my driveway looks ugly - any suggestions on cost effective solutions to prepare it for a house sale..... the middle tiled section has loose tiles, moss etc. otherwise the concrete driveway is structurally good and functional

I’m in tears. It’s been almost three months of having these two contractors in and out of the house putting windows in. My partner decided to “save money” by hiring these guys to work on the side form their company. There have been numerous delays , having to ask for updates, left in the dark constantly, I haven’t been able to work for months having to rescheduled my work and hospital (I have cancer) schedule.
The primary reason for getting the windows replaced was to help with sound. Well the day they installed the ones in the bedroom I said I could hear their conversation outside loud and clear. I was told this would be fixed once the trim when up. I thought weird but sure. Well Lo and behold it’s not true. It’s still very bad. We said from the beginning sleeping is impossible with the sound of cars planes trains leaf blowers lawn mowers.
We were told to go with double pain filled with argon gas. My research told me triple pane. They said to do double pane with gas Filled laminate and they were more expensive than triple pane so they said this is how to know they would be better. This didn’t and still doesn’t make sense to me.
The windows are frank by Anderson windows. The giant window in the bedroom also has a chip in it and it’s all sealed up now and they said “it’s fine “ Well it’s not fine to me as that’s all I see and why would you install a massive window if there’s a chip?! Plus they “offered” to take it out and reinstall it. What’s ?! So you’re admitting you might have installed wrong ? I have to take another day off for you to do this ?! Please what do I do ? I don’t understand. The bathroom window has a constant suction flow of air going out. You can hear outside like you’re standing outside. They definitely need to take that out and redo. I don’t understand how this happened. Did they measure wrong ? Just not install properly ?is the window the problem ? I’m so stressed out for months about this. They still haven’t finished the job. In total it was 11 windows and one patio door. All ordered in March. Patio door still being waited on.
They also said they could paint and they got paint everywhere. Like truly everywhere and it’s sloppy chunky running everywhere. Clearly used a dirty brush. So now we have to get someone else to come and do that. I ordered new blinds but those have to keep getting delayed for over a month now to accommodate these guys always changing timeline.
Additionally the contractor came over with Covid and gave me Covid and I have been transparent about how sick I am and asked him to wear a mask and he kept pulling it down to talk to us!! He has cancelled numerous times for unknown reasons and take so many cigarette breaks.
What can I do. What do I do about the window quality. I’m so all over the place but can anyone give advice please.

Admittedly, I began this before really having a clue what was going on. I thought our previous home owners had installed a toilet paper dispenser and towel rack atop painted tile in our bathroom (spoiler: they actually cut out portions of the underlying tile to install these). I hammered them all out.

Now I’m totally lost. What do I do? Can I try to remove what looks like paint on top of these tiles then spot match tiles as best as I can to fill in the gaps? What all does that even entail?

Signed, a very over ambitious DIY wife that is soon to drive her husband insane.

Forgive me, I am very green to home renovation. I’m curious what the process is to “reveal” your beams, or if it is even possible in every home.

Got my insurance survey letter back today.

Have to get a new wood stove and plug the holes in my panel, no big deal but in addition to that I need to put thermal barrier on the styrofoam insulation in my basement(on the foundation). Emailed my insurance guy and he said “I’m not sure where you get it, but it I believe it’s a spray on product…. Almost like a paint!” which doesn’t really sound like what I need.

Does anybody know any brands that are suitable for this kind of job and what exactly am I looking for? Something I can buy at Home Depot or some other store. I’m in Canada btw, was told the barrier has to be approved by the National Building Code of Canada.

How to I go about fixing this issue? It looks like its hollow underneath this concrete pad in the back yard.

Sorry if this isn't the sub for this, I'm not sure where to post.

We had our carpets replaced with LVP and the flooring guys adhered the LVP over our crawlspace access. We asked them to come back out and make it accessible and I guess they did technically do that.

They told me I'd need to add something to make it easier to lift up, but I'm not sure how to go about that. Honestly, the very tired part of me is saying "just ignore it until you actually need to get into the crawlspace."

