About Manchester
Why Manchester Homes Need Consistent Care
Manchester is New Hampshire's largest city, built around the historic Millyard along the Merrimack River. Many homes here date to the late 19th and early 20th centuries, triple-deckers near Elm Street, brick row houses on the West Side, and craftsman bungalows scattered throughout the neighborhoods. These older homes have enormous character, but they also demand regular attention: exterior paint that can't handle a New Hampshire winter, aging plaster walls, and decades-old flooring. Justin has worked throughout Manchester's diverse neighborhoods and knows exactly what these homes need to stay tight, dry, and looking sharp, without the delays and runaround of a bigger contractor. Whether you're in the North End, the South End, or near Derryfield Park, VixFix is ready to help.
What We Do
Services for Manchester's Older Housing
A city built around the Amoskeag mills needs a different toolkit than a subdivision does. This is the work that comes up most in Manchester.
Plaster and Drywall Repair
Much of Manchester predates drywall entirely. We patch and skim plaster over lath, and hang new board only where a wall is genuinely past saving, finished smooth and paint ready.
Interior Painting
Prep is most of the job in a house this old. Settling cracks filled, water-stained plaster spot primed, and original trim cut clean rather than slathered.
Exterior Painting and Repair
Painted clapboard and trim on the West Side and the North End take the full force of a New Hampshire winter. Rotted trim gets replaced before anything gets a topcoat.
Water Damage Repair
Ice dams push meltwater back into top-floor ceilings on steep older roofs, and Merrimack-side basements take water in a wet spring. Dried, cut back, rebuilt, repainted. More on water damage in Manchester.
Flooring
Original hardwood hiding under old carpet is usually worth uncovering. Where it is not, we install hardwood, laminate, LVP, and tile over a subfloor we have actually checked.
Multifamily Turnovers
Manchester has a lot of two-family and triple-decker stock. Paint, drywall, flooring, and the punch list can be scheduled to a vacancy window rather than around tenants.
Also available in Manchester: TV mounting and cable management, smoke and CO detector installation, and finish carpentry. Nearby: Bedford and Londonderry.
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Concord to Manchester, About 25 Minutes
Pre-1978 Paint
EPA Lead-Safe Work in Manchester's Older Homes
Most Manchester housing predates 1978, the year lead paint was banned for residential use. Federal Renovation, Repair and Painting rules require anyone disturbing more than six square feet of interior pre-1978 paint to work lead safe: contain the area, control the dust, and clean up to a verified standard. VixFix is an EPA Lead-Safe Certified firm, so sanding old trim, cutting into plaster, or scraping exterior clapboard on a Manchester home is handled under those rules rather than around them. If there are young children in the building, or a tenant with young children, that is the part of a quote worth asking about before anyone starts.
Manchester Answers
Questions From Manchester Homeowners
How long does it take VixFix to reach Manchester from Concord?
Do you work on Manchester two-families and triple-deckers?
My Manchester house has plaster walls, not drywall. Can that be repaired?
Helpful reading: Interior Painting in Manchester, NH · TV Mounting Cost in Manchester · Water Damage Repair in Manchester, NH
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Manchester Estimates, Free and in Writing
Call Justin at 603-202-5309 or send the form. You get a written number before anything starts, and no obligation to go ahead with it.
Proudly serving Manchester · Nashua · Concord · Salem · Derry · Bedford · Londonderry · Merrimack · Lowell, MA · Methuen, MA, plus NH and northern MA towns within about an hour of Concord.