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Handyman in Ealing
Odd jobs across Ealing run to 9 areas. With 50% of homes in flats, most lists are flat-pack assembly, TV mounting, shelving and door easing — and most of them need a fixing chosen for the substrate rather than pulled from a pack. Mixed — driveways in Ealing and Greenford, but Acton and Southall have tight CPZs and busy narrow shopping streets.
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- Since 2019
- 9 areas covered, each with its own page
- £55 an hour, £190 a half day, £340 a full day
- Fixings, filler and packaging removal inside every price
- London Borough of Ealing permits arranged and paid for by us
The service, locally
Handyman services across Ealing
- Areas covered
- 9Areas covered
- Homes that are flats
- 50%Homes that are flats
- Fixed-price jobs from
- £55Fixed-price jobs from
- Households
- 133,657Households
Instant estimate
Price your Ealing job list
Estimated for Ealing
£120 – £350
Slot needed: Half day
- Shelves and floating units
- £65 – £180
- Curtain poles and blinds
- £60 – £150
- One-visit saving
- −£25
- Lath, dot-and-dab or concrete fixings
- from £20
£55 minimum charge per visit. Prices include VAT, the van, fixings from our own stock and taking the packaging away. Nothing is added on the day without your written agreement first. You have told us the walls are lath, dot-and-dab or concrete, so we have allowed for the correct anchors and the extra scanning time that goes with them.
How it works
How a Ealing visit works
- Send your job listSend every job in one message and we return a single written figure for the Ealing visit, same working day.
- Scan first, drill secondStud, pipe and cable detector out first, dust sheets down, then the anchor that suits lath and plaster.
- Tested and tidiedWe load-test each fixing, take the cardboard and old fittings away, and walk the list with you — London Borough of Ealing permits already settled.
- Get my price
Walls and fixings
What is behind the plaster in Ealing
Most likely here
Lath and plaster — Pre-1930 terraces and mansion blocks
Locate the timber lath studs, fix through into the stud with 5 × 80 mm screws. Realistic load: up to 25 kg into a stud, nothing into the plaster itself. What goes wrong: a plasterboard plug in lime plaster crumbles the key and drops the whole panel.
Lath and plaster
Pre-1930 terraces and mansion blocks
- Fixing
- Locate the timber lath studs, fix through into the stud with 5 × 80 mm screws
- Safe load
- Up to 25 kg into a stud, nothing into the plaster itself
- What pulls out
- A plasterboard plug in lime plaster crumbles the key and drops the whole panel
Solid London stock brick
Victorian and Edwardian party and external walls
- Fixing
- 7 mm hammer-drilled hole into the brick body, nylon plug or resin anchor
- Safe load
- 40 kg-plus per fixing when anchored into brick, not mortar
- What pulls out
- Fixing into soft lime mortar joints, which spin out under load
Dot-and-dab plasterboard
1990s onward new builds and conversions
- Fixing
- Long fixings through the void into the blockwork behind, or a spread-load anchor
- Safe load
- 30 kg with a through-fixing, 8 kg on a hollow-wall anchor alone
- What pulls out
- Short screws that only grip the board, then lever it off the dabs
Timber or metal stud partition
Flat conversions and 1960s-onward internal walls
- Fixing
- Stud detector, then fix into the upright; noggins added where the stud misses
- Safe load
- 35 kg into timber, 15 kg into metal stud with a toggle
- What pulls out
- Two of four bracket holes on the stud and two in fresh air
Precast concrete and blockwork
Post-war estates and podium blocks
- Fixing
- SDS drill, 8 mm hole, sleeve anchor or screwbolt
- Safe load
- 50 kg-plus per fixing
- What pulls out
- Hitting reinforcement or a buried conduit without a scan first
Insulated dry lining
Retrofitted period homes and low-energy refurbishments
- Fixing
- Insulation-rated frame fixings that reach the masonry beyond the board and foam
- Safe load
- 25 kg, spread across four points
- What pulls out
- Compressing the insulation so the fixing slowly works loose
Why Hello Services
Why Hello Services in Ealing
One visit, one fixed price
Your whole W3 list quoted in writing the same working day, with no doorstep re-quote in Acton.
The right anchor for the wall
We carry the lot, because a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster in this 71% flats neighbourhood — and this being a short walk from Acton Main Line (Elizabeth line), with 24% social-rented stock nearby, which crumbles the key and drops the panel is what a rushed job leaves behind.
