Looking to have my kitchen redone and swap where my dining room is with my kitchen. I am looking to have the kitchen moved along with 3 walls removed (2 load bearing) and was wondering what a reasonable quote would be for what is described. There would be approximately 300 sq ft of Brazilian cherry replacing existing tile and the whole first floor sanded and refinished. There would be approx 32 linear ft of cabinets and a 5x7 island with quartz countertops. I know some of the cost is in the details but I’m looking for a ballpark quote and am located in metro Detroit. TY!

I started digging my garage floor which was mainly sand and gravel. After about a foot of shoveling I found these tiles of cement. I bet they're asbestos. I already contacted my local authorities and they will tell me who to contact to dispose of them. Meanwhile, can I carry on with the digging wearing an ffp2 mask or is this insufficient protection? I uploaded a picture of it on another post.

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Hello,

A lot of dried black mold was recently discovered on the ceiling which covered an upper closet in which were stored important packages/cardboard boxes. Of course, the mold was not there when the packages were initially placed inside. Turns out the house has problems with the roof which caused water during rain to get inside the house and that's what caused the mold on the ceiling.

Most of the packages/cardboard boxes now have some sort of black dust on top of them. Some show circular spots as if a large drop of water fell on them and dried up. Others only have the black dust on the top (the boxes were generally quite close to the molded ceiling, but not touching it directly). If I take a wet paper towel for example and wipe over the black dust, the white paper towel will turn black.

The boxes are in otherwise good condition, just with that strange black dust on them. They show no signs of being rotten etc.

So, I wanted to ask if the cardboard boxes are now permanently contaminated or if it's possible to clean/save them and take them with us without risking a health hazard.

Thank you for your time.

Photo: Concrete stain

It almost looks like some fine white dust is covering half the tile? I tried pressure washing but nothing happened. I'm guessing its efflorescence? But the shoe print is throwing me off a little bit. Any idea what this stain could be and how I could get rid of it?

I accidentally put a hole in my sink and, since I can't afford to replace the whole sink at the moment is there a long term fix for the hole or do I have to replace the whole sink?

We have a kitchen island and we would like to install a ranged Hood over it. This is a two story house. The ceiling over the kitchen does not open into the attic. Is it possible to do a hood installation?

Picture for reference: https://imgur.com/a/ojW1bQD

I had a grout company out to clean up my bathroom tile floor grout and recaulk around my toilets and baseboards. We had no prior issues, just getting everything fresh to prepare to sell. 2 of my 3 bathrooms look and smell great! One looks fine but has a new, distinct smell of urine. Again, never have I smelled this in the bathroom before. It's happened immediately post grout and caulk. I am known to have a very sensitive nose and sometimes I pick up smells incorrectly, but my partner also noticed it when I pointed it out.

Any idea why new grout and caulking could create a urine smell in my bathroom?

I bought a Bosch dishwasher, the height doesn't fit into the space where an existing dishwasher is placed. It's 1/4'' short.

I have a granite countertop supported by plywood underneath, and 2 "beams", one at the front as part of face frame, another at the back as cabinet back. Here is an image for what I'm talking about (the red circled pieces) https://imgur.com/K9dtk8H. I don't have drawer, door and shelf as in the image, instead I have an existing dishwasher in place. The new dishwasher can fit in if I cut and remove these 2 beams.

I wonder if it is safe to do that. Are they supporting the countertop as well?

I have a concrete block building, about 630 square feet, that I use for a garage, gym, and music room (I'm a drummer) There is insulation in the attic and there's one wall where I had large windows removed that is insulated. Other than that it is entirely uninsulated concrete block. I have been using small space heaters to make it bearable in there in the winter, but I'm thinking about putting in a mini split so I can have better heat and a/c. Is that a good idea to put that much money into heating and a/c before getting it insulated? It's just so much more expensive and time consuming to insulate it. I'm not really sure what I should do. Would it make sense to run the mini split until I can afford insulation?

Hi everyone, we’ve lived in our home for two years now and I am just noticing how much water collects on our ceiling after a shower. We have our bathroom fan on the entire time before, during, and after the shower. And I think it must ultimately dry out the water pretty quickly after the shower because the ceiling doesn’t look like there’s any mold or water damage?

