#RedditHomeimprovement

Wondering what others have paid for a HVHZ rated sliding glass door and installation in SE FL. It's a 71.5x80 sliding door and a screen. First quote was $5700 for the door, framing, labor, permit and disposal thru Lowes.…

So apparently I’m an idiot because i thought the clear water seal would keep the fence from turning gray. But I found out it doesn’t, since the wood turns gray from the UV rays of the sun.…

I recently got glass enclosure in our front porch and planning on making it a shoe/boot space and bought snap on wooden deck tiles. What’s the best way to heat this space? We live in southwestern Ontario!…

Our basement has been getting water randomly since we've bought the house. It turns out there was a piece of the concrete missing from the floor and there was just some dirt there.…

Our front walkway was badly cracked and sinking, so I got a couple of quotes to replace it. Had one come in at $5800 and the other two came in around $3500.…

We're doing a banquette and a local lumber shop says they have baltic birch. Besides using it for the hinged lid, we were going to use the bb ply for the trimout, glued to the bench frame to screw the piano hinge to.…

Hi hi!! I need to know if I can be prevented from making a mistake. We are renovating our kids bathroom and I’m obsessed, as many are, with the oil rubbed bronze shower sets and faucets.…

Midwest, USA. Over a hundred year old house. This is a typical sliding glass door, so I doubt it's original. I've seen them before -- Outermost sliding screen. A non-sliding half that stays there. And then sliding door that weighs a ton.…

I have a question regarding double glazing hinges. My windows are older style uPVC double glazing, and feature a 15mm track width. I'm trying to get hold of some new hinges to hopefully fix some of the gap issues in my windows before the winter sets in…

Id like to install recessed shelves and there is a stud right down the middle where id like the shelves to go. I have a good idea how to frame it basically like a window rough opening.…

Hi all, my partner and I are looking at purchasing a property in the town we live in. It has the opportunity to convert the cellar into a full use room. Being completely naive no idea how much this would cost and don’t know if I am being optimistic.…

Planning to DIY a paver patio in this area. The existing concrete floor is about 9 inches higher than the surrounding soil, and I want the finished pavers to be 3–4 inches below the concrete.…

Hello, I want to fix the security door of my home, since we started living here it has always been hard to operate but we never got around to fixing it properly.…

I had a small section of fence replaced recently, a bit too late in they year maybe. It's untreated redwood. The contractor said to let it dry for six weeks before painting/staining, but now that I have done so the rains have started to hit here in…

We're renovating our house, and our contractor has already started painting while demolition of three bathrooms is still ongoing. There's construction dust everywhere.…

We had a leak on the ceiling for a month in the living room that we couldn’t fix and the water covered part of the wall down until the skirting board.…

I bought a house built in 1972, and all the rooms have popcorn ceilings besides my two bathrooms, and the kitchen. I was confused as to why only those rooms have the popcorn ceilings… Could it be that the ceilings do not contain asbestos?…

My enclosed sunroom has a short stone wall on the sides. There are about 5 built in openings (for drainage) that aren’t worth the heat they let out or the critters and birds that come in. I need ideas for closing them off.…

I am trying to get two garage doors installed and have got similar quotes for doors. I wanted to know which brand is the best or if there are any differences between them at all.…

Purchased our house 10 years ago. The wall was finished so damage could not be identified during purchasing. About a year ago I was poking around and found a small area of my wall I could see behind and noticed a large crack.…