Exterior Maintenance Services
Exterior maintenance is the residential trade that covers gutters, pressure washing, fence and deck repair, garage storage, and window screens in a single visit, from $65 for a screen patch to $1,800 for a full exterior reset. The gutter is packed with last fall's oak leaves, the driveway looks ten years older than it should before listing photos next week, the back-gate latch has not closed on its own since the wind storm in January, and three window screens have tears at eye level that the mosquitoes find every evening. Exterior maintenance is the trade for the work that lives outside the wall — out where weather, sun, and the seasons do the damage and where one neglected season turns into a full repair bill. Handis sends one vetted, insured technician who handles five exterior service families in a single visit.
Services
What Does Exterior Maintenance Include?
Exterior maintenance is the residential trade that covers five service families — gutter cleaning and guards, pressure washing, fence and deck repair, garage storage and organization, and window screen repair — handled by one insured technician in a single visit, with prices from $65 for a screen patch to $1,800 for a full exterior reset. Each family has its own pricing, its own equipment, and its own weather window. Roof replacement, gutter re-runs longer than a single section, full fence rebuilds, and structural framing live outside this trade — those route to a licensed contractor and we tell you upfront when a request crosses that line.
Gutter Cleaning & Guards
Hand-bag full debris removal on single-story and two-story rooflines, downspout flush, minor seam and bracket repair, and mesh or screen guard installation cut on-site for a tight fit. Twice-a-year cleaning catches the late-fall leaf drop and the spring pollen wash; heavy tree exposure earns a third visit in summer. From $109 for a minor seam repair, $129 for a single-story full clean.
Gutter Cleaning & Guards — debris removal, downspout flush, guards, brightening
Pressure Washing
Driveways, sidewalks, patios, decks, fence lines, and the green-on-the-north-side of the siding. We match the PSI and nozzle to the surface — 3,000+ PSI for standard concrete, 500 to 1,500 for wood decks, soft wash with cleaning solution for vinyl siding — and work in consistent overlapping passes so the surface dries without streaks. From $129.
Pressure Washing — driveway, patio, deck, fence, house exterior
Fence & Deck Repair
Gate latches and hinges that no longer hold the gate closed, deck boards that flex underfoot, fence boards cracked by a fallen branch, posts leaning ten degrees after a storm, and small areas of wood rot on rails and trim. We match lumber to the existing run and check joists under every deck board before we install. From $109.
Fence & Deck Repair — gate hardware, board replacement, post repair, rot patching
Garage Storage & Organization
Overhead racks into ceiling joists (200 to 600 pound rated), wall shelving and pegboard, slatwall systems, bike and sports racks, and full-garage organization with multi-system layouts. We locate every joist before drilling — a rack pulled out of drywall alone is a totaled car or worse. From $169.
Garage Storage & Organization — overhead racks, shelving, slatwall, bike racks
Window Screen Repair & Replacement
On-site rescreening with new fiberglass, aluminum, pet-resistant, or solar mesh — same-day, no shop drop-off. Frame straightening, corner-key replacement, custom frame fabrication for odd-sized openings, and bulk pricing on whole-house jobs. Door-screen work routes to Screen Door Repair. From $65.
Window Screen Repair & Replacement — mesh patch, full rescreen, frame replacement, pet-resistant
Exterior Maintenance Pricing
Final pricing depends on linear footage, surface area, roof height, and how many tasks fit into a single visit. Each sub-category page lists detailed pricing for that family of work. Multi-task visits are cheaper per task than booking each item separately. Request a free estimate for an accurate quote.
Send us the exterior list — gutters, wash, fence, screens — we will quote the full visit.
Why Homeowners Book Handis for Exterior Maintenance
Most exterior maintenance calls fail the same way — the technician arrives with a pressure washer set at one PSI, a ladder that does not reach the second-story gutter line, and one roll of fiberglass screen mesh that does not match the pet-resistant mesh the dog tore through. After a few thousand exterior visits across single-story ranches, two-story colonials, vinyl-clad bungalows, brick walk-up flats, and homes with mature oak canopies, every one of those gaps has a fix in the truck. We carry the gear for five service families, not one — and we ask the right questions on the booking call so the truck shows up loaded for the actual exterior.
