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The Maintenance Shop handles a wide range of handyman and home repair jobs. Skilled handyman and home repair technician. While The Maintenance Shop builds its customer base, we are also building relationships founded on trust, quality, and willingness to serve.
The Maintenance Shop Blog
1w ago
This may be our final post for a while unless something significant arises that we feel needs to be shared with everyone. Saying the past two months have been a wild ride would be an understatement! We appreciate all of you who were on this ride with us. Based on the workflow, we will reach ..read more
The Maintenance Shop Blog
1w ago
We received many comments regarding the situation I shared on Monday involving a customer. Unfortunately, most responses were unkind and inappropriate to share publicly. While I truly appreciate everyone taking the time to engage, I want to maintain a respectful tone in our discussions. Thank you for your understanding and support! Yesterday, we experienced system ..read more
The Maintenance Shop Blog
2w ago
We had a great time visiting my 88-year-old father-in-law yesterday, including dinner at Cracker Barrel in Boise. I forgot to mention yesterday that he was born on Thanksgiving Day 88 years ago. We’re down to the final stretch of sprinkler blowouts! Brian did an outstanding job tackling a significant portion of the workload independently yesterday ..read more
The Maintenance Shop Blog
2w ago
Happy birthday to my father-in-law, who is turning 88 years young today! For those who remember The Three Stooges or the Keystone Cops, yesterday’s sprinkler blowouts felt like a chaotic episode inspired by both. While we expect the season’s final days to be hectic, yesterday was particularly challenging, with numerous locked gates and system issues ..read more
The Maintenance Shop Blog
2w ago
Following yesterday’s text about Sunday’s blog post, we received eight cancellations. As anticipated, all were from new customers who had overlooked the details but finally responded after the reminder. Today will be our FINAL regular day working through the current list. For systems requiring repairs before a blowout can be completed, Jesse will contact you ..read more
The Maintenance Shop Blog
2w ago
We plan to complete our routes on Monday, with Tuesday reserved if additional time is needed. Many of the remaining blowouts have already been attempted but were unsuccessful due to locked gates, dogs, difficulty locating valve boxes, or system issues requiring repairs before the blowouts can be completed. Below is a list of streets that ..read more
The Maintenance Shop Blog
2w ago
There is nothing earth-shattering to report from yesterday. Brian and Jesse will have a laid-back half-day because they wanted extra hours on their paychecks. Both will be in Meridian. There will be more to report on Monday. Here are the routes for today: Brian with “Leroy” W Pebblestone CtN Thames AveN Sea Cove WayW Campfire ..read more
The Maintenance Shop Blog
3w ago
Yesterday went smoothly on all routes until mid-afternoon when Cyclone was struck by a Lawn Co. truck in Boise. Unfortunately, this prevented the route from being completed, and the remaining stops were reassigned to another route for today. Thankfully, the accident didn’t impact Cyclone’s operation, and it’s back on the road today, though the backend ..read more
The Maintenance Shop Blog
3w ago
Nothing exciting happened yesterday, aside from a fair number of non-cancellations. It’s frustrating, but I decided to lighten the mood by writing a quick little ditty—to find some humor in the situation. Where The Sun Don’t Shine A careless click, no time to spare,Who reads the terms? Why should I care?I should have read every ..read more
The Maintenance Shop Blog
3w ago
It was just another day in Sprinkler Blowout Land—nothing crazy or unusual to report from yesterday. Anthony had some critical personal matters and couldn’t complete his route. Jesse and Reese stepped in to help, tackling Anthony’s stops after finishing their routes. Anthony plans to wrap up the remaining stops today. Here are the routes for ..read more