Home Improvement: Help! I put a bong in the dishwasher |
- Help! I put a bong in the dishwasher
- [Advice needed] Botched paint job, or am I a perfectionist?
- Can't drill through beam. Need help.
- Quick question about documenting home improvements
- Repair ideas for wood stair crushed by refrigerator during move?
- Chosing a flooring
- Moisture under underlayment subfloor damp?
- found in basement of old New England home. plz ID, thnx!
- I have a tiny shower and need walls or doors (30"x30")
- Master bedroom
- Bad for house to leave windows open?
- Water dripping out of bathroom vent fan
- Attaching air register to heating duct question
- Redo bathroom grout or silicone caulk
- Best type of fence to keep burglars out?
- How can I find the fish tape in the wall?
- Is the metal vent in the back of my dryer (inlet grill I believe) supposed to be hot to the touch?
- Cover Mesh Drywall tape seam
- Help with heating!
- Water Damage / Mold - Significant? Dangerous?
- Bump out shower for more room [$$$] or keep as is [$]?
- Mold in shared wall of townhome
- Old LED array light flickering
- Weedeater sliced right through the painted foam trim piece on my pillar.
| Help! I put a bong in the dishwasher Posted: 23 Oct 2020 09:19 AM PDT Hey everyone, so I (very stupidly) put a bong in the dishwasher and ran it. I should have done my research beforehand. The issue is that now the dishwasher smells and all my dishes are coming out slightly sticky. What is the best way to fix this so it runs like normal? Would a Dishwasher Cleaning tablet like Affresh work? Hopefully others can learn from my stupidity and not do this! Thanks in advance! [link] [comments] |
| [Advice needed] Botched paint job, or am I a perfectionist? Posted: 23 Oct 2020 08:06 PM PDT https://imgur.com/gallery/PnkocSx Someone in my family recently had their bathroom painted by a professional. They paid pretty much top dollar for our area (Connecticut) for fixing imperfections on the walls and painting them. They previously had a closet painted by the same guy, and they talked to him about some mistakes he made there, and he said he'd do better on the bathroom. After he was done, he said he did the best he could given the condition of the walls. I've repaired and painted similar walls and gotten better results and it appears it just needed some extra sanding he didn't bother with. The painter was essentially told to do whatever it took to make it look good and not to worry about how much it cost. Are we being perfectionists or is this unacceptable? TL;DR: paid a lot of money for professional painter, we think it looks pretty bad, are we just picky? Thank you for any help! Edit: painter was technically a general contractor (previously a professional painter) and saw the room and told us fixing the walls was well within his abilities. Specifically charged for wall repairs/prep and painting. [link] [comments] |
| Can't drill through beam. Need help. Posted: 23 Oct 2020 02:48 PM PDT I'm trying to mount a TV. I located the beams and marked my drill points making sure they were level. When I drill, I get through the drywall, then I hit the beam, drill through the beam, and then I hit what feels like a metal plate that I just cant get through. Haven't had this problem before. Any help is appreciated. Thanks. [link] [comments] |
| Quick question about documenting home improvements Posted: 23 Oct 2020 06:20 PM PDT I was wondering what you guys use to manage all the paperwork from home improvements like bills from contractors, licenses, other documents.... In Belgium it is mandatory to keep records of all (big) changes so I was wondering how you guys do this. Thx for the input! [link] [comments] |
| Repair ideas for wood stair crushed by refrigerator during move? Posted: 23 Oct 2020 05:41 PM PDT Luckily the break was clean - but the movers dropped my fridge on my wooden stair step, causing the following break. How can I best repair this? Any particular glue or bonding method that anyone would recommend? Thanks! https://ibb.co/CQCM1Dj [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Oct 2020 07:49 PM PDT I'm putting about 1000 sqft of flooring down and I think that I've found the one that I want to get. The only thing is that the only pictures I can find are the stock photos on the site, no customer reviews and its not in stock so I can't actually get my hands on it. Probably a shot in the dark but anyone ever personally use this flooring or know anyone who has? I've Googled the floor and there's not too much [link] [comments] |
