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My Handyman
4.1(
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Serving Columbus, OH and surrounding areas

In business since 1986

Free estimates

Emergency services offered

"The work that the handyman did when he came to our home was great. Can't say the same thing for the office personnel (scheduler). After thoroughly vetting handymen services, my husband and I decided to go with MY HANDYMAN (Lewis Center, Westerville OH). We were impressed with their rating and reviews in both the Angie’s List and the BBB. We had many small projects and a couple of larger ones that we were wanting addressed. The handyman that did our work was fantastic! He was polite, hard-working, thorough, friendly and professional. Couldn’t have asked for a better handyman to tackle everything on our list. BUT we were not at all pleased with the personnel that was our primary contact for communicating and scheduling. In the beginning, he was very accommodating, polite and communicative. Unfortunately, as we progressed he would not return phone calls, e-mails or texts until many days later. We were made to feel that once he got our business, his responsiveness completely changed. There were a handful of occasions where we didn’t get a response at all. What made things worse was he would schedule appointments without consulting with us to ensure that either myself, my husband or both of us would be home and available. This was done on more than one occasion. There was even an event that just completely was unacceptable to us. We had temporary material holding up our overhangs of our home (both front and back) and we asked if we could have that addressed as soon as the primary work was done. Without even contacting us he scheduled and appointment farther out than what was discussed with the handyman that was doing the work. I can see this happening once or twice but it continued. In the beginning we got apologies that followed and comments made such as, “I’m sorry for the delay in getting back to you but we have been really busy”. Well, that’s all well and good but if you are not going to respond in a timely manner if at all, then don’t share your cell phone number and tell a customer to reach out any time. This grew to be a regular occurrence. What should have easily taken a week to ten days to complete, the work didn’t get fully completed until almost one month later. While I understand that this is a business predominantly run by a family (family members), I expected a little more proper business etiquette. What we got was a contact person that had no sense of urgency, follow-through and follow-up. That is totally unacceptable. It is for this reason that we will NEVER utilize the services of MY HANDYMAN again. Again, the handymen that do the actual work are great but if you don’t receive the customer service that is common courtesy and lacking respect from the corporate office, as we experienced, the decision was easy for us. We’ll never use them in the future, if asked we’ll share our experience honestly and when we need the services of a handyman again, we will give our business to another company."
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JPK Steel Structures
3.6(
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Serving Columbus, OH and surrounding areas

In business since 2018

Free estimates

Credit card accepted

Over the past decade, JPK Steel Structures' crews have designed, built and installed more than 90,000 units, and our quality and service has earned us the recognition of thousands of clients.We take tremendous pride in providing the Best Customer Service, assembly & installation to make it easy for you to own a renowned JPK design! We are Centrally located, this allows us to serve the entire U.S. With JPK Steel Structures, you are getting a product that is designed and built in the USA with all American Steel, then installed by company crews, thus ensuring the most reliable and highest quality.Our territory is from Coast to Coast. We sell and install Carports, Garages, Barns, Commercial Buildings, AG Buildings, Shop buildings.

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A bomb shelter is an abode built to withstand disaster. Bomb shelters may refer to a space or bunker that can protect inhabitants through a hypothetical nuclear attack, apocalypse, or any other massive crisis. People usually build bomb shelters underground and stock them to live there a few days to a month at a time. Doomsday bunkers accommodate long-term living rather than just through a short crisis.

Builders construct bomb shelters with reinforced steel, box culvert, concrete, or other durable materials (but many professionals do not recommend shipping containers, as they’re not designed to live underground. If building underground, you’ll first have to excavate land before building the actual structure. You’ll have to implement air and water filtration systems, septic systems, and power supply.

It takes a lot of experience to safely and legally construct a bomb shelter, not to mention make sure it’s fit to live in for extended periods of time. It’s best to talk to a residential structural engineer near you for proper guidance.

The current standard filtration systems require filtering both air and water. For air, you’ll want an NBC filter system, which both domestic and international producers make. NBC stands for Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical, which filters out all three. If you’re only building your shelter for natural disasters, chemical attacks, and biological attacks, you may opt for the less expensive HEPA filter system. 

Water filtration requires the same level of care. You’ll likely want to have a large water storage capacity to survive short-term disasters. For long-term living, you’ll want to have a water filtration system.

Rising S bunker prices depend on the size, ranging anywhere from $20,000 to $9 million. Their least expensive model is 96 square feet while their most expensive model has a gym, swimming pool, hot tub, and bowling alley.

  • Mini: $45,500

  • Standard Bomb Shelter: $67,500–$109,500

  • Silver Leaf: $140,000–$182,500

  • Admiral: $180,000–$500,000

  • Xtreme: $450,000–$780,000

  • Xtreme Bunker Complex: $840,000–$1,830,000

  • Luxury Series: $3,800,000–$9,600,000

You almost always need a permit to build a bunker on land with any type of public utilities running through it. You’ll want to check with your local building code enforcement agency to see if this is the case for your area. 

Because you’re building a structural component that often requires electricity, water, and sewage services, you’ll need to apply for permits to attach these utilities to your new property. However, off-grid-only units in rural areas may not need all or any of the permitting you’d normally find in more urban settings.

To survive a nuclear blast, you’ll need to have your bunker at least three feet underground. However, it’s usually advisable to put it further underground. To survive a close strike, you’ll want to have the bunker at least 10 feet down and with five-foot thick reinforced concrete. However, knowing exactly how deep to build depends on the size of the blast you’re trying to avoid. Most bunkers don’t need to be more than 5 feet below the ground. 

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