Home Improvement: My wife and I renovated our kitchen and did our own concrete countertops. |
- My wife and I renovated our kitchen and did our own concrete countertops.
- Purchased my house couple weeks ago. Just finished painting the guest/gaming room.
- Best price on major home appliances?
- Pergola for the wife. And... Ahem... Me.
- What have i done?
- Ants and gnats coming in from under the slide window. How do I seal it?
- Why is my room significantly hotter than any other room in the house?
- Florida home walkways to nowhere
- How to support floating deck stair
- What kind of window is this?
- Patio Leaky Roof - HELP ‼️
- We have carpenter bees burrowing into our brand new deck
- Mounting a medicine cabinet on mystery walls?
- Crack on the flooring
- Water line in basement
- Building pergola from Recycled Plastic Timber?
- Fleas: how to vacuum up borax or diatomaceous earth
- Is it cheaper to leave the AC on consistently or keep cycling it on/off?
- How to mount exterior wall light fixture to single gang box?
- Removing nicks from hardwood floor
- Kitchen Design Help
- Tips for changing floor in a rental?
- Need to dig out and fill in a little grassy area. What tools do I need?
- Advice on concealing an ugly wall heater in a way that is safe/renter friendly?
| My wife and I renovated our kitchen and did our own concrete countertops. Posted: 24 May 2020 12:27 PM PDT The imgur albums are here: I would have put it into one album but imgur doesn't let you put more than 50 images in one album. It was a lot of work. We aren't totally done, but we just have some touch up to do now. [link] [comments] |
| Purchased my house couple weeks ago. Just finished painting the guest/gaming room. Posted: 24 May 2020 08:32 PM PDT It took two days, $250 for paints and all the painting brushes. I'm so happy how it turn out in the end. Used bear paint purchased it at homedepot. [link] [comments] |
| Best price on major home appliances? Posted: 24 May 2020 09:35 AM PDT Hello, My wife and I close on our first house in 30 days! We need to buy the following, washer, dryer, and refrigerator. We are looking to spend about 3-4k but want the biggest bang for our buck. I know home depot will price match and beat and I get Mil discount. However I have to do the shopping? Where do you all recommend looking? [link] [comments] |
| Pergola for the wife. And... Ahem... Me. Posted: 24 May 2020 06:08 PM PDT Finally decided to add a pergola to our backyard. Pictures here. Handful of interesting points: https://imgur.com/gallery/Uu6uGHd 1) cedar is way more expensive than PT lumber. But if we're talking 10 yrs (at least) of use, then really were talking a few hundred bucks a year difference. Definitely worth it. 2) dug the holes for the piers by hand. Clay most of the way. Very slow going. Not sure if an auger works well going through clay. 3) seven piers and bought 28 80# bags of quikcrete. Definitely worth renting a mixer. I rented a 2bag mixer. It can hold more than 2bags. But if you overfill it, what a mess. 4) using owt by Ozco for all the hardware. Lead times are terrible (2 - 3 weeks). Menards carries a lot of their hw but not all. Be sure to plan ahead and order what you need well in advance. I will have to replace my galvanized joist hangers when my owt hangers come in. PITA. 5) I made an uber-custom ledger to tie into the house on one corner. Edge glued cedar 2x6 material to create the dimension I wanted. Then had to use a dado stack on my table saw to cut back a section to create a second elevation. Cut back the siding and added new flashing. Painted all the back side and edge grain. Not sure if I will paint the front side or leave raw. Attached to house with four 3/8" 5" long lag bolts. 6) we picked a custom cove profile for the beam tails and will adjust for the rafters and purlins. Just used a very flexible strip of metal, some clamps and worked on it till I got the shape. (Sorry no pics). Cut by hand with jigsaw to create template. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 24 May 2020 08:51 PM PDT i decided to give the exterior of the house a fresh paint job. The house is about 2400 sq ft, I live in the Pacific NW, it rains a lot. I understand that prepping is extremely important. So i started sanding, i noticed i could literally peel off the layer of paint down to the primer. I could see some molding between the primer and paint layers. See pictures. This is just the side of the garage, i have the hole house i haven't looked at yet. I don't know if other parts of the house are similar. i truly hope not. I can't be peeling off the layer of paint by hand, and by myself. This would take me a month just to prep. Please share your expertise advice on proper steps to take. thank you. [link] [comments] |
| Ants and gnats coming in from under the slide window. How do I seal it? Posted: 24 May 2020 08:12 PM PDT We're noticing more and more little gnats and now some big ants on this big front window. Followed an ant just now and it went in under this slide. How can I seal this so the window still slides but the bugs stay out?? [link] [comments] |
