Home Improvement: No kids allowed at Menards |
- No kids allowed at Menards
- New Home Buyer Highlight
- Why do some home-builders install stair banisters and handrails first before painting/staining them?
- Power washed a 60 year old garage exterior made of natural cedar for the first time. Amazing amount of dirt washed off. Should I treat the cedar with something now or just leave it?
- If you bought a house with crazy style, would you keep it or redo it all? This crazy house near me has been reduced from $835 to $475 over 10 months.
- Looking to help minimize sound travel through a bedroom wall that is shared with the next door apartment in a wood frame building
- Smell gas at my deck
- Anyone want to guess what damaged my fence?
- I tore down an asbestos(?) roof, carpenter freaked out, he may quit. Is this asbestos?
- Can I ground just one outlet to plumbing? Is there a better way?
- Parents knocked down popcorn ceiling in garage in our 44 year old house
- Question regarding backyard playground support
- Would buying garden supplies make me a huge asshole right now?
- Water Drips Behind Gutters
- Ideas for Replacing Accordion Bedroom Door
- Bathroom disaster- wallpaper on plywood over drywall?
- I'd like to remove these built-in shelves from the front of my house. How should I do it and how do I repair the wall afterwards?
- Stairstep counters...what the heck
- Need help on securing a 4x4 fence post to a brick wall
- Help with Ant problem
- Home Depot Express Delivery
- Enclose rails in drywall
- Tiling backsplash endpoint
- Recommendations for Screening in Front Porch.
| Posted: 02 Apr 2020 01:33 PM PDT I know Menards isn't a national chain, but more of a central US/regional big-box home improvement chain. Anyway, I'm regularly in my local store, but as of today they are restricting customers to age 16 and older. It's listed in a big bold box at the top of their web site too. Part of their COVID-19 response. I'm not posting this to open a debate on the merits of their decision, but so y'all are informed if you're going there any time soon. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 02 Apr 2020 10:38 AM PDT Hi guys! A few months ago I made a post asking if home warranties were worth the costs of repairs. I've got to say that after 7 months into my new home I've called 4-5 times to get different things looked at and y'all were right 50% of the time. But! What I really wanted to mention was the worth while connections you can make if you luck out. For my warranty, I have to call American home shield and they set me up with a contractor to come take a look. Each time I've had to deal with contractors post-visit but I only had to pay for the service call. This time, instead of calling American home shield I called the contractor that last visited. They were way more friendlier and happier to help me and gave me advice over the phone. Because of that I was able to make my own repairs and I saved money by not calling American home shield and avoiding the service fee for the contractor! My advice to others would be, if you meet really nice contractors that are helpful and want to SAVE YOU MONEY, keep those contractors on speed dial. They will help you in more ways you thought possible. And of course, please stay healthy and safe out there everyone. I'm sure most of us get to cross our tons of items on our home projects! [link] [comments] |
| Why do some home-builders install stair banisters and handrails first before painting/staining them? Posted: 02 Apr 2020 10:21 AM PDT I'm just curious why home-builders do this. To me, it would make more sense to stain/paint them first before installing them that way you don't risk getting stain/paint onto the walls. [link] [comments] |
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| Posted: 02 Apr 2020 07:39 PM PDT https://imgur.com/gallery/HqHJTG0 The outside looks normal but the inside is.... Something. I just want to know what kind of person loved this house. Clearly they can't find anyone who loves it now. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 02 Apr 2020 11:28 AM PDT Hey everyone, I'm trying to find a solution to this problem. I have moved into a new apartment with my fiancee, and one of the bedroom walls is a shared wall with the apartment next to us down the hall to one of their bedrooms. When standing in the middle of the room, voices can be heard quite clearly through this shared wall. I'm not looking to completely isolate sound to our bedroom as I'm unable to alter the structure of the building. But i'm looking to deaden it just so that voices come through a little more muffled and quiet. Right now, my plan is to put some furniture and clothes cabinets up against that wall, but I was wondering if there are any materials that I could put on that wall that would assist, such as dense felt pads. Now like I said, I know it's not going to stop noise from travelling, I just want to minimize it a little if possible. Let me know what you think! Thank you!! [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 02 Apr 2020 06:38 AM PDT Every once in a while in my back deck I smell natural gas. I have snooped around to see if I can find where it's coming from but haven't been able to. Is this something I call the gas company about or try and fix myself? [link] [comments] |
