When something breaks
Repairs
The thing that broke, the thing that’s leaking, the thing that won’t stop bothering you. Boulder County.
Get an estimateMost repairs are smaller than people fear. A faucet that drips. An outlet that won’t power up. A deck rail that wobbles when you lean on it. A light that won’t come on even with a new bulb.
If something in your house has been bothering you, send us a note. We can usually tell you over text whether it’s a quick fix or a bigger conversation.
What we get called about most
Electrical
An outlet that stopped working. A light fixture that’s dead even after a new bulb. A switch that doesn’t do what it used to. Most of these are quick.
Decks
Sagging decks, loose railings, boards that have started to give. We’ll tell you honestly when a repair makes sense and when a rebuild is the better call.
Leaks and drips
Shower heads, toilet supply lines, under-sink connections. Most leaks start at a connection point and are fixable without opening a wall.
Other common repairs:
- Doors that stick or won’t latch
- Trim that’s pulled away from the wall
- Drywall damage from moved furniture, hung TVs, or other trades
- Cabinet doors that won’t close right
- Squeaks, drafts, and the dozen small things you keep meaning to deal with
The one we wish people called sooner
Anything involving water. Leaks don’t stay in their lane — a small drip behind a wall finds its way to the subfloor, then the flooring, then the room below. By the time you can see the damage from outside, the inside is usually worse.
If you see a stain on a ceiling, a bubble in paint, a soft spot under flooring, or a smell that doesn’t go away — call. It’s almost always cheaper to deal with water early than late. (The other one that gets worse with waiting: woodpecker damage to siding. Cute when you spot one, expensive when you don’t.)
The basics
Timing. We’ll usually get to a repair the same week. For active leaks, we’ll work harder to find a faster slot.
Two-hour minimum. That’s our rate-card reality, not a hidden surcharge. Most homes have at least two hours of small stuff worth knocking out while we’re there.
When we don’t know what’s behind the wall, we’ll tell you up front, talk through what the mystery might be, and get your okay before we cut into anything.
The ceiling bubble
A client called about a small bubble in their ceiling paint. By the time we got there it had grown — they’d poked it and water had come out. We didn’t know what was leaking, and neither did they.
Before cutting into anything, we laid it out: we wouldn’t know the cause until we opened the ceiling. They said go. We opened it up, traced the leak, fixed it, patched, and repainted.
The lesson isn’t about ceilings. It’s how we handle the unknown — we tell you what we don’t know, get your okay, and figure it out as a team.
What you can count on
From Zach, on every repair call:
I clean up after myself. Every day, before I leave. That’s the standard, and it holds for anyone working with me.
I notice the things you didn’t ask me to notice. The sticking door, the screw that needs tightening, the threshold that isn’t level. I fix them because they should be fixed.
I tell you what I don’t know. Old homes have surprises behind the walls. I’ll name the unknowns up front, and we’ll figure them out together.