| Why is my room significantly hotter than any other room in the house? Posted: 24 May 2020 08:13 PM PDT Downstairs it feels like 73. Upstairs it feels like 78. My room feels near 85. Its on the second floor, above our dining room that we never use. The sun hits the window most of the day, but even at night my room gets no cooler. All my air vents are open, my fan is running counter-clock wise, and i keep my window open. This house was built around 2006-8, and bought brand new. Any ideas? Right now our a/c wont work and I'm contemplating jumping out my window. [link] [comments] |
| Florida home walkways to nowhere Posted: 24 May 2020 01:47 PM PDT Here's a shot of the walkway leading up to from the front of my house towards the street that just never made it all the way. About to tear it out and put in new walkway all the way to the road but always been wondering WHY?! While walking the dog around the neighborhood here in North Florida I do see other homes in the area where walkways end short. I can confirm this doesn't end due to property line which is actually closer to the house so it's not that. But this is my theory. This neighborhood was built late 40s, early 50s and not everyone has garages or maybe they have a single car width path that leads to a garage/shed that a car might not even fit in. Thinking that back in the day people might have actually utilized the car width area between the edge of the road and the end of the sidewalk as parking area. I can see some homes with rocked or mulch area put front in this area they park in even if they don't have a walkway leading to the door. What I see that is most common is a path from front door to driveway space with no walkway to roadway. Anyways, looked around on the internet for some history on this but didn't find anything so thought I'd pick your brains. [link] [comments] |
| How to support floating deck stair Posted: 24 May 2020 08:39 PM PDT Hello, I am working on building a floating deck and am having trouble deciding on how to support my stairs. I was planning on having a single step, and was wondering what the options were as to what it could sit on. Ideally I would want it to look like the deck stair is sitting on grass. From my research the following may work:
Here are some pictures of the current state of my deck, and the stair design. Note that I live in southern California so I do not have to worry about frost. https://imgur.com/gallery/lYNQFFm Thanks [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 24 May 2020 08:36 PM PDT Imgur linkwindow This window has that crank to open it. The weird line across it is a solar screen whose screw came undone on one side... and the glass is broken. And the hinges are bent so that it doesn't close properly. I'd like to replace it, but I don't know what to call it besides "window" so I can search for it online. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 24 May 2020 09:22 PM PDT I recently had my patio cover rebuilt. It has a composite shingled roof. Problem is the slope is too shallow and has puddles that leak thru after a heavy rain. Is there a roll roofing material I can put over it so that puddles might be minimized? [link] [comments] |
| We have carpenter bees burrowing into our brand new deck Posted: 24 May 2020 03:22 PM PDT We just bought this house and the previous owners built a beautiful deck last September. We stained the deck right when we moved in and a few days later we noticed carpenter bees have been burrowing holes in the pergola. There's only one deep one that we've found so far. What can we do to get rid of them? [link] [comments] |
| Mounting a medicine cabinet on mystery walls? Posted: 24 May 2020 09:19 PM PDT Hi all -- I'm trying to mount an IKEA medicine cabinet in the bathroom of my Brooklyn rental apartment, and I can't seem to find a stud anywhere. My stud finder won't give me a conclusive result, and when I drill into the wall the screws spin. But when I try to put in an anchor, I can never get it in all the way. I have a hole in the wall that is about an inch deep, and it looks like there's just more powdery white stuff in the back. Could there be plaster behind my drywall? If so, how should I go about safely mounting my cabinet? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 24 May 2020 09:15 PM PDT I've got this crack/gap on the wooden flooring . Any solutions to this please. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 24 May 2020 09:07 PM PDT Hi all! Moving into a new place soon. In the basement is this water line pipe that looks corroded and maybe something has been done to the concrete floor. Previous owner doesn't know what happened. This is a 1926 building in Chicago. Thanks for any advice or thoughts! [link] [comments] |
| Building pergola from Recycled Plastic Timber? Posted: 24 May 2020 09:00 PM PDT Anyone have any experience with this? Have the income to pay for the added cost and LOVE the idea of the near zero maintenance. [link] [comments] |