| Anyone want to guess what damaged my fence? Posted: 02 Apr 2020 10:06 AM PDT Consider this post a bored Work From Home time killer. I cut the grass last Friday and the fence was fine. Didn't go in the back due to bad weather most of the week and just saw this outside. Portions of the aluminum and powder coating have been removed entirely and other areas have aluminum protrusions. We have a lot of deer that walk on the outside of the fence. Is a deer the most likely cause? I don't see any deer hair or blood. There's some serious bending on that picket going on. [link] [comments] |
| I tore down an asbestos(?) roof, carpenter freaked out, he may quit. Is this asbestos? Posted: 02 Apr 2020 06:48 AM PDT I'm in Osaka Japan. I just spent the day dismantling this car port so that I could work towards having a normal yard. Carpenter says it may be asbestos and he doesn't want to work at the house anymore. I'm going to be screwed and probably won't be able to finish my house if this guy quits. Is it asbestos? It's a concrete material with some kind of fiber but I have no idea how to tell the difference between fiberglass and asbestos. It's corrugated. Thank you... Before tearing it down: https://imgur.com/gallery/5ZRtHHe After: [link] [comments] |
| Can I ground just one outlet to plumbing? Is there a better way? Posted: 02 Apr 2020 06:39 PM PDT Alright, old house built in 1962. Two-wire electrical, no legit grounding. It's not ideal but that's what you get with an older house. We at least upgraded the fedpac panel to a 200A non-firey panel. There is only one outlet in the house that has the sort of expensive equipment I would be sad about frying. It has a few pieces of nice vintage hifi audio stuff. This outlet also happens to be adjacent to an access panel for some water lines. I'm wondering - can I hookup the ground terminal from the outlet to this plumbing and achieve a reasonable ground to protect my equipment in the event of a big surge event? The pipe is about six feet away. I do have a power conditioner running from outlet to equipment but my understanding is, without a grounded outlet, it's still likely to be toast if lightning hit. The only thing it's really doing is filtering line noise. [link] [comments] |
| Parents knocked down popcorn ceiling in garage in our 44 year old house Posted: 02 Apr 2020 08:01 PM PDT Hey guys, I am a college student. My parents don't have much money, and recently we suffered a house fire. They weren't insured. They have been cleaning up the damage, and the ceiling in our garage was badly damaged. They paid a handyman a few hundred dollars, and he climbed into our attic and knocked down the popcorn ceiling, and then cut it into smaller pieces and put it into garbage bags, and then he swept up the resulting dust. I know there are a lot of asbestos-related posts here, and I'm sorry for adding another one, but I am really concerned about contamination in our house. My parents also want to pay the same guy to scrape off the popcorn ceiling in our living room, since it was badly stained by soot. Our house was built in the late 70s, and from what I have read online, it is very possible that there is asbestos in there. I am trying to look for alternatives to scraping off the ceiling, and I was hoping that regularly wet mopping and wiping down of surfaces, plus using some HEPA air purifiers might mitigate some of the damage, but I don't know how much of a difference that will make. I am also concerned because we have popcorn ceiling in our bedroom section (that wasn't affected by the fire), that had been starting to show some decent sized cracks (before the fire), so I'm concerned that asbestos fibers have been being released from there this entire time. What can be done after the fact to clean up potential asbestos contamination? Are we screwed and there is nothing we can do about it? I graduate 3 years from now, and maybe then I can be able to help my parents financially, but right now we are in a tough spot, and I'm concerned we are/have been increasing the odds of developing some nasty disease in the future. I am considering asking my siblings to pitch in so we can get testing done to see if our indoor air and house is unsafe, and then take it from there to see what to do, but I am open to any other suggestions you guys might have. Thank you. [link] [comments] |
