/r/Renovations
/r/Renovations strives to provide assistance to homeowners repairing or renovating their own properties. We are also a showcase for DIYers who have completed projects in and around their homes.
RULES
Home Renovations Only.
Provide Sufficient Details
No Advertising is Allowed
No Posts by Renovation Companies or Contractors
Do Not Ask for Estimates.
Using This Sub as Your Personal Search Engine is not allowed
Surveys are Not Allowed
No Contractor Disputes.
Be Polite to Others at All Times.
TEST FOR ASBESTOS, LEAD, MOLD, etc.
This sub is for people to ask advice on or share their own home renovation projects. (FOR CLARITY: HOME means non-portable. Not RVs, not trailers, not furniture, not tools) We hope to be a community of DIYers and homeowners that can help each other out and learn from each other's experience and expertise.
Finished home renovation submissions without adequate details/photos will be removed. /r/Renovations is about the process just as much as the final result.
Please submit a picture (preferably pictures) along with your question if possible if you have a question or need advice on something pertaining to your project. That will allow the members of this community to offer better and more accurate advice. Details are always helpful! Additionally, we love project and before/after galleries!
A good rule of thumb is somebody who sees your post should (hopefully) be able to replicate the project with the information you've provided.
NO ADVERTISING IS PERMITTED IN THIS SUB, AND ANY ADVERTISING POSTS WILL BE REMOVED AND THE OFFENDERS BANNED.
This is not the sub for you. /r/Renovations, and Reddit in general, generally frown upon self promotion in all its' forms, be it personal or professional. Read more about it here:
https://old.reddit.com/wiki/selfpromotion
If you try to use this sub as free advertising, it (A) won't work, and (B) will get you banned. Buy some ads on Reddit. They are reasonable priced, and you can target your demographic:
https://www.redditinc.com/advertising
Renovation Companies and Contractors
Sorry, but this is not the sub to feature projects you've done for clients. This is linked to the rule above prohibiting advertising of your work.
Asking for Estimates or Quote Approvals
Sorry, but this sub cannot help you with costs. Materials and labor vary wildly across North America and the rest of the world. Always get a minimum of three estimates, then go with what you like.
Using us as your personal search engine
Posts that ask something like "Where can I buy a small sink vanity?" will be removed, and the poster may be banned.
This subreddit is not an Internet search engine; it is a social media site for folks to exchange info about repairs they are doing and share projects they've completed. You will have to research and find your own vanity.
Surveys.
All surveys will be treated as SPAM, and the poster will be banned. We are not your free bulletin board. Go to /r/SampleSize and /r/takemysurvey.
No Contractor Disputes Allowed
All too often, disputes between homeowner and contractor will require arbitration and/or legal assistance that this forum cannot provide. Therefore we will refer these actions to other, better suited subreddits.
Links to relevant forums and blogs are welcome when offering advice, but we ask that you stick to quality sources (The Family Handyman, John Bridge forums, etc.). If one of the mods takes notice of a bad source or one offering bad advice, we'll likely remove it.
Testing for dangerous stuff
Every day it seems like someone posts "Is this asbestos?" "Is this mold?" "Do I have lead paint?"
We cannot answer those questions. The ONLY answer is to buy some test kits, take samples, and send those off to a lab. Any other course of action is a waste of your time and effort.
As always, follow reddiquette and don't be a dick. Being a dick is grounds for a 7-day time out, and permanent exile should the dickery continue.
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Advice needed in small bathroom sink rennovation
I bought my first home last year, a condo with a small half bath downstairs. I replaced the toilet when I refloored the place moving in, but never replaced the sink. It’s on the lower side and pretty dated, and I’d love to replace it with a nicer and taller mounted sink, including increasing the height of the drainage to have more under clearance.
thing is, plumber I worked with to do the toilets and other repairs refused to do this kind of job, and now I’m worried this might be more expensive than I’m imagining? I figured it wouldn’t cost more than a grand between the parts/installation. I originally wanted to to a wall-to wall sink but since the place is just shy of the standard 35.43 inch sink size i’m not sure if I’d be able to. Any advice is appreciated in how I should tackle this! Or if i should just get a smaller wall mounted sink and mount it higher, and take the L on how low the drainage is.
thanks so much!