What do you think?

Nearly whole house has textured walls and ceilings. I’m not a fan. They look very dated, but so does all of the molding, lighting fixtures, closets, etc. do you think it’s really worth mudding/sanding or is it not as big of a deal to have textured walls and ceilings? Seems like it would be either a huge pain DIY or very expensive with a contractor.

Style: Swirls on most but the basement is patchy like Tuscan plaster I believe.

Is it possible (not too expensive or complex) to move this corner sink to under the window? It is so far from the dishwasher I’m not sure why they did it this way but maybe there’s a reason? The window opens to a game room not outside.

We are building a new extension which will become our new kitchen. After the cement boards were installed, we noticed that the walls are not square. We're afraid it will become even more obvious when the tiles are installed. What are our options now? Can this be fixed or are there way to make it less obvious with decor later when all is done? Thanks.

Replacing a one piece fiberglass tub/ shower with an acrylic tub with shower.

Will the plumbing through the floor interfere with the new tub? Is this normal?

the little handle thing on window is missing but im not sure where to buy, how can i repair the wall chunk thats picked out, and what can i fix the edge of kitchen counter with 😔 (thank you in advance)

This is my downstairs laundry area. My upstairs has to be moved but before I do that, I want to remodel this area… and it’s a mess. Dryer outlet is on the left, washer drain and hookups on the right. Everything else in between. The washer drain is sitting on top of my baseboard heater that I can’t open. The pex tubes are sitting on top of the baseboard as well. I have an old pellet stove wall mount right where the dryer is going to go, should I just use that for the dryer vent? What would you do here? How would you clean this up?

Hello, looking for advice on my bathtub during a bathroom renovation. I am not sure whether to replace it with a brand new one, or make the old one work. It has a few chips which can be seen in the pictures. Is it possible to repair these with a powder coating marker? I believe this is a steel tub. The studs behind the tub look to be rotten from water damage from leaking tile. Not sure if I’ll be kicking myself later by using the same old tub. Thank you!

I’m planning on putting down landscaping fabric and rock here (keeping the plant), but the previous owner just had some brick against/under the house. I pulled out the crumbling brick and not sure what to do with this gap.

Further Down this way is into the crawl space area and just dirt- so I want to seal this area the best I can AND make sure it is graded to flow rainwater away from the house.

Any ideas?

Looks like a leak but not sure if it’s active or just old leak that’s dried up

The shower and bathtub sit right above it

What are the consequences if I leave it and just not use the top shower for the time being?

There’s this brick ledge that’s cracked and falling out, and some cracks in the concrete pool area. 1️⃣ How to fix the broken brick that’s falling out and the brick that is cracked 2️⃣ How do I fill the cracks in the pool area between the concrete and brick?

This is our 1970s front stoop complete with antique wood and a beautiful white accent mural. We don't know what they painted onto the brick, but they must have bought it from hell's home improvement store. It is all over our basement cinderblock as well. The consistency is that of concrete, so it doesn't budge when I take a fingernail to it. It absorbs water immediately and can be gently chiseled with a screwdriver after the fact. We don't want to take action until we know it's possible to remove it ourselves without further damaging the brick.

Hey guys,

I want to install a built-in soap dispenser by drilling a hole into my bathroom vanity. I successfully did this with a diamond bit last year in my quartz counter top in my kitchen (see photos).

I don’t know what material my bathroom vanity sink is made of. The manufacturer has stated that I cannot drill any holes as it will crack but they never answered me on what material it is.

Can anyone tell by the photo what material this is and if its possible? Its an Orren Ellis from Wayfair.

Thanks

Please ignore this mess. I took a picture to see what AI suggested.

Our bathroom has floor to ceiling tiles. It had hot pink carpet which we removed 6 years ago and put that flooring down (just cheap and we knew we would eventually renovate the whole thing)

We are torn on what to do. Do we remove the tiles and put in gyprock..do we paint the tiles and try to make it look more modern that way?

Any advice appreciated!