Let’s clear something up first: your house is not sinking into Humboldt Bay. The skinny gap that just showed up where your door casing meets at the top, or where two baseboards used to kiss in the corner, almost always has a far less dramatic explanation. It has more to do with your thermostat than […]
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Should I Outsource Facility Maintenance Services?
Short answer: if your building doesn’t need someone forty hours a week, yes, you should outsource facility maintenance. Very few small businesses in Humboldt County come anywhere close to that, but plenty of owners still try to cover the gap with a part-time employee who also runs the register, a tenant who’s “pretty handy,” or […]
Can a Cracked Window Be Repaired?
Every fall I get the same phone call. Somebody in Eureka shuffles into the living room with their morning coffee, the fog is just starting to burn off Humboldt Bay, and there it is: a crack running across the picture window that was definitely not there last night. Nobody threw anything. The dog has an […]
How Much Does Furniture Assembly Cost Before the Holidays?
You can tell the holidays are coming to Eureka without looking at a calendar. The rain’s back on Humboldt Bay, the lights are going up along Old Town’s storefronts, everybody’s already talking about the Truckers Christmas Parade, and the flat-pack boxes are stacking up on porches. Extendable dining tables for Thanksgiving. Guest beds for the […]
Can Water-Damaged Drywall Be Repaired?
Every October I can predict what my phone is going to do. The first real storm rolls off Humboldt Bay, and by Tuesday I’m getting calls about brown rings on ceilings, bubbling paint under windows, and one wall in the laundry room that “feels kind of soft.” I’m Matt Jaques, and I’ve run Jaques of […]
Is Knob-and-Tube Electrical Wiring Safe?
Every October, right about when the first real rain blows in off Humboldt Bay, my phone starts ringing with the same kind of call. Somebody climbed into the attic to finally add insulation before winter, and they found little white porcelain knobs nailed to the rafters with cloth-covered wires strung between them. They want to […]
What Should My Handyman Fix Before Winter?
Here’s the honest answer: fix anything that lets water into your house, then fix anything that keeps water from leaving it. Everything else can wait. It’s the last week of September in Eureka, and right now your house is about as dry as it’s going to get until May. We average around 40 inches of […]
What Does Finish Carpentry Actually Include?
Finish carpentry covers all the detail work that happens after the framing and drywall are done — trim, baseboards, crown molding, door and window casings, built-in cabinetry, shelving, and any woodwork where the seams have to disappear and the corners have to be perfect. It’s the difference between a room that’s “finished” in the sense […]
How Often Should a Business Schedule Facility Maintenance?
If you own a business in Humboldt County, here’s a fun fact nobody wants to learn the hard way: the same marine layer that makes Eureka look moody and beautiful in every Instagram photo is also quietly rusting your door hardware, swelling your window frames, and turning that “we’ll get to it eventually” list into […]
Why Is There Fog Between My Window Panes?
I get this call every year right around the time the fog rolls in thick off the bay and the first real rain finally breaks the dry spell. Somebody’s standing at their kitchen window with a rag in one hand and a bottle of Windex in the other, scrubbing at a haze that just will […]
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