u/augustfire420

So just below the first picture is the main house shut off valve then we have the whole weird union going into the meter then back up and out. After that we have another shut off valve, the blue one. What kind of union is this? Is this the best way to do this? Do we need two shut off valves? My FiL wants to put the main shut off in the crawl space but I think where it is now is the better spot.

This eventually hooks back to the water heater.

My FiL thinks this is a dehumidifier attached to the end of the furnace, is that what this is. Is it necessary? Our crawlspace is soaked with humidity. The house sat empty for 2 years.

So the insulation around my ducts are just full of water, we had heavy rain about two weeks ago and now a hot snap up to 90s outside. No air is running, the ac is broken and we have it shut off at the breaker so I imagine there's no vent leaks causing it. And we don't have plumbing running to the property at the moment so I know it's not a leak. You can see there's some small drips but really all the water collected in this one section that's like a water sac.

Before we fully move in my husband will take this all off and rewrap it but I'm mostly concerned with keeping this from continuing to happen. Would a fan down there moving the air around be sufficient at keeping the condensation down, we have so many other projects going on I don't know that a dehumidifier is in the budget rn.

This thing is full of water and it's leading into the furnace. I'm so confused because we just bought the house and it sat empty for a year, there's no utilities on other than electric and the AC unit doesn't even work we have it shut off at the breaker.

So the first picture is what was under immediately after pulling up carpet (sorry I didn't think to get a wide shot). My husband did one pass with I think 80 grit. There wasn't a thick layer of sealer on and no crazy unleveled parts. I thought the drum sander would be overkill and as a beginner he might gouge the floor. There are some parts where you can still see a stain or two, he's gonna hit the floor one or two more passes before a finer grit. What do we think? Recommendations or opinions?

I did go around and punch any nails I could see.

I'm not sure what type of wood this is, it's not pictured here specifically but there's a couple spots with decent garage gapping and a lot of holes from the tack strips. What type of wood filler should I get for sanding and refinishing?

So I was told the big thing is a meter, I was quoted $2000 to replace the valve before and after the meter but they were awful to communicate with and couldn't get an answer about if that included replacing the rest of the pipping.

Rough estimate how much should replacing this cost? There's no water running to the house and my husband will be gutting it and taking the heater out for them they'll just be reinstalling the heater with new pipes and the exhaust vent.

We pulled up carpet in our 1960s house and found what looks like hardwood underneath. The pieces are about 2-3 inches wide and 2-3 feet long (estimation I didn't measure). Roughly 400sqft it's the living room, dining and hallway. One room has the hardwood that was sealed as well but it's heavily stained and we're doing carpet since it's a bedroom. I think the stains are from a dog the house does have a smell and it got worse once we ripped up carpet.

My husband's fairly handy would it be more cost effective for him to sand the floors and us to prep, stain, and seal them or just put done laminate planks? I don't think it will take him more than a day to sand and renting an orbital would only cost $100 for 36 hours. Should would go for and put in some sweat equity first? Then we can always bailing and getting plank floors?

Edit: okay I have decided no more drainage holes and instead will get nursery pots that can be set inside the mugs!

So basically what I'm thinking is if too is going on or there are too many options I might be making things look messy and confusing. A part of my booth is selling some easy starter plants in mugs or glasses that I've drilled holes into. As you can see that plant itself is in a plastic cup that I've placed into the mugs. I was offering them as just the plant, or the plant and mug for more. I think it was kind of just confusing for people, so should I just preplant them into the mugs and call it a day?

Edit: despite the lack of sun and warmth I just sold my second highest priced item!!!

Of course my first outdoor market is cold and rainy. I'm freezing my toes and fingers off lol. Anyways pic for tax

Tomorrow is my first farmers market so this is what I have at work with!

The mugs are so sale and will have plants for sale too you can buy them individually or discounted together. The peg board has chalkboard paint so I'll write prices directly on it. My business sign will be done up cuter and the cork board will have photos. The only thing I'm not sold on is if my big board should be up on the round table or pushed back to my main table so that I can put my business sign more forward.

I will be getting a fitted under sheet in the future.

Edit: wow y'all are so rude first of all, I'm looking for help. Lots of people suggested just a plain background and when I stated that didn't work for this and it didn't have any appeal to me you immediately decided that I must not want help instead of giving literally any other suggestions. I'm clearly willing to take help in fact I'm going to be getting chalk board paint today like one user suggested so I can draw on it directly and change it if needed.

I have mentioned in the comments and I'll say it here too, this is one small part of my entire set up. I will also have at least one plant their displaying the use of these items along with multiple picture on a cork board next to it.

This Saturday is my first real craft tent at my local farmers market. I make trellis' and plant accessories, while there is an abundance of "plant parents" here and people who are interested in house plants there's nothing for people who need plant supports locally besides the plant green stuff at lowes and menards. These are my absolute most basic designs and not the pretty ones that will be displayed more individually to accent their beauty. Thoughts? Is it overwhelming? I painted it myself since I thought vines would tie in the theme that the trellis' are for "climbing" plants.