Have a light switch unit that is falling off. The screws are not tightly installed as the area under it is not uniformly solid, damaged and has many holes. What's the best fix to repair that section of ceiling making it solid and effective for screws. I have Gorilla mesh tape but would I need some strong adhesive or something more solid to strengthen the area? Any help is welcome.
>>2976643stuff old holes with matches, do not forget to strip the chemical tip. increase contact patch
>>2976648Thanks. It's plasterboard. But how do I get some wood up there in such a confined space?
>>2976643>What's the best fix to repair that section of ceiling3 feet of concrete.
>>2976657Replace the switch with a remote relay module and hide it in a junction box in the ceiling. Then patch and paint.
>>2976657You're near a wall. Two walls. Those will extend a bit above the plaster. You can screw a block of wood into those beams at an angle. Tuck it all up inside the ceiling. Then repair the plaster so it's invisible.
or "whore stories" if you have any.butt mostly "deals gone bad" and how RE Agents fucked someone, or you, and how The Process generally sucks ass and should be fed into a wood chipper.I need these examples, and I figure this is best place even though not technically DIY, I'm doing a project that needs this info from mostly a DIY friendly perspective, not a Trophy Wife perspective.Thx in advance, when my Project's true nature reveals itself you will like it.Bascially, right now, I need examples to show a few people how the existing "Process" needs to mostly end and be replaced with new regime.
>>2975528Make them an offer. They can't refuse. :)I used to work on houses of well known billionaire.One house was next to his wife's BFF. It was obvious it wasn't on the market when they bought it. Rat nest in garage, dry rot behind bushes, rusty gutters, etc, in a multi-million 'hood.Some people are so rich they don't look at prices, even of historic McMansions in hot markets.Then you got the type that don't care if its currently for sale or not.Old owners moved into bigger fancy newer house across and couple houses down.But seriously, I guess I'd start by finding out WTF is in target house, and making them an offer about 20% over market and even say why. I'd do it yourself to avoid having an Agent do something dumb and creep them out.50% chance they are THINKING about selling, soon, and if they see you as their best shot and getting top price with no fuss they'd be nuts not to.
>297547sven>297555won>obvious disgusting roastie parasite agentshill is obvious go spew your vile inflation apologist trash on moron pl*bbitors and zuckbergspace
>>2971972Most realtors are stupid. They dont necessarily understand the time value of money. They think the big check is better.
>>2975558Take your meds sweetie.
>>2975601explainmy take is "become RE Agent" is one of the default loser paths, like "Security Guard".most RE Agents have hobbyist mindset. They are failed Interior Decorators like Guards are failed cops.like car salesmen, they don't value your time because they will be their all day regardless, and/or its just a rare chance for >>2972086 " premenopausal holes" to interact with real people and seem needed.To an Agent, wasting someone's time to go look at a house and run their mouth with mindless sales blather is like going fishing or hunting even if you don't bag anything. Its still enjoyable.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_01kW_oBicABTW " premenopausal holes" is more a state of mind than a gender or age, as we see here.:33 sec markComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
this old nm cable is absolutely aids to work with. each conductor has its own seperate cavity in the plastic and you literally need to carefully carve it out.theres probably a tool for this but idk what its called.
>>2976574Yeah, its called a NM Cable Stripper. Funny how that works, huh? Anything else you need us to google for you?
Trying to print “Benchy the Boat”. Can I get any pointers? It’s PLA filament
>>2973580Bambu glue is mostly to protect that PEI sheet, o that’s why you see idiots going PETG ruined my build plate I’m out $50! Posts because they don’t understand that if you print too hot and too close with even PLA you can damage that build sheet But nah it must be that those guys printing for over a decade can’t level a bed as good as a guy that bought his first Bambu a week ago!!!
>>2970350O kekola
>>2974685glue is for the smooth plate not textured one that op uses
>>2974643To be fair, if it's square tile the orientation doesn't matter much.
