The Sandwich HandymanGardens, electrics, repairsRecent jobs across Sandwich, Deal and East Kent
A short, honest write-up of recent jobs The Sandwich Handyman has completed locally. Useful if you are weighing up a similar repair, or if you just want a sense of the standard of work and the kind of problems we see.
Gutter realignment · Deal · £20 · April 2026
Most gutter problems are a simple realignment, up the ladder, set the run back to the right fall, watertight, done. £20. Saves the wall behind from water damage. Don't risk this kind of work yourself at height.
Read the case studyFence painting · Deal · April 2026
A garden fence-painting job in Deal, two thin coats of duck-egg blue on timber panels, prep and end-grain seal, with the customer bringing out tea and chocolate digestives part-way through.
Read the case studyPainting · Folkestone · April 2026
A day on site for a customer's mother in Folkestone, scraping the peeling paint, patching the blown plaster, and refreshing the wall with Turner & Gray Powder Pink matt to lift the room.
Read the case studyOdd job · Copart Sandwich · April 2026
A 45-minute extraction at Copart Sandwich: head unit, front and rear cameras, and the full wiring loom out of a write-off before the car was crushed, ready to refit to the customer's next car.
Read the case studyDoor repair · Deal · April 2026
An external door whose bottom rail had quietly given up to years of damp. Cut out the rotted timber, scarf-spliced fresh hardwood, treated the end-grain, rebed the hinges, and rehung square. The kind of repair that lasts the lifetime of the door if it is sealed properly.
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