about 1890 to 1920
Old Victorians near the courthouse
Wooden Victorians and bungalows: doors that have settled, porch trim, old hardware.
The house manual · About
One handyman, one truck, and the houses of Prescott.
Fig. 11 · the truck, on a gravel drive in the pines
Who shows up
Fourteen years of finish carpentry, then the sticking door.
Those years went into custom homes around Prescott and Williamson Valley. In 2017 Wes started Granite Hinge to take on the small jobs those houses need later.
“Builders kept calling me back to fix the little things on houses they'd already finished.”
How he works
- 01
Most jobs finish in one visit.
The truck carries the common parts: hinges, strike plates, door sweeps, weatherstripping, drywall, fence boards, anchors, supply lines.
- 02
He tests everything before he leaves.
And cleans up after himself.
The houses
Three kinds of Prescott house, three kinds of quirk.
Prescott gets real winters and a summer monsoon: freeze prep in the fall, gates and fences after the monsoon winds. Season prep
the 1970s
1970s cabins in the pines
Stone fireplaces, knotty pine, decks.
Prescott Valley and Chino Valley
Newer homes in the Valleys
Stucco homes: drywall, gates, fixtures, TV walls.
The fine print, in plain words
Insured. Not a licensed contractor.
What that means
Small jobs only, under $1,000 with no permit, under Arizona's handyman exemption, which asks us to say so.
When a job is bigger
“We'll tell you, and we'll tell you who we'd call.” Roofing, new circuits, gas lines, water heaters and anything with a permit go to a licensed contractor.
The full list of what we don't do