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title: "Recent work on the Gold Coast | Handy G's Maintenance"
description: "Photographs of work by Handy G's Maintenance across the Gold Coast. Trading since 2015."
url: "https://handyg.com.au/work/"
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# Recent work

Photographs of real jobs, taken on site. Handy G's Maintenance has worked the Gold Coast and hinterland since 2015. Call or text 0430 552 158.

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During. A ute tray lifted clear of the chassis on slings, showing the rusted-out bearers along its underside.

During. The same ute with the tray off, chassis rails and spare wheel exposed ready for the rebuild.

Before. Water-damaged timber exposed at the corner of the roof, props holding the weight while the rot is cut out.

After. The new beam in, painted and closed up, with the posts finished below it.

Before. The old deck with its boards lifted, rotted joists showing under the hardwood handrail.

Before. Boards stripped back to the joists, rot running along the bearers underneath.

Before. The old deck stripped out, the salvaged boards stacked across the lawn.

Before. The stripped deck along the side of the house with the posts still standing.

During. New treated bearers and joists set out and levelled off the house wall.

During. The new subfloor levelled across its length, straight edge and spirit level laid over it.

During. New posts and bearers carrying the subfloor out from the wall to the lawn.

During. The new subfloor beside the old timber stair, ready for the boards to go down.

After. Hardwood boards laid and oiled, with the new balustrade going up around them.

After. The finished boards and balustrade seen from the corner, stairs off to the right.

After. The completed deck along the back of the house, hardwood balustrade throughout.

After. The finished deck end on, showing the posts and bearers carrying it.

After. Illuminated bollard lamps and planters set out along a covered shopping centre walkway.

After. A close view of one illuminated lamp and planter standing against the walkway glazing.

After. The finished run of lamps and planters down the length of the centre walkway after dark.

After. Illuminated outdoor lounge chairs and tables set out on the turf under a shade canopy.

After. The completed outdoor furniture setting, lit chairs and tables arranged around the mosaic.

Before. Decking lifted beside a lap pool, showing the rotted bearers and joists underneath.

Before. The stripped-out pool surround with rotted bearers, rusted fixings and the pipework exposed.

During. New treated joists laid in along the pool surround, levelled off the coping.

During. Fresh joists set into the trench beside the pool, the old rotted timbers cut out and carted off.

During. New joists and steel supports in over the pipework, with the first run of hardwood boards laid.

After. The finished hardwood pool surround, boards oiled and run the length of the pool to the glazed screen.

After. New hardwood steps down from the deck to the lawn, treads and risers in matching boards.

After. Hardwood steps and deck alongside the pool after repair, looking back along the glazed screen.

After. A hardwood poolside deck after board repairs and re-oiling, finished up to the stone coping.

Before. A perished pipe flashing boot, ringed with cracked sealant and rust where water had been getting in.

After. The replacement flashing boot seated and sealed square around the pipe.

Before. A rusted-through roof valley packed with leaf litter, the sheets eaten away on both sides of it.

After. New roof sheeting laid across the run, with the capping back down and the rusted sheets gone.

Before. The same RAM before the fit-up, standing on the verge with the factory front bar still on.

After. A Dodge RAM with the new bull bar bolted up, front-on in the yard with the fitting mat still down.

During. The panels going up along the boundary, with the remaining sheets stacked on the grass ready to lift in.

After. New colourbond panels added above the existing glazed screen along a rear boundary, seen from the lawn.

After. A hardwood deck running the length of the house, wire balustrade and timber top rail, table and chairs out.

After. The corner of the same deck, wire balustrade and hardwood top rail against the bamboo behind.

After. Wire balustrade and hardwood top rail close up, oiled boards running away into the corner.

After. The far end of the deck with planters out and the wire balustrade turning the corner.

After. Framed screen panels along a sloping garden boundary, seen from the house across the pond.

After. The same run of screen panels from the deck above, stepping down with the fall of the ground.

After. Timber-look cubicle doors and pilasters refitted in a public change room, closed and hanging square.

After. The same change-room cubicles seen from the front, partitions standing true between the block walls.

Before. Bare ground and the edge of the slab at the entry to a container home before the composite boards went down.

After. A low composite-board landing laid at the entry doors, boards run square and finished flush with the concrete.

After. Dark powder-coated aluminium slat gate closing a side passage beside a rainwater tank.

After. Aluminium slat gate and matching balustrade off a timber deck landing.

Before. The open front of a timber cottage with the old balustrade stripped out and temporary rails strapped across the posts.

During. New white balusters and rails going in between the turned posts along the front of the cottage.

After. The finished balustrade and posts along the front of the cottage, seen from the paved path.

Hardwood corner shelving built into a pantry, five levels carried on cleats and a central upright.

The finished pantry shelving from the doorway, timber shelves stepping around the corner.

Before. The gable end before the work, the old painted boards weathered and splitting.

After. New cedar boards on the gable end, run down to the window head and left to weather.

A new hardwood letterbox bank set into the brick wall of a unit block, numbered and keyed.

The old stainless letterbox bank coming out of the brick wall, fixings and tools laid out on the pavers.

During. Tiled entry stairs to a unit block with the first stainless handrail up and cones out while the second side is fitted.

After. Both stainless handrails finished on the entry stairs, one to each side of the flight and returned into the wall.

A colourbond enclosure with sliding doors built against the side of a house to screen the bins and storage.

A white corrugated enclosure with double doors closed, built under the eaves to keep the bins out of sight.

The same enclosure with both doors open, showing the lined interior and the braced doors.

A folded galvanised cover made to fit over an outdoor valve set, with a sloped lid to shed water.

Two custom-welded steel frame stands, one in galvanised finish and one in bare steel.

Two folded galvanised covers made up in the workshop, one sitting on a braced timber stand.

After. A solid timber door hung in a brick entry, with the porch screening either side of it.

A long timber storage bench with lift-up lids, built and stained against a brick wall.

Corner storage benches in stained timber, lids raised, built to fit the return of the wall.

A pine window seat with storage under, built in beneath the blinds and waiting for its finish.

Window seat carcasses and a tall bookcase set out in the room before the fronts went on.

Built-in bookshelves run around two walls of a study, painted and ready for the skirting.

A window seat with storage under, primed and fitted beneath the front windows.

Three dark timber shelves fixed across a painted brick alcove beside the back door.

The same brick alcove before the shelves went in, bare and unlined.

White-painted built-in shelving fitted into a recess, four fixed shelves.

The linen cupboard before the work: mouldy lining, swollen shelf edges and broken plaster on the floor.

After. The new shelves in the linen cupboard, seen from the doorway.

After. An outdoor storage cupboard with louvre doors, shelved out and in use.

A Venetian mask and five framed pieces hung and levelled across a grey wall.

After. Four small framed pieces hung to a line along a wall.

After. Timber deck with stainless steel wire balustrade and timber top rail, overlooking a pool and garden.

After. Timber-framed stainless wire balustrade on a deck, bushland behind.

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