Welcome to the Maintenance Mike blog. Here you will find information about some of the jobs that Michael has completed with reviews of products and also promotions.

Thursday, 22 January 2015

Open and closed staircase






Landlord thought this was a feature of his house so didn't think he should do anything about it. The tenants have 2 young children.

After one of the tenants fell down the stairs the council put an improvement notice  on the property.







Improvement made. Tenants happy.

Thursday, 9 October 2014

Cut down door

This week I have been asked to provide and fit a door to an under-stairs cupboard to match the pine doors he already has. He had been quoted £400 for a door to be specially made.

I brought a standard pine door the same width as the frame and then cut the top off , moulded the cut panel and put the top rail back on.


Cat flap in uPVC Door

A lady was in quite a flap when she contacted me. She had been phoning around much of my competition asking about fitting a cat flap in her back door. They all came back with various excuses as to why it can't be done as the door has a panel moulding to it.

Just to show it can here is a picture of the cat flap 1hour and £30 after I arrived.


Monday, 1 September 2014

2 great clients

I had 2 great clients today, both I had done jobs for in the past. The first was to replace a toilet seat, she then asked whether I would drop her at the supermarket she ended up paying me £30 extra even though I told her I didn't mind doing it for free. The next client was cleaning her gutters she paid an extra £5 told me she was impressed by the way I worked.

Saturday, 16 August 2014

loft floor, stairwell painting

A job in Stony Stratford was to put a floor in a loft, paint the stair well with suppied paint and a few other minor jobs. the cost of this was £585. This included 14 m2 of boarding.

Wednesday, 14 May 2014

New deals at wickes

Wickes have some amazing deals from now until the 2nd June.
  • 25% off deck boards and lights
  • 25% off Flooring when you spend £50 
  •  Save 25% when you spend £50 on Tiles 
  •  25% off all Decorative Switches and Sockets 
  • 10% off all french doors
  •  15% off External Folding Patio Doors
  •  20% off Skirting, Architrave and Timber Cladding
  •  15% off Decorative Aggregates Jumbo Bags
 


Sunday, 11 May 2014

Criminal Reduction Initatives

Recently I have had a number of jobs for the two Milton Keynes offices of CRI. This has been putting up shelves and notice boards, changing a keycode handle, fixing polycarbonate over some glass in the reception area and doing general maintenance tasks.

Wednesday, 30 April 2014

Garage door repaired

This past week I have been painting the outside of a house along with repairing some trellis and the garage door.



Tuesday, 25 March 2014

Discount at Wickes

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Saturday, 15 March 2014

Door frame and door

This week I have installed a door frame and door between a kitchen and conservatory.The Door was an Oxford Oak veneer door from Wicks. Looks really nice shame it is to be painted white.
Total cost £300

Monday, 10 March 2014

Wardrobe shelves

Installed shelves in a wardrobe with supplied pine board.

£120
Today I filled and plastered a redundant air brick,  replaced a tap, repaired a tap, fitted a bathroom turn lock and replaced some door handles. All in a days work.
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Monday, 3 March 2014

Engineered Floor- Hanslope

I layed an Engineered (real wood top layer) wooden floor in Hanslope. It was the same customer that I fitted a kitchen for in August. Flooring was brought by the customer in Homebase and went down very well. Unfortunately each box contained a number of half boards that did not work with this project.  2 boxes of half boards were left over at the end.


Saturday, 1 March 2014

Kitchen designed

Enquiry received regarding moving a kitchen from the front of the house to the back. I have designed the kitchen awaiting feedback.


3D KitchenWall PlanFloor plan




Bottom of doors cut.

Cut the bottoms off 6 doors due to new carpets being fitted.
£30

Wednesday, 26 February 2014

Wolverton Park

Over the last few months I have been doing some maintenance work at Wolverton Park. This work included.
  • Repairing toilets
  • replacing a tap
  • Locating and fixing a leak in a wall
  • resealing a bath
and a number of other tasks

Wednesday, 20 November 2013

Labour Hall, New Bradwell

Completed some much needed maintenance at the labour hall in New Bradwell. This work included.
  • replacing 2 window cills
  • painting all the external woodwork
  • painting shutters behind the building
  • repairing potholes to entrance of carpark