| Fleas: how to vacuum up borax or diatomaceous earth Posted: 24 May 2020 06:47 PM PDT Feeling pretty hopeless over here. So I read basically every single Reddit post that mentions fleas, and I decided to try using borax on my carpeted apartment after countless people in various threads suggested using either borax or diatomaceous earth, then vacuuming it up. However, after putting borax all over my carpet and spreading it throughout, I cannot vacuum it up. I started to vacuum the borax with my almost-new vacuum cleaner, and it broke within 30 seconds. Broke as in the vacuum cleaner is literally smoking. SO, to anyone who has used this stuff to get rid of fleas, how do you guys vacuum it up/get rid of it? [link] [comments] |
| Is it cheaper to leave the AC on consistently or keep cycling it on/off? Posted: 24 May 2020 08:57 PM PDT Is it cheaper to leave the AC on consistently or keep cycling it on/off? Ex: It's warm at night i'm going to turn the ac on for three hours. I shut it off before bed. VS I leave my ac temp at 78 all day and night. It stops when it hits 78 and maintains. Update: 1150 SQ FT 1 floor Condo. It is on the second floor. It is in a shared building with three other condos. [link] [comments] |
| How to mount exterior wall light fixture to single gang box? Posted: 24 May 2020 08:54 PM PDT I'm attempting to replace my exterior wall lights near my garage and front door, but notice after removing the old lights, there is a single gang outlet box in place, rather than a circle or octagon fixture box. (photo here) Is this normal? The previous light and mounting bracket happened to line up, but the new light has different spacing for the fixture mounting screws, so I can't use the old one and the included circle crossbar doesn't fit. Am I missing something? Is there an easy way for me to mount the new circle crossbar to this single gang box or an adapter that will make this possible? Do I need to find a light with a different mounting bracket? [link] [comments] |
| Removing nicks from hardwood floor Posted: 24 May 2020 11:08 AM PDT Hi all, Some of my chairs have caused pretty deep scuffs and nicks in the hardwood floor. Is there a cheap and effective way of covering this up/fixing it? Any resources that address this issue would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 24 May 2020 05:03 PM PDT Hi all, We are in the beginning stages of remodeling our kitchen. We have removed drywall from the drop ceiling and the non-loading bearing wall separating the kitchen area from the dining area. Framing will be removed eventually. I'm having trouble coming up with a design that I LOVE due to a few complications/notes mentioned below. I've included links to actual pictures and floor plan images from the IKEA planner. Our goal is to do as much of the work ourselves as possible. We would like to keep the sink in the same location if at all possible to avoid invasive plumbing work. There is a finished basement below this space. We've done one kitchen reno before and used Cliq cabinets, which we really liked and would probably use again, but are open to other suggestions. We've started removing cabinets and walls obviously, so excuse the unfinished appearance!
[Current state photos]( https://imgur.com/a/ETfOyYq ) [Ikea rendering without any cabinets]( https://imgur.com/a/ETfOyYq ) [Ikea 3d images, no cabinets] ( https://imgur.com/a/ZJQx1ko ) What would you do in this space? Any creative ideas for the issues mentioned above? Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| Tips for changing floor in a rental? Posted: 24 May 2020 08:45 PM PDT I am renting, and it is all carpet. I know I can't tear up the carpet and replace it. I would like to have tile over the floor because I have so many pets. Are there any tips to getting something tile-like to put over the carpet? Like a roll-up thing or something? [link] [comments] |
| Need to dig out and fill in a little grassy area. What tools do I need? Posted: 24 May 2020 11:48 AM PDT Hi there! Just as the title suggests, I have a strip of land next to my garage that used to have landscaping. I've ripped out the bushes that used to be there and now there's a little bit of rock and a whole lot of weed. I would like to dig it out and put in some pavers. What tools will I need? Mostly looking at what I need to put down in terms of weed barrier? I included a picture for reference! Landscaping Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| Advice on concealing an ugly wall heater in a way that is safe/renter friendly? Posted: 24 May 2020 09:34 AM PDT I'm moving into a small studio (bay area) and I really like the look of having a dark accent wall, which I would like to try to accomplish using removable peel and stick wallpaper. This is the wall I really want to cover (due to placement in the room and also because it is the smallest and therefore the cheapest to cover), but as you can see there is a large, white heating unit in the middle. I'm pretty clueless about interior design but I'm assuming this would look pretty bad in the middle of a dark wall. Any tips for how I can disguise the heater in a way that is safe and also non-permanent? I'd like to just also cover it with the wallpaper but I don't know if that's safe to do or if the wallpaper would stay on. I live in California so the heater won't get a ton of use but definitely some in the winter. Appreciate any suggestions! [link] [comments] |
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