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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/whatisthisthing -- sometimes you don't even know what it is that broke!
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Water damage by skylight or something else?
04:34 UTC
Sewage smell from sink drain
I moved into a 1/1 apartment on the 2nd floor 3 months ago. I noticed a slight but also fairly strong odor of sewage coming from the bathroom when I moved in. I narrowed it down to definitely coming from the sink, I've been using the stopper to seal the hole when not using the sink and that eliminates most of the smell. I know nothing about plumbing, what are some basic things I can check for that I might be able to do myself before I finally contact my landlord to send a plumber out? If it's an easy fix I'd like to do it myself.
04:10 UTC
drafty house possible cause discovered
I think I recently (after 4 years) discovered why my home is so drafty: there's little holes under every window where it touches the wall. Should I fill these with spackle? How do I fix this?
Thank you!
03:08 UTC
Hose coupling fused to spigot - how can I remove it?
The top part of my hose coupling is completely fused to my spigot, making it impossible to attach any other hose. The smaller bottom part threads on and off (which in and of itself baffles me, since why is the spigot narrow enough underneath the wide part?), but I cannot remove the top part. I've tried using WD-40 in hopes it would free it, and a lot of muscle with pliers, but simply cannot remove it. It's an expanding hose, hence the odd-looking coupling (see below.) Any ideas?
It's an expanding hose with a coupling that looks like this.
02:58 UTC
TV mount on rock?
Looking for ideas on mounting my TV on the stone. Top right is a mirror that I plan on removing and placing my TV there. But this is what the stone be looking like behind it.
02:53 UTC
Tree Lights not Lighting
Half of each section is not working
I just bought this tree a year ago. It's split into three sections. Each section plugs into the one below it through the base. Half of each section refuses to light. I replaced the fuse and checked the bulbs (though the manual says the tree will remain lit if a bulb burns out).
Can I save this or is it trash?
01:27 UTC
Advice would be appreciated on how to get outlets in this room.
01:19 UTC
Bathroom door
How can I fix it
00:51 UTC
How to fix my bath spout with a coupling in the middle?
Need a new bath spout but once I took it off there is a coupling in the middle that does not allow any of the bath spouts I find in the store to slip on.
Theres no view behind the tile to see if it’s a threaded pipe and I don’t want to damage the piping trying to twist it to find out. The piping is a 1/2” but the coupling is making it difficult for anything to fit.
00:40 UTC
Couch Tearing
What can do about this?
00:37 UTC
Is it possible to do a complete sink dish rack re-coat?
Like the title says. I have a dish rack and apparently new racks are $300 on eBay and discontinued by the manufacturer. I’ve been thinking about this for awhile, and I was wondering what the possibility of stripping and completely re-coating it would be? Maybe melt off the old rubber coating over a fire and then use something like Plasti-Dip? Is that stuff even durable enough?
I tried Re-Rack by them, and it was pretty bad. It’s not even a color match. If possible, I’d like to make this puppy look new with a durable coating again.
00:23 UTC
Oven broke
There is no heat in the oven either need help
00:00 UTC
A heavy mirror fell and damaged our baseboard.
We had a heavy mirror fall and damage our baseboard. What would be the best way to repair this damage?
23:58 UTC
burn on kitchen counter
burn from hot pan on kitchen counter, should i paint it? how do i go about this? thanks
23:39 UTC
How do I fix this?
I don’t even know where to ask so I’m cross posting in multiple places.
My countertop is cracked and my wife is really worried. How do I fix it and prevent it from cracking more? Is there a way?
I don’t want to replace it as the immediate response but I won’t hesitate to do it to make her happy if that’s the only solution.
I know epoxy is something that can help. Is that the only solution?
22:42 UTC
Motorcycle not Turning Over
1986 Kawasaki 454 LTD. It was working fine and riding one day and the next it would not turn over at all, the solenoid would repeatedly click. I replaced the starter and solenoid, and readjusted the valve clearances. It will now turn over as the video shows but not good enough to start. I have tried jumping from my car battery, and this video was taken with a fully charged one.
I’m pulling my hair out here. Can anyone help?
22:23 UTC
Christmas Lights Torn
One section on my pre-lit Christmas tree is no longer working. Come to find that the cord is ripped. Idk how it happened, nor how to fix it. Any advice? I’d love to not have to put different lights on it.
22:21 UTC
How to fill in hole around fixture in bathroom wall
I'm in a rental apartment, and while the rent and location and building are good, the unit/building is old and some things look a bit haphazardly put together. I'm trying to do some handywork and cleanup around the place. There are these two knobs between the bathtub and the sink, unsure exactly what they're for, but one is sealed where it enters the wall, and the other is not. The part of the wall around it is loose crumbling material. Would anyone know what it is and any way to safely seal it up? Thanks in advance, and I can provide more info if needed!
21:43 UTC
Wall paint on paper repair
We've had a section of our living room wall that had some wrinkled paper from it lifting off of the wall behind it and I peeled away the painted paper material. Should I keep peeling until the paper is no longer peeling or use an adhesive to bond it back to the wall before painting prep ? Thanks !
20:53 UTC
How do I fill these holes in a metal/wood door?
Our back door hast three holes in it that go all the way through the door. These are to attach a peephole and door knocker, but since it is in the back, we don't need to attach any of these and would like to fill them in. The door has metal on the exterior but is wooden inside.
Would bondo work for this purpose? Any other ideas of how to fill them?
Here's some pics:
20:24 UTC
Help diagnose sound from washing machine
Whirlpool washer (WTW4915EW1). Doesn’t make the sound during the spin cycle. Sound seems to get worse as more water is added. I dismantled the agitator base and the bearings seemed fine to my untrained eyes, and nothing loose was under it.
20:15 UTC
Painting over messed up paint job
There is a wall in our house (might be more, I will have to check) where the paint comes off very easily. We bought this house about 6 years ago and I noticed it a few years ago, but forgot until recently. I was trying to clean my toddler's beautiful crayon art off of the wall, when I noticed the paint was coming more than the crayon. My question is, is it okay to just paint over the old paint or should I remove the old paint first? It's white paint and has a glossy shine to it if that matters.
20:02 UTC