Had new back exterior door installed and the two upper corners look damaged to me. Our contractor is telling us this is how the door comes from the factory and that this is not an error. It looks so tacky to me, and I want to know if I’m crazy in thinking that it looks damaged. I understand it still needs to be painted etc but it literally looks like a chunk is missing specifically from the right hand corner (these are both on the interior aspect of the house)

Door pics: https://imgur.com/gallery/DvESOK9

I'm currently in the process of remodeling my kitchen and have hit a bit of a snag on selecting a sink. There appears to be several options but, like most things, they all have the pluses and minus.

I'd like to purchase a workstation sink with the drain port to the back right. It will need to fit a 33 inch cabinet. I've found a few options and was hoping to hear some feedback from folks:

1. Create Good Sinks. I was originally going to go with this but my concern with this one is there seems to be very few reviews about this brand. I like the "seamless" design but the cost seems rather high considering it does not come with much out of the box.

• Delta Workstation Sink. Seems fairly standard but has some mixed reviews.

1. Kohler Strive. Similar to the Delta but appears to have higher quality accessories. Significant cost difference however.

I have looked at both Kraus and Ruvati as other options since so many people recommend them. However, I dislike that they have no curves on the sides (Ruvati appears to only have them in the "pro" line which does not come in the style I like). Don't want to cleaning hassle that they would cause.

Any thoughts on the brands above? Have I potentially overlooked a brand?

Have an addition the previous owner did that has these floor to ceiling (almost) windows that have the built in blinds inside the panes. Well, also, they are wood and had been exposed and now rotted. So, I’m going to remove them all and frame some new ones in.

The windows around the house are the brown trim. I only see that option in Croft (Sutherlands). All I see at Lowes and HD are white and black.

Are the Croft windows any good? Big box store windows seem to be hit or miss. I only need 3.

I have considered upgrading my windows at some point. So I could do the black and then have that option to redo the others later

Thanks

First time home buyer fed up with trying to figure out why my bathroom vent keeps getting moisture up in the attic. The vent piping is covered in insulation and it vents outside the house, but the wood cover up in the attic is always wet above the fan when lifted up. This moisture freezes up on the sheathing in the winter. Any ideas?

How thick are floor boards below a bathroom?

We recently had a leak. The mitigation team and insurance were extremely slow to respond. When they finally did they found mold in the kitchen ceiling (it’s what’s below the bathtub). They cleaned it. They also said the floor in the bathroom was still wet (a week after the leak) and after 5 hours of a blower it was dry. I tried to drill a hole in the floorboards under the bathroom because the bathroom tiles are ceramic. Buttttttt maybe this was not the best course of action. I figured I could stick a pinhole camera and look around for mold but my drill won’t go any further. I really think there is mold up there. Is there any other way to check?

Hello! Building a house, and the framing and window install was completed last year. Finally getting around to the drywall, and we have three of these little 2x2 skylights high up. Guess I never had a good look at them, but it wasn't until they were boarded with drywall I realized that it doesn't look quite right. You can't see any of the skylight frame from below. They were installed so the drywall isn't actually touching the window, but basically, the drywall overlaps the Skylight glass the full width of the drywall.

Is it normal that the drywall overlaps the skylight glass? I can stick my fingers between the edge of the drywall in the window, and I'm worried about condensation.

The RO seems to match the installation instructions for the window we had wanted. Im wondering if there was a switchup at the store and they actually gave us a slightly larger window.

Thanks so much!

Hello! Building a house, and the framing and window install was completed last year. Finally getting around to the drywall, and we have three of these little 2x2 skylights high up. Guess I never had a good look at them, but it wasn't until they were boarded with drywall I realized they didn't look quite right. You can't see any of the skylight frame from below. They were installed so the drywall isn't actually touching the window, but basically, the drywall overlaps the Skylight glass the full width of the drywall.

Does that make sense? Where did we to go wrong?

Is it normal that the drywall overlaps the skylight glass? I can stick my fingers between the edge of the drywall in the window, and I'm primarily worried about condensation.

Thanks so much!

Plumbers came and installed a sump pump system for me. They did a decent job but when creating a hole in my concrete foundation, a large hunk of concrete fell out with it. It's above grade, but I'm still paranoid - should I patch it up, and if so with what?

https://imgur.com/gallery/CRB0qiC

P.s. there's a second pic in the Imgur link which shows the depth a bit better.

https://imgur.com/gallery/shower-floor-crack-GpPrhkJ

Shower hasnt been used in almost a year because of it.

