Storm Door: Love it or Lose it
A long time ago, when your humble correspondent was just a handy-boy, I watched a scene from the Wizard of Oz that both shaped and distorted my thinking. Remember when
Category: Doors & Windows
Fix St Louis issues DOUBLE and TRIPLE mask guidelines for home repairs
Not that I’m looking for sympathy, but COVID mask-wearing has really taken a toll on this old handyman. They fog up my glasses and block my peripheral vision, as homeowners
You call THAT a “Super Bowl”? HAH! I’ll show YOU a Super Bowl!
I look forward to Super Bowl Weekend each year, but not for the same reasons you do. My annual tradition is visiting a Home Depot during the game. There’s no
Why is your handyman’s START DATE as UNCERTAIN as your COVID shot date?
You’re a busy person, and you keep a tight schedule. You make firm appointments with just about everyone — your doctor, hair dresser, pilates instructor, even your friends. But when
Start the Year by Finishing Your House. Your BIGGER House.
Congratulations, homeowners! After last year you are now the world’s leading expert on the limitations of your house. There were more meals in the kitchen as restaurants and school cafeterias
Could there be only 6 shopping days left before Christmas?
If you needed another reason to believe this year was different, here it is. In days of yore, Fix St Louis was able to provide an extended “FIXmas Season,” offering you a
Could there be only 6 shopping days left before Christmas?
If you needed another reason to believe this year was different, here it is. In days of yore, Fix St Louis was able to provide an extended “FIXmas Season,” offering you a
Accepting Virtual Reality: Time to fix-up that PERMANENT virtual home office
They said we just needed 2 weeks to flatten the curve, and you believed them. So to continue your job virtually, you moved your computer to the basement, where you
“The Handyman Unmasked”: An Online Class
Just about every day I listen to stories from homeowners puzzled by the behavior of a past or would-be handyman. Why did they never hear back from him? Why did
Bathe Responsibly During the Lockdown
The image of Missouri either got a big boost OR took a big hit last week, depending how you look at it. On one hand, photos from a pool party
Baseball-Sized Hornets: Surviving the Next Panic-Demic
Just when you thought things were getting back to normal, THIS appears in the news earlier this week. Hornets the size of BASEBALLS have been spotted in the state of
Quarantine Days sales event ending soon!: Repairs without time away from the office
Folks seem surprised to learn it’s been pretty much business-as-usual at Fix St Louis, and even MORE surprised it’s because handymen have been recognized as “essential” by just about every state
But can Mr Bloomberg teach ANYONE to be a HANDYMAN?
As you may have heard, Michael Bloomberg once stated he “could teach anybody in this room to be a farmer.” “It’s a process,” he said. “You dig a hole, you
Now Offering WORLD’S FIRST Curbside Deck Repair!
Hello to all our readers now holed-up and hunkered down in their subdivision hide-outs. Congratulations on being one of life’s winners with your successful, proactive purchases of Schnucks toilet paper,
Home Alone: Worthwhile Activities for the Self-Quarantined
Was it just me? Or did it seem like the week started with experts telling us to wash our hands, and ended with them telling us to GO home, STAY
Drain the Cesspool! Bring the Super Bowl to St Louis!
Don’t mind me, please go right ahead to your Super Bowl parties this weekend. Your humble correspondent is saving his energy for a bigger celebration coming as soon as later
The rain gods are sending Cardinals fans a message
Geez, what’s with all this rain? Someone needs to tell the rain gods that people in St Louis sing about APRIL showers, not those in January. Yeah, as if they’ll
If your STORM door was worthless during the snow storm, why do you even have one?
Ever wonder why the flimsiest thing on the outside of your house, that combination screen/glass door blocking your real door, is of all things called a STORM door? Didn’t help