Build & Fortify Property Solutions is a handyman and mobile welding business based in Santa Rosa, California, owner-operated by Chad Tyler, serving homeowners, landlords, and small businesses across Sonoma County. Two trades, one person, one call.
Build & Fortify exists to solve a problem most Sonoma County homeowners know well: the repair list that sits for months because every item needs a different trade. A fence panel, a sagging gate, some interior drywall, a stuck door, a dripping valve, a piece of furniture that needs assembling, a bracket that needs welding. Five jobs, five trade calls, five trip charges, five different days.
Chad Tyler built this business specifically to handle that list in one visit. Handyman work plus on-site welding, from the same truck, on the same day, for one trip charge. Clean work, honest pricing, fast communication.
Build & Fortify grew out of years of doing property work for family, friends, and neighbors — always at the intersection of trades that don't usually overlap. A broken iron gate that also had a drywall chunk missing behind it. A fence repair that needed a custom steel bracket welded in place. A property-maintenance punch list where half the jobs were handyman-style and half needed a welder.
The pattern became obvious: most residential work isn't big enough to justify a contractor but still needs more skill and tools than a typical handyman shows up with. That gap is where Build & Fortify operates.
Most handymen don't weld. Most welders don't patch drywall. That split is why a simple job — "fix my gate so the kids stop escaping" — ends up with two separate contractors showing up on two separate days and billing two separate trip charges.
At Build & Fortify, one truck covers both sides. That matters in three concrete ways:
The mix of work reflects what homeowners in Sonoma County actually need. Fence repair is probably the single most-requested job — the mix of oak trees, winter wind, and aging wood means panels, posts, and gates are in constant need of attention. Close second: small drywall patches, usually tied to move-in projects (mounting a TV, installing closet systems, patching after furniture removal).
The welding side skews toward gate repair (sagging frames, broken hinges, failed welds), handrail fabrication, and one-off custom brackets. Most residential welding jobs finish in a single visit because the equipment comes to you — no need to dismount and haul hardware to a shop.
Build & Fortify is based in Santa Rosa and serves all of Sonoma County. Primary service areas: Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Windsor, Healdsburg, Sebastopol, and Cotati. Jobs further out in the North Bay are handled on a case-by-case basis — send the details and we'll confirm coverage.
Send the photos, get a quote. Handyman + welding in one visit.
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