>>2970110>glue stickdoesn't make it stick, it makes it easier to remove post print.
>spend 4 years apprenticing under master furniture maker learning esoteric black magic japanese joinery and ancient craftsmanship >make master grade table using said secret japanese techniques to absolute perfection >put it for sale for 100 dollars >zero interest on it for 2 years >go on instagram >some 6.5/10 woman in yoga pants puts a S4S piece of poplar wood from Home Depot through a Dewalt planer and then cuts it on a bandsaw into an ugly cutting board >sells them for 500 dollars+has 150k subscribers its not fair i hate this world
>>2970127>i don't know how to advertiseok yeah, you learnt your craft now you need to know business too, you are trying to do business with a chisel. imagine trying to do woodwork with a dollar bill. same shit. you need to learn a new thing.it is perfectly fair.she is better at advertising than you.
>>2970127just use AI to put a naked woman sitting on it.it'll sell.
>>2976494anime is gay
>>2976503
>>2970127Do a video with a cat. Millions of morons don't even care what they watch if a cat is present but toxoplasmosis gets views.BTW that's why all my hobbies are mutually supporting DIY so I profit by buying mostly goods and rarely services. Morons know nothing of furniture and only care about cats and cunts. Enjoy your skills which of course translate into home renovation, DIY furniture and DIY workshop facilities. Then since you proved you can do precise work, take up auto mechanics (slashes your lifetime vehicle cost drastically and removes any incentive to waste money on new vehicles) and metalworking which gives the same tactile experience you get with wood (plus you can weld and repair fuckups easily.Every one of my hobbies and interests is mutually supporting and saves me gobs of money. Crafts are obsolete except for personal enjoyment unless you can find a cunt with a cat to front for you. Even then it won't make you a living but that doesn't exclude fun. Precise woodworking is more demanding than welding and most machining so you have the tactile experience of materials to use however you see fit.
am i just retarded or are these things absolute dogshit baked in the summer sun?like half of them end up junked in only 60 year old wood. what the fuck? are these really engineered for playdough woood or am I retarded?
>>2976381>Practically oil free>Practically LmaooooooooooooooooooLike those diapers they say give UP TO 100% lean protection like stfu holy shit you greedy corporate fucks need to take a header off the 3rd floor balcony
>>297640716oz estwing claw hammer. im not some construction expert but the driving face is flat is it not?
>>2976464I think he meant flat vs milled/waffled.
>>2976472yeah, i dont have any waffled/milled hammers.
>>2976472>>2976508No, I mean some hammers have rounded faces to set a nail deeper but won't mar up your wood. Look at it from the side. Then have you have milled hammers which are better for nailing since they prevent the head from slipping off and bending the nail. Then there are smooth, flat-faced hammers.tl;dr, get a milled or flat-faced roofing hammer.
so i just discovered that mongolian baskets are a real thing and they look pretty nice.Has anyone made one? if so how, what is your method? anyone got any insights or want to chime in with how you think would be the best way to go about making one?
>edges look super rawhuh, maybe they do cut them in halflooking at the weave it seems totally counter to how every other basket is made, won't it make them way harder to make into that shape.
found some good photos showing inside, the edges are very raw. don't even know where they start weaving this, you'd think at the hinge/lock where the little curve is but any way you look at it, it looks like a difficult way to go about it.
>>2976511It looks like they just make a rectanglish mat and turn it into a basket after
Is it better to buy the trashiest used mobile home I can find, buy a shipping container and DIY, or buy a prefab "tiny home", cuckshed, etc.? I want to do the bare minimum, the only real requirement is having a roof over my head.
