Repairs & Fittings
Grab rails, shelving, curtain rails, mirrors and kitchen cupboard hinges fitted or replaced, including small changes that make a Hermanus home easier to live in as owners get older.
Sea air along the Hermanus coastline wears out hinges, latches and gutters far faster than inland, and holiday homes often sit with small faults for months. Our team works through those repairs in one trip, so send us your list with photos for a written quote.
FIRE FLAMES SERVICES
A lot of Hermanus homes are lived in part of the year or looked after for owners who live elsewhere. These are the handyman jobs we are asked to do most often in town.
Grab rails, shelving, curtain rails, mirrors and kitchen cupboard hinges fitted or replaced, including small changes that make a Hermanus home easier to live in as owners get older.
Wooden doors and frames swollen by damp sea air, stiff sliding doors facing the ocean and corroded window stays and latches repaired or replaced so they seal again.
Bubbling plaster, salt damage near the base of walls and cracks around window frames scraped back, repaired and made ready for painting.
Corroded gutters and downpipes, loose fascia boards, rusting gate hardware and storm damage after a hard winter front put right before it spreads.
Hermanus sits right on Walker Bay, and from Westcliff to Voëlklip many homes are within reach of the salt spray. Salt eats into metal fittings, so hinges, gate latches, window stays and screws rust quickly, and timber doors and frames take in moisture through the long wet winter. The constant small wear is why many Hermanus owners keep a running list of repairs.
The town also has a large share of holiday homes and retirement properties. When a house stands empty for weeks, a dripping gutter or a sticking door can go unnoticed until the family arrives for the holidays. Owners who live far away often want someone they can send photos to and trust with the keys.
We replace rusted cupboard hinges and handles, fit shelves, curtain rails and mirrors, and put up grab rails in bathrooms and passages, fixed securely into solid wall.
We ease and re-hang swollen timber doors, free up sliding doors, and replace corroded window stays, handles and locks with fittings that cope better with sea air.
We repair gutters, downpipes, fascias and gates, and patch up the damage a winter cold front leaves behind. If we find rot or a bigger problem, we send you photos and wait for your go-ahead.
If you live in Cape Town, Gauteng or overseas and only visit Hermanus for holidays, you can send us your list and arrange access through a neighbour, a caretaker or a key safe. We send photos when the work is finished, so the house is ready before you arrive for the season.
Our team also does painting in Hermanus, flooring and tiling in Hermanus, building and renovations in Hermanus and fireplace, braai and chimney services.
You get a written quote before any work starts. See our main handyman services Cape Town page to see what else our team does.
Let us know your street or estate in Hermanus and send the list with some photos. A written quote normally follows the same day.
Call +27 73 209 3004Yes. Our team takes on handyman jobs across Hermanus, from Westcliff and the town centre to Voëlklip and the estates. Send your list and street and we will confirm when we can be there.
Yes. We can collect keys from a neighbour, caretaker or key safe, do the work and send you photos when it is done. It is a good way to have the house ready before you visit.
Salt in the sea air settles on metal and speeds up corrosion, especially close to the cliffs. We can replace rusted fittings with stainless or coated ones that hold up better.
Yes. We fit grab rails in bathrooms, showers and passages, fixed into solid wall so they take full weight. We can also adjust door handles and fittings to make them easier to use.
Yes. Winter cold fronts can pull gutters and fascias loose. We repair or replace them and check that rainwater is carried away from your walls.
Yes. Our handyman team also works in Onrus, Sandbaai, Vermont and Hawston along the Overstrand coast.