Home Improvement: Staying at my in-laws for the holidays. They say they have to.... refill their water heater or it will turn off? |
- Staying at my in-laws for the holidays. They say they have to.... refill their water heater or it will turn off?
- Anything you regret when having your kitchen remodeled? (Aside from bad contractors)
- Where to start with these medieval-looking kitchen cabinets?
- How to attach register cover despite stripped holes?
- Flickering Light While Electric Service Is Turned Off
- Hot water line hooked up toilet. Should I correct?
- Spilled purple plumbing primer on laminate floor.
- I keep finding black debris inside the walls and in the ceiling fixtures. What is it?
- Accidental removal of asbestos tiles by FIL ughhhh
- Advice on whether this can bear weight?
- Will self-leveling concrete fill this crack?
- How to install built-in dishwasher temporarily without cabinet
- Shower Door Frame Weep Holes
- In this situation, does insulating garage doors make sense?
- Should I reach out to my builder about this cracked concrete porch?
- Is this 2 layers of drywall? Or something else?
- Anyone every extended their roof to a small covered porch? Curious on ballpark cost of this.
- Water heater will not light
- Needing some assistance.
- How to paint former accent wall
- Help! Moisture-ruined wall in bathroom
- Any way to adjust microwave door to not hit the cabinet next to hinges when open?
- Central Vac Help-turns on and off (Electrolux)
- Water pooling on top of decking
| Posted: 20 Dec 2020 02:52 PM PST Last night their hot water heater turned off because it ran out of water. This sounded completely off but they brushed it off as a common necessity for older water heaters and that newer ones have an auto-fill function. They said they had to do this in their previous home also. I'm 95% sure this is incorrect and there's something wrong with their water heater but don't know enough to say for sure. Is this actually a thing or is there something wrong with their water heater? EDIT: So they told me wrong the first time. It's not the water heater they have to refill, it's the furnace. They're in the northeastern US so have steam boilers for heat. [link] [comments] |
| Anything you regret when having your kitchen remodeled? (Aside from bad contractors) Posted: 20 Dec 2020 04:10 PM PST |
| Where to start with these medieval-looking kitchen cabinets? Posted: 20 Dec 2020 07:09 AM PST Hello! Been browsing here and learning quite a bit. I'm brand new to all of this. Closing on my first home in the next week and the kitchen is the thing I'd like to renovate first. I hate the kitchen cabinets, they look like something out of a Medieval Times dinner show to me. I think changing them would be a good start to a kitchen facelift. I'd like to knock those wooden buttons off of the doors, fill any divots left by removing them, paint the cabinets and doors white and update the cabinet/drawer pulls. I'm wondering if the plank style of the doors is still going to look weird/dated? Would it make more sense to buy new doors to replace the existing ones? What would you do here? My dad is a residential contractor and has done quite a bit of this kind of stuff so I'll have some help when I get him to come up and visit. Thanks in advance for your help. :) Edit: missed some details. [link] [comments] |
| How to attach register cover despite stripped holes? Posted: 20 Dec 2020 04:03 PM PST I'm having trouble attaching several wall register covers securely because the holes in the sheet metal are stripped. I can't just change the angle of the screw a bit to make a new hole because this has apparently been done before: there are actually several stripped out holes. Is this a common problem with a standard solution? [link] [comments] |
| Flickering Light While Electric Service Is Turned Off Posted: 20 Dec 2020 08:30 AM PST Long story short, I moved into an older (1965) house recently and while I was in it at night, prior to the power company turning my service on, there was one light that remained dimly flickering when turned on. No other lights or outlets had this symptom. Besides demons, what would cause this? [link] [comments] |
| Hot water line hooked up toilet. Should I correct? Posted: 20 Dec 2020 06:22 AM PST Hey all, I'm redoing the powder room on our first floor. We bought this house a year ago. While turning off the valves to the bathroom I noticed that a hot water line is hooked up to the toilet. Im picking up the subfloor so will have access to the line. Is it worth bringing in a plumber to correct? [link] [comments] |