I just wanted to ask how common this is and if I should be concerned or not. I really really don’t want mold or water damage affecting our house in the future, so any recommendations or suggestions are welcomed

I also don’t know how to add the pic of this within this post lol

What do I do with this bathtub moat??

I want to make my wooden door step match my driveway or at least make it look like cement so What is a good paint/product that i can use that is good for wood and non slip?

I have quite of 17k for a bathroom remodel for a small bathroom 8*5 Other bathroom removing 10sq ft closet to make the bathroom 30 sq ft L shaped to 40 sq ft rectangle: git quote 28K-35k for it.

6 k designer and permit fee

Materials are additional 15-20k

So for 2 bathrooms it is ~85k for 80sq ft. The s it worth it?

What are realistic quotes that have worker for ppl in right budget.?

It feels like a lot higher as the size is small when I see others in the sub mentioning much larger renovations at similar price points.

Just curious...what would be the cost? (ballpark) im in ontario canada. house already has 2 full bathrooms 1st floor & 2nd floor. we are wanting a toilet & sink in the basement.

also..would it have to be directly Under the current bathrooms?

We’d like to upgrade our curb appeal by improving the decaying wooden porch. See photos here: https://imgur.com/a/K6dmZmy Last three are inspo. We’d like a brick base with wide stairs, wooden decking, removing the railing, adding corbels, upgrade the shutters, add window boxes / landscaping, and possibly beefing up the columns somehow.

However, do we look for decking, mason / brick layers, carpenters, or concrete? We’re contemplating doing a poured concrete base instead of the brick and adding thin, faux brick tiles to get that look to save money. Appreciate any suggestions on who to approach for quotes.

We reached out to a contractor who worked on our garage for work we needed done in a closet. The estimate came back 2k higher than all the work done in the garage. We didn’t expect it to be more than garage and if we had to guess we wouldn’t have guessed 2.5k more. Needless to say but we aren’t interested.

Now we are two weeks out from the estimate and out of the blue we are sent an invoice for an estimate fee. This fee is new to us as we weren’t charged one in the past (I’m assuming due to the fact we moved forward with the project), there was never a mention of a potential fee during scheduling, and never a mention of a fee on the new estimate. I double checked the website and there is no mention of a possible fee for estimates but they do not mention or advertise free estimates anywhere. I just asked for proof of us agreeing to these terms but while I wait for a response I can’t help but think there is no ground for this charge.

I’m happy to pay what we agree to, they did great work in our garage and the guy who runs the business is very friendly.

We did have to ask a few times for a quote after the visit as this is a time sensitive project, I get it, we’re all busy, but it took him 10 days to even get us the quote then 12 more to receive this fee. Just to add we asked for a rough quote on an accent wall and never received it.

Am I off here? It feels like he’s just charging us now because we aren’t going to go with him. I don’t know how much time was spent on gathering the quote. What does a typical estimate fee run for a secondary bedroom closet?

Hello World! I’m moving into a 70 years old house and want to refinish hardwood floor and repaint whole house to white. Currently, the floor is all scratched up from over the years and the walls in bedrooms are purple and yellow. I’m planing to to do all these myself so need help with coming up with task list and doing them in order.

1. Remove foot molding
2. Cover walls with plastic sheet
3. Drum sand floor
4. Coat floor
5. Repaint walls
6. Put foot molding back in

Is this correct order?

If I also want to remove popcorn ceiling, when should I do that? Thanks!

I recently had a sump pump installed and because the water tables are very high in my neighborhood, it runs all the time. Unfortunately the best place for the discharge line to be installed was in the front of my house, and I currently have a long, ugly PVC pipe running across my lawn.

Who do I call to make this look better and/or potentially bury it? Is this a landscaper thing or someone else? There’s a very large oak tree in the mix so it’s not totally straightforward and I’m not having a lot of luck with Google helping me find the right pro. I’ve contacted a few landscapers already but haven’t heard back from any of them and am wondering if it’s because I’m looking for work that would be out of their scope.

Thanks for your help!

We had our house painted before we moved in 3 years ago and I’m pretty sure the painters used latex paint on the bathroom walls because they’re constantly showing sticky drips that form and dust sticks to the stick substance.

