I would like to paint these cabinets to spruce up the kitchen. The homeowner has given us permission to paint them, and I think this will come out cheaper than us replacing the fronts. I would obviously not like to invest a ton of money into a house I don’t own, but plan to be here for a few years and would like to make it more homely.

The internet suggest a variety of approaches for painting laminate/MDF/thermofoil. How do I tell what this is so I can decide on the right approach?

The house I bought, was renovated with some added on rooms. But there is a huge gap between the floor of the house and the added on room. As you can see between the concrete and the metal frame of the door. This gap is also present in other areas of the home. Now a draft is coming up from the gap carrying a mildewy smell. I’d like to fix the gap and figure out a way to get rid of the smell.

Can anyone help or make suggestions?

We are in the middle of a remodel right now, which involves some interior updates (ceiling vault) and replacing all windows. We also decided to replace the front siding, since it is a flimsy panel product, and most of the windows are front-facing anyway.

However, after tearing some of it out, things did not look good. There appears to be water damage; the insulation was wet, and seemed to have some mold in places. There wasn't any sort of plywood or weatherproofing, just some particleboard. Our contractor is concerned that the rest of the siding/insulation is like this too, and that we should really replace all of it.

Now, the other siding is cedar planks, so it may have let in less water. But as far as we know, this is all original to the house which was built in 1969. There is a good chance that we have similar water issues on other sides. But replacing all the siding and insulation would push us $56,000 over our original budget, which is a lot for us.

So I'm trying to figure out whether this really needs to be done. On one hand, there are plenty of houses in our neighborhood which seem to have original siding, and people are living there just fine. But on the other hand, if we are just letting a problem fester, it might come back to bite us later. Plus the new insulation might actually help our energy bills.

Does anybody have a gut feel on this? Or, suggestions for things we should check to see if replacing all of the siding would be worthwhile? Thanks for any advice.

I’ve recently purchased an old property where the previous owners smoked inside for the whole time they were there (17 years). As you can imagine the walls are very stained and I’m hoping to paint within the next week or so. Im just wondering if anyone has any tips to get rid of the stains to ensure they don’t seep through the new paint. I’ve tried sugar water but I think we need something stronger… or I’m just doing it wrong… or just impatient 😂😂 Thanks!!

I’m refurbishing my front door to its natural wood grain. Whilst sanding I realized I can remove these rubbery mouldings. They’re yellow under the paint so ideally I’d like to replace them with black. I’m not sure if I could find this product at Home Depot etc or if I should just remove, clean, and paint. If anyone has a lead or just a name of the product I’m after that’d be appreciated.

I have a 2nd story deck that’s composite that I want to change to fiberglass (so it’s a tear out). The deck is nice but water falls thru to the bottom deck..it’s in a beach town, the previous owners did it this way when everything else here is fiberglass.

So here’s my question; I’ve had a bunch of companies come out and all but one have said the doors (sliding glass and exterior door) would have to be removed and raised slightly. One contractor is giving me a better price and saying he never touches the doors because they never go back in properly. I’m trying to confirm that the doors absolutely need to be removed by others who have experience doing these types of jobs. I’ll see if I can attach a photo.

I have these stairs and I'm pretty sure I'd like to stain them. Since there'll be a lot of foot traffic what would you use that'll look nice plus be easy to clean.

These beams are above a loft space and are only on one side of the house and not the other. Are they a decoration? Or could I remove them without an issue? How would I go about finding out if they are OK to remove?

Newbie here and in the home owning world and zero idea how complicated these things are.

Our soon to be bedroom is 11’5”x12’0. Our bathroom is small.

We want to add a long built in wardrobe to our room, plus fit a king size bed.

We also want to enlarge our bathroom.

Is there a world where we could push the tub, sink, and toilet about 1.5-2 feet without having to redo plumbing? Pics for reference.

The black rectangle is the ideal spot for the wardrobe

Hello everyone, my father started a new project a while back and we just wanted to share with you all his progress and maybe you can learn a thing or two about it. We made a mini series about buying and fixing up a mobile home getting it ready to move into. He does this in his spare time and is currently under restrictions with working but he is doing all he can each day to get it done in time.

Hope you guys all enjoy, maybe it will have you thinking about buying one yourself to either move into or even flip as a side project!

**If this post is not allowed here please let me know, im not trying to sell anything im just sharing some cool progress of my fathers that you may enjoy yourself.**

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5zzViDv0lmIonBnVGmzNA3RJ7n0-FRPo&si=xBMie2vubWB1U41c

Bought my very first house tearing ul the carpet im a little perplexed after tearing up the carpet the harwoods are only partially painted anyone have any clue why?

Our contractor installed new baseboard moldings around the house. In some areas like the kitchen and living room, there is a break in the molding, showing that there are two types installed rather than one continuous molding throughout the bottom. Is this normal? Our contractor says it’s because our floors are uneven.

I bought an older home and the kitchen and dining area is small and seperate to the lounge room.

I want to create an open living space so the dining area has more room but there is a freestanding wooden fireplace that is against the wall that separates the kitchen and lounge room.

Does anyone have an ideas on how I could work around this without removing the fireplace as my partner really likes having an inside fire.

We recently moved our indoor camera upstairs to keep an eye on the contractor and sub trades finishing up the upstairs. The site manager moved and then flipped the camera upside down… is this something to bring up in our conversation. Is this normal ? The reason why we have done this is because our upstairs project has now been delayed to August 2024 that puts us out 7-8 months now, we’re paying so much more than expected, and we’re finding sloppy mistakes and fixes that we just want to get this project done so we can move on with our lives. Scope of project is two low bearing walls taken down for full kitchen, two washroom, new LVT flooring etc.

Should we keep the cameras on to keep them honest or is this going to sour our relationship with the site manager whose already been very lazy in communicating info asap, sits on info and tells us last minute that materials Delayed, install guy is delayed, tile guy is delayed….etc etc. normally we don’t have any cameras indoor and aren’t the type Of ppl to track others like that but we’re getting really frustrated with their lack of service and poor attitude..

Bought a house and one of the fans have these two wires hanging down but the ends are covered with electrical tape. Just curious as to what they are and how to fix it.

Hi - just closed on a home and one of the first things I want to do is change out the bathroom fixtures. The shower in particular isn't like one I've seen before so would I have to do anything differently with a shower head like this?