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Ocean Pines Handyman, Ocean Pines, MD (2026)

09/23/2026

An attic stair cover only works if the stairs still work.

Bonnie and James in Ocean Pines wanted a new storm door on their front entry and already had an insulated zipper cover for their pull down attic stairs. They called us to take care of both.

Here's what we did:
- Installed a new white full view storm door with a retractable screen and matte black handle
- Hung it plumb, adjusted the closer and latch, and sealed the frame against the weather
- Built a raised 2x4 curb around the attic stair opening
- Fit and sealed the insulated zipper cover to the curb
- Tested the door and attic stairs and cleaned up both work areas

That curb detail matters. Pull down attic stairs leave a big gap in your insulation, and warm air slips right through it all winter. The stair springs and hinge arms stick up past the opening, so a cover can't just sit on top. Raising it on a curb lets the stairs fold up and down without ever touching the cover. Unzip it, climb up, zip it back.

The result: a storm door that lets the breeze in on nice days and an attic opening that's sealed up for winter. Swipe through to see for yourself.

Bonnie's review says it best:
"Showed up quickly when I requested an estimate. Very professional, knew what they were talking about. Installation of storm door and attic door insulation cover done quickly and without any problems. Cleaned up after finished install."

Thank you, Bonnie and James! And nice work to Bill on a clean install.

If you have a drafty attic opening or a storm door on your list, we are here to help. Send us a message for a free estimate.

09/18/2026

Shelly Lewis just won closing gift of the year. 🏆

Shelly, a realtor with Whitehead Real Estate Executives, had a client closing on a new place in Ocean Pines and wanted a gift that would help her settle in. Then she remembered that client raving about the crew who shelved her garage and redesigned her closet.

That client is Judi. That crew was us. So Shelly asked: can I prepay for a half day of your time and hand it to her at closing?

Yes. Yes you can. 🎁

We're at Judi's new home today. Here's what's on her list:
- Replace the kitchen faucet
- Two small ceiling fans on the balcony
- A bathroom sink stopper that won't go up and down
- Swap out a ceiling light (we brought the ladder)

That's the whole idea. Every new home comes with a list of small stuff: curtain rods, mirrors, shelving, a stuck this, a wobbly that. One prepaid 4 hour block knocks out a big chunk of it in one visit, and the homeowner schedules it with us whenever they're ready.

The certificate is in the photo. We left the names off, but you get the idea.

After her first job with us, Judi wrote us a 5-star review:
"GREAT JOB!! Got my garage shelved and closet redesigned just like I wanted... I have my own handyman company now!! thanks fellows!"

Thanks to Shelly, her handyman company made the move with her. 🏡

Thank you, Shelly, for thinking of us. Welcome to the Pines, Judy! Rory is taking good care of your list today.

Want to give one? Realtors, lenders, parents, friends: message us and we'll have a certificate ready for closing day. Have a list of your own? Message us for a free estimate.

(410) 405-7979 | oceanpineshandyman.com | MHIC #156692

09/16/2026

Christine picked her new hearth color from her phone, hours from the condo. Here is how it went.

She owns a place in Ocean City and lives out of the area. She had new sage green subway tile picked out for her fireplace, a deadline at the end of May, and work trips that took her out of the country in the middle of it. After the walkthrough, every single decision happened over text. Photos, pricing, options, approvals.

Here's what we did:
- Pulled the old builder tile and the stubborn adhesive under it
- Set her new sage green subway tile with white grout
- Painted the mantel bright white so the tile pops
- Painted the hearth white, three coats
- Refreshed the firebox with black high heat paint, removed the old chain, and sprayed the log rack to match

The hearth was the hard part. Once the new tile went in, the old black slab looked heavy next to it, and Christine did not want busy grout lines or another dark piece. So instead of describing options over the phone, we mocked them up with AI renderings and texted them to her: a black tile hearth, the flooring run straight through, and a painted white hearth. The photos here are the finished job, not the renderings. She picked white from her phone, and Amine gave it three coats instead of two so it reads as one clean piece.

Christine, checking in from the road: "Tile looks great!" Then when the hearth was done: "Looks so good."

Thank you, Christine. You gave us a key box code, a deadline, and a text thread, and you let us run with it. Amine set the tile and did the finish work, and the third coat on the hearth was his call.

Own a place at the beach but live somewhere else? Send us a message for a free estimate.
MHIC #156692

09/15/2026

Our first reviews were for raking leaves. Our 100th Google review just came in. Here's what happened in between. 🍂

We started this business in the fall of 2022 for one reason: to keep our Dad in his home. When living alone got hard, he did not want to go anywhere. He wanted to stay in the house he loved. We weren't licensed. We had no idea how long we'd be doing it. So we picked the most honest name we could think of and got to work: Ocean Pines Handyman.

