What Can a Handyman Do? The Complete Handyman Jobs List

The repairs, installs, and upkeep that are too small for a specialized contractor and too many for a Saturday. One visit, one skilled handyman, and a list that might hold a sticking door, a drywall patch, a ceiling fan, a loose fence board, and a dozen small fixes in between. A plumber does plumbing. A handyman does the twenty things around the house that are not anybody's trade.

The Handyman Company has done exactly that across Florida since 1999 with our own employee craftsmen. Here is the work, grouped the way homeowners hand us the list.

Yes, and it is the work our crews do most. Walls and ceilings take the everyday hits in a house, and every one of these has a known fix.

• Drywall repair: nail holes, doorknob strikes, cracks, patching after a leak is fixed, and full sheet replacement, with the texture matched.
• Painting interior walls, ceilings, trim, and doors, including the touch-ups between tenants that keep a rental looking new.
• Exterior painting of doors, shutters, siding sections, and stucco patches, scheduled for Florida's dry season.
• Popcorn ceiling removal and refinishing to a smooth or knockdown finish.
• Crown molding, baseboards, wainscoting, and trim repair.
• Caulking and sealant around tubs, showers, windows, and baseboards.

Doors, yes, all of them but one. Windows and screens at the repair level, yes. Florida humidity and sun are hard on both, and most of what goes wrong is a hinge, a latch, a balance, or a screen, not the whole unit.

• Doors that stick, sag, or will not latch, plus hinges, knobs, deadbolts, and door hardware replaced.
• Weatherstripping and door sweeps that keep the cool air in and the power bill down.
• Interior door installation and replacement, and pre-hung exterior doors where no structural change or wind-load permit is involved.
• Window repairs at the handyman level: balances, locks, cranks, and screens. Full window replacement in Florida is permitted work for a licensed contractor.
• Screen installation and repair for window screens, screen doors, and lanai panels.
• The one door we do not repair is a sliding glass door. When the rollers, track, and glass are worn out together, we convert the opening to French doors under our contractor license instead.

Gladly, and it is one of the easiest ways to clear a nagging list in an afternoon. The hard part of any mounting job is what the screw goes into, and that is where a handyman earns the call.

• TV mounting into studs or Florida block walls with the right anchors.
• Ceiling fans and light fixtures, swapped like for like on existing boxes, which is the minor electrical work a handyman can legally do.
• Shelving, closet systems, and garage storage anchored into framing.
• Furniture assembly: beds, desks, cribs, outdoor sets, and the flat-pack that has been in the box for a month.
• Curtain rods, blinds, mirrors, and gallery walls.
• Grab bars and handrails, mounted where somebody's weight will actually land.
• Smoke detectors and doorbells on an existing bracket or box.

The repairs and the swaps, and with our contractor license, the remodel too. The rule for plumbing is simple: a fixture that connects where the old one did is handyman work. Anything behind the wall or on a supply line belongs to a licensed plumber.

• Tile and grout repair, cracked tile replacement, and regrouting a shower.
• Kitchen backsplash and cabinet hardware.
• Bathroom fixtures swapped in place: towel bars, toilet paper holders, mirrors, medicine cabinets, and shower doors.
• Minor plumbing at the handyman level, meaning fixtures and connections in the same spot.
• Tub to shower conversions and bathroom remodels, which we take on as a licensed contractor rather than as handyman work.

Anything below the roof, and in Florida that list grows every summer. Storms, sun, and rain find the weak spots, and one crew can work through all of them in a visit.

• Fence and gate repair: leaning posts, sagging gates, replacement boards, and new latches.
• Deck repair, board replacement, railing repair, and staining. Deck building and larger rebuilds are contractor-level carpentry rather than handyman repair.
• Soffit and fascia repair, and the wood rot underneath it, after Florida's summer storms.
• Gutter repair and cleaning, one visit before rainy season.
• Storm damage repair: torn screens, loose shutters, damaged trim, and the punch list a hurricane leaves behind.
• Pergola repair, lanai screen panels, and exterior lighting swaps.

Both, and the maintenance is the part that saves you money. A lot of what our crews do is routine: catching the caulk failing before the water gets in, cleaning gutters and checking screens before storm season, and the rental turnover work property managers hand us on a schedule. For a landlord with a portfolio, a handyman who batches every unit's small repairs into one visit, with general liability insurance on occupied properties, is the difference between six vendors and one written price.

Drywall repairs and painting have led the list across our six Florida offices for years, and doors led the most recent month. Door repair, ceiling fan and light fixture installation, TV mounting, furniture assembly, fence repair, and the bathroom caulk and grout work that Florida humidity makes an annual event follow close behind. Storm season adds soffit, fascia, and screen repairs from June through November.

If your list looks like that, you are the typical customer, and everything on it fits in one visit. What Florida homeowners actually called us about last month reads the same way.

Minor repair work, and knowing the line protects you. Florida has no handyman license. It licenses contractors, so the question is what counts as contracting. Under Florida law, an unlicensed handyman may do casual, minor repair work under $2,500 per job that is not part of a larger project. Anything Florida defines as contracting needs a licensed contractor no matter the price: structural changes, roofing, electrical beyond a like-for-like fixture swap, plumbing that opens supply or drain lines, air conditioning work, window and exterior door replacement, and kitchen or bathroom remodels.

That is the line most handyman businesses have to stop at. We do not, because The Handyman Company holds Florida certified contractor licenses. The same crew that fixes the door can take the bathroom remodel, pull the permit, and carry the one year warranty. We still send permitted electrical and major plumbing to the licensed trades that own them, and we tell you which is which before anything starts. The Florida handyman license rules spell out the rest.

Call a handyman for the list: small repairs, installs, upkeep, and the improvements that do not change the structure of the house. Call a licensed contractor for a remodel, an addition, anything structural, or anything permitted. Call the licensed trade directly for a panel upgrade, a repipe, or a new AC.

When one company holds the contractor license and runs the handyman crews, like ours, you make one call and we work out the rest. That includes saying no to the part of the list that belongs to an electrician. You do not have to know which is which before you call. That is our job, and we are glad to do it.

By the job, in writing, before anyone starts. Most handyman businesses charge an hourly rate with a minimum, which is fine for one task and expensive for a list, because you pay for every trip to the truck. We quote the job instead. You send the list, we look at it, and the price you approve is the price you pay. Ten small tasks share one setup and one drive, so the fan, the two doors, the drywall patch, and the fence gate together cost far less than four separate calls.

Estimates are free. Send the form on this page or call an office, and you reach a person. If you leave a message, we call back within one business day. And no, you do not tip a handyman here. Our craftsmen are paid employees, and every job carries a one year warranty.