Anderson, SC · Anderson County
Home Repair in Anderson, SC
A 1975 door with six coats of paint on the casing doesn't get thrown out here. It gets planed, reset, and rehung. Anderson's houses run older than most of the Upstate, so the work leans on carpentry rather than replacement, and outside Greenville and Spartanburg this is the biggest city we serve. It's about 57 miles down I-85, and what the trip actually costs depends on what Greenville is doing on the way past.
Mid-seventies houses on city water
Half a century of housing, and half of it rented
Mid-seventies construction means doors and casings that were hung before the house finished settling, and enough coats of paint on the trim that pulling a casing off cleanly is slow, careful work. The median Anderson home dates to 1975, and owners and renters split the city almost down the middle. That even split is why one week here can hold a homeowner's door repair and a manager's turn list.
Three National Register districts inside the city
Anderson carries the Anderson Historic District listed in 1971, the Downtown district listed in 1979, and the North Anderson district on East and West North Avenue listed in 2008 with 147 contributing homes. Houses on those streets have original wood doors, jambs, and trim that are almost always worth repairing rather than replacing. A door that binds there is a plane-and-reset job, not a trip to the home center.
City water off Lake Hartwell, so under-sink work stays simple
The Anderson Regional Joint Water System treats surface water from Lake Hartwell and wholesales it to fifteen member agencies across Anderson and Pickens counties. Inside the city you're on treated municipal water and city sewer, with no well pressure tank and no septic tank to work around. A weeping trap or a tired shutoff under the sink is a straightforward fix here.
Carpentry, not replacement
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Door & Window Repair & Installation
We shim the jamb plumb, reset hinges, and replace windows where necessary. Interior or exterior, we get the gap even top to bottom.
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Drywall Repair
We cut the damage back to sound board and feather the mud until the patch disappears.
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Ceiling Fans & Fixtures
We hang fans and fixtures on a box rated to carry the weight, so nothing wobbles.
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Small Plumbing Repairs
Everything inside the cabinet under the sink. Nothing inside a wall or a slab.
Doors, drywall, fixtures, and the trap under the sink are ours. Tile, HVAC, large electrical, large plumbing, and driveways are not. Read the full scope on the repair and carpentry list. Another town? The Upstate service area page has it. Agents and managers can start on closing punch lists and turn checklists.
Older houses take longer
Do you work on the older houses downtown and in North Anderson?
Yes, and those are the ones worth doing properly. Anderson has three National Register districts, and the houses in them carry original wood doors, jambs, and trim that repair better than they replace. A door that binds usually wants its hinges reset and its edge eased, not a new slab from a big box. A piece past saving does get replaced, but on those streets that's the exception.
Is Anderson too far for a small job?
Not too far, but far enough to load the visit. Anderson sits about 57 miles down I-85, so a door, a wall patch, and a weeping trap under the sink booked as one trip make better use of the drive than any of them alone. Older houses also eat more time than the job description suggests, so give us the age of the house along with the list.
How quickly can you get to Anderson?
Sooner if the job is simple, later if the house fights back. A door from 1975 with six coats of paint on the casing takes longer to do properly than a swap in a new build, so the slot we hold for Anderson work is usually a wide one, and a wide slot is harder to find on short notice. Describe the house as well as the job when you call and we'll size it right.
Do I go to the city or the county for a permit in Anderson?
Your address decides. City of Anderson Building and Codes is at 601 South Main Street. Anderson County Building and Codes is at 401 East River Street and covers everything outside the city limits. Most of what we do, a patch, a door, a fixture, a trap under the sink, needs no permit at all. Call (864) 529-9975 if you aren't sure which side of the city line your house sits on.
Send us the list and the age of the house
(864) 529-9975Based at 100 Brandon Drive, Spartanburg, SC. Call, text, or send the list.
Tell us what needs fixing