That first fall and the year after were leaf cleanups, pressure washing, and odd jobs, and the reviews said things like "on time and did the work as promised." That was the whole bar. (Swipe to see the flyer we ran that first fall. The old logo is in there too.)

Then you kept asking for more than a handyman without a license can take on, so in early 2024 we got licensed. MHIC #156692. One of the first reviews after that says it all: someone hired us to hang a TV, and we ended up repainting the entire house.

Since then you've trusted us with the small stuff and the big stuff, and you've written it down. Susan needed two front shutters in Berlin: "no job too small for them." Paul needed a storm door: "No drama." Steven's garbage disposal jammed on a Sunday morning with guests in the house. We came out that morning, and he says we're his first call now.

Jackie: "I love my new deck and I really appreciate a job well done." Jennifer's condo had carpet in some rooms and linoleum in others, so we suggested one waterproof floor through the whole place: "glad I did." Mary and Jim had Amine redo their master bath, top to bottom: "done on schedule and we now have a beautiful new bathroom." Angela handed us an entire house, floors to ceilings to a fireplace that had to come out: "We couldn't be happier." Patrick hired us twice: "punctual, clean, quality work. Would definitely hire them again." And he did.

Here's what we've figured out reading through all of them. A lot of you want what Dad wanted. To stay in the house you love, for as long as you can. Debby lives in North Carolina and hired us to look after her mom's place in Ocean City, with pictures sent as we went. Brad had us fix the ductwork under his parents' house and build them a ramp. The deck boards, the walk in shower, the gutters you shouldn't be on a ladder for. That was the job from day one. It still is.

And the same things keep coming up in the reviews. We showed up when we said we would. We kept in touch. We left it clean. Nothing fancy, just the things that are surprisingly hard to find. That's what we hire for, and every one of our nine craftsmen is held to it.

And number 100 came from Jeff White, who watched the crew work at his condo building, asked for a card, and called the next week:

"I met Mike and his crew while doing another job at our condo building. They were very professional and aware of their surroundings. The finished product was excellent. I asked him for a card and the next week I was in need of some work. Mike came out that day to inspect! I highly recommend OP Handyman and will certainly pass the word along to all the owners in my building!"

100 Google reviews. 5.0 on Thumbtack. 100% recommended here on Facebook. Neighborhood Favorite on Nextdoor. 1,500 of you following along.

The name was never the point. The reason was. Thank you for letting us in the door, and for taking the time to write it down. As Ferris Bueller once famously said, "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."

It's nice to stop and look around every once in a while.

Same free estimate as day one. Call or text 410-405-7979 or head to oceanpineshandyman.com.

Honest. Hard Working. Responsive. Prompt.

09/14/2026

Richard and Kathy had wood rot around their front door and saw it for what it was: a reason to upgrade.

Plenty of people would have patched it. They decided that if the frame was coming out anyway, the tired old door was going with it. We got them into our supplier's showroom at Universal Supply in Salisbury so they could see doors in person, they picked a Therma-Tru craftsman style door with full lite sidelights, and we took it from there. Good thing too, because once the trim came off, the rot ran top to bottom on all three sides.

Here's what we did:
- Pulled the old door, sidelights, trim, and the siding around the opening
- Cleaned out the rot and got the opening square, solid, and flashed
- Set the new unit: sill bedded in sealant, shimmed, leveled, foamed, and taped
- New AZEK exterior trim and fresh interior trim, caulked and sealed inside and out
- Painted it the coral they picked, with crisp white trim
- Regrouted the shower and recaulked the niche, glass edge, and vanity seam

Why their pick was the right one: the old entry was wood everywhere wood fails. The new door is fiberglass, so it will not rot, warp, dent, or rust. Composite sill, foam core, Low E glass, and clear sidelights that let in real daylight where the old frosted glass did not. Every part of the unit comes from the same maker and is built to work together, which is exactly where a pieced together door lets air and water in.

Swipe through for the rot behind the old door, the new unit going in, and the finished entry inside and out. The shower is at the end.

Thank you, Richard and Kathy! This is our favorite kind of job. You saw a problem and made something better out of it. The part we are proudest of is the part you will never see: the flashing, the shims, the sealant, the adjustments that make it close like it was born there. It looks simple because the crew made it look simple.

Want to see your options in person before you decide? Send us a message for a free estimate. Our suppliers have showrooms, and we will get you into one.

Ocean Pines Handyman
(410) 405-7979
oceanpineshandyman.com
MHIC #156692

09/13/2026

Pouring a sidewalk is a trade. So we sent a guy with 28 years in the brickmason union.

