Resources
Homesmith is a handyman and carpentry service working across Byron Bay, Bangalow, Lennox Head, Alstonville and Ballina. These are the tools and guides we built for the questions we get asked before a job, so you can work most of it out yourself.
Tools
TV mount height calculator
The right centre height for your screen size and your seating, in millimetres.
Work it outBuild your job list
Tick your way through the house room by room, then send the list for a fixed price.
Start the listWhat size door do you need
Put your opening measurements in and find out whether it is a straight swap, a cut down or a door made to size.
Check the sizeGuides
How to hang a door, and why it takes longer than you think
The door is rarely the problem. The opening is, and after thirty years it is not square any more.
Read itHow to protect your floors on moving day
New floors take their worst damage in the first week, not the first year. What to put down before the truck arrives, and in what order.
Read itWhy the right tools matter
The wall you have decides the fixing you need, and most of them are not what people assume.
Read itDeck maintenance
What a coastal deck needs, how often, and what happens if it gets left.
Read it