| Spilled purple plumbing primer on laminate floor. Posted: 20 Dec 2020 04:20 PM PST Finished a bathroom renovation today and felt really accomplished. The high didn't last long though - Walk into the adjacent bedroom and see that I must have knocked over the Oatey purple pvc primer and it had spilled a bit on my laminate floor. Unfortunately it had sat there for a day so it had plenty of time to dry. Looks like it has eaten through the first layer of the laminate. I was planning on cutting away the excess, sanding down with super fine sandpaper, then maybe filling with something and staining? I figured I would reach out to you guys to see if anyone else has made this stupid mistake or has any ideas Edit: got a fair amount of comments telling me that the floor is ruined. Expected as much to be honest. Considering that the Damaged area is only about 4 inches long I'm wondering what I should do now. Obviously I'm not going to replace the whole floor because of this one spot but is there anything that I can do to make it less noticeable. Sand it down? Fill it with something and Stain it? Any ideas are welcome. Including the rug idea. Ultimately I'll be renting this bedroom out though so I'd like to do something that makes it a little less noticeable if possible. Thanks guys. [link] [comments] |
| I keep finding black debris inside the walls and in the ceiling fixtures. What is it? Posted: 20 Dec 2020 08:42 AM PST How do I identify these large black flecks? I just bought this house in the spring and I keep discovering weird gray stains in corners of the carpet and trim, and black debris like this keeps appearing. I've replaced a light fixture and the next day the new fixture has this black debris sprinkled inside. How do I figure out what I'm looking at? https://imgur.com/hcqQ8YO https://imgur.com/fiq7I6o [link] [comments] |
| Accidental removal of asbestos tiles by FIL ughhhh Posted: 20 Dec 2020 01:07 PM PST Currently remodeling a house built in the 60's. I suspected that the old tile in the basement had asbestos in it but my FIL went in and scraped all the tile up before we tested or even learned a safe way to remove it. Now there's broken pieces of tile, dust and the black adhesive left all over the cement floor. We want to eventually put carpet tiles down but I have no idea how to safely remove the remaining pieces of tile glued to the corners of the room as well the insane amount of dust on the floor. Any ideas? Will the messy removal that already happened pose a threat to being in the basement to finish the work? edit: it was tested after the fact, the tiles contain asbestos [link] [comments] |
| Advice on whether this can bear weight? Posted: 20 Dec 2020 07:46 AM PST Hi everyone! I live on the second floor of a house that has opened up the third floor to raise the second-floor ceiling. The result of it is a very open concept space and a wall by the door that has extra room on top. I want to use the space up there as additional storage. I'm thinking to lay out 1/2" rough spruce boards cut to size and putting IKEA Besta frames as storage. I cleaned the area up there and this is what it looks like before and after. What do you guys think? Will this system be able to bear weight? Thanks! [link] [comments] |
| Will self-leveling concrete fill this crack? Posted: 20 Dec 2020 09:41 AM PST I'm in the process of laying a new tile floor. The previous floor is up, old adhesive removed, and now I'm ready to pour some self-leveler to correct the dip in the floor. I have this ~1/4" crack (possibly gap?) around the perimeter of the slab I'm working on: https://imgur.com/a/LLC0CmE - I'm not sure the story here, looks like it might have been poured this way. There was a tile floor installed previously that covered it. The previous owner looks like they filled most of it using tile adhesive. Anyways, will my self-leveler work (Mapei Self Level Plus) fine pouring over there or should I fill it with something else? I'll be using Schluter Ditra Uncoupling Membrane once the self-leveler is down and the surface is acceptable [link] [comments] |
