I just recently had smart vents installed for intake around my attic. I noticed that bugs could possibly fly under and possibly get into the attic. Is there some kind of mesh or protection I should add here?
Looks like there's potentially a hive in one of my gutters. My contractor wanted to spray it, but I don't want to do that. How do I get someone out here to potentially locate the queen and get them away safely? Anybody know a good beekeeper that could help me out before I get stung?
Hi 1930 Tudor in the PNW here. I’m curious how many other century homes out there have no insulation too. I got some quotes to insulate, and I’ll need to get a roofer to add some intake vents before that
Part of me wants to keep it without any insulation rather than change the roof to have a bunch of vents. The look of the house may change with adding box vents and intake vents. Anybody else go through the same thing?
One thing to also note is I live in western Washington and we a very temperate climate so it’s not unbearable without insulation. It’s just not vas comfortable during the really hot or cold days
I have a crazy steep roof (I think maybe 14-12 or something wild)
I need to add intake vents (I’m thinking smart vents). How much would it cost to add around 4-5 of these smart vents around the house? I’ve marked where the vents will be added in the pics. Is this gonna be thousands?
Just curious, what would be a reasonable price for this place?
I live in a very narrow Tudor house and the attic is right about the window. I’m planning to get a roofer out to add some intake vents since there’s no soffits. How would intake vents be added on a strange roof like this?
I’m guessing smart vents may be the way to go since it’ll add a gap halfway up the shingles? Are there any other options?
Dusting off this old meme. Get your eardrums ready guys!!
I guess there’s been complaints or he needs to reach a quota. Seems like every few days he’s there
While I don’t like people speeding through that road, it’s definitely hard maintaining a 25mph speed on a downhill
It’s cute but pretty small
I have a slow leak in my basement when it rains really heavily. I’ve diverted the downspouts to be far away however, I’ve noticed that there’s a lot of sitting water so I’m guessing the water is just sitting up against the basement.
How should I grade the area in front of the house? The house is already on a slight incline as you can see from that picture. Should I try and make that incline more pronounced so it runs to the right or should I grade it where it runs outward instead?
So I have a downspout which gets hit with a ton of water whenever it downpours. I have the end of the gutter pointed into a rain barrel so that I can have a hose dump the water 20feet way. However, when it rains hard, the water pours to fast to make it in the barrel
Any advice for now to avoid this? I was thinking of attaching the gutter to a thick pvc pipe and having that run the water away but unsure how to attach a gutter to pvc seamlessly
I went ahead and hit the test button and it’s still making ticking sound. It only stops when I turn off the breaker. Is this dangerous will I need to replace the old GFCI outlet or could it be a more serious issue with the wiring?
my electrician used a junction box that is fed off of a 20A circuit. The wires going into the junction box are all yellow romex but he added a white 14 gage wire from this junction box to power a single light
from my research, I'm seeing this could be dangerous because it's on a 20A breaker. Is this true or is it okay since it's just a single light?
The two sistered joists run through the middle of the house and pick up a lot of the structural load. The hole is also on the very end close to the rim joist. Could this cause any issues?
Hi, I got my parents fifa tickets to the game on wednesday and was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for lunch places to go to before the match. We'd prefer a simple place with lots of seating where it's quick and easy since we may be pressed for time
I know there's a decent amount of places around Pioneer Square so wondering if there's a quiet place to head to before the game. Thanks in advance!
Edit: we'll be coming from West Seattle and will be taking the water taxi if there's anything good around the water taxi terminal!
Hi, 1930 tudor here. I’ve been trying to figure out the best stuff to use to mop my 100 year old hardwood floors. I’m a little particular because they’re so ornate and have the wood inlay in them. What kind of stuff do you guys use?
Shoutout to everyone in this sub for helping with some of the decision-making. I’m pretty relieved it’s complete and pretty happy with how it turned out
Hi, 1930 storybook tudor here. I tried to keep it somewhat period correct. How’d I do?
I just updated my bathroom to be more period-correct for my 1930 tudor. I can’t seem to find a bidet seat for my toilet that wouldn’t look like a modern eye sore. Anybody got any recs?
Hi, I just recently got a bathroom added and the contractor added a bathroom fan exhaust. I got a handyman to add the hole in the brick and then seal it. Seems like he may have just used some generic calk. Is this okay or would you have done it differently?