r/DIYHome

Took a long time, but it’s finally done. My wife and I are both in medicine so we have had to live 7 hours away from each other but we found the weekend time to add this beauty to our backyard. Built from reclaimed brick, sweat, and so many body aches. Love how it turned out.

Do I fill this with sheetrock all-purpose joint compound first? Then apply primer then paint? This is a bathroom with poor ventilation that had chipping paint and we scrapped it off

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I’m trying to vent out a ceiling fan through the sidewall. Initially I was going to wall vent in the bathroom but that was before I realized I had lowered ceilings.

The second picture shows 6” clearance. The stud is indicated in red. The second floor joists are above the old ceiling (I checked with a bore scope).

The ceiling frame is a 2x4.

My question is can I make a hole for a 4” duct to vent out in this space? Do I need blocking to fortify the ceiling frame?

Also I might have to take a piece of the wall frame too since 2x4 only gives 3.5”clearance. I’ll need another 1/2”

Or do i just do a through the wall vent?

Any suggestions or advice appreciated

Hello all. Recently moved into first home and currently do not have enough money to do a complete floor demo / replacement. I’m looking for a (temporary but semi long lasting) solution for my kitchen floor. I am considering putting down peel and stick because quite frankly I have already dug out tile fragments from my foot twice when it chipped off while walking - I have a two year old and a kitty with little toe beans- it’s not safe. Like I said I cannot afford to have the tile removed and replaced. Any advice or experience with peel and stick or another solution for mending the cracks is appreciated. I do not know the brand of tile as this was already here when I moved in and I do not have extra. I do hate this floor and the color and do not wish to replace just the cracked tiles.

Hi all! My partner and I live in a basement apartment in California. A cold winter is expected, so we are trying our best to winterize to keep down costs in our space that has zero insulation. Last year, we stuffed a blanket into the cracks of our front door. But we want to be more efficient this year. Any ideas for two broke folks who aren’t handy? I’ll add a video in the first reply.

I’ve always been somewhat handy, but tile isn’t something I’ve done before. I demoed this bathroom this weekend and have some questions about the shower. It’s one of 3 bathrooms on the first floor of our house so it’s seldom used, but it is on the entry hall so I want it to be nice, which is my primary concern as it’s never been showered in the past 7 years we’ve lived here.

That said, in the spirit of doing it right, I’d like it to be as spacious as possible. Behind the shower insert is a pocket door. I know the obvious thing to do would be put of a 2x4 wall and just go on with waterproofing. But, the shower is pretty shallow, at 32” deep. A 2x4 wall, go board, and tile would put it under 27” appropriately. I know we are splitting hairs, but could I do a 2x2 wall to fasten the go board and tile to? Can that handle the weight? Will the extra 2 inches even be noticeable? Any other ideas? Removing the pocket door isn’t an option, per my wife.

Thank you for your thoughts!

How well did I do for my first time? Don’t mind my helper in the background—he really didn’t help at all. 😂

I’m building a cabinet/shelf. What type of wood should I use? I will be removing the existing wood that’s on top for plywood. Need something that can hold weight as I will be sitting things like mixer and toaster and etc on top. Thanks in advance.

Is priming necessary for these? Painting them a dark green, planning on using a cabinet paint (Benjamin Moore Advance Waterborn Alkyd). Would sanding be okay or do I have to worry about the new paint actually sticking to the old paint?
Thank you!!

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Chapter 2, a home theatre, 3D printed parts, motorized projector, home decoration, and DIY electronics -- I spent alot of time figuring out how to control different actuators and such via microcontroller to control the tilt, roll, pitch, and translation of a projector. If you know of anyone else that might be interested in this stuff, sharing to others would really help me out! Hope to see you around here or YouTube :)

So, I made a closeish model in Ikea kitchen planner and I am unsure if it looks okay.

There is a radiator next to the fridge model and I did think of doing an L shape at the bottom units. Would this look okay or look a bit rubbish?

Also, for the hob and oven. Do you think the placement is okay or does it look cluttered? I included a real photo of the kitchen room we have as a blank canvas.

The cabinets don't sit flush together because of the lips sticking out at the front ends. When I looked up cabinet filler they're all thin narrow boards, so do I just put on at the back end or is something supposed to fill this gap entirely?

I’m installing a Lutron fan dimmer. I assume I have the hot wire wrong since I can’t get any power at all when I try. That, or maybe it’s with the fan itself.

Please look at my wiring and can you tell me what I’m doing wrong?

Looking for help taking the white insert out of this recessed fixture. I've tried pulling on it, maybe I need to pull harder? There are clips on the light socket but I can't see anything else obvious. I want to remove the insert and install retrofit inserts.

I replaced the cabinets in this kitchen, but was limited to the L-shape that didn’t match the previous cabinets. (The old corner piece filled this section). I’m not planning on replacing the flooring in the kitchen for another year or two (at least) and am trying to come up with an easy diy solution to filling this void that won’t absolutely make me regret my choices when I eventually replace the floors. I was originally thinking about doing a mosaic type filler, but would need to have something below the tile to match the height. The gap below the cabinet is about 1.25 in.

We purchased a “beautifully renovated” home that is one issue after another. We’ve been trying to clean out clogged sink overflow drains and this one isn’t cooperating. We’d like to remove this drain cover grate thing, but there’s no clear way to take it off. I’ve tried sticking something into the grate to try to gain purchase in case it’s screwed in—no luck. I’ve tried prying it up—no luck.

Is anyone familiar with this style of drain cover? I’d like to get it out without destroying or damaging the sink.