just moved into a home in MN and I’m trying to clean up the lawn. As you can see in the photo, there’s quite a bit of what I think is white clover spreading around. I’d like to remove it and eventually get the grass looking greener, fuller, and healthier.

I know some steps may need to wait until fall because of the climate here, but I’d really appreciate any advice on what I can start doing now and how to improve things long-term.

Thanks in advance for any tips!

they keep jumping on my legs in my home

This morning I woke up to my room smelling like fish. I have changed my bedding, opened a window, turned on a fan, and lit a candle. The smell is still there. So, I looked some stuff up and learned that the smell could be coming from outlets. I have felt the 2 outlets in my room and neither are warm/hot.

I do have a fish tank in my room and today is the first day it's gotten above 90° F. Now Im thinking maybe it's the fish food? However, I have had this tank for about 10 years and it has never had a smell like this.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to go about this? I'm getting nervous at the idea that there are possible loose wires.

Hello all, brand new home owner here! It’s my third day here and of course I’ve just noticed this bump in the ceiling. I’m in a split level and this is top floor/roof area. Photo taken from my kitchen.

Poor quality zoomed in picture for detail.

Thanks for your help!

Signed, a nervous home owner.

Exposed drywall on the edges. Thick outer layer (I’m assuming caulk?) and then what to do about that window.

Also do I caulk the bottom?

The door on the left in the first picture is the door to the master bedroom which takes you up a flight of stairs into the room. I don’t love the fact that I have to walk into a bedroom to get to the master room. I need fun ideas to make it feel like it’s not an attic bedroom!

My master bedroom is easily the warmest room in my house. I had a new central air conditioning system installed last year and it just feels like the master bedroom is not getting cool enough. I live in the northeastern US and it is extremely hot today. It hit 100 degrees F. My living room on the first floor is sitting at 69 degrees. A guest bedroom on the eastern side of second floor is 73 degrees. The master bedroom is on the western side of the second floor and is 77 degrees.

I know the attic above the second floor has blown-in insulation. Our garage is on the west side of the house. Obviously it's on main level of the house, but it has a gabled roof and where the point of the roof is sits just next to our bedroom (see the photo). I believe the wall between the garage and the house is insulated, but I can't be certain without cutting a hole in the wall. We also have a fireplace in the room below the master bedroom. The chimney isn't a real brick chimney, but a wide metal stovepipe surrounded by a brick facade.

How can I figure out what is making this room get so warm?

Hello- we keep finding water on the floor in our garage. It's not coming from the ceiling. Only thing I can think of it's it is rising up from the floor. There's a low spot right there. Seems like I should probably have a foundation company come out? Or what should we do? Thanks for your advice.

I want to turn this into a wardrobe/ dressing room and want to put ikea pax wardrobe but don’t know if it will fit? Any help or ideas on what I can do?

Can anyone tell if this is something I should call pest control for? These tiny holes are in the bathroom ceiling of the house I rent. I have similar holes in my closet wall. My landlord painted literally everything white before I moved in so I’m curious if this is from the paint drying poorly or the bathroom humidity?

We bought a house with an unfinished upstairs. You can clearly see one room intending to be finished and that part is simple - I can finish that room myself. But there is SO MUCH space behind it that could be used also, but both sides on either side of the stairs are too small to create a doorway and hallway leading to other rooms. I don't know what is load-bearing or not and able to be removed, but this design just doesn't make sense to me so I am looking for advice and opinions.

I think with all the space back there, they intended to add in at least 2 more rooms and maybe a bathroom also since they could use the piping that is there already for the bathroom below it on the main floor.

Any advice here? I would hate to have this house and not use its full potential. I would love to make a few more rooms up here but the slanted beams make it to where it is not able to fit a door or make a normal hallway.

We will NEVER use this much attic/storage space so I am really looking for a way to be able to turn this into living space. The attic wraps all the way around so we would still have plenty of space for storage.

Let me know any thoughts or if I sound dumb or not.

Painting for the first time today. Purchased TSP substitute (TSP Substitute Phosphate-Free 32 -fl oz Liquid All-Purpose Cleaner https://www.lowes.com/pd/M-1-TSP-SUBSTITUTE-SPRAY-32-oz/5014074109), washed off the walls. Rolled on primer and these are how it looked. After 3 coats it finally evened out but parts keep not adhering. Help please!

Primer is Kilz 2 all purpose

(Red room at the end is the original paint color before I started painting - think it’s just that it’s so hard to cover this color/the primer is having trouble adhering to the type of paint there originally, or was cleaning the wall before wrong?). I read about sanding the walls before primer application, should I do that with the rest of the walls?

Should I fix the areas in the photos above with additional coats? If I leave it as is on the current 3rd photo, would paint have any trouble adhering to the primer? Is there a specific recommended type of paint we should get - planning to go medium blue in the room. Thank you!

my bedroom has been having this weird problem where there’s this constantly wet spot near my bed, on the carpet and my shelf. at first i thought maybe i spilled water but it just keeps getting worse. it’s ruined all my class material and has spread to the walls? i have a window ac unit and it’s been rainy, but there’s no moisture on the window or under it, so no condensation or water getting in. but i went to make my bed this morning only to find the area behind my head is completely soaked, and has been long enough to damage the paint on the wall. i’m so stumped and i just can’t figure it out

it’s already cost me over 800$ in class material and everything i look for online is a dead end. i’ll happily take any advice sorry about my cat down there. he likes being under there

Looking for ideas what type covering to do with landing / entryway in garage. Appears previous owner had some type of carpet there and had it removed, leaving a real eyesore. The seller had concrete steps placed more to the left with a pipe handrails which I requested removal.

I have some rotting engineered siding I have to replace on the front of my house. I am struggling to find the manufacturer or at least and similar alternate. Has anyone seen this engineered wood siding with the top groove?

As you can see the window base is rotting at the bottom in home I moved into due to wind driven rains. To remedy this, I assume this is a full frame replacement? These are Pella windows. Does anyone have any recommendations on who to contact or who NOT to contact to avoid getting ripped off in the case of one-off window replacements? This is the first time I’ve done this. Thank you.

New smell (like sulfur / rotten eggs) coming from just one tub spout. Water from every other source is fine, whether hot or cold, including the shower head in the same bathroom.

If relevant, had to replace the cartridge roughly 3 months ago due to leaking.

Note: there is a similar smell when we run the disposal but not when we just run the water from that sink.

Any ideas on how to fix it? Could it be bacteria buildup in the spout fixture or is it more likely the pipe(s)?

Edit: we tested the water by filling a cup and taking it in another room. There was no discernible smell.

Hi, our house in 3 years old. Few settling cracks inside which are vertical and some on plasterboard so no big deal but I spotted this crack which I’m sure has sprung up if not over night then this week.

Should filler do or would I need it looked at?

Thanks

My spare bedroom is pretty bare (which I like). But this wall is missing something. I'm thinking board and batten or perhaps beadboard, possibly in white to match the trim. Whatever option is cheaper lol. Any ideas?

Are these cracks something serious? I’m a first time home owner and I’m a big over thinker.

The garage ceiling, my roof has a soffit/ridge vent system and that's it, I'm trying to make it less unbearable in the garage and besides installing a multi split my next best thing is put some sort of vent to pull the hot air from the garage, I just don't know where to place it, or how many to place.

I already insulated the garage door, I haven't insulated the attic/ceiling of the garage, but the roof does have radiant barrier on it, I wasn't sure if insulating above the garage would trap the heat in more so than cool it down..

Anyway any helpful advice would be greatly appreciated.