Back in June we knocked out a nine item punch list for David in Ocean Pines (and found a bathroom window somebody had installed upside down). He left us five stars, then called about his front walkway.

The sidewalk had cracked into pieces and settled, and the first step up to the porch was 9 inches tall. Code caps a step at 7.75. At 9, it is a tripping hazard every time you come home with groceries. And the railing post was bolted right on top of the walkway, taking up room on an already narrow path.

Here's what we did:
- Pulled the railing and set it aside
- Drilled the old slab on a grid and pinned rebar into every hole
- Tied a full rebar mat to the pins and coated the old concrete with a bonding agent
- Formed the curve, raised the walkway, and built the landing up so every step to the porch is even and back within code
- Poured a new 6 inch reinforced walkway with a broom finish, tooled edges, control joints, and expansion joints
- Set a new 4x4 post outside the walkway and remounted the railing on it, so David gets the full 3 feet of walk instead of stepping around a post
- Finished it off with topsoil, seed, straw, and fresh mulch

Those drilled holes are the step most people skip. Pour new concrete over old concrete without tying them together and the new slab cracks right along the same lines as the old one. Pinning rebar into the old slab and running a mat across it locks the two together so they move as one piece. It takes extra time up front. It is the difference between a walkway and a walkway that lasts.

Same thinking went into the control joints. Concrete is going to crack somewhere, and a joint just decides where. Gary cut them where the old sidewalk had already cracked, because the old slab spent years showing exactly where the stress points are. On a short walkway that beats chopping it into 3 foot blocks, and the rebar keeps everything in between tight.

Swipe through for the whole process, and stick around for the last photo. We had a site supervisor.

Results like this come down to who we hire. We look for guys who mastered a trade before they ever put on an OPH shirt. Gary spent 28 years in the brickmason union and worked as a commercial roofer, including the roof at Andrews Air Force Base. Rory owned and ran his own pressure washing business for years. Branden built homes before joining us and takes on our most complex custom carpentry. When we send someone to your house, they have done that kind of work a thousand times.

Got a step that's taller than it should be, or a walkway that's cracking? Send us a message for a free estimate.

09/12/2026

You dream it, we build it. And now you can see it before we start.

A little behind the scenes. We spend about $250 a month on AI tools. Not for the building part. That's still saws, sweat, and a crew we're proud of. It's for the part where you're standing in a room trying to picture what it could be. Brandon comes from a tech background and worked for a few DC tech companies, so putting that to work for our customers just made sense.

Three recent (and some still ongoing) projects where it made a difference:

🪵 Tom in Ocean Pines
We're in the middle of Tom's deck renovation right now. The plan was to keep the deck boards and rebuild the landing and stairs. Then the boards came off. Deck boards can look fine up top while the joists underneath are quietly giving up, and that's exactly what we found. Rot nobody could have seen until demo.

So we went over, walked them through what was under there, and worked out a pivot together. They have a pond view and didn't want railings in the way, so we rendered a low 12 by 8 platform with side steps, down rails only, an open front, and white metal to match the sunroom. Not an exact drawing, but the finished deck will look a lot like it. They loved it. We also tracked down their Trex Foggy Wharf boards at the lowest price we could find, since there's some creative carpentry coming to bring this one together.

🔥 Christine in Ocean City
Christine's condo isn't her primary home, and she was traveling for work through most of this project, so the whole thing ran by text with picture updates along the way. We set her new tile surround first. Then came the hearth. We mocked up tile options, a marble look, a version with the flooring running straight through, and even talked through a one piece slab. What she really wanted was a clean look with no seams or grout lines, so the simplest answer won: paint it. Bright white hearth and mantle, firebox refreshed in black with the old chains gone. Amine even put a third coat on the hearth instead of our usual two, no charge. Because, to us, the details matter. The little extra is what it makes the space truly feel transformed. Her words when it was done: "Looks so good."

🛠️ Tori (sneak peek)
Tori came to us with the ideas. She used AI to design her own custom cabinet wall, sent us the rendering, and our job was to make it real. Branden and Tommy are building it right now and it should wrap up within the week. Final reveal coming soon.

Swipe through to see each before, the concepts we went through, and where it's all headed.

Thank you, Tom, Christine, and Tori, for trusting us with your homes. We are grateful to have the opportunity to bring your visions to life.

Got a project you can picture but can't quite explain? Send us a photo. Free estimates at (410) 405-7979 or oceanpineshandyman.com

MHIC #156692

09/12/2026

Duct tape is not trim.

Yesterday it was metal. Same rule today, different material: keep water off the wood.