| Moisture under underlayment subfloor damp? Posted: 23 Oct 2020 03:04 PM PDT Hi all! Hoping for some feedback here or advice. We're getting new floors put in (RevWood Select FWIW) and I've been peeling up the old click together cheap laminate stuff. One thing I noticed is our whole first floor where this stuff was been, the subfloor has water marks ALL OVER (slightly damp) Not soaked, but like there's water there. There was also residual moisture between the laminate and the foam underlayment. So moisture between the laminate and underlayment, and the underlayment and subfloor. It's above a finished basement. Sheetrock ceiling down there w/ no insulation or vapor barrier to the first floor joists. My wife cleans the floors by using a microfiber mop, but she sprays copious amounts of water/vinegar (sometimes with small dose of bleach) on the floors via spray bottle then mops. Never dries it, let's it air dry. No broken pipes, leaks, etc. Is this humid basement air driving up? Warmer more humid first floor air driving down to cooler basement and condensing? Or too much water being sprayed while mopping? With new floor going down (waiting for subfloor to dry before new goes down) Want to make sure we stop doing something or fix something so this doesn't happen again. TIA for any advice! [link] [comments] |
| found in basement of old New England home. plz ID, thnx! Posted: 23 Oct 2020 08:22 PM PDT |
| I have a tiny shower and need walls or doors (30"x30") Posted: 23 Oct 2020 08:30 AM PDT https://imgur.com/gallery/x1xTJqC We just bought our home in the Hudson Valley and need to install shower doors/wall/glass/whatever in this tiny shower. We thought it would be easy, but due to the fact that the tray measures 30x30, it's not easy to find glass under $800. I found a lot of options that are 31.5x31.5 which is the dimensions if the glass were to sit right outside of the tray - is that even possible? We are trying to find an economical solution but are coming up with nothing. We even talked about getting a bigger tray but with the work that would take, I'm guessing it would end up being as expensive as getting custom doors. Any insight is appreciated. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Oct 2020 06:33 PM PDT Hi all, question for anyone that has remodeled a master bedroom. 1) should I do the doors before the walls? Or doesn't matter? 2) the new floors would be different then say the hall way right now until I can afford to do the entire floor later- is that still doable? 3) should I change my windows at this time as well? 4) blue board and pasted or drywall? Thank you for any thoughts here and if you've done it before. [link] [comments] |
| Bad for house to leave windows open? Posted: 23 Oct 2020 07:40 PM PDT I just bought a 100 year old home in MA with old hardwood and softwood floors throughout. The house has AC, but the air feels amazing this time of year and I like leaving the windows open. Apparently, however, the humidity is 90% outside right now (it doesn't feel humid, it's just nice cool air). Am I damaging my house by leaving the windows open and letting that cool humid air rush in? It feels so good. [link] [comments] |
| Water dripping out of bathroom vent fan Posted: 23 Oct 2020 04:41 PM PDT I woke up this morning to a small puddle of water on the floor of my bathroom directly under the vent fan. After watching for a minute I confirmed that the drops were coming from the vent. This is the first time this has happened in this house (I've only owned it since August). My first thought is that the vent duct is not properly insulated in the attic. It's been relatively cold the last few days (I live in the upper midwest) and over night we had our first dusting of snow. Warm wet air condensing in the duct makes sense, but no one had showered since the previous evening so I'm not 100% sure about that. I also know that the duct empties into the attic, it's not vented through the roof (that's on my list of to do's). Any other thoughts as to what might be the issue and what to do to find out? I appreciate your thoughts. [link] [comments] |
| Attaching air register to heating duct question Posted: 23 Oct 2020 03:24 PM PDT Hello, I'm looking for some HVAC advise within my home. I live in about a 1,400 sq ft. home (basement and main floor same size) and having some issues with keeping one half of my in a comfortable temperature range. The upstairs stays nice and toasty throughout the Minnesota winter as each room has one or multiple heat vents in it. The basement however has only 1 vent on the other half of the basement from my office so my office is noticeably colder in the winter unless I keep the space heater running about 12-16 hours per day. In the following linked image I have a heating duct (right side) that is about a 12ft run from the furnace that runs through my office to the guest bedroom. My question is would to be applicable to safe without causing issues to attach a heat register to it? [link] [comments] |
