Questions tagged [renovation]
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Insulating a vaulted/cathedral ceiling
I am located in Melbourne, Australia and my house built in the mid 1980’s with exposed beams/joists. The roof is made of cement tiles.
I am looking at adding insulation from the inside of the ceiling ...
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How can I make this step the same level as the floor?
This might be the top of the foundation wall. I believe this doorway didn't exist originally, leads to an addition room. This step is a trip hazard. I got a flooring company quote for this tile but ...
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Failing Finish on Resurfaced Hardwood Floor Renovation: What's the correct course of action?
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My wife and I recently purchased a 1250 sq. ft. condo that needed some simple renovations. The first floor is entirely Number 1 Common Red Oak, which had likely last been installed 10-15 ...
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When to NOT use an afci breaker
I'm heading a bunch of renovation done on an old house (1950), and part of the work is rewiring. New panel going in, new NM cable, etc. I should mention this is a pretty small house with no garage, ...
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Sill plate patch shifted when it went into the anchors, how would you fix this?
Title says it all, how would you handle a situation wherein you're patching a rotted sill plate and getting it perfect seems impossible?
The plate section is 13' long and has three threaded rods ...
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Best Practices for Levelling / Replacing Plank Subfloor (c. 1950s)
Doing a complete remodel of our kitchen and I'm at the stage where I am going to take the subfloor out for plumbing work, etc. I also want to plan ahead for the eventual floor install. Photo 1 below ...
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Contractor accidentally got paint on our brand new cabinets. How do I proceed?
Our contractor who we hired for a renovation of our kitchen and living room got a bit hasty and installed the cabinets and flooring before he was done with the drywall work. The day before they were ...
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Does my toilet flange need to be replaced?
I've been working on a bathroom renovation for a while now, and I'm getting near the point where we are ready to put some self leveling compound on the ground preparatory to new tiles.
Before I do ...
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How to attach a shower drain to iron drain pipe that is offset by 3/4-inch
One bathroom in my house used to have a tub but at some point, an owner decided to tear that out and just have a giant powder room. I'm putting in a walk-in shower and decided to use a pre-fab shower ...
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Tar paper behind vapor barrier
I'm currently going down to the studs on a few walls in my (Ontario, Canada) 1980's (brick facade exterior) bungalow. I've noticed that there seems to be: drywall -> vapor barrier -> tar paper -&...
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Contractor Used Regular Joint Compound For Shower Walls
I am having a bathroom renovated and a tile shower put in. The contractor installed cement board, but I had a fear that they used regular joint compound rather than something that's waterproof. When I ...
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I think my electrician compromised a loadbearing stud
I contracted a company to remove a closet partitioning wall along with a header and a few small pieces. That work was all approved by a structural engineer in an official report.
However, I was also ...
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How does this wood stove work?
How does this wood stove work? My current understanding is, that a fire is created in the stove shown on the first picture bottom left. Then coal is transferred to the wood stove in the middle of the ...
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What order to re-decorate bedroom
I'm looking at completely re-decorating the main bedroom in my house - some of it I'd like to do myself and some I'm planning to get tradesmen in to help speed things up. That said, I've never really ...
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What is a safe procedure for removing natural gas pipe after full service disconnect (meter removed, house intake capped)?
I had my local gas service company disconnect my house from the gas service line. They offered to remove the meter for me and cap the house intake pipe, which I accepted. So to be clear, the service ...
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Preventing squeaky floor
We had a major house fire and our house has been demo'd down to the frame. The floor is 2x12 x 8 long joists that butt against each other on the cross beam supports. We plan on using adhesive on the ...
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Wall Framing Question
currently renovating 1st floor bathroom, behind the tub wall was a layer of tile/sheetrock, old wood siding, and underneath the siding is 2 layers of vertical 1x8 lumber. There is no 2x4 framing in ...
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What determines "old work" vs. "new work" during a re-wire project?
My Home Depot Wiring 1-2-3 manual (2000) says the following about DIY re-wiring projects:
It's possible that some of the wiring in your home fails to conform to
current regulations. That's usually ...
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Bay window removal
We are considering removing our bay windows to create a larger kitchen in the adjacent sunroom (we do plan to add insulation throughout the floor, walls, and roof). Through some online research, we ...
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How can I finish the frame of a hidden door without using trim?
We are renovating our house and we have a door in my office that is going to conceal a small bar. It's supposed to be hidden so we are planning on wallpapering over the door and using a push-to-open ...
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DIY double-pane window renovation technique? [duplicate]
If a double-pane window suffers from only condensation, can a motivated DIYer separate the panes and spacers, clean them, and reassemble? On a dry day, of course.
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Can I remove these posts supporting ceiling beams? [closed]
The house was built in 1964 and is a split level. The living room has these 3 beams on the ceiling (which do not extend past the far wall in the picture). I am hoping those are not structural. There ...
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Load bearing or not?
This closet didn’t seem to match the beam in the attic so I didn’t think it was load bearing. However it has this huge header pictured. Any advice on how to remove this closet or is it better not to ...
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How do I wire a new light and switch using power from an old fixture?
I'm wiring a new light and single pole switch to using power from an old fixture. The old fixture has 2 white wires and one red wire and a bare ground. The existing wiring goes to a couple of ...
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How do I prepare this floor for tiling? [closed]
I want to renovate this bathroom in a 1970s house in central europe. I want to tile the floor, but I don't know what foundation I need for that. The floor consists of several plywood sheets which are ...
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LVP instillation over removed Ceramic Tile/Ditra
We have an elevated beach home with OSB subfloor. I’m trying to save money on the overall renovation project. I am doing the demo myself but have a flooring company scheduled to install LVP.