One technician, five exterior trades, one visit
A typical exterior maintenance visit closes four to six items across two or three families in three hours — a gutter clean, a driveway wash, a sticky back-gate latch, two torn screens. The alternative is four separate $100 trip charges from four different specialty contractors. Multi-task visits are the cheapest way to run this work and the truck arrives loaded for it.
The right PSI for the surface you actually have
Concrete driveways take 3,000+ PSI with a 25-degree nozzle. Wood decks need 500 to 1,500 PSI with a 40-degree nozzle and a wider stand-off. Vinyl siding needs soft-wash chemistry at 150 PSI — anything more forces water behind the panel into the wall cavity. We adjust pressure, nozzle angle, and stand-off distance for every surface on the property, not one setting for the whole job.
Joists for racks, mortar joints for brick, studs for shelving
Overhead garage racks hold 200 to 600 pounds — that weight goes into ceiling joists with rated lag bolts, never drywall alone. Brick fence-post anchors go into the mortar joint, not the face of the brick. Wall shelving in the garage backs into studs, not hollow wallboard. The truck carries stud finders, joist locators, masonry sleeves, lag screws, carbide bits, and a moisture meter for the deck-board check.
Photos before and after on every exterior job
Gutter cleaning, pressure washing, and fence repair all benefit from a before-and-after record — especially when you are not home during the appointment. Every Handis exterior visit ships a photo set: what we found, what we removed, what the work area looks like at the end. If a pre-listing photographer is shooting next week, the before-and-after also makes a clean handoff to the realtor.
Insured, background-checked, 30-day workmanship guarantee
Every Handis exterior technician carries liability insurance and has cleared a background screening before the first job. If a gutter we cleaned clogs because of incomplete work, a pressure-washed surface shows streaks, a fence board we installed pulls loose, a garage rack shifts, or a screen we rescreened pulls at the spline within 30 days because of our workmanship, we come back and fix it at no extra charge.
Estimate
List the exterior tasks, surfaces, and specifics you know — roof height, driveway square footage, fence linear feet, screen count, garage layout — and we will send back a clear estimate for the full visit.
What Our Customers Say
Recent exterior maintenance reviews from verified customers.
Pre-listing exterior reset. Driveway and walkway pressure wash, gutter clean on the two-story, a back-gate latch swap, and six window screens rescreened. The tech worked the list in order so the gutters dried by the time the pressure washer started. House looked ten years newer by 4 pm. One visit, one trip charge.
Two-story house with three big oak trees over the roof. Gutters had not been cleaned in two years. The tech bagged probably 40 pounds of packed leaves and pine needles, found one downspout completely blocked, flushed the whole system, and recommended a mesh guard install in the fall. Photos before and after were exactly what we needed since we were out of town.
New build, blank garage. Two overhead racks for holiday bins, three wall shelves for power tools, a slatwall section for garden tools, and a four-bike wall rack. Tech walked the layout with us before drilling anything, found every joist, lag-bolted the overhead racks rated for 400 pounds each. Whole job took a full afternoon.
Wind storm took down a tree branch through the back fence and bent two posts. The tech matched the lumber on three replacement boards, sistered new posts alongside the leaning ones, and re-secured the panels. Also pointed out two more fence boards that were starting to soften and replaced those at the same time before they failed.
Cat tore through the master-bedroom screen for the third time. The tech installed pet-resistant mesh on all five bedroom screens at once — heavier gauge, much tougher. The cat has tried twice and given up. Tech also pointed out that two south-facing screens were getting brittle from UV and we scheduled solar mesh for those in spring.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about exterior maintenance services — pricing, scope, scheduling, what we handle, and what routes to a licensed contractor.