Jeff and Cindi's place in Ocean City sits right on the water with three sliding glass doors, two on the main deck and one on the upper balcony. The brickmould had reached the end of its life, and an old patch job had wrapped the worst of it in duct tape and caulked over it. They wanted it done right, so they called us.

Here's what we did:
- Pulled the old brickmould and the tape off all three doors
- Checked the substrate underneath for damage
- Cut and fit new white cellular PVC brickmould to every opening
- Fastened, filled, and sealed every joint

Why PVC on the water: it does not absorb water, so it cannot rot, swell, or feed mold, and there is no paint to keep up. Wood trim on the water is a countdown. PVC is not.

Swipe through. The duct tape shot is worth it.

Cindi's recent five-star review says it best:
"They did a great job replacing the brick moulding around all my sliding doors. They also got to the job quickly."

Thank you, Jeff and Cindi! Results like this come down to one thing: we are intentional about who we hire. Every member of our team is held to the same standard of quality work, clear communication, and showing up when we say we will.

Next up at Jeff and Cindi's: the decks. Both levels get Owens Corning Marine Grade Decking. Wood free, fiberglass reinforced, rated for underwater use, and cooler underfoot. It was built for docks, which makes it the right call for a deck that looks down on one. We get it through Decks and Docks in Selbyville, and we are sold on it for any home near the water.

Trim that has been caulked and taped one too many times? Send us a message for a free estimate.

Ocean Pines Handyman
(410) 405-7979
oceanpineshandyman.com
MHIC #156692

09/11/2026

Nobody notices good metal work. Everybody notices bad.

We just added a Van Mark Mark II TrimMaster brake, trim cutter, and coil dispenser. Custom aluminum trim, bent on site to the actual opening. We reinvest everything back into the business to do better work or do it more efficiently. We are always investing in tools and equipment, and we always will.

Lisa's condo in Ocean City
Salt air had been eating the painted wood window trim for years. Scrape and paint buys a season out there. Wrap buys years.
- Bent every piece on site in the carport under the building
- Pulled the old wrap off the second window and checked the wood underneath
- Wrapped the sills, jambs, header, and center mullion
- Hemmed every exposed edge and sealed every seam with Quad Max

That sealant matters. Quad Max is silicone based, not latex. Latex caulk attracts dirt and grays out. Silicone stays clean and keeps that finished look.

Tom's house in Ocean Pines
54 feet of fascia had worked loose from behind the drip edge and was rippling down the side of the house.
- Stripped the old fascia and checked the wood underneath
- Hung new white aluminum fascia, tucked back behind the drip edge
- Reset the soffit and resecured the gutter

Why it matters: wrap and fascia have one job, keep water off the wood. Done right, you never think about it again. Done wrong, it traps water where you cannot see it. So every piece is bent to fit, every edge is hemmed so it stays flat, and every lap runs with the water, not against it.

Swipe through. The before and afters tell it better than we can.

Lisa's Googlereview says it best:
"My husband and I hired the Ocean Pines Handyman to cap our windows at our condo and they did a fantastic job! They were very reasonable and very professional. I highly recommend them for your next project."

And Tom:
"It looks very good. 100% improvement. Nice work!"

Thank you, Lisa and Tom! Results like this come down to one thing: we are intentional about who we hire. Every member of our team is held to the same standard of quality work, clear communication, and showing up when we say we will. New tools help. The people using them are the difference.

Fascia pulling loose? Trim that needs paint every other summer? Send us a message for a free estimate.

Ocean Pines Handyman
(410) 405-7979
oceanpineshandyman.com
MHIC #156692

09/10/2026

Every customer we worked with this year is getting a handwritten thank you note. Not an email. Not a text. A real card, written by hand, with a stamp on it.

That's our stepdad at the kitchen table, pen in hand, working through the whole stack. Each card comes with a magnet for the fridge and a couple extra to hand to a neighbor who needs a reliable home improvement company to call.

We believe in the old school way of doing this. Our dad carried mail for a living, so a stamped envelope with a real thank you inside is about as on brand for our family as it gets. He always backed this business, and our mom and stepdad have been right behind us the same way. Our dad and stepdad became good friends, too. That's the two of them in the last photo, which tells you everything about the kind of family we come from. So when we said we had a big stack of cards to get out, our stepdad pulled up a chair.

Two things you should know about the man with the pen: he was one of the original owners of a condo in the Atlantis, and he ran his own landscaping company back in Montgomery County, where we grew up. Old school and has a personal connection to the eastern shore.... and blue collar, top to bottom.

Swipe to see the cards. If one lands in your mailbox, that's us saying thanks for trusting us with your home. Stick the magnet on the fridge and pass the extras along.

Fall is booking up. If there's a project on your list, send us a message for a free estimate.

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