| Question regarding backyard playground support Posted: 02 Apr 2020 06:08 PM PDT https://www.kidkraft.com/us_en/hilltop-playset-f29080.html I have purchased the above playground, and I'm currently digging up the grass in my lawn to make a bordered off area that will be level. And retain the surface material I use (likely wood chips) for child safety. The instructions don't mention anything about physically supporting the structure other than 5 or 6 pieces of rebar that are driven into the ground and attached to the wood. As I clear my backyard, I'm walking around on this dirt wondering if this thing is gonna sink. I can literally shift my weight to one foot and sink down a little. So I'm wondering if I should compact the soil (at a minimum), or if I should put patio stones or soemething underneath where the structure sits on the ground (they would be ofcourse under the surface material). Anyone have experience with this? TIA! [link] [comments] |
| Would buying garden supplies make me a huge asshole right now? Posted: 02 Apr 2020 07:30 PM PDT Would I be a huge dickhead if I bought like 25 bags of mulch and grass seed and stuff right now? I've heard I can order online and homedepot does curb side delivery .... is this a massive asshole move or is it okay!? I have so much time on my hands and really want to be productive.... like everyone else in the world. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 02 Apr 2020 11:03 AM PDT Hey all, I am trying to tackle a problem I have noticed with my roof and gutters. When it rains I always see water drip from the gutters, you can see droplets falling from the bottom of the gutters. There is clear indications of erosion below the gutters, on my deck I see a slight stream of water from below the gutters when it rains. The downspouts are clear and I see water come out of the extenders, when I look on a ladder during rain the gutters are not full. The album below is a picture of the roof and the gutters. From what I was told this roof was "re-shingled" 10-15 years ago on top of the original ~20 year old roof. Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| Ideas for Replacing Accordion Bedroom Door Posted: 02 Apr 2020 02:52 PM PDT I've owned my home for a little over 4 years and would like to make some renovations in the future to my upstairs lofted bedroom/office. The accordion door has not functioned properly for the last 3 years since the door was ripped off the hinges. I will be finishing grad school soon with the opportunity to invest in a proper door to the bedroom portion of the lofted master suite. I do not want to go with an accordion style again, but the only other style I can see functioning is something like a barn door. I've looked at a few home improvement stores with little inspirations, so I thought I'd post here. Any ideas or tips are welcome! [link] [comments] |
| Bathroom disaster- wallpaper on plywood over drywall? Posted: 02 Apr 2020 11:34 AM PDT So we thought we would do a quick and easy, not so expensive bathroom update while we're home, socially isolating. We thought we could take down terrible wallpaper, paint or wallpaper, redo the vanity and be done. Closer examination today showed that two walls have textured wallpaper applied directly to thin plywood that appears to be applied to drywall. We have no idea if the plywood is glued to the drywall (or simply nailed with little wood nailheads that are visible). We don't know what is behind the plywood that prompted plywood to be used in the first place. Also, the wallpaper WILL NOT come off the plywood- it just all splinters. So, should we: A) try to take the plywood off and see what's behind it, knowing we don't have the skill or money to re-drywall right now? B) wallpaper over the existing textured wallpaper? Try to skim coat then paint or paper? Pros/cons to this? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 02 Apr 2020 06:27 AM PDT My house has these three built-in shelves coming out of the [stucco?] wall by my front door. https://imgur.com/a/bfKwSkw They are 8 inches deep and 16 inches wide. My wife wants to sledgehammer them off, I said wait, because I have no idea what comes after that. I live in Miami, Florida, house was built around 1960. Any advice would be much appreciated! [link] [comments] |
| Stairstep counters...what the heck Posted: 02 Apr 2020 07:09 AM PDT Help me out with what to do with this weird corner in our new kitchen. We plan on refacing everything and want to make sure to use this space usefully. The stairs to the basement are directly below, and I am guessing they pushed the kitchen out and came up with this as a result. Any ideas? https://imgur.com/TIvUYDN [link] [comments] |
