The Maintenance Shop – Handyman Services

We closed out what was left in Canyon county except for a few where we couldn’t get access.  We can always go back there, but not until we spend a considerable amount of time in Ada county. Over 1,500 blowouts completed to date so far.  Not bad for three and a half weeks on the […]

I’m tired, so going to make this short and sweet.  We are nearly 350 blowouts complete ahead of what we were last year at this time, and if everything goes well and we can finish up Nampa we will be two days ahead of when we were in Nampa last year.  1,444 sprinkler blowouts complete […]

We finished Star and Middleton yesterday and will be working in Caldwell, Nampa 83686, and 83651 today.  We are going to TRY and finish the Nampa 83651 today so that we can start on the Nampa 83687 tomorrow, but there may be some carryover to mix in on Thurday.  I may have to modify our […]

I heard on the news today that the low temperature this morning was the lowest on record as far back as 1878 which is when they started keeping records.  This is why I tell people they need to pre-winterize their backflows and pumps.  You never know what Idaho weather is going to bring, and there […]

Even with only three rigs out on Friday, we knocked out 70 blowouts, which is fantastic since on a good day four machines can do 80 or so. One of the guys ran the “Green Machine” out of gas and had to stop earlier than expected, but fortunately “Leroy” could come to the rescue and […]

Well, folks, it was a LONG day yesterday, and I am exhausted from just sitting at my desk for 16 hours without much of a break.  I will say that it was a good day in Meridian’s 83646 blowout land.  We completed 87 blowouts yesterday. We will only have 3 rigs out today, unfortunately, because […]

First of all, let me say we are rockin’ the sprinkler blowout world.  1050 blowouts completed, and we haven’t even finished the 3rd week yet!  We are already 150 over the 3rd week of last year, and we still have a few more days to go.  82 completed yesterday in Meridian. We are going to […]

We completed 81 sprinkler blowouts in the Meridian 83642 yesterday, which leaves us about 67 at the time of this writing.  Of course, that is going to change tomorrow when more requests come in. A lot of people are freaking out because of the cold weather coming this weekend and the freezing temperatures at night […]

Yesterday went quite smoother than what I expected.  We had three last-minute cancellations I scrambled to get off the route list before they were visited, so they could avoid a charge, (don’t forget you have to cancel at least 12 hours before we are to arrive at the property.)  How do you know when are […]

In the last two weeks, we have completed 810 sprinkler blowouts.  That is 219 up from last year at this time! Today starts the onslaught of Meridian.  We need to bring up the percentage completed to at least 85% before we move on to Canyon county, Star, and Middleton.  By doing anywhere between 60 and […]