The Story Behind Fargo Handyman Pros

Fargo sits on the bed of an ancient glacial lake, Lake Agassiz, which is why the Red River Valley is so flat and why the soil under most houses here is heavy, sticky clay. That clay swells when it's wet and shrinks when it dries, and combined with a frost line that goes several feet down, it keeps foundations, slabs, door frames and fence posts moving year after year. The city's houses span a long timeline: Victorian and early-1900s homes in Hawthorne, downtown and around NDSU, 1920s to 1950s bungalows and story-and-a-half houses in the older north and south side neighborhoods, ranches and split-levels from the 1960s and 1970s, and block after block of new construction in south Fargo, West Fargo and Horace. Over all of it sits the climate: January averages around 7 degrees, roughly 40 inches or more of snow, humid summers with hail and thunderstorms, and a spring flood season the whole metro watches closely.

All of that adds up to a constant trickle of small fixes, and small fixes are the hardest jobs to get on anyone's schedule in Fargo. Builders and remodelers stay booked with bigger projects through the short construction season, and few of them want a sticking door, a dripping faucet or a few nail pops on the ceiling. So the small jobs pile up: the crack over the basement stairs, the gutter that ices at the same corner every winter, the fence post the frost pushed out of line, the bedroom that needs a fan, the light fixture that has never worked right. Finding one reliable person who shows up on time, gives a straight price and works through the whole list is harder than it should be.

That's the gap we fill. We're a local Fargo outfit, general liability insured, and we'd rather earn your next call than stretch this one. We quote clearly before we start, work through your list in one organized visit, and build for the valley: sealing out cold air, choosing hardware and finishes that handle a hard freeze, and treating old plaster and original woodwork with care. Our licensed electricians and plumbers take care of the wiring and plumbing connections, so a new ceiling fan, a light fixture swap or a replacement toilet gets finished in the same visit as everything else on the list. One call handles the lot, and that's how we hope to stay the number you save for next time.

Our promises, plainly put

• The price you approve is the price you pay
• General liability insurance on every visit
• A real arrival time, not a half-day window
• Boots wiped, dust cleaned, trash hauled off
• Straight talk when a job belongs with a licensed trade
• Rooted here in Fargo and the towns next door