Questions tagged [walls]
Vertical structures which usually enclose, divide, define, or protect an area.
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What hand tools would I need to remove a portion of this stone wall?
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Just bought a house and need to remove a portion of this stone wall with lime mortar.
I’m thinking cold chisel and lump hammer?
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Can I reuse bricks from my removed fireplace?
We are removing a 46 year old brick fireplace that has a wall of brick attached to each side of fireplace. The chimney has been removed from roof so fireplace is unusable. It is not a load bearing ...
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How to cut a straight line for conduit between floors
I am going to run conduits for Ethernet from the walls of my 1-story house to the basement below. How do I measure and cut in a straight line such that the hole I open in the wall lines up with the ...
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Can't work out what type of wall my bathroom has
I want to attach a bathroom cabinet above the sink in the image. The house is a UK terraced new build from 2020. This particular wall is one I share with my neighbour's house. However when I tap it it ...
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Which wall material to choose when we convert the space under stair case into the room [closed]
I have good space under stair case besides there's a dead space between the wall and stair case.
So I'm planning to convert these spaces into one well organized store room so that I can keep my ...
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Stain on internal wall
Hi there I have a stain on internal wall under the window. Only in living room. Brick wall. Stain has been painted but always came back. House has been insulated (external wall) last year but the ...
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How can I reduce noise through bedroom walls? [duplicate]
Moved into a just remodeled house. Our daughter's bedroom hears all the noise from upstairs and adjoining walls including stairs to our room.
After looking at options including spray-foam insulation, ...
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How to fix the bubbling and discoloration here on cement walls?
we have some paint on cement blocks in the basement, with some staining and a little bubbling in some areas. The black stains I can just paint and it will look better I’m sure but what about the areas ...
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Do I put my interior wall on top of my flooring or under?
I'm building a 10x16 dry cabin and just finishing up the outside. I want one small room framed in the corner for a utility closet and possibly a composting toilet. I am doing the floor insulation ...
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What to use as a wall filler?
So I posted a few weeks ago here (Curtain rod ripped off wall). The issue was that the mortar or whatever was behind the plaster, was crumbling,thus making my curtain pole drop.
Eventually I ended up ...
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Wall Feels Solid-- Can't Hang Art
So, I've been trying to hang some canvas art for a bit, but my border wall (bordering another apartment) feels solid and I can't get more than a little over 1cm deep with a Monkey Hook. Initially I ...
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Cinderblock cmu masonry question
I'm replacing a 7ft. Basement Wall with 10" block. We tried to demo carefully as to save some interlocking blocks in the corners. A few broke resulting in a few cuts having to be made.
My ...
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Is it safe to alter or remove this closet? [duplicate]
I have a 1980's bi-level home. The center of the lower level contains a bedroom and utility room separated by a central load bearing wall with steel beam.
There is a closet jutting out of this wall ...
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Fine dirt accumulation along where basement floor meets wall. All concrete
Just recently, there has been a slow accumulation of fine dirt at the base of my sub-basement. It has been cleaned away, then a week later it returns. It runs about eight feet along the base. ...
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How should I mount objects on a garage firewall if I can't find studs?
I am not a stranger to minor home work, but this wall has me stumped. I am trying to hang an EV charger and cable hook, which while not huge, are enough I'd prefer them to be in studs. Simple enough, ...
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Repairing section of black fiber board
I had to remove some siding and black board to make some electrical repairs. What is the proper way to close it up? Can I just screw in a section of OSB between the two studs and put siding up? The ...
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How do I properly rebuild this retaining wall?
Retaining Wall breakdown progress
I wanted to replace the posts on my porch but the retaining wall was getting dangerously close to them so I had to address it first.
I started taking it down and I ...
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Live in MN and my 1900 home has basement walls that are crumbling and falling off, how do I correct this?
Basement wall had been slowly crumbling and falling since I moved in. It is an older 1900 basement, not sure what was used to cover. I had a lot of issues with water coming in when I first moved in ...
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How do I properly flash a finless window on a wall repair?
My house is 100 years old. The windows are all double-hung vinyl windows retrofitted into sash window frames. The sash windows had an angled sill, one piece from inside to outside. The vinyl ...
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Maximum bore & space between bore on load bearing top plate?
I'm installing a structured media cabinet during an under stair closet renovation. Closet is on first floor, wall is load bearing, and also has fire blocking since it's connected to the stairs in a ...
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DIY New Window or Call a Pro?
I'm renovating our house and want to enlarge the window that is currently in this room. At minimum this would mean putting in a window that is taller, but also possibly wider. Given the way that it's ...
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How can I install a door in this opening?
I want to install a door in a very tall wall opening , this is a brick wall and was originally just a partition wall between 2 apartments.
The dimesions of the opening are 0.65 m wide and 2.5 m tall ...
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How do I fix this corner?
I am trying to fix up the bathroom in my new apartment before I move in. The rest of it is bad, but not like this. It was duct taped in so I assume moisture got behind there and destroyed it. There ...
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How do we reduce the height of an opening by 6" for a door?
We would like to install some double doors for an office using something like this master craft double door kit.
Here is a picture of the opening
The "rough opening" height with drywall in ...
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Cracking paint after painting
My experience
DYI/Youtube apprentice (I've painted around 100m2 area in the past places of living)
The wall
Pretty old European flat corridor (Barcelona, Spain), more than half a decade old, last time ...
