Repairs to homes in Newbury and surrounding areas (within ½ hour drive radius of Newbury)
I can provide a wide variety of services including repairs, improvements and adjustments. I am also comfortable with larger projects such as construction of sheds, concrete laying, garden paths, and so on. Scroll down for more examples.I offer a personal and friendly service. Please contact me using the form below, or call me directly.I look forward to hearing from you!
Chris
Projects
Bathroom before refit
Bathroom after full plumbing and refit (except tiling by others)
Calcined underfloor piping that had been leaking for some time
Piping replaced and floor made good
Radiator piping before move
Radiator piping shortly after new installation
Sturdy garden shed 8' x 8'
Repairs
Water leaks and annoying drips (External – gutters, shed roofs, etc. or Internal – taps, piping joints, fittings, and drainage)
Fixing ill-fitting doors and door locks / latches
Replacing rubber seals on UPVC double glazed windows
Replacing damaged or old electrical sockets and light fittings
Carpentry and welding repairs
Larger Projects
Building and erecting customised garden shed or garden office including the concrete base.
Changing layout of bathrooms or complete refit
Specialist leak repair to (concrete) underfloor radiator piping
Minor Improvements
Installing an isolation valve to basins, cisterns, etc.
Installing access to lofts, (i.e., installing a loft ladder)
Boarding out a loft for extra storage space
Installing additional radiators to existing system
Repositioning an existing radiator
Installing easy drain down of central heating system
Installing a water softener
Making good, cracks in walls and damaged wall plaster
Removing wallpaper
Fitting curtain poles, roller blinds, Venetian blinds
De-scaling toilet pans, baths, showers, cisterns, etc
Installing garage shelving
Chris's Story
I was born in Zimbabwe (to some, still Rhodesia) and moved with my family to England over 30 years ago. Having been a Chemical Engineer for the last 40 years and always having done my own work on our houses in Africa (in war-torn Zimbabwe there was no other option) I continued this trend in England. I can now say that I am an accomplished handyman, skilled at plumbing, carpentry, electrical systems, welding and basic patch-up plastering, I pride myself in my problem solving and thinking outside the box.When the oil and gas industry in which I was working collapsed with this pandemic I decided to start a business employing the skills I had gained over the last 40 years. I am now living in the Newbury area having recently bought a fixer-upper and am slowly but surely getting our house worthy of the neighbourhood.Well House Home Repair is really just an extension of what I have been doing for the last 40 years. I get great satisfaction from seeing the finished product, and I am only content when things work as they should.