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Hi all, just looking for some advice.

Have a delicate kitchen cabinet which im looking to hang onto the wall.

It literally just came with 2 small screws and although jm not planning on putting anything heavy in it id still like it to be properly secure.

Newbie to DIY- any advice on how to hang this cabinet securely to the wall? Ideally flush to the wall if possible.

Thanks

I had an island extractor fan there before and now need to create a drop ceiling to install a ceiling fan

Can anyone recommend any instructions / advice, have a plasterboard ceiling drop needs to be 40-50cm and the fan is this one - https://www.appliancesuperstore.co.uk/aeg-ndc7721sb-120cm-ceiling-cooker-hood/?_gl=1*qxjmov*_up*MQ..&gclid=CjwKCAjwqJXUBhBNEiwA8BgG7jcDav15Lv8s2om-9h-KCyZ-vTra4nE4MPbCNFaG6L7Q69oDkgMfEBoCY9MQAvD_BwE&gbraid=0AAAAADHQOXeDlTGJ0OmXspC7FjV4c2t6g

i have the ducting and electrics in place from old extractor fan

thanks in advance

hello, i am in need a a privacy screen for my cat litter box, but i cant buy one and have no idea how any of like diy stuff work i’m hoping its close to free as it can be here are the example

please lmk what you think

In a new home and our closet doors have these metal and wood staple looking things coming out of the bottom, making it impossible to open the door with even our low pile rug there. Any ideas as to if they are some sort of guide/ sweep or if they are manufacturing staples meant to be pulled out? Unfortunately our rug cannot be pushed out of the way due to the size of our room.

What should I do here? what do I fill in here to make this look flush and get back to looking like a normal bathroom?

I have sanded this pice and I think I have messed it up can anyone help please!

We've been trying to install this mount for days and have even tried a different part of the wall and every time we try to drill in the bolts it stops halfway. We have gotten one bolt into the wall successfully, so I know it can be done. What is going on?

Edit: SOLVED

I am unsure if you simply get snips or similar to grab the head and pull it out, or they have to be drilled out? i need to remove a couple of panels to drill the stone wall behind. i do have some replacement plugs, are they similar to the car ones, remove the central pin then grab the shank to pull out the body?

I dont have any kind of artistic skills so i just tried to use the lines in paint to make this. From where im from, we really have to be resourceful as we don't have much access to equipment like the cages specifically designed for trapping animals or containing animals.

Ive been with rescuing animals with the org that im in and we commonly just use animal carriages that you commonly bring in a vet clinic or something, but its a bit different with snakes because one of the most dangerous snakes here in my country is a philippine spitting cobra. The container that we use on dogs and cats are not ideal for it and what we commonly use is just an empty water gallon. Putting the cobra in there using the snake tongs is hard without an assistant.

To give some kind of reference, the philippine cobra can grow up to 1.5 meters. There is also an occasional king cobra, that one can grow up to 3 meters. The commonly used snake catching equipment like the snake tongs is not exactly beginner friendly and you still have to put it on the water gallon container which in my opinion is not ideal for a beginner or a very scared rescuer such as me.

So i thought of something, maybe i should just take advantage of their behaviour. From what I learned from my org, snakes prefer to not crawl backwards so using some kind of tube is a great choice. Im also thinking some kind of a slinky tube or any kind of flexible tube so that I can entice the snake to go inside the tube and then to the container/cage. It also helps that the tube is small which they might think its a confine space. Confine space = safety for them.

Another thing is a snake tongs. Using a snake hook is fine for me, if its a non-venomous snake that is. I don't have the balls to use a snake hook against a venomous snake, not even the tongs because the very first time that i used my snake tongs on a largest rat snake that i found, my hands is already shaking because the snake is large enough that my brain keeps telling me that its a cobra even though its just a non-venomous rat snake. The variant or custom tongs that im thinking is maybe similar to a snow shovel that i see on movies, but instead of a hard concave shape, im thinking about a net similar to that of a EZ nabber that veterinarians uses on aggressive cats so that it wont be hard on the snake. So essentially, an EZ nabber that has a long handle.

I still don't have a measurements in mind on my sketch that i made in paint. Im still thinking what kind of materials that i can use and what materials that are available in my town. Im wondering what kind of materials you guys can suggest, preferably ones that are easily accessible? The sketch might not be great but i think its good enough to get the point across especially that this is just one step of my plan hopefully.

How do I fix this? I’m trying to add a latch so I can fully close my door. There is a dried clay white ball in the middle that I don’t know if I need to remove. I just want to be able to use my door knob properly and lock my door. It is an interior door. Any help would be appreciated. Please know that I’m not very handy or have a lot of tools.

All the screws in the hinges are tight. Each of the hinges on the jamb have one long screw. I’ve tried bending the top hinge after taking it off since there isn’t space to bend it with it on, but these hinges don’t bend and the paint just gets damaged. All the other doors in the basement close just fine. Any ideas? I’ve tried watching multiple YouTube videos, other Reddit threads but nothing works. Sanding it down won’t be easy since it seems to be such a large area.

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Hi everyone, we recently had our bathroom renovated. Overall it looks great, but there are a couple of things I'm not sure about. One is the bath. The plumber silicon sealed the top and side edges of the bath, but not the base. Considering the bath is right next to the shower in a wet area, I'm wondering if we should seal the base to prevent water getting under the bath and potentially getting mouldy? You can see in the picture attached the edges that are sealed in green, and the one that isn't in red.

When the cabinets were installed the rod was just the right length. Adding hanger weights certainly contributed towards the sagging in the middle. But without adding a center support or replacing it with a longer roof, how can I fix this?

I’m trying to use a knife but it’s not working and causing more damage.. thanks!