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How would you match this wall texture
I’m trying to match the existing wall texture rather than redo the whole wall.
It looks like maybe the texture was done with latex paint and not with a plaster skim coat.
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will a partition wall float?
While replacing some burnt lumber I found a partition wall sitting perpendicularly atop two 2x8 joists.
I need to remove said joists and the subfloor above them back to the carrier beam.
I'm thinking ...
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Wall perpendicular to joists but with single plate in wall framing - is it load bearing? [duplicate]
I have a wall that I’m confident it is not load bearing, but I thought to put it out there to see if someone thinks I’m incorrect. Here is what I know and can see:
The wall length is little less than ...
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Is it safe to install an electric fireplace in front of a decommissioned gas fireplace?
I have a gas fireplace that I’ve not used in 7 yrs and I’m trying to update it to an electric fireplace. My contractor thinks it’s better to just cap the gas line and build a new fireplace wall with a ...
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Filling in holes between brick wall and interior window frame
So my partner and I are working to restore an old interior brick wall (about 100 years old). We have stripped off the plaster and cleared out all the loose, crumbling mortar in some sections of the ...
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What adhesive solution should use for walls with powdery surface?
I just moved into a new place and I am adding curtains in a window and do not want to put holes in the wall so I used 3M double sided adhesive hook for the curtain pipe.
It works for a couple of days ...
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Is this dividing wall load bearing? [duplicate]
My fiancée and I are remodeling our recently purchased home and want to triple check to confirm this is not a load bearing wall before tearing it down.
The portion of the wall touching the ceiling is ...
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What have I drilled into?
Was drilling into wall to hand a mirror and I got some trouble which ended with a large hole. Brown dust came out and now I’m not sure if I should’ve drilled into the wall.
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Do I need to skim coat old plaster walls?
Potentially very dumb series of questions as I haven’t personally taken on many home improvement projects. We recently moved in to a new place. It’s a rental but a long term one and it was a bit of a ...
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How do I measure the cut angle to place these panels under the stairs? [duplicate]
How would I measure how to cut the panel pieces that will go under the slanted ceiling where my stairs go above my living room wall? In the picture shows the paneling I am doing but I’m unsure how to ...
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How should I finish this basement wall?
House built in 1970 in climate zone 3. These basement walls were apparently finished twice, the second time with drywall and originally with just wood against the concrete blocks with plaster as ...
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House moved a bit more than I'm comfortable with
Until a couple years ago, we had an operating quarry nearby, with regular blasts. Smaller movements between the drywall plates were normal at the time and didn't worry me. (I got this confirmed by ...
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Design a frame for shelves in an alcove? [closed]
My previous small studio apartment had a useful cupboard, as pictured -- the only storage space, used for:
Clothes
Empty suitcases
Small boxes
Now I want a design for a similar one, to fit the new ...
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What is this dark material behind kitchen plaster exterior wall?
While renovating our kitchen the electricians opened part of the exterior wall. It is a plaster wall with metal wire lath in a 1920s-built home, but I can't identify this darker material behind the ...
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Should this severed wall stud be repaired, and if so, how?
We hired a plumber to fix a corroded gas valve in the kitchen. The valve was difficult to get to, and there was an existing pipe in the way, so they had to hack a chunk out of the cabinet and ...
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Wall cladding for shower? [closed]
We have a second bathroom with a bathtub. There is a shower hose and a shower holder as well, so in theory we could use the bathtub also as a shower, but there is no protection on the walls around the ...
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Running outlets in or on a garage fire protection wall
I have been working on rebuilding the wall separating my basement and garage. I know this wall needs to have some fire protection, but I have just recently learned that research is important - it isn'...
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What is this wall bulge?
I would love to identify what this bulge is on an interior staircase wall (leading to exterior, on ground level)
Is it a cause for concern or just shoddy workmanship?
Thank you!
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Filling holes in brick wall
In my house (England) there are multiple holes from old pipes in the walls. The walls are made of red bricks and the house is approximately 70 years old.
I want to fill in those gaps - also in some of ...
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Control a double light switch (hallway light & ceiling fan) with remote device so I can cover the existing switch?
In my 45 yr old apartment I have a double light switch which controls the overhead hallway light and the dining room ceiling fan. Is there any remote device that will allow me to cover the switch ...
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Foam sealant around plumbing fixtures in new home, okay to keep as is and/or how should I make this look more finished?
We moved not too long ago and there's this foam (not sure if this might be spray foam?) sealing around several plumbing fixtures (like under the kitchen sink in the picture below) as well as a handful ...
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Are these old plaster walls repairable?
Previous home owner had installed a tile backsplash over countertop, along with installing tile along the entirety of the lower half of a wall that was made from plaster lath.
When removing the tile, ...
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How to properly patch the "scar" in the wall after the door removal
I am doing a small home improvement project by removing the door between the entrance room and the corridor in the apartment. I've managed to remove the door and the bricks around it and am now left ...
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Foundation Wall Question
I’m new to building so I am here with a foundation question. We hired a contractor for our concrete pour on a foundation wall. The finished result is attached in the picture below.
Other than the ...
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Is this drywall mud peeling under the paint?
I just bought my first house, and before moving in I’ve been doing a little bit of small-scale DIY stuff. I just removed an awkwardly-placed walk in closet in the primary bedroom, and the paint on ...
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