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How to finish trimming door in brick opening?
Question is how to finish this door trim so it looks well done.
This brick opening was a bit oversized in width and height and now leaving me with some extra gaps around my brickmoulding.
In hindsight,...
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Any tips for installing sleeve anchors in concrete?
I was helping a friend install stirrup posts into a concrete slab for a deck. We ran into some surprisingly frustrating issues with installing the posts using sleeve anchors. I'm wondering if anyone ...
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Weird stain on cieling = water damage?
I noticed today I have this strange stain on my cieling (see the picture below). It's not easy to notice, at first I thought it was a shadow. The stain is about 3-4 feet long, 3 inches wide at most.
I ...
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Kitchen hood problem
my kitchen extractor fan has stopped working and I'm trying to figure out why.
It started when the light and the fan wouldn't work at the same time.
Then, sometimes the fan would stop after about 30 ...
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Warped slat boards -can't really get them level and flat -can I use Fast-Setting, Polymer-Modified, Cement-Based Patching Compound to flatten them?
There are products in this category named Fast-Setting, Polymer-Modified, Cement-Based Patching Compound that can be applied to wood floors to fill up gaps and imperfections. They are not self ...
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How to protect NMB next to new metal vent
I'm cutting a hole through my exterior walls to allow for an exterior vented microwave fan for kitchen smoke.
The NMB cable powering the microwave is in the same cavity as the hole, and may end up ...
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Metal Eletrical Back Box Keeps Stripping Threads from Screw
This is my first time posting here, so I apologize in advance if I'm not doing it correctly.
One of my metal electrical outlet back boxes keep stripping the threads from the screw whenever I tried to ...
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Aerator replacement - unknown non-threaded type?
I have a faucet without aerator (the way I got it). It seem to be non-threaded - something to slde on, friction held one? There was a loose plastic ring with a crown inside. No thread inside. The OD ...
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What type of material is this under my kitchen?
I have a crawlspace under my kitchen. There appears to be something that is covering the joists but I have no idea what it is.
My question is:
What is this material?
Is it moldy?
If I want to ...
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How can I stabilize a parquet wood floor laid over uneven cork subfloor?
I made the mistake of starting off using cork under parquet to even out slightly ridged subfloor rather than doing all self levelling compound. Unsurprisingly, the floor is bouncy and a bit uneven. ...
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Help identifying home water shutoff valve
I'm trying to identify the water shutoff valve for my home. I believe this is the line where the water enters my home, however turning the valve to a close position does not stop the flow of water to ...
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Safe way to mount ~500 lb swing to 2×6 ceiling joists? [duplicate]
I want to hang an indoor swing rated for up to ~500 lb of people from a finished ceiling with 2×6 joists (drywall below, open attic above).
I’m considering two approaches and would like feedback:
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Where to connect a Blue C wire at the furnace?
I’m trying to hookup a smart thermostat. Right now I have a thermostat with just the red and white wire hooked up at the thermostat and furnace. I do see I have the blue common wire but not used in ...
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Can I screw cement board directly to a cinder block basement wall and parge the cement board?
I have this painted cinder block foundation wall in my basement and I would like to make it smooth, I am wondering if I could screw cement board to the wall with tapcons and then skim the cement board ...
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Removing metal bathroom niche
There is an old metal niche in my 1937 home right by the sink. I’d like to remove it, but I cannot figure out how to unhook it from the wall.
It was painted and I removed the layers of paint and there’...