Fixed prices
Handyman prices in Ealing
| Job | From | To | Time on site | What it covers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat-pack assembly | £55 | £190 | 1–4 hrs | Wardrobes, beds, desks and drawer units built, levelled and anchored to the wall |
| TV mounting | £85 | £165 | 1–2 hrs | Bracket into the correct substrate, screen levelled, cables dropped or trunked |
| Shelves and floating units | £65 | £180 | 1–3 hrs | Alcove shelving, floating shelves and brackets set to a laser line |
| Locks, handles and door furniture | £70 | £160 | 1–2 hrs | Euro cylinders, mortice locks, thumb turns and handles swapped like for like |
Flat-pack assembly
£55 – £190
1–4 hrs
Wardrobes, beds, desks and drawer units built, levelled and anchored to the wall
TV mounting
£85 – £165
1–2 hrs
Bracket into the correct substrate, screen levelled, cables dropped or trunked
Shelves and floating units
£65 – £180
1–3 hrs
Alcove shelving, floating shelves and brackets set to a laser line
Locks, handles and door furniture
£70 – £160
1–2 hrs
Euro cylinders, mortice locks, thumb turns and handles swapped like for like
Ealing books this 8-job shortlist more than anything else, because 71% of homes here are flats. All 14 fixed prices sit on the shared reference page.
£55 minimum charge per visit. Prices include VAT, the van, fixings from our own stock and taking the packaging away. Nothing is added on the day without your written agreement first. Full price list, fixings matrix and scope policy.
Rates and local costs
Hourly, half day or full day in Ealing
Hourly rate
£55
per hour, one-hour minimum
Best for one or two small jobs — a shelf, a leaking tap washer, a sticking door.
Half day
£190
up to 4 hours
The most-booked slot in London: three to six jobs from one list, one visit, one price.
- Parking and permits
- London Borough of Ealing visitor permits and bay suspensions are arranged, paid for by us and already inside the quoted figure.
- Charging zones
- Ealing sits outside the Congestion Charge zone and inside ULEZ.
Screws, plugs, resin anchors, hollow-wall fixings, silicone and filler come out of the van and are inside the price. Anything bought for you — a replacement tap, a door closer, a specific bracket — is charged at cost with the receipt attached to your invoice.
Scope
What is included in Ealing
Included in every visit
- One vetted fitter for the whole Ealing list, with ladders, tools and sheets already in the van.
- Locate the timber lath studs, fix through into the stud with 5 × 80 mm screws and the rest of our van stock, because lath and plaster is what most W3 fixings go into.
- Scanning, levelling and load-testing on every hole — plus packaging and old fittings taken away.
- Access worked out in advance for Ealing, with London Borough of Ealing permits and charges already inside the price.
Not included — and why
The full scope policy, the complete fixings matrix and every fixed price sit on one page: handyman reference.
Coverage
Handyman work around Ealing
Areas we cover across Ealing
- Handyman in ActonActon Main Line (Elizabeth line)W3
- Handyman in EalingEaling Broadway (Elizabeth line, Central, District)W5
- Handyman in GreenfordGreenford (Central)UB6
- Handyman in HanwellHanwell (Elizabeth line)W7
- Handyman in NortholtNortholt (Central)UB5
- Handyman in Park RoyalPark Royal (Piccadilly)NW10
- Handyman in PerivalePerivale (Central)UB6
- Handyman in SouthallSouthall (Elizabeth line)UB1
- Handyman in West Ealing and NorthfieldsWest Ealing (Elizabeth line)W13
Neighbouring boroughs
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About the borough
Ealing in context
The 'Queen of the Suburbs' at Ealing Broadway, plus Acton's terraces, Southall's Punjabi high street and Greenford's industry.
- Housing mix here: 71% flats to 29% houses, 50,746 residents in total
Ealing at a glance
- Postcodes served
- W3
- Nearest station
- Acton Main Line (Elizabeth line)
- Dominant wall construction
- lath and plaster over timber studs, with solid brick on the party and external walls
- Fixing we use most
- Locate the timber lath studs, fix through into the stud with 5 × 80 mm screws
- Realistic load
- Up to 25 kg into a stud, nothing into the plaster itself
- Most-booked list
- alcove shelving and a TV bracket, both fixed through the plaster into something solid
- Watch out for
- a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster, which crumbles the key and drops the panel
- Charging zones
- Ealing sits outside the Congestion Charge zone and inside ULEZ
- Residents (Acton)
- 50,746
- Households (Acton)
- 20,052
- Typical visit
- Half a day in W3
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Acton Central, Acton Noel Road & Lynton Road, East Acton, North Acton, South Acton (E02000252, E02000258, E02000261, E02000262, E02000270) — the published geography that covers Acton, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL).
Questions
Ealing handyman questions
£55 an hour with a one-hour minimum, £190 a half day, £340 a full day.
All 9 of them, each with its own page covering the housing stock, the wall construction that comes with it and the access reality for a van.
Yes. Snag lists, check-out make-good, safety fixings and void turnarounds are handled with before-and-after photos, an itemised invoice per property and one point of contact for a portfolio.
Source: ONS Census 2021, borough totals via Nomis (table TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003). Figures describe the whole borough, the smallest area ONS publishes every one of these tables for.
Book a handyman in Ealing
Send your job list and a photo of each wall for a fixed written price the same working day. Fixings, permits and taking the packaging away are already in the figure.
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