>>2954235It’s definitely cheapest to get the trashiest used mobile home you can find, unless you have all the tools and skills to build a shedhome from bare materials. Older trailers go for like, $2-5k including shipping where I am. The value is not in building materials but in that they already have doors, windows, plumbing and electrical, which alone would easily cost you the same for a diy house. If it’s for longer term a diy house could be more bang for buck but that depends more on what youre comfortable saving money on. If zoning is an issue (check that first), trailer might not be an option, then prefab shed. Or RV if that’s allowed and structures aren’t. Shed looks cheap but remember most times have no insulation no pipes no wires no sealing and no proper doors and locks.Tiny homes are often built by rich people out of some ideological mindset and newer so way more expensive.
>>2954235no
>boomers want a million dollars for their blown out 1920s build that is falling apart>new home builder's "starter home" is $600k with millenial nihilist aesthetic in a new development HOA hellIs the only solution to learn how to build an entire fucking house by myself from scratch?
>>2976247>millenial nihilist aestheticWhy the fuck do you keep calling it that, we can't afford to buy these places.
>>2976383What I mean is some Chinese or Korean millennial buys up all actual starter homes with helicopter money, rips out all the character, knocks down all the internal walls, makes the interior look like the inside of a factory, matches brown tones with black everywhere you look (which was always the cardinal aesthetic sin since I was a kid but seems to be forgotten) and then puts it back on the market 3 months later at a +200% markup.
Hi /diy/, ESL from south america and I was wondering if you could help me.My house has a shitty, badly built, barely insulated wooden guest house in the backyard, and I want to insulate it thermically and acoustically. The interior walls are mostly made of hardboard, with plywood in a few places. Frames are made of timber and filled with polystyrene for insulation.I am thinking of replacing the polystyrene with rock wool, and the hardboard and plywood with drywall in the exterior-facing walls, mostly because it's cheap and google says drywall is a better acoustic insulator. However, judging by the videos I've watched on yt, drywall seems difficult to work with: I'd have to use plaster for finishes, I'm not really skilled and I don't care about looks. Meanwhile, I could just nail the plywood to the frames and call it a day.I was also thinking of adding metallic studs in a few places, but while these are cheaper than structural timber, they also seem to be pretty complicated to with with, because of their thermal expansion. I'd also have to insulate them with some plastic tape, which in the end makes them more expensive than timber.Questions:- is it true that drywall is better acoustic insulator? Do I really need to use plaster with it? What if I just slap the plywood on top of the drywall to avoid having to use plaster?- do metallic studs need to be insulated acoustically? Beyond the plastic tape, do I need to use plastic nails or something to avoid the noise? How the fuck do you attach the drywalls to metallic studs?(continues)
Good plan for dealing with termites. Yes it is true that drywall is a good noise insulator, the best way to reduce exterior noise getting into the building is air sealing, so taping and drywall compound on the seams between hung drywall will help a lot, otherwise caulk or foam all holes and gaps will help too. I don't know about metal stud acoustics but can screw drywall to metal studs with fine thread drywall screws afiak
>>2973593I won't use plaster compound, I'm too lazy for that shit. I'll try caulk or foam. Which one do you recommend for finishes? Should I get both?Also, how do you deal with corners, like, between walls, or in windows? Should I just use foam and wooden corners everywhere?
Didn't read. Look for air gaps then fill them. Windows and doors obviously are the biggest culprits. Double pane windows makes a big difference if you can upgrade those. Heavy curtain at the windows helps absorb sound.
>>2973088Your guest house is gonna look like shit if you ply all the interior walls. But yeah you can cover drywall with whatever you want if you really don't care about looks. Be very careful if you have a bathroom, it needs moisture resistant drywall boards and obviously the wood shit has to be sealed.>replace EPS with rockwoolThis is not going to add a lot of insulation, but rockwool is fireproof (though EPS also has fire resistant variants). Focus on insulating the roof, give it a very thick insulation layer, like 30cm minimum, and replace the windows if you only have single-pane stuff. Look for air leaks.>cheaper/better material than rockwoolNot really, EPS has its advantages, but for your scenario there isn't really anything cheaper if you don't go into recycling garbage.
