- One Tallahassee man has gained over five million followers on Tik Tok posting home repair videos.
- He said his goal is to help people learn how to take care of their home.
- Watch the video to hear from the director at Lively Technical college on a trend they’ve noticed when it comes to repair skills.
BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:
Experts with BigRentz say 38 percent of Americans don’t know how to make a common fix around their home.
One Tallahassee neighbor is trying to change that, teaching millions how to make repairs around their home
Our neighbor “Gator” is the one behind that project.
Gator, his childhood name, is what he is known by on Tik Tok by 2.8 million people.
“it was just a complete accident,” Gator said. “My son has Tik Tok and you know I didn’t have the app and I said let me just get on here and see what’s going on.”
Posting about a tape measure, his first video got over 2 million views in 2 days.
“The comment section was just how do you fix your door, how do you fix your sink and I thought well this is crazy,” Gator said.