Search results

I'm framing out a wall that is shared b/w two buildings. I'd like to reduce the sound being transmitted from the neighbor. They have a staircase adjacent to this wall. The wall has an abandoned fireplace that juts out about 4" off the main wall. (See pic.). I'd like to use one continuous...

I'm digging a trench to join a backyard drain gutter pipe. When I digging about 78" off the back of building I hit a flat section that runs all way to the rear of the building. Looks to be about 1 1/2" thick. According to Chat-GPT this is small section of "hardscape" and the rest of the...

I have a 4" CI sewer pipe running under the cellar floor. I recently snaked out the clogged up roof rainwater connection to the sewer line. But I could only get my snake out about 12' before it starts getting stuck. (Ridgid k-400 with 1/2" cable) I think I hit a 2nd elbow and I've been unable to...

I'm trying to clean out some obstruction in a CI pipe. The pipe was abandoned by a prior owner. It runs under the basement to the house trap. I removed the cracked section and now I see some debris and a piece of cracked pipe about 15" down. The pipe is taking water. I had a hose in it b/f...

I lost the security hex wrench for my bike rack. I last recall leaving it on my bumper after I took my rack off. Then proceeded to drive another 100 miles. It's a standard 3/8 hex with a hole in the center. The bike rack company wants $15 + another $15 to ship it. I could get something...

When making screens for large windows, how much should I downsize the horizontal outer frame dimension to ensure a good fit? I will be using tension springs. So for example the channel is 5/8" deep on each side. and the Space b/w the channels are 55". So the entire dimension is 56 1/4". How...

I've got to build a few large window screens. (52x50"). I ordered a 20 pack of 60" screen frames from HD and all of them have a slight bow in them. Can that bow be corrected in the screen frame building process? Or I am looking at a headache? I am installing a cross-bar since the screens...

I'm replacing some cut joists with 2x10s. They are going from the foundation wall to the house carrying beam (8' away from the foundation wall). How do I anchor the 2x10 to the carrying beam? I could send some screws threw the 2x10 into the beam but I was wondering if there was a more...

i'm renovating the 1st floor of a 3-family house in brooklyn. 2nd and 3rd floor are finished. There's an abandoned chimney stack in building. It was 15" deep on the 3rd floor, maybe 12" deep on the 2nd floor and only 4" deep on the 1st floor. Its 60" wide. On the 3rd floor I left it...

How can I clean off some of the grim and dirt off the surface of this PTAC unit?

I've seen both answers when googling.

I recently had a 1000 sq ft apartment gutted down to the original floorboards and brick party walls. (Attached building in brooklyn). Original 1920's construction so there was plaster everywhere. I did my best to vacuum up the floors. But the air quality is terrible. I can feel it in my...

I got a little piece of nail jammed in there. I tried pulling it out with a pick. No luck. How can I get it out?

I'm having the 1st floor of a 3-family building demo'd down to the floorboards. As part of the demo, I'm having the extension on the back of the house removed. Once it was removed I could see the original shingles of the building. (When the house was originally built it was covered with...

or should I just disassemble it from the base? Thanks

I'm prepping to have the 1st floor area demo'd. I ran lineset, comms, drains from the 3rd and 2nd floor thru the 1st to the basement. All these lines are currently exposed on first floor. See pic. I can't expect the demo crew to work gently around the mini split equipment. My plan is to put...

I just hung 9 doors (all 80" ). Then 10th door is a 84". All the doors are from the same manufacturer. The 80" doors all went smooth. The bottom hinges on the 84" door just aren't lining up. All of these are prehung doors. I shimmed out the jambs with the door in place and nailed/screwed...

The temp knob wont turn past 12 clockwise. It's a VIGO Dilana shower panel system. Any tips on how to repair it? Or should I just replace the cartridge?

I'm hiring a drywall taper / painter to make some drywall repairs in a rental apartment. There was a leak that ran down the wall. I'd like to do the repair all in one day - preferably in a few hours. Looks like the damaged drywall tape needs to be replaced and then mudded over. Should I use...

I had a water leak originating from the upstairs condo unit into my unit. My unit is a duplex and water came down my top floors bathroom vent, ceiling and down a wall. The water continued down into my bottom floors bathroom. There the leak was mostly contained to the ceiling. After some...