I would like to replace these and looking for recommendations on how to better light my kitchen.

https://imgur.com/a/GHEsDNV

https://imgur.com/a/0fXbFt9

I'm trying to secure this garage door, by as you might be able to see, he door frame sits back quite a bit from the studs.

So I definitely can't put in a deadbolt here or get bigger screws as they won't get to the studs.

Does anyone have any ideas to make this door safer from break in attempts?

Adding a bathroom upstairs and toilet drain has to run down through the wall to crawl space. Plumber says the wall has to come out about 6 to 8 inches larger in width in order for the pipes to get to the crawlspace. It’s a standard sized wall. Not understanding why that is?

Hello, As the title says, I currently have a bathtub surrounded by tile that I don't like. My eventual goal is to have a contractor remove the bathtub entirely and replace it with a walk in shower.

However, I don't have the budget to do that yet. So what I'm wondering is if I just have the tile wall done, would that have to be redone once I move forward with the whole shower reno? Or can they just "extend" it? Hope that makes sense.

I hired a contractor to install the tiles, but unfortunately, they disappeared to another province before fixing the job. So now, I’m planning to tackle the repair myself.

I have 24x48 tiles in my kitchen, and not enough mortar was used during installation. Because of this, the corners of several tiles are moving, and this is causing the grout to crack.

I lifted one tile, and it's clear that the mortar didn’t fully cover the corners, where the problem seems to be. Not all the tiles are affected, but there are a few spots where they're moving.

Ideally, I’d prefer not to remove all the tiles and redo the entire floor, though I’m open to that option if necessary. I’d really appreciate any advice or suggestions! If it turns out that pulling up the tiles and starting fresh is the best solution, I’m happy to go that route. Otherwise, if there are other methods people have successfully used to fix this kind of issue, I’d be willing to try them.

Can anyone recommend for top load washer agitator and better brand for long term use?

I been hearing people don't recommend SAMSUNG?

Please if anyone purchased any agitator top load washer please share your experience if the maintenance is much difficult or what other thing you need to pay attention?

I don't mind load from front or top, but I do wonder which one is more efficient in terms cost and electricity compare top load agitator and front load washer?

Screw is missing from bottom. Trying to figure out if it's HEX or SEA.
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It’s probably been a few days since the last time this has been asked. We are remodeling our kitchen. There are a million manufacturers of LED strip lights. Can anyone steer me in the right direction for some quality lights. I assume most of the strips on amazon probably aren’t quality. We will be taking all the cabinets out so will have access to walls behind. There already is cabinet lighting but it is the 10w push in bulbs. I believe 12v. Our cabinets will go to the ceiling so will only need under cabinet and possible island lights. I am comfortable with doing it myself. I don’t necessarily need anything smart or connected to a hub. A run of the mill dimmer switch would be great. I know I need the controller, switch, light strip and track/diffuser. I have read about armacost, BTF, Philips Hue, and diodeled. And go with 24 volt. Any trusty and true brands that I should go with? Thanks in advance!

Whirlpool washing machine troubleshoot - help please MOD WTW4855HW2 SER CA4301015 The machine locks and unlocks itself and will not start the selected cycle. I've pressed and held the cancel button, which has not helped as well as unplugged it for upwards of an hour which also did not help. For some reason the red lidlock light goes on when it is not locked and when it is locked, as well as I can hear it locking and the light does not go on. Something is fishy and any advice is welcome

Hi, we stained our floors today and they came out blotchy. We drum sanded then buffed then did very small areas and wiped it off immediately. But it's blotchy, how do we fix it? We tried putting stain on the lighter spots and letting it sit for a couple minutes and then wiping it off but the light spots stayed light. And the dark spots stayed dark when we wiped them well. What's next?

I recently transferred into a one bed apartment in October and I’m currently loving my new single life. Something odd is happening, though, my oven makes this loud thud noise maybe once or twice each evening as I’m laying down for bed. The oven is off, I haven’t used it today but still throughout the day every day I get this third sounddoes anyone know what this is?

