Flat-priced installs and home repairs, Los Angeles County
Handyman installs in Highland Park
The old plaster and brick of Highland Park homes can carry a TV, a mirror, shelves or curtain rods, and Square Corner Handymen puts up each one for a flat price. Call (310) 857-2520 with your wall, and your price arrives by text.
Free to quote. Same-week days, Monday to Saturday, 7am to 7pm.
A house from the early 1900s needs a handyman in Highland Park who looks at the wall before anything else. Many of the walls here are plaster or brick, and those have their own columns on the install board.
That goes for a Craftsman off York Boulevard, a home in Hermon and a small courtyard apartment near Avenue 50.
What comes with every install
- One flat price each. The board price is the price for that install.
- Free to quote. Install days are same-week, Monday to Saturday, 7am to 7pm.
- A text within two hours. We confirm your price and your day by text, between 7am and 7pm.
- Level before we pack up. You see the bubble centered before we leave.
- A one-year workmanship warranty. If it comes loose, we come back at no charge.
Craftsman, Victorian and courtyard walls
- Plaster. Craftsman and Victorian homes and Spanish bungalows usually have plaster over lath, and many small courtyard buildings do as well.
- Brick. A fireplace or chimney wall in an older home is the place you will find it.
- Drywall. If a room has been redone, it is probably drywall.
You are unlikely to have metal studs in a neighborhood this old. The install board shows how each wall is priced, and if you are not sure about yours, we can check it at the door before we drill.
Repairs for an older Highland Park house
We quote each of these in writing before we hold the day.
- Patches. We fill holes in plaster and do a drywall repair patch where a room has been redone.
- Doors and frames. A door that sticks in its frame gets rehung square, and we can look at door frame repair at the same time as any other door repair.
- Screens. We take on screen door repair and window screen repair, and our window screen replacement page explains new mesh.
- Ceiling fans. An old ceiling box may not be made to carry a fan, so we check it before any ceiling fan installation.
What we hang from Hermon to Mount Washington next door
- The TV. An older living room may give you a brick fireplace wall and a plaster wall to choose from, and each has its own price. Our TV mounting page lists the brackets.
- Picture hanging and mirrors. Frames along a hallway or a heavy old mirror go on our picture and mirror hanging price, on screws that reach the studs.
- Floating shelves. The bracket has to go through the plaster to reach the studs, so tell us what you plan to put on the shelf.
- Curtain rods. An old window frame can run a little off level, so we hang the rod to look straight in the room.
- Tall and flat-pack furniture. Our furniture assembly price covers what comes in a box, and we strap a tall bookcase to the studs.
What to know about an old house before we drill
My house is not quite square. Will the TV look crooked?
We set it level, and you see the bubble centered. In a house this old, the ceiling or a window frame can run a little off level, so we look at the spot with you before the first hole.
Does a hillside street cost more?
No. A home up by Ernest E. Debs Park and an apartment near Sycamore Grove Park pay the same for the same install on the same wall, but please tell us ahead of time if there are a lot of steps.
Can a TV go up in a courtyard apartment?
Yes, once your landlord says it is okay. If the wall is plaster, we take the mount through to the studs, and when you move out we can take it down and patch the holes, quoted in writing.
Call (310) 857-2520, tell us about the house and the wall, and we will text your flat price and your install day.
Our install days also take in Pasadena, Glendale and Alhambra.
Pick the install and the day.
It goes up level, at the board price.
Tell us the install and the wall it goes on. We confirm the price and hold your day.
7am to 7pm, Monday to Saturday. Requests sent outside those hours get a reply first thing.
The board price is confirmed in writing before we hold your day.
If it comes loose, we come back at no charge.