How difficult to get a handyman

I wake in the morning and tell myself, "Tim, the hedges need trimming." I them answer Tim by saying, "OK, Tim, just let me have my cornflakes first." šŸ˜Š
It's easy, well I suppose that's because I'm a handyman, and I'll tell you this......a certain lovely lady over the road gets me to do all kinds for her, if she rewards me with cooked dinners. šŸ˜Š
 

Seems its a worldwide problem. I needed a plumber to call and fix the water pump, I left at least 6 messages with different guys, one answered but couldn't come for another 3 weeks.!
 
Bellbird said:
Seems its a worldwide problem. I needed a plumber to call and fix the water pump, I left at least 6 messages with different guys, one answered but couldn't come for another 3 weeks.!
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I have that exact problem right now. My electric shower is running cold, and the mixer tap needs a new cartridge ....but the plumber can't come for 2 weeks. In the meantime I have to have cold showers, and wash my hair using a bucket of hot water and a jug...:(
 
I am handy woman for the most part around here. But sometimes you need a man, and when you finally find them you hope and pray they show up, and if they don't I find that tears do not work but threats do.

My project is almost done, a sunroom and reface outside where the addition meets the main home......two years and counting, hopefully will be done this coming weekend.

Not all the cousin handymen fault, some was due to not being able to get materials due to covid.
 
Some members have expressed disfavor at my having the tree cut down. Maybe if you had heard what the arborist said, it may have changed their opinion. He said he could trim out the dead wood and thin the excessive center growth, but it would only buy the tree a year or two and he'd have to come back and cut it down anyway and I'd have to pay him again for another visit. It was a sick tree.
 
debodun said:
Some members have expressed disfavor at my having the tree cut down. Maybe if you had heard what the arborist said, it may have changed their opinion. He said he could trim out the dead wood and thin the excessive center growth, but it would only buy the tree a year or two and he'd have to come back and cut it down anyway and I'd have to pay him again for another visit. It was a sick tree.
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Glad to know that you consulted an arborist. You can feel good about having done the right thing by your tree and your neighborhood.

We had two trees cut down about ten years ago for the same reason. One was starting to die on one side and it turned out the other had caught the same disease but wasn't yet showing obvious symptoms.

A couple of people who walk the neighborhood gave us the stink-eye for cutting down what looked to them like healthy trees, so we had to explain that the arborist said they not only were diseased, but if we didn't have them taken down they could potentially spread that disease to nearby trees of the same species.
 
Deb, I know you wouldn't have a tree cut down, "just because" .. it was a nice looking tree though :)
We go for long drives to small towns, and tree-spotting is a favourite thing to do.
 
hollydolly said:
that looks like a different view... aside from the tree being down :unsure:
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Do you mean like those captcha pics to prove you aren't a bot? For example the pic with the tree uncut then the same pic after cutting.

1st. pic has no black mail box, house across street has trees in the yard, red roof, double wide garage door.

2nd pick find those?
 
I had him look at the other tree while he was here. Although it doesn't drop a lot of dead branches like the other, he said it was starting to show some symptoms of concern. He found caterpillars and pointed out where the trunk was starting to crack and all the sucker branches. But untill it starts to really fail, I guess I'll leave it alone.
 
debodun said:
I had him look at the other tree while he was here. Although it doesn't drop a lot of dead branches like the other, he said it was starting to show some symptoms of concern. He found caterpillars and pointed out where the trunk was starting to crack and all the sucker branches. But untill it starts to really fail, I guess I'll leave it alone.
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Our trees were right next to each other. From a financial and new landscaping perspective it made sense to take them down at the same time rather than a year or two apart. The trees were infected with a killer fungus that travels with the wind.

Every situation is different. Fingers crossed that your other tree survives the infestation.
 
He also said the center growth was too dense and should be thinned. Here are photos of the other tree. It isn't the same type of maple as the other. The one cut down was a Norway. This one is a Crimson King. The leaves look coppery from a distance, but up close they look green.

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