I’ve been building the railings for my deck and have been using 4x4 PT Pine for the posts and 1x4 PT pine for the rest. I beautifully sanded all the pieces assuming that you want the wood looking and feeling pristine before staining. I’ve picked out my stain, and as I look up best practices for application I start seeing that you shouldn’t sand above 220.

I sanded up to 600!

I haven’t applied any stain yet, but am I screwed? I’ve spent a lot of time on this project (tooo long if you ask my wife) and transporting wood is no easy task because of my vehicle. Is there a way this can turn out nicely without starting over?

TLDR: can I de-sand?

In a rental property and a number of years ago had a leak that took a long time to identify and fix.

Resulted in bubbled paint and mould that eventually i cleaned up (the mould) but not the paint. Real estate agent came and looked ad said its a big job and cant just be painted but rather needs to be stripped back and re rendered etc. Did not repair..

I am sick of how it looks and would like to attempt to scrape all this off and paint it over. Catch is i am looking for the easiest least time consuming and cost effective way to do it. I dont mind if its not the best ever job...

Any help would be epic :)

I purchased this used trailer, the tailgate is currently being held shut by the ratchet strap.

I don’t want to continue using this strap, how would you keep it closed? I don’t have access to a welder.

I purchase a desk and it has some white spots that seem like paint falling off. I have used dark old English (not any change) and scratch markers to try to fill these white areas. Not much success. What is going on how do I fix. Not sure.

Recently purchased a home and the previous homeowner has a dehumidifier in the basement draining into the main sewer line via a hose duct taped into a removed cap on a clean out.

I’d rather not have an open sewer line in the basement, so my question is: Can I reroute the hose into the sump pump pit? It seems like it could discharge into there and then the pump could pump it out if got too full, also testing the sump pump periodically. This is my first experience with a sump pump, or a basement so I feel like I may be overlooking something that would make this a bad idea.

Sry about my English. But I’m going to remove the microwave and install under cabinet range hood. There is a gap without title on the back. What should I install on the back

Please give me some suggestions for the light in my kitchen. Thank you all

Put in a new floor, now my fridge is an inch too tall to go back in this spot. I can't figure out how to pop this cabinet off, no visible attachment points on the inside beyond a couple screws I already removed.

I'm trying to replace my (ugly-ass) recessed lighting with lights that install with torsion springs, but there's nothing to hold the springs in place. Any advice?

Need help building a room in my garage.

We having a hard time figuring what to do

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Located in basement. House was built in the 1920’s. Thinking mice are getting in through there.

Also, was this a common design for old house foundations? I don’t understand why they would design it like that…

So I am finishing my basement and I have a return that is basically just sheet metal from floor joist to floor joist. Can I remove the sheet metal and put up drywall? And have it still be proper?

Also is it allowed to install a pot light in the same channel as the return?

Thanks!

Title. Working on having a small garden in a condo balcony. Plan is to add grass turf on top of a base that helps with drainage from watering. Any differences between drainage tiles or mat?

I’m having changes in the water pressure but only the sink faucet. It is a mixed faucet. I had the pressure for the main line checked and it is fine. This issue happens only at the kitchen sink.

When I turn the water on I get full pressure for a second or so and then it cuts to half pressure - there’s a jolting sound in the pipes as if someone else in the house has flushed the toilet or turned on the shower. Pressure immediately reduces to about half of the usual faucet pressure. But there is no one else in the house.

Water employee who checked the pressure for the main line thinks it is this specific device on the waterline that leads to the kitchen faucet. What is this and what might be happening? Is this something I can fix or replace myself? Is it some sort of a valve/pressure valve in the line or in the faucet itself?

Thanks in advance!

Recently bought a house which has a Vent-a-hood range hood which is ducted to a roof mounted exhaust fan. System dates from 1998. Fan made an awful noise one day so I turned it off and took the roof unit apart, turns out one of the blades had fallen off and it's no longer functional.

Trying to work out what my options are to replace the unit on the roof. Vent-a-hood no longer make this unit and their new models aren't compatible with the old models. I have a spec sheet for the roof mounted ventilator unit, it's model RM-1150.

Was hoping someone might be able to point me in the direction of something I can replace this with. I am happy to hire a professional to install it if it's particularly complicated, I'm just not sure exactly what I would need to purchase and which specifications I should be looking at. I have done a lot of searching to no avail. Any advice appreciated, TIA

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