, loads, amperage, wattage, volts, line drop, wire size, etc. Wiring is often in the way or needs moved or extended. This can be tricky when access is minimal.

Trim carpentry should be a major skill of remodeling. From installing cabinets to baseboard, casing, coping, scribing and crown, it is some of most noticed work.

A remodel rarely happens without a change in flooring. Knowing products, thickness, wear thickness, substrate requirements, deflection, slip resistance, underlayments, sound deadening, etc are all factors. It’s not just slap down whatever was cheapest at the big box store.

Drywall/plaster seems easy enough, right? There are actually screws types, screw patterns, thicknesses, fire lids, air sealing, setting compounds, specialty tools, different finish levels, etc. knowing and getting it done correctly matters.

Painting, anyone can do it. But as a remodeler you need to know how to caulk, blend, spray, roll, mask, recommend sheens, know paint types and primers, all to do a quality paint job.

Tile isn’t just sticking pieces to a wall or floor. It’s anti fracture membranes, uncoupling membranes, waterproofing, mortars, grouts, sealants, prep, layout, cutting, polishing, and so much more.

All this to say, remodeling isn’t the hardest job in the world, but it does require a lot of knowledge, skills, and experience to do it correctly.