Contact me andy@handyandymms.com (985)290-6453
Hello, my name is Andy and I live in Lacombe, Louisiana. I work in St. Tammany Parish mostly in Slidell, Lacombe, and Mandeville. How ever I have gone out to Chalmette, Gretna and Uptown a few times. Hopefully from this site you will see that I love to do woodwork and not just the run-of-the-mill. My main focus is custom woodwork, cabinets, doors trim, etc. However, I started as a handyman so I still do almost any thing. This business was started because of hurricanes Lilly & Isidore when my parents house received about $38,000 in damage and the insurance only paid about $25,000. A friend who flips houses for a living saw the work I was doing and suggested I start my own business. He was kind enough to put my first month ad in the paper. It seemed to work so I continued the ad for another three months, since then it has been word of mouth.
My shop is in a old bread van and it comes to you. It is a self-contained wood shop on wheels. I do most of my work inside the truck which means that I am not setting up tools all over your lawn or worse yet in your living room. Most the mess stays in the truck, although some saw dust always seems to blow around. Inside the truck are two work counters and stationary tools. Inside of here I can cut wood up to 16 feet long and make trim up to 12 feet long. I can even rip full sheets of plywood on the table saw in here.
Here is a friend of mine Larry who has finally started his own business. He was hit pretty hard during Katrina and won a FEMA trailer beautification contest with the Times Picayune. Since then they have done a few more articles on him.
Click here if you want more on Larry that featured in the Times Picayune
