The Byrds & The Bible: It’s a time to repair, not a time to replace
Many years ago, when dinosaurs and your humble correspondent walked the Earth, an early rock group called The Byrds had THIS hit song that started like this: To everything (turn,
Month: March 2022
The Worst Handyman Mistake of All Time
In a recent dispatch from the front lines of home repairs, your humble correspondent reported that a surprisingly large number of homeowners leave damaged and stained walls as they are,
Honor the Queen: Bring a Little Buckingham Palace to Your Home
Fix St Louis reached out to King Charles III yesterday to express our condolences on the passing of the Queen, and wish him well in his new position. While he
You Don’t Have to Live in a Crack House
Last week I spent a lot of time with folks looking to fix their water-damaged walls after the recent heavy rains. But what struck me most was how many OTHER
How to Keep Out the Waters Until it’s Time to Build an Ark
Whoa! What was THAT? I’m not gonna point any fingers on who incurred God’s wrath this week, causing the heavens to open up. But I think we can safely narrow
Welcome Streetwalkers into your Subdivision
I think we can all agree houses are better than they were 100 years ago. But, something pretty big has been lost – the front porch. Who uses a front
Defeat the Heat with the Fix St Louis Tar Heels
As a busy handyman, your humble correspondent’s exposure to college sports is very limited. And when I say “limited,” I mean maybe my head will be inside a toilet while
Being “Fix St Louis” in a world where everyone else is “Replace St Louis”
Doesn’t it seem like getting your house fixed is a lot more frustrating than getting just about anything else fixed? Why is that? Let’s compare this to getting a car
Elon Musk & Fix St Louis team-up for a major advance in handyman services
Your humble correspondent has had his eye on this Elon Musk fellow for quite some time – a man whose Tesla cars are reshaping the auto industry, who can bring
The SIX Do-it-Yourself Home Repairs We Bail People Out of Most
It’s been said that “pride comes before the fall.” You may want to check me on this because your humble correspondent is not a historian, but I’d say this quote
Handyman prep for your U.S. Supreme Court nomination
Just another one of those humbling weeks when your humble correspondent was reminded of his limitations in life. This week I had to finally accept that this old handyman will
Get that CROWDED-OUT car BACK into your garage and KEEP it there EVERY night
If your kid’s room got too messy, you wouldn’t make him sleep out on the street that night, would you? For sure, that might be a tempting threat for an
Contagious Home Improvements
If your booth for accepting confessions is now open, I’ve got one to make. I am a super-spreader, and I pass things on by human contact and word of mouth
Commencement Address to the Lockdown U Class of 2021
Well, in 2021 you made a lot of sacrifices, put in the effort, and now just LOOK at you! After months of spending more time in your home than you
12 Days of Fixmas
This will be remembered by your humble correspondent as the year we helped countless customers do things at home they weren’t allowed to do outside. We created spaces to serve
Happy Holidays
What says “Christmas” more than a gift of home repairs and improvements? Yeah, other than that. Or that. Or…OK, OK I get your point. And, yeah, you can’t wrap it
Scary, not Scary: Don’t try these home repairs at home
No, I’m not trying to fool myself. Your humble correspondent knows he’s just an aging handyman who’s reached the pinnacle of his career on the world stage. Yet even from my
Special Garage Makeover Edition: From Total Neglect to Near-Total Neglect
There’s a good reason your humble correspondent has never spotted “Live, Love, Laugh” stenciled on the walls of a garage. If homes were a family, garages would be Cinderella, the