Handyman in Laurel, MT

Laurel sits about fifteen miles west of Billings along I-90, on the north side of the Yellowstone River just above where the Clarks Fork comes in from the south. It started as a railroad town; trains first stopped here in 1882, and the community grew up around what became one of the largest rail yards in the Northwest, stretching for miles along the tracks east of town. In 1930 a refinery opened on the edge of town, and the plant that local people still call the Laurel Leaf has been a major employer ever since. Laurel's population jumped from a few hundred in 1900 to more than two thousand by 1920, and that growth left behind a core of early-1900s houses near downtown: small frame bungalows, foursquares and cottages with porches, wood siding and steep stairs to basements and attics. Postwar ranches and 1960s and 1970s split-levels spread outward from there, and newer subdivisions have added homes on the north and west sides in recent years, many of them bought by families who commute into Billings. Today the town has about 7,000 residents, a small-town downtown on Main Street and First Avenue, and a mix of housing old enough to need steady upkeep.

Life in Laurel runs between the interstate, the tracks and the river. US 212 and US 310 head south out of town toward Red Lodge and the Beartooth Highway, which makes Laurel the starting point for one of the most famous mountain drives in the country. The Billings Bench Water Association canal begins here and carries Yellowstone water east toward the Heights. Firemen's Park on East Main Street holds the log cabin visitor center, and Riverside Park sits down by the Yellowstone. The Laurel Volunteer Fire Department's Fourth of July fireworks draw crowds from all over the region, and Friday nights in the fall belong to the Laurel Locomotives. Laurel is also a Tree City USA, so many older streets are shaded by big cottonwoods, ash and elm trees that look beautiful in summer and fill every gutter in town come October. Freight trains rumble through day and night, and older homes near the yard feel a bit of that vibration over the years.

ZIP codes we cover in Laurel: 59044

What Laurel neighbors book most

• Door Repair & Adjustment
• Fence & Gate Repair
• Gutter Cleaning & Repair
• Faucet & Toilet Repair
• Interior Painting & Touch-Ups
• Seasonal Home Maintenance

Jobs we handle a lot around Laurel

Laurel jobs often come from houses that have been lived in for decades. We adjust and re-hang doors in older homes where settling has thrown jambs out of square, replace worn weatherstripping and thresholds, repair plaster and drywall cracks, and paint touch-ups in hallways and stairwells. Bathrooms get new faucets, fill valves, flappers and toilet seals, and kitchens get disposal and supply line replacements, with licensed plumbers handling the connections. Outside, we clean gutters under mature trees, re-attach sagging runs and downspouts, replace rotted fence boards and posts, fix gates that drag, and pressure wash siding and walks. Before winter, we winterize hose bibs, seal drafts around doors and windows, and check that downspouts carry snowmelt away from older foundations and basements.

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