>>2973088Fiberglass or rockwool is a good sound insulator. They're almost identical at sound dampening The 5/8" fire rated drywall is the best sound insulator for the moneyThe weight is what stops soundYou could also or alternatively side the outside with cement siding and make sure all the gaps in the structure are filled with caulking or whatever
My kitchen didn’t come with an exhaust and the microwave recirculating fan isn’t cutting it. Want to run a duct through the ceiling and to the outside but don’t want to cut a hole in my roof. Found this YouTube video and pretty much exactly what I want to do. If the CFM is high enough from the fan, can I have my pipe go up, make a 90 degree in the attic, then another 90 down out of the soffit? Or should I consult an HVAC company. Not sure what kind of issue I could be creating with pressure. https://youtu.be/tDzsOKYaflg?si=hRxAh9AZ1_LHRktB
>>2976106That would be totally fine.
>>2976087Add a 1 way dampener
>>2976026>and for god sake don't do what this retard says >>2976012I mean, there's a pretty solid solution to the "house has no outlet fan ducting" issue there.1: Route it though the attic.2: Attic gets impregnated with grease.3: Fire.4: Buy a house that has already has the pipes installed.
>>2976106That's how my neighborhood is built, fucking place stinks of curry whenever the neighbors cook.
>>2976012retard
Completely fucked up tiling, the adhesive didn’t hold at all, it was still a little soft so I was able to scrape most of it off but now wondering what I should do, mud and repaint? Is there a backsplash option for an absolute retard like me?
>>2975712>For those NOT in Australia.jpglolGlad it worked for you, did good. The choice to compensate for the unlevel space at the bottom of the lower tile was an interesting choice, but guess you didn't have many options. I would have tried to cut the top of the upper section.but whatever i'm sure it'll be cluttered up and lost in the sauce soon enough!also holy sink caulk batman, surely that's still wet bait
>>2973946Wtf they just stick to the wall like stickers? No mudding?
>>2975825Yeah. You can add some spray adhesive for extra like with carpet tiles(which are also cool)
>>2975663You cheeky son of a bitch.
>>2975712I don't mean to shit on your work but jesus you managed to assemble every color in the bathroom disaster spectrum
Hello, I am trying to set up some automatic transfer switches for critical loads that are currently residing within 2 subpanels. The critical load circuits aren't mapped out, so I don't know how many of these critical loads reside in subpanel 1 and how many reside in subpanel 2. Each sub is 100 amps, being fed by a 400 amp main. The load calculations for the critical loads ask for 100 amps of power, so i need a 100 amp ATS. Now, since each subpanel is already 100 amps, and already has several circuits, I can't use a 100 amp ATS. My plan was to install 2 50 amp ATS's, each being powered by 50 amp breakers, i.e. 50A Breaker Subpanel 1 goes to ATS 1 & 50A breaker subpanel 2 goes to ATS 2. I will attach a diagram to illustrate. System is 3 phase 120/208ATS is single phase and will be fed with 2 legs to make 208 (I've already researched the ATS, it registers 208 for the transfer back to utility)Additional information. The ATS generator side will be a portable genny run on natural gas, approximately 21kw of power with natural gas. Genny has 2 50 amp outlets and I plan on using one outlet for each ATS.Please dont ask why I can't just put the ATS on the 400A main and transfer everything to that, that is not an option. Each ATS has circuits (16 spaces) where the critical loads will be.All critical loads are 120 volts
>>2975951>then charge you to do the workits already priced into the product. use the sales service they provide and make them show their long hand calculations. they willt. bought more eaton abb this year than you house cost
>>2975909>dont ask why I can't just put the ATS on the 400A mainFuck you! Why can't you just put the ATS on the 400A main?
>>2975909Obviously no.Unless the atss are absolutely perfectly synchronized to within the speed of light travelling 1 inch, then one of them will be up against the full 100 A load and disintegrate by the effects of 2X rated capacity unless they’re solid state using SCRs or something and it can handle the overcurrent for a few ms.
