I don’t really wanna kill a spider for no reason but is this a poisonous spider? It’s on my ceiling right now is it prone to bite? What kind of spider is this? He’s about an inch and a half in diameter give or take
Driving around my neighborhood, I live in the Midwest. I often see garage doors that are only semi cracked open like the garage door is 6-10inches lifted. Maybe a foot. Is it just coincidence? Or is that something that people do to help keep the garage cool, am I missing out on some cool house hack?
I'm looking to mount a gate here. I'm thinking of mounting a piece of wood to the wall and then mounting a gate to it.
I noticed the corner of that wall is metal since I can stick a fridge magnet there. Since it's metal I'm thinking of drilling in between the metal corners.
Does anyone know if it's generally strong enough to mount a gate there? Any suggestions on the best way to do this? I'm really interested to know what it looks like behind the wall behind the paint.
For mounting, I plan on putting 6 to 8 drywall screws or anchors into the wall. Any particular drywall
Is it religion ? a matter of supersition ? against bees or some others bugs ? why, why ?
First am in Eastern Europe but the things and materials I use should be available everywhere in the world. I am building the facility for my relatives. And I got the idea to document the construction process.
Question for the members of this subreddit, is this something you would be interested in
hearing about? Do you think I should document that process via a video?
Why am I building a Home like this?
the price
construction permits (are not needed or are much easier to get because it is "temporary")
easy to work modification and subsequent repair
If you have any other questions please ask.
New apartment. Struggling to find perfect layout.
Bathroom and bedroom is on the 2. Floor. The bathroom on the pic just just an empty room for storage, trash etc.
Planned to put a big fridge into the room... But because of my inability to measure and thinking "should be fine" it's not fitting trough that door.
So now it's there in my living room. Good for guest to grab an easy fresh beer, but I don't think it can stay there. If no one as the idea of the century with that I'll probably just replace it and get a new one.
So I would love some layout ideas and get inspired.
(Yellow cube painting is planned to be replaced with an completly dark green wall soon)
Thanks in advance!
They used to use this little thing to run along my house to get to my bird feeder which Ive since removed, but I still see them at night running on here. How can I deter them without killing?
I know the door is dirty. Mostly remains of my dog that passed away in February. I haven't had the heart to clean it yet.
Everytime it rains we get a whole bunch of water in the basement and this is the cause. How can I fix this?
-new inexperienced home owner
I just purchased a house with a retaining wall and dirt keeps seeping out of the weep holes
Is this something that I should be worried about or a sign of a structural issue in the retaining wall? Is there something I should do other than just sweep away the dirt periodically?
Pretty unfamiliar with the exterior of a homes maintenance and upkeep, but I noticed the gutters were missing some drainage runs so I set out to replace them today. While I was about to start working on this one, I noticed vents and some separation in areas of the underhang from the roof.
Can anyone help out with explaining what these vents are for and how serious the separation and spots seen in these pictures are?
This seems pretty isolated to 2 areas of the underhang both near where an addition was previously built onto the house.
The attic was dry when we did inspection about 2 months ago after a week or so of rain every day. Haven’t been up there since move in.
Thanks!
This year I've noticed more and more ant hills forming in my front yard. I suspect there's a giant ant hill below as there are multiple entrances. I have put down some Trizaicide down with my spreader but didn't seem to work as I saw the hills return a week later. Is there any surefire way of killing them for good? Would like to ensure my yard doesn't get damaged in the process if possible.
There are some stains on my wall (newly painted about 4 months ago) and I touched it up with roller brush using the same paint the contractor left behind.
It has been 30 hours since and it still looks wet. I am in perth and the temperature these few days range between 10 to 18deg outside and a bit rainy.
Is this normal? Do I have to worry?
I’m building a G+1 house in India. The first floor will have one small rental unit (1BHK), while the rest of the floor is for my family’s use.
In the attached floor plan, the green circle marks a possible door from the rental bedroom to the covered front balcony.
My architect has not provided a door, mainly for privacy. The tenant would still have windows for light/ventilation and roof access if needed.
My mother thinks I should add the balcony door because tenants would enjoy fresh air and it would make the rental unit more attractive. If there are any issues, we could always lock the door later.
My concern is:
Privacy for my family.
Tenants sitting in the front balcony all the time.
Hanging clothes or storing items that affect the appearance of the house.
Noise and security.
If this were your house, would you:
Keep the balcony private (no tenant access)?
Give the rental bedroom direct balcony access?
Do something different?
I’d especially like to hear from homeowners, landlords, architects, and people who have rented out part of their own home.
Found this yesterday in my living room on the ground floor of my home. I noticed the ripples in the wood, and when I touched it, it just caved right in. The damaged section is about four inches wide, the wood outside of that feels solid. I haven’t seen damage anywhere else in the home. Our patio is on the other side of the wall, and there’s a small wood rack about a foot from the house. There are only a few pieces of wood on it, but I even checked those and don’t see any damage. Would love any input, thank you!
Many budget, and other common brands, use fiberglass in their memory foam mattresses. It's used to meet fire safety compliances, but is not required to be disclosed by any regulations.
It is a huge hazard, and safety risk if the fibers ever get out, either by washing or aging. Any type of agitation to the mattress could send the fibers into the air, and stuck to your clothes. The contamination can be as bad a bed bugs, and spreads very easily between fabrics.
It can cause inflammation in your lungs, and severe irritation of your skin.
Please double check about whether your brand might have fiberglass, and consider getting another brand or a fully zippered hypoallergenic mattress protector.
Hello, so my partner and I are panicking because after few months of moving in we decided to remove the bed cover and give our mattress a sit in the sun. However we were shocked when we found out that bottom part of the mattress is full of mold while the top part is all clean and I think the landlords were trying to hide it by flipping and covering it with a cover and we regret that we didn't check it earlier. Now we don't know if its fixable or if it's too late to clean it?
Also I don't know how it is possible since our house doesn't have any leaks, we never spilled anything on the bed, and our room is most of the time dry.
Hello. Need some advice on how to paint a small wall. I have roller brushes and normal brush and masking tape as well As the right Matt wall paint. Other than roller it on, is there a need to tape the cornices and skirting before painting near them? What about the external corner edges. Can I just brush or roller it outward at the edge? Pls note This wall is newly painted (4-5m old). The patch is because i screwed it up and painted wrong colour (used skirting paint rather than wall paint)