| Redo bathroom grout or silicone caulk Posted: 23 Oct 2020 03:15 PM PDT I am looking for some advice on the right way to fix the cracking grout in my bathroom. I am in South Florida in a pretty small place where they squeezed in a second bathroom with a stand up shower. There is little ventilation and here in Florida mold is pretty standard afaict so nice wide channels I can clean along the edges where walls come together is a priority. Moved into the place about 2 yrs ago and noticed the grout in the standup shower is dry and cracking in plenty of spots that are going to take on the shower water. So I didn't really want to mess with grout and figured caulk around all the edges and call it a day. Enter handyman who does a terrible job. It didn't look like any white silicone caulk I've ever seen and mold seemed to grow on it a lot faster than I expected. So queue round two for this job. I pulled all the caulk out & I'm back where I started. What's the right way to get this job done? Re-grout? Re-grout & caulk? Thanks in advance. [link] [comments] |
| Best type of fence to keep burglars out? Posted: 23 Oct 2020 08:59 PM PDT I'm currently renovating my home and would like some ideas for deterring burglars. I currently have a 200 linear ft chain link fence that runs from the front to the back of the house. It's 6 ft tall, but that hasn't stopped some people from jumping the fence, stealing a bike, and jumping said fence again with the bike. Ideally, I don't want anyone to climb the fence anymore, as I have some fairly expensive upgrades for my home now (glass doors and windows especially). The area that I live in isn't exactly high crime, but it's located near a nature park, so there is a lot of joggers, bikers, etc that pass by. I could eliminate the problem altogether by installing a 6ft pointed wrought iron/aluminum fence, but dishing out around 10k isn't really what I want to do. What are some alternatives that I can use to mitigate the problem of people jumping the fence? [link] [comments] |
| How can I find the fish tape in the wall? Posted: 23 Oct 2020 12:43 PM PDT TL:DR Need to find a way to locate the fish tape in my wall, without cutting even more holes. Back story: So I had the orange PVC tube installed during the build to run cables back and forth from above the fireplace to the right wall. At some point I got 2 HDMI cords jammed in the tube and couldn't free the jam so I gave up and ran the cord across the mantle and across the floor. I just put up the foax shiplap and really want to get that cord ran again... after cutting 5 effing holes in the right wall, still no luck locating the PVC so I gave up and cut into the ceiling. I then cut a small hole into the PVC and freed the jam... only problem is that while I was trying to free the jam months ago when I first did it, I managed to rip the PVC into 3 separate parts. So.... I'm trying to get a string ran from the hole in the ceiling where I can access the PVC still, to the right wall which is where it's broken on the right side. I've managed to get the fish tape and camera that I attached through the PVC and get it into the wall (goes from PVC to insulation and wood) but I really don't want to cut more holes to find the fish tape. I was going to attach a "Tile" to the fish tape and then remotely activate the tile so I can hear it in the wall, but the Tile is too wide to fit. I've got the Magnepull coming tomorrow, I'm going to try and attach the plum to the fish tape, get it into the wall, and then hopefully blindly find the plum with the magnet. Does anyone have any suggestions to find the fish tape? Or to help with the run in general? Because it's been nothing but fun... I've sunk 2 hours into it just getting to the right wall. [link] [comments] |
| Is the metal vent in the back of my dryer (inlet grill I believe) supposed to be hot to the touch? Posted: 23 Oct 2020 08:07 AM PDT So this is probably a stupid question... but I live in an apartment and we noticed our dryer was running hotter than usual and a faint burning smell was coming from it. We contacted maintenance and they said the exhaust vent is probably clogged and they will come back to clean it out today. When I was feeling around the inside of the dryer, I noticed the metal vent in the back was very hot to the touch after it had been on. Like, I couldn't even have my finger on it for a second type of hot... I just wanted to know if this is normal? I mean, it's a metal vent inside a dryer that is being blasted with hot air, so I'd imagine it's probably normal, but I don't go around feeling the insides of dryers very often so I just wanted to check. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Oct 2020 06:33 PM PDT I've got this visible seam from the mesh tape that somehow snuck through the joint seams on my ceiling. Any ideas how I can fix this? I have a feeling that priming/painting will not hide this. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 23 Oct 2020 06:10 PM PDT So I live in NE WI and rent a three bedroom home. Too much for me and my girlfriend but got a great deal on rent. We have baseboard heat and last winter our electric bill was nearly 400 a month even though only 3 heaters in the house remain on all the time. We close off the upstairs so I know heat isn't escaping there. There is a fireplace but it's in a large living room that doesn't get used. The back side of the fireplace however is the dining room wall. My question is, are there any other good options for heating the first floor that won't be breaking the bank? [link] [comments] |
