Impressive DIY Gazebos For Backayrd

Now that spring has finally started to warm out backyard, we’re looking at the large space we’re fortunate enough to have there and wondering whether we might be better to use a portion of it to create another little comfortable retreat spots there for our family to use in the summer. After all, there’s nothing…

Planning on upgrading my back porch with additional timber. Original hardware rusted away on the posts though. What’s the best method to reinforce?

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I started building a Halloween “Fantastic Beasts Sanctuary” display, it finished as a semi-permanent kids reading nook.

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I built a cedar privacy fence in my backyard!

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How I saved some desk space

Sliding drawer with the corner supports to locate the laptop I moved into a new place in September and got a new desk. It isn’t as large as my old desk, so I’ve felt a little cramped working on it (homework, projects, assignments, “actual work”, etc.) I bought myself a USB-C docking station last Christmas,…

Raspberry Pi Photobooth with WiFi printer

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Deck Ledger Board question

Hey so we drew up a plan where the main ledger board for our deck will be attached just about the whole way on the house, but we also need a overhang from the ledger board of about 3 to 4 feet on one side of the house. Is this ok to do? Do we…

Ideas / Advice for removing gnarly old carpet glue on concrete floor?

Hi all, Was hoping to hivemind this after a little research. I recently took up carpet in a back utility room that I’m hoping to improve. There’s a pretty thick layer of nasty old glue in several spots, especially stairs. The end goal is getting it to a surface that is paintable or finished (doesn’t…

Machinists Hammer I Made From Beechwood And Coldblued Steel

https://i.imgur.com/3hXkhGI_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium https://i.imgur.com/DUzIZq9_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium just a simple hammer with exchangeable soft ends (beechwood and aluminium) took about 2.5 hours +cleaning the hande is made from cheep’n’simple beechwood if bought at my local store, the head is normal steel (dunno anything else about it, someone gave it to me) wich i coldblued using the balistol coldblue set for…

My shower arm thread is larger than standard shower head threads

As you can see in this picture, my bathrooms shower arm has a larger thread size (left) than the standard shower head thread size (right). I went to Home Depot to look for shower heads that come in larger thread sizes, but apparently they only sell standard sized. I found a couple 90 degree elbow…

Need some sort of harness system for a senior to climb a staircase

I live in a townhouse where the main floor is the second floor (kitchen, living room, etc.), 15 steps up from ground level. My mother is a senior who has had much trouble getting around due to arthritis. She does some walking where she is now, but a lot of it is assisted with a…

Covering a fireplace, want to toss out my idea to see if it’s even feasible.

Moving into my fiance’s home and it has a red brick fireplace seen here. and I think because the room (and yes, the paint I picked) are so dark, if I could cover it with like, wainscoting or something it would brighten it up a bit. Trouble is, I don’t want to do anything permanent…

What is a good product to use to remove paint off a polyurethane automotive lip/bumper?

I wish I could provide photos but I’m on the computer at the moment. How would you guys proceed to remove paint from a polyurethane lip/bumper? What chemicals would I be able to use to not damage the polyurethane? I’ve heard a lot of paint strippers can damage the polyurethane over time but I am…

I have a window with four roller blinds, each with individual pull strings. Is it possible to convert them to a single drawstring?

Hi everyone, Here is my window and the roller blinds in question: ​ https://i.redd.it/u0slll1ytwu31.jpg As you can (just) see, they are operated individually. In the future, I would like to automate the blinds, but to reduce costs, would like to operate them from a single pullstring. Is it possible? Going from left to right, blinds…

My first attempt at woodworking. DIY Mosaic Island Top!

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Need help with motorized couch

Howdy! My friends and I are building a motorized couch (electric motor). We have some questions about what to do with power. We want to have a high power supply and convert it down to the voltage of the motors. The motors operate off of a 48V power supply, so we were looking at 60V…

Drywall on brick wall

Drywall on brick Hi, I’m thinking about attempting to put up drywall on a section of the brick wall in my bedroom. The entire room is dry walled except a section about 5×12. I want to have the entire room be uniform. I got a quote online for about $1k to do the job. That…

Temporary fixes for possible safety issues

Basically a friend ended up in a bad situation, her and her puppy have been living with us for two months until they could find a place. They got the keys to a rental yesterday with her parents having the upstairs her staying in the “finished” basement. There is some concerns, she’s going to take…

Advice for clean cut

I have bought a 80mm hole saw to drill a hole in the top of my wooden chest of draws. Link to hole saw below. Does anyone have any advice to make the cleanest cut? https://www.amazon.de/dp/B006Z7EIMS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_v5jTDbZMC2V06 submitted by /u/gj888 [link] [comments] Continue reading at Reddit.com: Click Here Press Release Distribution Service

Patching sheathing and siding after wood rot – do gaps in OSB sheathing need to be sealed?

One repaired the wood and getting putting up OSB sheathing but not sure how to proceed exactly. House was built in the 80s and the sheathing is some kind of composite/dense cardboardy type stuff. That was all rotted out so I’ve replaced with OSB. I have some gaps that are maybe 1/4 inch to 1/2…

Does this gameplan make sense?

Hey everyone, just looking for some quick advice to make sure I’m on the right track. I’m having a mini-split setup installed next week, and the outdoor unit is going to go in an area between the house and sidewalk in my back yard. It’s always been kind of ugly as the previous homeowner just…

Shoe Rack

https://imgur.com/gallery/uzM5HiZ Sorry I don’t have the intermediate steps. It’s just a lot of cutting, sanding and sealing. I do have the commentary in the imgur post. All in all, I’m pretty satisfied with the outcome. I had some pretty janky budget tools. I wish I had: table saw, drill press, miter saw. Instead, I had…

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