Spring / Summer Prep
Handis spring / summer prep is the three-package track that wakes a Seattle backyard up for the four months of outdoor-living weather the Pacific Northwest actually delivers — a deck season-ready package that washes, screws down, and stains the boards inside a 48-hour dry window, a patio and BBQ area setup that pressure-washes the slab and assembles the grill and furniture for the season, and a screen and window refresh that re-meshes torn screens and services the sliding-door tracks before the bugs find the cracked seal. Three packages, from $300 for a single screen and window refresh on a small home to $1,800 for a full deck restoration with stain on a larger backyard. Visits scheduled to the dry-window forecast, same vetted Handis tech across packages when the calendar lines up.
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What Handis Spring / Summer Prep Covers
Seattle homeowners get a real backyard for about four months a year — late May through September, when the rain settles, the temperature lifts, and the deck is dry enough to walk barefoot. The other eight months the outdoor space sits under a tarp or under a downpour. Spring / summer prep is the three-package track that takes the backyard from winter storage to actually-used in one or two scheduled visits — the deck washed and stained inside the narrow dry window when stain actually cures, the patio and BBQ area pressure-washed and assembled for the first cookout, the window screens re-meshed and re-installed before the first wasp finds the kitchen. All three packages run on the same vetted Handis handyman crew. Work that crosses into licensed trades — gas-line hookups on a new BBQ, hardwired outdoor electrical, structural deck framing — routes to a licensed Washington L&I contractor, with the issue named in the photo report and a recommendation for who to call.
Deck Season-Ready Package
A one-to-two-visit deck restoration scheduled to a 48-hour dry forecast — low-PSI wash with deck cleaner, full board walk with screwdown of every popped fastener and pull-and-replace of corroded ones, end-grain rot inspection at every cut end, rail and post wobble check against residential code (36-inch rail height, spindle gaps four inches or less depending on build year), hardware tighten on joist hangers and lag bolts, and a single stain or seal coat applied inside the dry window. Larger decks or full board replacement quoted separately. From $700 for a small deck reset; up to $1,800 for a full restoration with stain on a larger backyard.
Patio & BBQ Area Setup
A single visit that takes the patio from winter to ready-to-host — pressure-wash on concrete or pavers, re-set of any pavers heaved by freeze-thaw with polymeric joint sand topped off, grill assembly out of the box (the BBQ itself; any gas-line hookup connecting a new grill to the home's gas supply routes to a licensed contractor), outdoor sectional and dining furniture assembly, umbrella or pergola install, string-light install on the existing outlets, GFCI test on every outdoor outlet, and weather-cover replacement on any outlet that lost its bubble cover over winter. From $300 for a patio wash and furniture set; up to $900 for a full setup with paver re-set, BBQ assembly, and string lights.
Screen & Window Refresh
A single visit that pulls every stored screen from the garage or attic, re-meshes any torn screen with fresh fiberglass or aluminum (or pet-resistant heavy mesh on sliders that take a dog claw), replaces bent frames, services the sliding-door screen track with silicone lubricant (never WD-40 — it degrades the nylon rollers), cleans every window weep hole on vinyl windows so the spring rains drain right, vacuums and wipes every window track, and re-installs every screen on the windows that take them. From $300 for a small home with five-to-eight screens; up to $900 for a full re-mesh on a larger home with multiple sliders.
Spring / Summer Prep Pricing
Final pricing depends on deck size, patio square footage, screen count, and whether stain or paver re-set are included. Bundles cost less than the same packages booked one-by-one. Each child page lists detailed pricing for that visit. Request a free estimate for an accurate quote.
Tell us the deck size, the patio shape, and how many screens. We will quote the season.
Why Seattle Homeowners Book Handis for Spring / Summer Prep
Spring / summer prep is the band of work where timing matters more than scope. A deck stain that goes on the wrong week peels by August. A patio paver re-set without polymeric sand washes loose the first heavy rain. A screen re-meshed with the wrong spline diameter sags by July. Generic national handyman pitches treat these like calendar items; the PNW-specific reality is they are forecast items. Our schedule for deck stain bends to the 48-hour rain-free window the Cliff Mass weather blog calls — sometimes early May, sometimes late June, never the same week twice. The crew that shows up has done a thousand of these and knows what the season is about to do.