| Water Damage / Mold - Significant? Dangerous? Posted: 23 Oct 2020 08:20 PM PDT Hey all. I'm in NS, Canada. I rent. The apartment I'm in is first floor with other units above and on either side. This photo is of above my shower in my bathroom. I just noticed this today. In my shower the tile stops at about 6 feet from the floor and above it is just drywall. The box portion I assume covers water pipes or the exhaust pipe from my dryer (which is on the otherside of the wall). The wall underneath the box is shared with a neighbor (I believe its also their washroom). I know this is water damage and mold. I'm not sure, and don't know if it's easy to tell without opening up the wall, if this is just caused by moisture in the bathroom or if there is a leak in the wall somewhere. I'm wondering (if you can tell by just looking at this) if it's easily fixable to clean the mold and patch up the damage or if it's something I'll have to get the landlord involved with to have someone come in and gut that area to repair it? I'm immunocompromised and have MCAS, so I don't think I want water damage or mold just chilling in my apartment, but if it isn't a significant amount of damage it might not be worth the effort to repair it, you know? Any help is greatly appreciated. [link] [comments] |
| Bump out shower for more room [$$$] or keep as is [$]? Posted: 23 Oct 2020 03:13 PM PDT Any experiences that you can share when upgrading your bathroom on a budget? I am currently renovating a home and am deciding on whether to add a bit of sq feet to the bathroom or keep as is and use the money for something else. The current bathroom size is very similar to this: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/22/a2/71/22a271fe426fff06bbd4cf9dfe5bb88b.jpg
But, by bumping out the shower approximately 60sq feet, I can get something that looks a little more like this: https://oneweekbath.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/small-white-bathroom.png
It would cost between $2000-3000 to add the little bump out to the house. Is it worth having basically 3 extra feet of walkway for the bathroom? Although the extra walkspace would be nice, I can't help but think that I could use that extra $2-3k to get some nice porcelain tiles, a claw tub, and a rainfall showerhead instead of some basic ceramic tiling and a fiberglass bathtub. [link] [comments] |
| Mold in shared wall of townhome Posted: 23 Oct 2020 08:05 PM PDT If you suspected possible mold in the shared wall of your townhome, would you open it up? I recently moved into a townhome where there was some mold in the wall area between the garage and storage room. Mold remediation company removed the entire wall in that area due to the interior dry wall being infested with mold. They suspect there might be mold in the shared wall near that area as well, but have advised against opening it up as it might not be worth the cost. I was confused by this on a few points: - Is mold a concern for possible structural damage in the shared wall? Mold company didn't seem to think so. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! [link] [comments] |
| Old LED array light flickering Posted: 23 Oct 2020 05:47 PM PDT One of the lights in my house is slightly flickering. I opened up the fixture and realized it's an old LED array light (http://imgur.com/gallery/A820g8p). From an initial search, it seems like these are pretty outdated and hard to replace. Curious if anyone knows: 1. More history on what this light type is and why it was used. Just curious! 2. Does the flickering mean it will die soon? 3. If the light is on knob and tube wiring, could this indicate a dangerous issue with the connection? Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| Weedeater sliced right through the painted foam trim piece on my pillar. Posted: 23 Oct 2020 07:53 PM PDT I'm a new homeowner and while I was trimming my grass by the front door, I thought I could trim right up to the wall and it just sliced right through this decorative skirt thing on my front pillar. Does anyone have any experience with this issue? I've included some pictures. Literally moved in a week ago, this is my first house. Really bummed. Trying to get into contact with the builder to see if they'll tell me exactly what I need to do, but I'm not expecting any help. Does anyone know if I can replace the whole white part myself? Gonna try my luck with this expanding foam but idk how the paint will look. Thanks for any help guys, I'm really at a loss. [link] [comments] |
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