A quick Google search tells me it’s surfactant leaking. My questions are:

1. Is this normal to happen 3 years after paint application?
2. Is there something I can do to prevent it from happening over and over again? It makes my walls look really bad.
3. If I decide to repaint my bathrooms a different color can I just paint over the latex paint without the same problem happening on the new layer (I may or may not use latex paint. I have to do my homework).

does it come off easily? and what's the best way to remove this? appreciate your thoughts thanks!

https://imgur.com/a/mrC0fDI

I would like to apply a UV protecting film to the inside of some of my windows at home to protect pictures/collectibles from fading and yellowing. Reviews and information online vary. Does anyone who knows a thing or two about windows have a recommendation?

Getting my backyard done and planning to have a pergola built with 2 feet concreted posts.

Pergola dimensions 20x16 feet

I want add two egg chair swings to one end of pergola along 14 feet side

I have few questions regarding this pergola and hoping to seek answers or suggestions from this subreddit

1. Should I use four 6x6 posts or 8x8 posts?

2. Do you recommend four posts, 2 on each side or six posts 3 on each side (along the 20 feet length)?

3. If I add two egg chair swings along the 14 feet side will it be able to hold the weight of two 170 lbs persons?

4. Structurally do you see any issues over time due to swing chairs, do you have any suggestions to the issues you see?

5. Can I keep pergola posts height to 10 feet, if I can’t what’s the height recommendation

6. Is two feet concrete pour enough or do I need more?

7. I’m in California, what wood do you recommend. I’m thinking redwood for now

I would greatly appreciate help form this community

I have a GE stacked washer dryer. After using it twice this weekend, when I went to use it for the third time, the wash went through the wash and rinse cycle but then wouldn’t spin or drain. I took out my clothes out and read it was possible the lid lock and sensor weren’t working correctly. I ordered those parts and replaced them in the machine. I turned it onto spin only and it started spinning. Me thinking it works now, tried another load of laundry. It’s now stopping at the rinse cycle and not draining. I also have a new drain pump on the way but I’m curious if anyone else has faced this issue and what the source of the problem is.

The model is gud27gssj0ww.

We recently bought this house and we have a door in the upper level that leads to a removed deck. The patio in the lower level needs some TLC and we have a garden in the in the middle of the yard that we won't be using. Any ideas of what to make of this experiment? Should we have a small balcony style deck with stairs that leads to a small patio. Large patio with stairs only (Maybe). Any thoughts or examples pics please. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GU_l_xDU6cCmUJAeckHqbt4x6GD7n5fe

Hey all, I recently replaced my capacitor and everything is working, but i was wondering if i could have out the two wires in the wring soot. Any to check this?

I’ve been helping a friend as a second set of eyes as she starts the addition of a much needed bedroom and bath to her house. The plans have been drawn up and agreed on including all the details like tiles. Suddenly her contactor called and said the lowest possible cost was way over his highest estimate. For simplicity, let’s say the estimate was for $75-100k. Before signing the contract, she did her research and found out she could expect to go over budget so she budgeted $125k. She waited to start the process until she could pay with a combo of savings and a home equity loan. Now the contractor says “as low as we can go” is $150k. She is a single mom and super good with money but just flat out can’t afford the new estimate. Not only is it more than her loan, but even if she upped the loan the monthly payment would be too high. And that is assuming no surprises going forward which seems unrealistic with an addition.

So far she is in $12k (this is the real amount). She says she owns the plans. What questions should she ask of the contractor at the next meeting? The reason given was about more square footage than anticipated? She doesn’t have high end tastes so it doesn’t seem like a situation where she can just get cheaper fixtures or something. But how would this just be coming up now when the plans have been done for months? Am I off base that part of their job is to come up with a plan in her budget? Is this a shady practice or par for the course? She got multiple estimates from multiple people and this company had good references.

Appreciate any and all advice on how to handle this.

Need help ASAP:

I accidentally used Oatey Great White Pipe Joint Compound with PTFE instead of drywall joint compound to cover torn drywall where the brown paper underneath was exposed. Is it okay that I used this and can I just paint over it normally? If not, how do I remove the pipe joint compound before it dries?

TYIA