| How to install built-in dishwasher temporarily without cabinet Posted: 20 Dec 2020 06:19 PM PST So I just finished hacking out the 17" cabinet next to my sink to make space for a 24" (standard) built-in dishwasher. I removed it after finding no good way to take the countertop off without removing the cabinet (there are litres of caulk poured all over it), and the countertop was 1" too short to fit a dishwasher. I'm planning a bigger reno come spring, and simply don't want to have my kitchen torn apart with a pending lockdown over the winter. What's my fastest/easiest option here? Are there prefab boxes? Is it likely I could grab an old enclosure at ReStore and drop it in? Or is building a little box out of plywood not that hard? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Dec 2020 06:15 PM PST I just had a shower door installed on top of my tub and realized there are no weep holes to remove the water. Should I just drill holes on near the edges and towards the center into the tub? [link] [comments] |
| In this situation, does insulating garage doors make sense? Posted: 20 Dec 2020 08:09 PM PST We've recently moved and our spare bedroom gets crazy cold; it's exposed to almost all external walls, plus the floor is above our garage. I'm thinking the garage doors are the least insulated and therefore, could benefit the most from adding insulation. Any suggestions? [link] [comments] |
| Should I reach out to my builder about this cracked concrete porch? Posted: 20 Dec 2020 07:50 PM PST I bought my house 4 months ago and I noticed today a crack in our front concrete porch. The house is just over a year old. Is this purely cosmetic or something I should be concerned about? House is still under warranty with the builder but don't want to bother them if it isn't an issue [link] [comments] |
| Is this 2 layers of drywall? Or something else? Posted: 20 Dec 2020 02:39 PM PST I am fixing up water damage in a wall, peeled and cut my way thru, and ended up with 2 exposed layers. I would like to know what these layers are and how to repair them. If layer 1 is drywall as I suspect, I can patch it with a drywall patch. What about layer 2? Of course I could be all wrong. First time doing this. You can see the 2 nails, what i think is a wood frame, with insulation between it, then covered by layer 1 which is nailed in, and layer 2 which appears to be adhered to layer 2. What are the layers, what's the best way to go about repairing it? Edit: more information. This is an addition put on to the Attic in the 50s the house was built in the 30s. I am inside looking at the wall. There was paint on top of it all. Exterior wall. [link] [comments] |
| Anyone every extended their roof to a small covered porch? Curious on ballpark cost of this. Posted: 20 Dec 2020 07:32 PM PST My idea (top, house I am buying), Bottom is inspiration, welcome opinions. The house is a bit plain but I think this could make it pop a bit (along with shutters and paint ) I am having trouble finding any type of range for a porch/extending roof slightly for something like this (especially a smaller one). Same question for doing something like extending the siding to wrap around the door. Thanks! Anyone ever** [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Dec 2020 04:39 PM PST Hello, im having problems with my water heater. Its about a year old. The pilot light works, but every time i try to ignite it, it blows a big flame but will not light. I changed the thermal coupler, but that wasn't the problem. The problem persists. Any advice would be great. My husband is a electrician but he has never had this problem before. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Dec 2020 06:49 PM PST Hey everyone! I havent made a post since my Deck question which was luckily answered to exact precision by you lovely redditors. So here I am, back again with another question on my next home improvement goal. Here's the situation, I'm living in a house built in the 80s.. it was essentially a bachelor pad in the middle of the woods, sitting on 100 acres. The problem was, and still is.. the last owner didn't keep up with it due to depression. He essentially neglected the repairs over the last 40 years, so here I am... catching up slowly but surely. And upgrading things as I go along. Things I have done so far:
Things I want to do: - Tear up the kitchen floor and replace with the same type of flooring.(The kitchen is roughly 150 SQFT and covers the laundry floor as well), how much am I looking at to pay someone to come handle this? Is this where i contact a major provider such as llowes or home depo and get estimates?
