Handyman Services Toronto

Some jobs are too small for a renovation company and too important to trust to whoever shows up from an app. A towel bar that keeps pulling out of the wall. Bathtub caulking that’s been black for a year. A list of twelve things around the house that have been ‘almost done’ for six months. At The HandyForce, handyman work is where most of our client relationships begin – and it’s work we take as seriously as any renovation.

Every handyman on our team is a full-time employee. Not a subcontractor. Not someone we found this week. Someone we hired, trained, and stand behind.

You call or book online, tell us what needs doing, and we send the right person for the job. Our handymen are available across East York, North York, and the surrounding Toronto neighbourhoods.

Master Handyman

A Master Handyman can handle the full range of what we do – repairs, installations, accessibility modifications, and multi-trade small jobs. For most calls, one Master Handyman is all you need. They arrive with a full kit, assess the job, and get it done.

Master + Junior Handyman

Some jobs genuinely need two people – hanging a door (one holds, one screws), moving something heavy, or a long list where two sets of hands cuts the time in half. In those cases we send a Master Handyman and a Junior Handyman. The Junior costs less per hour than the Master, so the combined rate for two people is often more efficient than a solo Master working twice as long.

Minimum and Billing

Our minimum is one hour. That clock starts when the handyman arrives at your door – not when they leave the office. There are no travel charges. And we round down: if the job takes two hours and fifteen minutes, we bill two hours. We’d rather you feel good about the invoice than argue about fifteen minutes.

Every handyman company has a list of services. Here’s what separates ours.

Exact Appointments, Not Windows

When you book a HandyForce handyman, you get a specific time – 9am on April 23rd, not “sometime Tuesday morning” or “between 8 and noon.” We know you have a life. Blocking off half a day to wait for a tradesperson is not a reasonable ask, and we don’t make it. Your handyman arrives at the time you booked. If something ever changes on our end, we call you in advance, we don’t just show up late and hope for the best.

Toggle Bolts, Not Plastic Plugs

When we hang anything on a wall – a towel bar, a shelf, a hook – we use toggle bolts. The metal kind with the butterfly anchor on the end. The plastic wall plugs that come packaged with most hardware are exactly as reliable as they look. They pull out. Toggle bolts don’t. We use them as standard, at no extra charge, because we’d rather do it once correctly than come back and fix it when the shelf comes off the wall at midnight.

The Undermount Sink Fix

Undermount sinks beneath stone countertops pull away from the underside of the stone over time – it’s one of the most common handyman calls we get. The standard fix is recaulking. Our fix is recaulking plus a wood brace underneath the sink, secured to the cabinet. The caulk alone will fail again; the brace means it won’t. This takes fifteen extra minutes and it’s the difference between a permanent fix and a recurring problem. We do this every single week.

The Bathtub Recaulk

Bathtub caulking goes black and mouldy. This is not a reflection on how clean you keep your bathroom – it’s a reflection on the fact that caulk has a lifespan. We cut out the old caulk completely, clean the joint, and apply a fresh bead. Done properly it takes about an hour and it looks brand new. This is one of our most frequent jobs and one of the most satisfying – the before and after is immediate and obvious.

This is some of the most important work we do, and it’s work we approach with particular care. When someone’s circumstances change – a stroke, a fall, a diagnosis – the home often needs to change with them. Occupational therapists regularly refer clients to us for the physical modifications their reports recommend.

We install grab bars in bathrooms, hallways, and stairways – properly, into studs or with the right anchors for the load. We install raised toilet seats and comfort-height fixtures. We build access ramps. We modify door hardware for easier operation. We do whatever the OT’s report calls for.

A recent project: A client’s wife had suffered a severe stroke and was using a wheelchair. The couple needed ceiling eye loops installed into the joists above the bathroom so a swing could be fitted – allowing her to transfer onto the toilet independently. They also had a stairlift installed but the end post of the railing was too wide for her feet to clear when transitioning. We cut the post down to the right dimension. Two quiet, precise jobs that changed how this couple lived in their home.

If you or someone in your household is working with an occupational therapist on home modifications, call us. We work from OT reports directly and we’re familiar with the common requirements.

The Ontario government’s Home and Vehicle Modification Program provides funding assistance for eligible accessibility modifications – worth checking if you’re undertaking significant accessibility work.

We get this call constantly, and we love it. A list of things that have been meaning to get done. The shelf in the bedroom. The towel bar in the guest bath. The door that sticks in summer. The curtain rod that’s been on the floor for four months.

One handyman, a few hours, and the list is done. We’ve had clients book us the morning their partner leaves for golf because they’ve been waiting long enough and they want it handled.

A recent example: A young couple moved into a new condo and had a pile of things they wanted to make it feel like home – a new faucet, floating Ikea shelves, a built bookcase, a few doors that needed shaving, hooks on the concrete walls. One visit. Their home felt like theirs.

There’s no job too small to be worth doing properly. And a handyman visit is often how people discover what the rest of what we do looks like – which leads us to the next point.

Almost every major renovation we’ve done – kitchens, bathrooms, basements – started with a handyman call. That’s not an accident. It’s how we designed it.

For our Premier renovation services (kitchen, bathroom, basement), we require clients to be existing HandyForce clients before taking on the project. Think of it like buying a car – you wouldn’t sign the papers without a test drive. A handyman job is your test drive. You see how we show up, how we communicate, how we handle the small things. We see how you like to work. When a big project comes up, both sides already know what they’re getting.

It’s a policy that has served our clients well.  Read more about our Premier renovation services.

Our Homecare Plan clients get two things that other clients don’t: priority booking (typically next-day) and a better hourly rate on handyman services. If you find yourself calling us more than a couple of times a year, the Homecare Plan pays for itself.

We serve East York, North York, Leaside, the Beaches, Leslieville, Cabbagetown, Rosedale, Forest Hill, Willowdale, Bayview Village, and the surrounding Toronto neighbourhoods. East York office at 1352C Woodbine Ave. North York office at 480 Wilson Ave.

Call us at 647-427-7366, toll-free at 1-888-910-7366, or click Request a Quote. Tell us your list and we’ll get someone to you.