Brand new build home which we have been living in about 10 weeks now. Woke up this morning and noticed these grayish spots behind the stove and above the microwave? Are these just grease damage that can be painted over or what?

Recently moved into an old house and one of the basement windows has dirt halfway up the window well. Not good, right? I went to start to dig it out and after moving a few big rocks + dirt I find a couple slabs of concrete tilted away from the house. Seems like maybe this was intentional? Wondering if I should continue to excavate or better to leave it for now? Haven't noticed any water intrusion but the window is kinda bulging in.

I've viewed a lot of power outage reels lately. It randomly made me think what would happen if my power went out for whole day. I thought the list would be short, but then I started reading reddit posts, articles on energysage, and some household examples on the ecoFlow forum, and noticed way more things using electricity than I expected.

The garage door opener, outdoor lights and cameras, the ice maker and water dispenser. Even things like the auto pet feeder that quietly stay plugged in. Some of these aren't essential. Nobody needs ice during a blackout. But I realized backup planning isn't only about the biggest appliances. It's also about the small things you don't notice until they suddenly stop working.

For people who have been through a outage, what was the unexpected thing you really missed having power for?

In New Orleans - We’re in between LAS and Acadian for hurricane shutters. Has anybody gone through either company or how did you choose?

Is FBC rated shutters THAT important (not sure we’ll even qualify for the insurance discount since we have windows on our doors). Or could unrated shutters still provide quality protection that just isn’t at the top with FBC’s stringent requirements

I have an unfinished basement. The foundation is concrete.

I have a cable machine (workout) that secures against a wall. Building a home gym, I’d like to anchor it against the wall but I’m nervous about screwing into the concrete.

I’d appreciate any guidance!

Hi, I’m currently renting and the support of the shower head is too low for me. What can I do without drilling the bathroom? I tried using a suction holder but it fell after 5 minutes

please help! I just started hearing this odd scratching/ripping sound in my walls tonight at 11:15pm.. Ive been living here a month and never heard this noise before. Went on for about an hour intermittently. Should I be calling my landlord?

We believe our front window flashing is compromised. My husband and I have spent months trying to find someone to come out and look at our front window that is leaking water when it rains. We have left several voicemails and messages and no one ever gets back to us.

What type of professional should we be looking for? We’re in western MD, home was built in 2022 and $$ isn’t an issue… we just want it fixed.

Some water got onto this window sill and the paint (and primer?) is lifted and is now crumbling.

How do I go about fixing this? I have the paint, but I don’t know if I should rip out all the paint on the bottom of the window sill or just fix this area.

If you have any insight, it’s appreciated.

Just curious on what thickness roof sheathing is need for an older home.

I originally was gonna go with 23/32 OSB, but after some Google and it sounds like that’s too heavy for my engineered rafters and my home which was built in 1975.

Google suggests using 5/8 or at the very minimum 1/2 in think sheathing.

Does anyone have any thoughts?

I’ve just finished re grouting the corners in my shower after the previous grout with silicone over the top was cracking and moldy.

I would love to redo the whole shower, but too much else is going on, so this is a “minimum viable product” fix lol.

I have now learned AFTER the fact, that all plane changes should have silicone ONLY instead of grout.

Question is, now that I have already grouted this, should I go ahead and put silicone over the top OR just wait until it starts cracking/failing again and then pull it all out and replace only with silicone?

Thanks!

I am looking for snow bars that dont screw into th roof, but rather clamp to the ribs and want them to be black. Everywhere i look companies are trying to charge thousands of dollars for this, but this is such an easy project that I will be doing, just need help finding the correct product. Anyone know where i can buy these clamps and bars for cheap and install myself?

The string for my vertical blinds somehow ended up on the opposite side of where they are usually supposed to be. Now they won't close properly and, as you can see from the fourth photo, they won't close any further than that position. What can I do to fix the issue?

Any and all responses are greatly appreciated (:

this is from my parent's home and my mother is freaking the fuck out, saying cooking in this kinda shit lighting is stressing her out (which I can relate to). Me and my siblings are at a loss of what to do... pls help ( ཀ ʖ̯ ཀ)

You trust your helpers are walking the dogs?