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Be Excellent To Each Other.
From eyeglasses, to office chairs, cherished childhood stuffed animals, and trinkets and toys. Doors, walls, furniture and floors, popcorn ceilings and ceiling fans. Appliances, kitchen utensils, drills, chainsaws, and machines of all ilk. Someone here is going to try to help you fix it when it's busted.
What we do
We strive above all to be a sub that provides a community service, and as such we hold ourselves to certain standards. Keep the comments on-topic, you can make jokes, it's fine, just don't go off the rails. Do not market anything here without asking the mods first (spoiler, we're gonna say no), don't be posting links to Amazon.com with affiliate codes in them either. Don't post about things you've already solved or made, /r/DIY is a better place for that.
Passing good fixes forward
Further to this goal of providing a service; If someone's comment provides you with a working solution to your issue (or if you just plain figure it out for yourself) post a comment singling out what the solution ultimately was and please flair your post as Fixed. Hopefully this will let future readers learn from our collective successes.
Posting for Maximum Effect
When you make your submission, post a detailed description of your issue and the friendly users here will do their best to sort you out.
Do your best to include:
A detailed description of the problem.
Detailed photos are often a plus. This can mean, for example, close up photos of a part as well as photos from farther back, and/or different angles, which give significant context.
If there is a part number or a model number on something you suspect or know to be at issue definitely include that.
A description of the event(s) or circumstances that lead up to or were present at the time the issue arose.
Safety
There are things that are too dangerous for us to handle here. This can include certain electrical jobs, or natural gas plumbing jobs for example. Rule of thumb, if there's any reasonable chance you could get hurt or killed if something went awry you'll probably be directed to find yourself an expert.
Basic Decorum
Don't engage in racism, sexism, creeedism, homophobia, transphobia, or general assholery. The banhammer is swift and unforgiving.
Last but not least. The Prime Directive
Above all else: Be Excellent to Each Other
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/r/fixxit -- two x's, they do motorcycles over there.
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I accidentally spilled water into my outlet
I threw a kettle full of water on the floor, largely wetting the outlet. I have turned off the power. When will it be safe to turn it back on? After it dries, will I be able to use the outlet again?
19:40 UTC
Sunken addition issues
During our storm surge cleanup in south FL we found that the addition on our house is actually sitting below the driveway and concrete path next to our house. The concrete is visible below the wood frame here. There’s a step into this room that clearly used to be a car port or garage before the addition was added. Naturally this room has had water issues in the past and we even had the exterior repaired from a waterproofing company. With seeing inside the walls now I’m worried water will always win the war. Looking for recommendations on what to do with this room.
19:17 UTC
Tighten Gap here?
Hi all, how can I tighten the gap here through the floating TV stand, through the wall. Afraid the gap will get worse over time.
19:13 UTC
Cracked shower tile
We have a cracked tile in our shower stall. Should this be replaced? It may be a difficult one as the shower window is also attached to the tile.
19:08 UTC
Can't get door handle apart any advice?
Had to replace this door handle at work since it was crooked and wasn't functioning properly. Trying to fully dismantle it to see if I can fix it, but the handle lever won't release from the rest of it
18:54 UTC
What kind of hinge pins could I use to set this cabinet door
This cabinet my father built a long time ago lost its hinge pins and I’m having trouble finding something this size. Am I looking wrong? What should I be using to secure this?
16:55 UTC
Water damaged floors
Anyone know if can get this out? It's been almost a month and 've used a dehumidifier in basement underneath this area and have stopped the source of leak month ago. a bought oxalic acid but don't want to make more mistakes
16:24 UTC
Screen Door Latch
Hi, I'm having trouble figuring out a solution for a latch to keep this magnetic screen door secure. I was thinking of some sort of claw hardware drilled into the door frame to latch onto the handle here, but cannot find anything. Any thoughts? TIA!
15:47 UTC
This is fixable?
I was playing and then this happend ou of nowhere
15:16 UTC
Help fixing a shorter light on my fish tank
Hello,
I am building a fish tank/aquarium and as I was buying the light, I accidentally bought the shorter light online.
The width of my fish tank is 40cm, the light I bought is 28cm and can be stretched for up to 38cm so now i cant put the light on the fish tank, so my light us now around 2-3cm shorter on both sides to fit on top of my fish tank.
So for a quick solution, I found 4 metal pieces around the house that fits the holes on the side of the light where the original pieces were, then I used duct tape to attach all pieces together and now the light holds and hangs well, but it just does not look good and it is bendy.
So to help u get the idea, the picture shows:
- Is the original pieces with that holder that sits on the sides of the tank
- Is the metal piece I added (2 each side) and then used duct tape to attach them both together so the light can sit properly on the tank
- Is the light itself
Obviously as you can tell im not an engineer... so can someone please share a simple and creative idea on how can I have the light to sit properly on the tank while not having it look like it was done by a monkey with a hammer?
Thank you in advance, note that I might be limited in resources... I thought about using clothes hangers or clips and such but couldnt reach to a conclusion.
14:17 UTC
Uncle ran into garage frame
Any suggestions on fixing this?
14:06 UTC
Outside of the fridge has condensation where the freezer is
Single door whirlpool fridge, old, no signs of damage or door seal breakage, also the sweating is reserved to the two side walls on the outside and its perfectly round exactly where the freezer cavity is on the inside. the surface there seems to be colder than res of the surface. What might be the issue? time for replacement?
12:52 UTC
Shower rod saga
I have another post where I asked for advice fixing this shower curtain rod that maintenance workers tore down and won’t put back up. I bought a black and decker drill driver, and attempted to reattach the rod.
Well, it’s up. Kinda. Something is wrong because the end covers won’t slide over. The rod is curved so maybe I put it on backwards? Am I missing a tool like a laser or leveler or whatever will get this in the right position?
11:02 UTC
Water Geyser Not Giving hot water.
Hi, Can any body tell whether the tap direction is correct for inflow and outflow.
Hot water not coming from tap.
09:16 UTC
Made the error of buying a Samsung Washer Dryer... List of replacement costs after 3.5 years
09:00 UTC