I'm also wanting some tile work done on the kitchen, as grout and cracks have plagued it.. As you can see, I have my hands full and I'm not really a DIY person. This is the FIRST time I've ever been tasked with such hands on things, I was babysat through the electrical work but managed to pull that off nicely. I'm just trying to see if some of these things are realistic for me to do myself or if I should begin to look for help, and if so . Where should I start? Any assistance, would be greatly appreciated. TDLR: I have a 2000 SQFT house in the middle of the woods that has literally the same design from the 1980s, all wood.. but things are falling apart. I have about 25k to put into fixes, so money isnt to much of an issue. I just want things to be replaced so it's new, but nothing overly fancy. I'd like to keep it with the same rustic "cabin" feel it has now. Pictures: Home improvement https://imgur.com/gallery/nWqszQb I should note, I'm living in this house alone. No kids/wife.. it's on roughly 109 acres of wooded land, trailed out. [link] [comments] |
| How to paint former accent wall Posted: 20 Dec 2020 04:26 PM PST Okay, I'm losing my hair over this! We are painting our living room. It's our first time painting this room since we moved in. One wall has lines on the paint, which are 18" x 18". I thought it was wallpaper which had been painted over. We tried removing a small section by scoring and wetting. It pulled off the top layer of the drywall. We've also tried to dry peel a bit with a utility knife to figure out what we're working with, and it's about as thick as two or so layers of paint. Is it even possible for wallpaper to be that thin? We've tried: -Painting over the line, as is -Sanding the line and painting over it (in this case it looks like some of the paint gets absorbed into the line) -Sanding the line and then spackling and sanding, and painting over (in this case, you can see the difference in texture; have we not sufficiently sanded) Each of these looks worse than the last. We are not using primer. We are using Benjamin Moore paint. Any guess what the heck these lines could be from? And how to get rid of them when we paint? Could be as simple as using primer, but I've never used primer. [link] [comments] |
| Help! Moisture-ruined wall in bathroom Posted: 20 Dec 2020 07:36 AM PST We are retiling the bathroom and removed part of the trim to find this underneath. It looks like part of the wall is molding/rotting from bad sealing on the tub. Can someone help me identify exactly what the problem is and any tips on how to repair it? [link] [comments] |
| Any way to adjust microwave door to not hit the cabinet next to hinges when open? Posted: 20 Dec 2020 02:42 PM PST Just finished installing Ikea cabinets and cover panels and microwave is 30" set up with the proper "microwave" cabinet above but the model of microwave still rubs on the hinge side and we can fully open it, we have shimmied it over for about an inch gap between the hinge side and the cabinet and it still hits! Here's an image Anything we can do to allow it to open without taking apart my entire kitchen cabinets surrounding the microwave, I also really don't want a large noticeable gap. OR Is there any way to adjust the microwave door to not fully open so it doesn't hit? Thanks Samsung, it's been hell lol 😑 [link] [comments] |
| Central Vac Help-turns on and off (Electrolux) Posted: 20 Dec 2020 02:39 PM PST Hey all just purchased a house that came with a central vac but went to use it and turns on and off intermittently. It is an Electrolux. Wondering if anyone knows what could be the issue. I followed a couple of YouTube videos where it says to take the head off and adjust the contacts but that does not seem to be the issue as I brought another hose over and doing the same thing. Looking for any troubleshooting ideas before I call technician [link] [comments] |
| Water pooling on top of decking Posted: 20 Dec 2020 04:13 PM PST TL;DR: looking for an easy fix for decking put down without sufficient spacing. Hey all, First home purchase, and the deck seems to have been put in without enough spacing between planks. Wondering how we can fix this. Water from snowmelt/rain is pooling and not draining in between planks. I was able to get a scraper in between a few boards and clear out the pine needles/dust to allow for draining in 2 or 3 spots, but for the most part they're too tight to even get a scraper in. Any suggestions for a fix? My thoughts were that we'd have to try to pry the deck off and reinstall it with correct spacing? Is drilling drainage holes between planks a bad idea/asking for rot? Thanks so much! https://iili.io/KYbAQe.jpg [link] [comments] |
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