Visits scheduled to a real PNW dry-window forecast
Deck stain visits go on the books against a 48-hour rain-free window — the Seattle forecast carries enough atmospheric-river risk through June that a stain coat applied on the wrong week peels by August. We hold flexible slots in May and June and call the date 72 hours out when the forecast firms. Patio and screen visits are less weather-sensitive and book to fixed dates.
Same tech across packages when the calendar lines up
Homeowners who book two or three packages in the same season usually get the same Handis tech across visits. The tech who washes the deck in late May is the same tech who comes back to apply the stain inside the dry window the next week, with the boards already prepped and the popped screws already set. Continuity matters more on multi-visit work than it does on single visits.
Member labor rate on add-ons, no trip charge on bundle visits
Customers booking the Spring / Summer Prep Bundle pay member labor rate on any add-on work discovered during a visit — a sticky bedroom-window crank, an outdoor-shower hose bib that needs a new vacuum breaker, a deck step that needs a tread replacement. No per-visit trip charge across the bundle. Add-ons need your sign-off before the tech touches them; nothing is a surprise on the invoice.
Honest scope — handyman work only, contractor handoff when needed
Spring / summer prep visits cover handyman scope only. Gas-line hookups on a new BBQ (the gas plumbing that connects the grill to the home's natural-gas supply), hardwired outdoor 120V or 240V circuits, new electrical to the patio, full structural deck framing repair, anything requiring a permit, and roof replacement route to a licensed Washington L&I contractor — we name the issue in the photo report and recommend who to call, then come back for the finish work after their rough-in if you want us in the loop. Grill assembly itself (the box-to-patio work) is handyman scope; the gas hookup is not.
Insured, background-checked, 30-day workmanship guarantee
Every Handis handyman carries liability insurance and has cleared a background screening before the first job. The 30-day workmanship guarantee applies to any work done during a spring / summer prep visit — if a deck screw we set backs out, a stain coat we applied lifts, a paver we re-set sinks, a screen we re-meshed sags, a GFCI cover we installed cracks, we come back and fix it at no extra charge.
Estimate
Tell us the deck size and material (cedar, composite, pressure-treated), the patio square footage, the approximate screen count, and which packages you are thinking about. We send back a clear estimate for the season.
What Our Customers Say
Recent spring / summer prep reviews from verified Seattle-area customers.
We bundled all three packages last spring. Cedar deck off the back of our 1995 Issaquah house — washed and re-screwed on the first visit, stain coat on the follow-up the next week when the forecast firmed. Same tech both days, brought a coil of cedar-tone stain and the exact screws he needed for the popped boards. Deck looked new through October.
Paver patio off the back of our Ballard bungalow heaved badly over the winter — three pavers lifted, sand washed out of the joints. The Handis tech pulled the heaved pavers, releveled the base, dropped them back in, and topped off the joints with polymeric sand. Assembled our new Weber on the same visit. Patio was hosting dinner that weekend.
1962 split-level in Lake Forest Park with eleven windows that take screens and two big sliders. Half the screens had cat-shaped tears in the mesh. Tech re-meshed eight screens with fresh fiberglass on the spot, lubricated both slider tracks with silicone, cleaned every weep hole on the vinyl windows, and re-installed everything. Whole house was bug-tight by dinnertime.
Bigger backyard up in Sammamish — composite deck, large flagstone patio, outdoor kitchen. Handis crew did the deck wash and a clear seal coat on the composite (yes, composite still benefits from a UV coat), pressure-washed the flagstone, assembled a new sectional, and added string lights across the pergola. They flagged that the gas hookup on the new built-in needed a licensed contractor and gave us two names. Honest scope.
Vacation house on Whidbey. We booked screen refresh plus a small patio setup because we are only there summer weekends. Tech replaced two bent screen frames I had been working around for years, lubed the slider, set up the furniture we had left in the shed. The little stuff that kept making the place feel unfinished is finally done.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Handis spring / summer prep packages — pricing, scope, scheduling, weather windows, and what routes to a licensed Washington L&I contractor.