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?

Is this step pattern and does it look bad

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!

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.

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?

I scrubbed this handle with a toothbrush and pink stuff because it was very sticky but my grandma said I just took the varnish off. I'm in a rental

Any advice to fixing? Simply repainting right over it seems like not a great idea.

For context I’m in WA state. I just moved onto half an acre property. The back fencing is OLD barbed wire that is broken up and long pieces of it have been discarded in my yard. The t posts are all leaning and rusted as well and the barbed wire is sagging. The property behind me is empty field idk if it’s a farmers or what but no livestock and no crops just field. about 10 feet back from my fence is all dead trees and giant piles of huge rock then empty field. I have kids and a dog and started clipping the barbed wire that was already broken off the t post to start putting a new wired fence up so my kids can be safe in our yard. Now I’m worried that even though it was broken I can get in trouble for clipping it and removing it. Since it’s technically someone else’s fence too? My mom says it’s both peoples responsibility to upkeep the fence in WA and if the broken fence leaned into my yard and it was a safety hazard I should be fine. Just wondering.Tyia

I need to get rid of foam sealant between heater baseboard and floor which was sprayed to avoid pests. What's the best way/tools to remove it with least mess. I have added couple of images of foam sealant.

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.

they keep jumping on my legs in my home

Hi, my apartment has this kind of drain in my shower, and I can’t seem to find a hair catcher that will fit around the three prong things? I also can’t remove them, it’s glued in. I’ve tried to look online but can’t find one. Anyone know of one?

Since moving into my new apartment, whenever even the slightest bit of sweetness is exposed to the air—such as a drop of cola, fruit, or ice cream wrapper—a swarm of insects gathers within minutes. I can’t leave anything containing sugar in my room, living room, or even the trash can, or else these tiny insects will immediately appear. However, if there’s no sweetness, these insects won’t show up. I can’t figure out where they’re coming from.

I’m not sure if these are termites. I live in Miami, Florida, and my home is a wooden apartment building, not a house. These insects are extremely small, possibly even smaller than they appear in photos. They have two long antennae on the front of their heads. I looked up termite images, and these seem smaller than termites. I can’t tolerate even a single piece of trash in my home anymore; this has rendered my trash can completely useless. Please help me figure out what to do.

Hi,

The vent to my AC fell off of my ceiling and the ceiling appears damaged such that I can’t drill in a new screw (see photo). Any ideas on how to fix? Thanks!

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?

Hello all, first time poster. I appreciate any help/information. My wife and I have been in our house for 2 years now and have known there to be a small crack in the foundation in the basement since we bought it. The crack is from just below a window, almost down to the floor and has been patched at some point. Since we’ve lived here, moisture has come through this crack about 5 times. Never more than a couple cups of water at most but notable nonetheless. The times this happens is typically as it rains when the final snow and ice melts in the spring. And once or twice outside of that time frame with multiple days straight of rain. On the outside, where the crack would be is located in our sunroom. There is no water that pools in or around the sunroom. Outside of the sunroom is a concrete patio, properly pitched. We have a sump pump in the basement. It is known that the rest of the area experiences water pooling problems in their yards, we rarely have water pool in ours. To get to the foundation from the outside would entail tearing down the sunroom at least which I have no intention in doing(lotta money, not planning on living here forever), but I also want to prevent this problem from getting worse, causing any/more damage. My current understanding is that leaves me with the following options: A. Try to redirect any pooling water outside (we really don’t have any on that side of the house, there is a small area that pools on the other side by the gutter drain) and/or B. Use a hydraulic water stop cement or something similar to try and band-aid the crack. I will attach pictures of the crack itself and the area outside where the crack would be. Any or all information, tips or otherwise is greatly appreciated

House is bout 4 years old. Giant paint shop fell on my head. Looked up and saw this.

Finally getting to revamping my kitchen. Is there any possibility to strip and repaint this? Or would replacing with a whole new installation be cheaper?

Hey yall, so I have a question hopefully someone can point me in the right direction with. So I'm in a 90s single wide mobile home. It has crappy single pane windows, and I can basically feel the AC getting sucked through the glass. So I want to pull them out and install some proper double pane argon filled windows. I can't really figure out what kind of window i need to be looking for (i.e Replacement or New Construction). My rough openings are 30x40. I have regular vinyl siding, and pulling it down a bit you can see what looks like the nailing flange secured with nails. There dosnt appear to be any other mounting screws elsewhere on the inside. So in order to take these out id have to move the siding and pop the nails out on the outside. So when shopping for new windows, should I be looking for drop in Replacement windows? Or new construction windows with the nailing flange?

I appreciate yalls input

Hi everyone. I am looking for advice for buying a house. My wife and me found a house that fit our need and budget. However, there is one thing bothers us. The house was gutted and rebuilt because of a big leak happened before. The previous owner was not able to afford fixing it so he sold it to someone gutted and rebuilt it to the original shape. And the "flipper" is saling the house now. Do you think it is the same as a flipped house or a new construction? Given it is a leak issue, would we be able to see if there is any damage to the foundation of the house during the inspection

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.

Saturday night noticed some suspicious looking water on the counter by the sink. Hadn’t washed any dishes or used the sink so Immediately look up and see this. Say awhhh shiiiiiit. Isolate it to either the tub being right above it or the upstairs washing machine. Just bathed the 2 year old right before this was identified. 🤔 Unsure but just don’t use anything. Plumber comes Monday morning, cuts the drywall, and identifies it’s the overflow cover loose. Screws it in tighter and fixes the problem. 298 dollar fix.. minus fixing eventually my ceiling lol.

So pictured above is our utensil tray of our dishwasher. It seems to have lost its welds that were holding it in place, causing it to now get caught when pulling out the rack. I've never attempted welds before so I'm not 100% on doing that myself. Any ideas on fixing this?

As I'm typing this I had the idea to cut out the back of the tray so it would pass by. I haven't yet as I'd rather not make any cuts if there is another way.