>>2975951I don’t know where you are but I’m in europe and in my experience eg ABB or Eaton customer service will happily tell you stuff like this. One time ABB even asked me to send schematics and reported back with the numbers I needed. Took maybe 3 business days. Maybe don’t tell them you already bought their product, the sales guys are more eager to help than the aftersales/customer service people
how do i get a job like thisunless there's something i'm missing and an ATS isn't functionally a 3PDT switch this seems braindead easy
What does /diy/ know about insulation a crawlspace? I live in the south and bought this house in the fall, didn't have to touch the A/C for heating or cooling till like December and my power bill more then fucking doubled. I do know the crawlspace is uninsulated, but it has those vents so its "open".I read that spray foam is the easiest to install but might be bad long term because it can trap moisture, but I fucking hate dealing with fiberglass. Would it be a good idea to spray foam in places unlikely to see moisture? The house was designed so all the plumbing is in one small area. So maybe just do fiberglass around there and foam the rest?
>>2974339>Wood siding 8 in. minimum above gradeWell sheeeiiit. I have to walk around the house every few months because, if a gofer digs a tunnel next to the foundation, the mound it makes touches the underside of my siding. How the fuck do remove six inches of soil around a house that is on flat ground in the middle of a neighborhood and not cause a pool of standing water next to the foundation?
>>2975187You could remove the bottom course of siding and replace it with flashing/sheet metal or other material which isn't rot susceptible - need to be careful about the drainage path.You could also lay concrete pavers around the perimeter to make nearby gopher piles impossible.Or if you're like most people you let it rot, and then once mice have chewed through into your house you replace the rotten part with the same part which will be rotten in a few years.
>>2974275This but you need a dehumidifier, especially in the South
>>2971565All I fucking know is I hate crawling through that shit on your hands and knees with a roll of wire and staple gun.
>>2971565Went with spray foam and installed a dehumidifier
Can anyone tell what these are?
>>2975095(Cont.) I bought a little steamer and I would steam my clothes every time before leaving the house, in fear that one might’ve latched onto my clothes and I’d spread them to someone else. This was such a horrible idea for me, and the last thing I ever wanted to have happen.When the exterminators come, they have to knock on the neighbors doors next to you, below you, and above. Terribly humiliating. If you live in a house tho, you won’t have that problem. They nest nearby your bed. They don’t travel around the house and spread, unless you’re like in end stage infestation and the only solution remaining is to burn the house down. Since you can’t find any evidence of them, you’re nowhere near that stage, and that’s good. It’s important you sleep in the same location every single night. If you change rooms, they will follow you, and you will spread them. Keep them in one room, at all costs, Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2975097(Cont.) They also have bug sniffing dogs that, I’m told, are pretty effective as well. I wouldn’t know. The other treatment option is a heat treatment. I’ve heard great things about it. It’s very expensive. They make your house like 120 degrees which kills any bugs exposed. The biggest issue, is that it’s not terribly difficult for the bugs to crawl into the walls and not get cooked. And again, all it takes is one male and one female to survive. But it can be effective in driving down the population so that chemical treatments can be more productive. It’s not forever.
>>2975099I've put a trap under each leg of the bed. I used a small plastic container inside a bigger one. The bigger one has talc powder in it. Now, I wait and see, but I still think it's mites.Anyway, the idea of putting blankets that are not being used in plastic bags is nice.
>>2973497Bugs
>>2975821Kek, working with geniuses.
>titanium hammer Is there an German/Italian/French/EU alternative to this?
>>2975964>nnnnoooooo u cant have nice clabbers>thats fascism haha usa hammers go brrrr
>>2975967manchild post
>>2975973>hammerlet poast
>>2975964>not wanting tendonitis in you 30's makes you a manchildLmao.
>>2975210Protip of the day.