There ...
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Did the previous owners tile over the edges of the fireplace insert? [closed]
The previous owners of my house "renovated" the existing wood burning fireplace. They failed to add a hearth so I cannot use for wood. Wanted to replace with an electric insert but they ...
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Renovating old shower/tub with wet drywall - buy shower panel or redo dry wall + tiling?
Hello I am from Toronto and live in a condominium building that is about 50 years old (built in 1971) and am seeking advice on renovating an old shower/tub. My family has been having issues with the ...
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Renovating an enclosed porch - insulation and drywall
I'm renovating a room that used to be a porch and was enclosed in the late 70s. I took down the drywall and this is what I found: https://i.stack.imgur.com/DqqrX.jpg
Would appreciate any help to get ...
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Removing Carpet and Linoleum for one unified flooring of LVP
I have a house from 2019 that I am planning on ripping out the carpet in the living room and linoleum in the kitchen to make one unified flooring of LVP. I have yet to start ripping things out yet, ...
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Is it possible to dump wastewater from shower and sinks to the soil if we only use biodegradable products (Quebec/Ontario)?
Is is possible to dump waste water from showers and sinks directly into the ground using pierced pipes with siphons somewhere near the property as long as we only use washing products which are ...
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Can you install a rim joist inside wall joists and does it need extra support? [closed]
I'm looking at lowering the ceilings of my first floor/floor of my second. Can I nail or bolt the new rim joist to the inside of my wall joists and expect it to be properly supported for a floor? I ...
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Please help me identify this molding
Please help me figure out what kind of trim this is so I can order/buy some, or match it as close as possible.
Seems like real wood core w/plasticky wood-grain veneer. People comment it looks kinda ...
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Barndoor on protruded wall
I am installing a barn door on a doorway that is protruded from the surrounding wall ~3 1/2". The surrounding wall needs to support the door track so I need a way to bridge the 3 1/2" gap ...
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Removal of gas line
I'm doing a bathroom/closet reno on the second floor of my home. In the process I discovered an old gas line (black steel pipe) that I believe is still active. I traced it back near the gas meter ...
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How to support walls and subfloor in this bathroom
I just purchased a ranch house (with basement and garage underneath) and decided to try to renovate the bathroom. The flooring was linoleum, after taking off the linoleum, I discovered that the ...
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Is this a load-bearing wall seen on this architectural building plan?
Hello community!
I wanted to ask if anyone could assist in figuring out whether this wall is load-bearing based on this architectural building plan?? This wall is currently the back of a reach-in ...
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Can Mapei type 1 thinset be used over RedGard waterproof membrane?
I used Mapei type 1 thinset in a shower area over a waterproof membrane (red guard) . The ceramic tile job is about done. I trusted a friend knew what he was doing that was helping me and after ...
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What are the differences between a laundry / sink tap breecher and a shower breecher?
I am in the process of renovating my laundry, and I want to install a new shower where the old trough was. My idea was to just attach a shower rose to the existing tap outlet. I had a plumber look at ...
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Looking for door ideas for a condo bedroom - tricky wall set up
I will be moving into a condo soon and I know to make sure everything I am doing as far as renovating, is up to code with the HOA. However, I wanted to ask the internet for ideas/pointers since this ...
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How to ground circuits when using a receptacle as a junction box for another circuit
I'm renovating my basement. Part of the renovation requires rerouting some wires.
I have en electrical box that is going to act as:
a duplex outlet for circuit 1
a junction box for circuit 2
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What type of window is acceptable for installation inside of a shower?
We have a bathroom renovation on our second floor that is wrapping up in the Chicago area. We discovered a crack in the brand new window that was installed in the shower, so it will need to be ...
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Cant for the life of me figure out what these are on my new house
We recently bought a house that was built in th 90s. We have been slowly renovating it, but we have these little things all over the exterior walls of the house. Its about 1 inch by 1 inch. It looks ...
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matching rock lath for doorway edge
I have seen some guidance on rock lath repair, but nothing about matching wall surface where a new door has been installed.
I put a new double bifold doorway in an existing wall in my 1954 house, ...
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How do I properly demolish a tub and shower?
I'm planning to demolish my bathroom for a renovation, and not sure of the exact steps on demoing the tub and shower. Also worried about the shower since it's a large one piece. How I should go about ...
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What is the purpose of this steel pipe lagged to the stud in this dividing wall?
We’re looking to open up a wall that separates the kitchen and living room. The wall doesn’t reach the ceiling, currently has a 3ft doorway.
The house is a single story slab on grade located in SoCal. ...
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How do the pieces of this fiberglass tub surround attach to each other?
I have a Jacuzzi-brand tub with an integrated multi-piece surround that came with our house when we bought it. Probably installed in the 90s if not earlier, but I don't really know.
This bathroom is ...
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I’m planning on doing my first bathroom remodel DIY. What order should I do these things, and are they feasible for a beginner?
Here is a picture of my current guest half bathroom: https://imgur.com/gallery/4tHOpt1
I’m planning doing these things, in order:
Remove the sink/drawers/Mirror/Lights
Remove the Toilet, clean around ...
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Making a custom bathtub, using fibreglass and a suitable high-strength smooth coating
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I'd like to fit a custom quite sizeable (2000 x 1100 x 550 ish) bathtub. The room won't take anything except custom, which is either horribly expensive or self-made, so I'm looking ...
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Bolt problem on antique wood stove
I have a problem restoring an antique French cast iron wood stove.
As I was derusting it, one of the feet broke loose.
It's the part that was holding it to the body that broke. I guess it's a bold but ...
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