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Housing Support/Small Repairs Service

If you are over 60 and/or disabled, Argyll & Bute Care & Repair can offer support through the Housing Support Service. This service is divided into two categories as hereunder:

EXAMPLES OF FREE SERVICE (PLEASE NOTE ALL MATERIALS TO BE SUPPLIED BY THE CLIENT)

• Replacement of lightbulbs
• Replacement of alarm batteries (smoke and CO)
• Putting down threshold strips
• Rewiring plugs
• Installation of peepholes
• Replace locks (external)
• Installations of keysafes
• Installation of blinds/curtains (where none in place)
• Installation of security chains.

EXAMPLES OF SERVICE FOR WHICH THERE IS A CHARGE OF £10 FOR THE FIRST HOUR WITH ADDITIONAL £5 CHARGED FOR EACH HALF-HOUR THEREAFTER:

• Fit telephone extension cables
• Replace blinds
• Replace curtains
• Erect curtain poles
• Fit shelves
• Ease doors and windows
• Flatpack assembly
• Change tap washers
• Plumb in washing machines
• Mend toilet/bathroom fixtures
• Small plastering/filling jobs
• Minor decorating – ie touch up
• Tiling

Your local Housing Support Officers are

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