22:18 UTC
Chimney vent
Renovating a Victorian property. The bedroom has a bricked up chimney stack with a vent. The vent continuously leaks dirt/soot.
Is the best course of action a chimney sweep ? Or is that just futile given the age of the property?
Should we change the vent to something that would filter the dirt ?
Thoughts welcome !
21:36 UTC
Stair Stepping Cracks in Foundation
These cracks in the rear near the sliding doors and under a window are stair stepping cracks in the foundation. Is this a major concern? Anyone know an estimate for the repair?
20:24 UTC
Cabin renovation, joist / subfloor help
Renovating an old log cabin. The two story portion of the structure has 2x6 that are 24" on center. The covered span is ~18 '. Seems under-engineered, barely sturdy without a load. How would you modify this?
20:14 UTC
What’s the best way to remove caulk from this thin gap in shower?
17:12 UTC
Fantastic boyfriend stayed up until 3a tiling my new bedroom
He also had a buddy who got the tile for us at cost. He's been killing it at this remodel.
17:04 UTC
Would it be possible to fit a kitchen here?
14:42 UTC
Hidden door
Looking to make a hidden door for a gun cabinet and amo shelves. Im supposed to separate guns from amo. Going to do LED strips to light it up.
Looking for ideas on how best to make a hidden door.
I was not planning on removing the drywall - so Im not sure how flat the cieling will be if I tried to make a perfect door that would swing out if the cieling would be perfect enough. I will have the remove the shelf bracket and I won't want to hang a cloth bar in it because I want quick access. So also ideas on how to make good use of the other space. Possibly another hidden door for all my gun cases and cleaning gear.
04:23 UTC
How do I make this look more current?
03:10 UTC
Driveway ideas?
We’ve been in this house for two years. It has a single garage, and I park my car under the deck.
Inevitably, we’ve got wheel tracks in the lawn, so we’ve been thinking about extending the driveway in a triangle.
Ideal world, we’d redo the whole driveway, but that isn’t an option rn.
Cement is the obvious choice, but it will look very different to the existing aged weathered pebblecrete.
The waterline to the house also runs down the left side of the driveway, so we’d be cementing over it, which could cause problems should the waterline leak or break.
There is a significant slope down from the garden beds to the house.
I was wondering if we could somehow use gravel over road base or similar, so we can dig it up if necessary for repairs, but we don’t want gravel getting into the grass, and I’m not sure how it would go on the slope?
I’d really appreciate ideas. Thanks!
23:08 UTC
Any ideas of what could have happened with those bricks? And how much $ and effort would be needed to fix it?
Folks, I am looking into buying a house and I loved this one. But the bricks under the windows and under the roof in the garage scared me a little bit. I have seen the history of the house on google maps (street view) and it was like this before 2014:
I have read that the previous owners (back in 2011) have had pyrite to be removed and decontamined. Could that be what caused this on the bricks?
Obviously this seems like a contractor type of problem. However, would you guys have any idea of effort/cost to solve something like that? Thanks!
21:25 UTC
Tiny Bathroom
Started demo on the tiny bathroom and need ideas. The shower space is 32x32 and cannot be any larger, my other bathroom is directly behind this one. I'll be using the delta 500 classic kit for that.
What I'm caught up on is those cabinets. They're built/framed in from when the house was built.
I've removed the old torture chamber looking 70s doors and am left with this. Prior to this there were 2 doors.
The spacing is different for all the shelves. They're all custom built into the framing and nailed from all sides and sit in grooves.
I really would like to have frosted glass doors but figure it would all have to be custom.
I could veneer/paint the inside and just leave them open as well?
This is the only storage in the bathroom so taking them out and drywalling over the void is an option but also not ideal.
20:46 UTC