Handyman Services in North York

Yes — from Downsview and Bathurst Manor in the west, through Willowdale and the Yonge corridor, to Don Mills, Parkwoods and Don Valley Village in the east, and from Armour Heights and York Mills north to Steeles. North York is part of the City of Toronto and sits squarely inside our regular coverage, so most handyman jobs book within the same week with a real arrival window.

It depends on the foundation and structure, how much of the existing house you would actually keep, what the city will allow on your lot, and how long you plan to stay. Because FixitPlus builds custom homes as well as doing whole-home renovations, we can talk through both honestly. If the decision is a few years off, we can also keep the current house in good working order with repairs sized to that timeline.

Yes. Towers around North York Centre and along the Sheppard subway usually have concrete ceilings, metal-stud partitions, set drilling hours and booked service elevators, and many management offices want a contractor’s certificate of insurance before they confirm. Tell us the building when you enquire; we send the certificate ahead and bring the right anchors so the job finishes on the first visit.

Yes, on an existing box rated for the fixture’s weight. We bring the access equipment a high foyer or stairwell needs, assemble and hang the fixture, and agree the drop height and centring with you before it goes up. If the box is not rated for the load, or the fixture needs a new location or new wiring, that part goes to a licensed electrician first.

Repairs to an existing deck — replacing boards, re-securing railings, fixing stairs — are handyman work, and we handle them. Building a new deck or enlarging one on a lot that backs onto a ravine is different: those properties can fall under the city’s ravine protection rules and conservation-authority regulation, so approvals come before construction. We will tell you which side of that line your job sits on.

Yes — a single-storey North York bungalow is well suited to ageing in place, and most of the changes are handyman work. We anchor grab bars into studs or blocking at the tub, shower and toilet, add a second handrail on the basement stairs, swap round knobs for levers, fit a hand-held shower on a slide bar and replace raised thresholds that catch a foot. Widening doorways or building a walk-in shower is renovation work we scope separately.

Often, yes — many North York bathrooms with sound original tile can be refreshed rather than gutted. We re-grout and re-caulk, replace the vanity, faucet and toilet on the existing connections, change the mirror, accessories and shower head, and repaint. If the tile sounds hollow, the subfloor is soft or you want to move the toilet or shower, it becomes a renovation with a licensed plumber and possibly a permit, and we will quote it that way.

Yes — plaster walls are common in North York’s post-war bungalows, and they need a different approach from drywall. We locate studs or solid backing, drill rather than hammer so the plaster does not crack, and use anchors and hangers suited to plaster over lath. A heavy mirror goes into framing, not into the plaster alone. If a wall turns out to have loose or cracked plaster, we stabilize it before anything is hung on it.