| Need help on securing a 4x4 fence post to a brick wall Posted: 02 Apr 2020 10:55 AM PDT I tried to hang a hammock in my back yard. On one end, I attached an eye bolt to a fence post and got into the hammock. The fence post pretty much leaned over to a 30 degree angle as soon as I got in the hammock. Recently, I ripped out that fence post. It was 6' above the ground and maybe a foot of concrete in the ground. Definitely not enough to handle the lateral load of a hammock. I put in a new 6' fence post and I tried to dig the hole down to 3'. However, I hit the footing of my house foundation at around 26". I filled the hole back up with about 200 pounds of concrete so it is definitely still more secure. I'm still worried about lateral load though. I'm wanting to attach that new fence post to the exterior brick of my house. I have a heavy duty angle bracket and this masonry bolt. My current plan is to use a hammer drill to create a hole in the brick. Then, I'll use the angle bracket and the masonry bolt to attach the post to the brick wall and then a lag bolt to attach the bracket to the fence post. Is this too much? Not enough? A good plan? I've never worked with masonry stuff before, and I haven't worked with lateral loads for hammock posts either, so I'm reaching out to others that have more experience than me to see what the best way is. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 02 Apr 2020 04:44 PM PDT This time of year I always get ants. I usually use Terro and it takes care of them. This time its not. 2 days ago they were feasting on the stuff and now they are completely ignoring it. They wont go in the bait and if I pour some out near them they smell it and walk away. Also these ones changed location. A few days ago they were mostly on my sink behind faucet. Now they are mostly in my bathtub. Im not sure if its the same colony or different ones. What can I do? Thanks. Here is some pics. Besides that there are also smaller ones. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 02 Apr 2020 04:33 PM PDT I haven't gone to HD for a couple of weeks because of COVID-19, but had read on here the recommendation to do "express" home delivery. So it's the delivery where they load items from the local store. I set up an order and was about to checkout, but there is a banner across the top of the page when I go to checkout that says "We are unable to schedule your delivery time right now, but you can still place your order. A Home Depot Associate will call you within 48 hours to schedule your delivery." It's too late (east coast of the US) here now to call them and find out what that means. I'm ok with waiting a few days to get my stuff delivered. But I don't want to order things expecting to get them in the next week or two and find out that they're going to wait until after this crisis is over. Has anyone else seen this message and ordered and if so, how long has it taken for your order to be delivered? For reference, I'm in an east coast state under a stay at home order and all non-essential businesses are closed. HD is still considered essential here and most delivery services are still operating. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 02 Apr 2020 06:37 PM PDT My split level house has an open area between the lower and middle level. My plan is to enclose this in drywall then put cabinets on the new wall because our kitchen is severely lacking storage. My plan:
Questions:
Photo album link: I live in northern Illinois if there are code questions: Thanks all. This subreddit is amazing. Edit: Based off replies, I'll tear out the railing (in sections while bracing the ceiling just in case) and build a proper wall. Thanks all. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 02 Apr 2020 04:25 PM PDT I just had new granite put in and getting ready to tile. I was going to end my tile(3x12 subway) where the uppers end, and use schluter edge profile on the ends. But I realized my outlet covers either extend past the uppers or are right next to the end. How could I best go about this, I don't really want slivers of tile or the cover to be right at the end. Extend to the end of the granite? Not sure how I'd edge trim the "top" Album: http://imgur.com/a/DYDFNo6 Thanks for your input. [link] [comments] |
| Recommendations for Screening in Front Porch. Posted: 02 Apr 2020 06:32 PM PDT Hey y'all, I'm thinking about screening in my front porch and need some recommendations for how to do it. It's not too large and wouldn't take much material. Do I go with the screen kits? I saw some that looked pretty easy and good for replacing in the future. What about the old school stapling style? Is that still a good option? What thoughts or suggestions do y'all have? I'm open to anything. Thanks! [link] [comments] |
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