I live in an old property and the house has the flipper type of switch to turn on/ off the lights. I was googling around trying to see if there is any smart WiFi to perform auto switch on and off. Without trying to mess up the current set up (idk how to do rewiring electrician thing and calling a technician service would be too expensive for this type of improvement), I was wondering if smart lightbulb works? Can I control it over my phone? I don’t have any home assistant devices, I just want to be able to switch on and off the lights over my phone when I am away.

My neighbor gifted us a door knocker, but we weren’t sure how to install it since it didn’t come with the hardware. Google results were sparse but we learned we needed to use sex bolts since the exterior door is hollow metal. Apparently these are speciality bolts and hard to find. I’ve been scouring the Internet for days and it seems unreasonably difficult to find a reputable site. My question is, is there a website you guys trust or know of where I could find the necessary hardware to install this door knocker? Any general tips for the install job once we do find the equipment?

I am currently buying a home and am planning out several improvements and I will be doing myself and wanted some insight regarding some of it. This is a smaller condo so it isn't anything that will have large bathrooms.

Paint: I am going to be painting the whole place and have decided on a few colors and wanted to determine if they will work or not as I am not savy but did pass off these colors with some of the girls in my family. The colors in question are SW Techno Gray for the primary walls (hall, kitchen, main room) and SW Quietude for the rooms. I also picked out SW Storm Warning and SW Stargazer for possibly the cabinets or maybe even accent walls.

Bathrooms: Possibly going to rip out the fiberglass showers currently in place and having the master bathroom have a walk in shower and the hall bathroom be nicer bath basin tiled shower. The master bathroom is really small just so you are aware. If anyone has ideas or suggestions let me know.

Closets: Thinking of ripping out all the framing for the closet doors of the rooms and putting in barn style doors or maybe just leaving it open. Let me know if any ideas come to mind.

Countertops: I have no clue what countertops I want, I am just trying to get rid of the particale board stuff currently in place.

I already bought new flooring that I will be putting in after painting the walls. Will post pics of the place.

So this corner where my TV is, I'd like to install a TV mount. It needs to be full motion because it slightly hangs over in front of the closet, so I will need to move it if I need in there. My issue is my walls are plaster and I'm having trouble finding a stud on that wall. I've tried a stud finder, tried the knocking, and the magnet trick. I'm convinced that there isn't another stud on that wall aside from in that corner, which is too far out of the range of motion for a TV mount.

So, is there anyway to install a full motion TV mount on a wall without a stud? Or is there a better way to find a stud in plaster walls that I may be missing?

So, I was replacing my light switch with a smart dimmer, and in the process I ended up cutting the white wire too short. Is this an easy diy repair trying to splice the wire? There is still some wire that is visible but not enough to reach the contacts of the switch. Not interested into paying $500 for an electrician come to my home to install it for me. Anyways, I just ended up going to Ace and buying a small foot of wire that I could potentially splice. Has anyone here had difficulty replacing light switches before?

Extremely low profile space to get these screws tightened. Multiple around the house are loose.

I can use a low profile tool I got off Amazon but it’s extremely annoying to use because I can turn it about a 4th before I have to switch sides.

Just a bit by itself is too tall to fit in the area. Any ideas?

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https://imgur.com/a/lLA1b1Z

Cannot get the back slider to stop squeaking, worse in colder weather problem. Have tried WD-40, red grease, silicone lubricant, now I’m scratching my head as the problem persists.

Anyone have any other solutions or potential fixes? Much appreciated!

All of my plastic dimmer switch knobs are breaking. I have two bedrooms and a living room with broken dimmer switch knobs. They are all cracked and falling off. I don't want to replace the whole outlet. Where can I find these other than Amazon? Home Depot and Lowe's don't seem to carry the split ones for fans and lights. For 2 it's $10 on Amazon. For 2 small pieces of plastic.

We recently had our basement flood (May) and had it put all back together with a restoration company who pulled up a bunch of carpet pad and LVP, ran massive dehumidifiers and fans until all readings were good, and then got some new carpet while keeping some of the old that was dried out quickly and had no smell. The basement smelled fine for a few months and now there is a slight odor of dampness.

my question is.... should I get some sort of more permanent dehumidifier? I already have a typical one (but with a drain hose) running all the time and has been since the flooding happened.

Background on the flooding: it was a float sticking that caused it. water came up through the cracks as a result. It was only in a few areas before I fixed the sump and it receded. The restoration company came the next day and it was fully dry to their expectations in about a week.

Any thoughts with the little bit of info I gave?