..5 wax toi-let ringssssss…!4 falling shelves, 3 French doors, 2 curtain rods, and a door track on a pan-treeeeeeey… Ho, ho, ho, merry FIXmas everybody from Fix St Louis! That wonderful season each year when we scramble to get our homes repaired before the holiday guests arrive. No, it’s not a great time to start … Read more
Steve Boriss
Sometimes you’ve got to wonder whether all this new technology is really worth it. Once, if you wanted to fill-up your bathroom sink with water, you’d use a simple rubber plug on a chain, and the only moving part needed was YOU! Oh, but no. That wasn’t good enough for those of us living in … Read more
It’s getting dark a bit earlier these days, ESPECIALLY now that daylight savings time is over. So now those lights on the sides of your house are even more important. But, we find that most homeowners are always feeling a little insecure about their security lights. They’re never quite sure whether or not their outdoor lights … Read more
The world has gotten so crazy, maybe I’m not supposed to use words like this anymore — but I’ll say it anyway. For those of you we’ve served, you probably noticed that the staff of Fix St Louis consists of LADIES and GENTLEMEN. For you younger folks out there, let me save you the effort of running … Read more
Halloween night is coming-up soon. That time when all the kids in your neighborhood dress-up in costumes, come to your door all excited, reach for your doorbell, and then . . . what? Well, we at Fix St Louis know EXACTLY what, because we ring doorbells every day. Or at least we try to! Based … Read more
Next time you pull into your garage, look-up. Chances are you’ll be looking at one of two things: 1) some rafters and the underside of a roof; or 2) a ceiling with a hatch last passed-through by your home inspector when you bought your house. Now, just imagine there’s plywood on top of those rafters … Read more
Still running your air conditioner at night? Well, you really don’t have to. And, you could be even MORE comfortable than you now are. Running an air conditioner is expensive. Not only that, but the air just doesn’t feel as fresh or smell as good as the air outdoors — assuming you don’t live next … Read more
You know what I’m talking about. That door that’s really hard to open. Every time you grab the knob, it’s a game of tug-of-war. And it always ends the same way – the other side suddenly just gives up, the door flies open, hits your foot or throws you off-balance. Or the door that gets … Read more
If America can send a man to the moon, why can’t we make a reliable toilet? You know what I’m talking about—every once in awhile you have to jiggle the handle to make it stop running. Sometimes it doesn’t stop running at all, or it runs for a few minutes, then stops running, then runs … Read more
Many of you have sliding glass doors to your deck or patio. And most are broken in one way or another. But you never think to get them fixed, right? And, you’re not alone. You know what I’m talking about. The glass doors are hard to slide. They sometimes fall off their tracks. The latch … Read more