So there are 3 ugly, awkward little “shelves” that protrude from the stone fireplace. It makes it impossible to hang art, or stack bookshelves in front of it (the fireplace is unusable). I am wondering how possible it is to somehow chisel them away or remove/flatten them?

Would the whole wall need to be torn down or could I just hire someone to remove the shelves? Any advice is appreciated!

I have a shower next to a corner tub similar to this picture. The tub is fine, but I am missing some grout in areas of the shower and I just want to retile it, and I figured while I’m at it I might as well just tear the old one out because the frame collects gunk even with regularly cleaning it.

The problem I am having is finding shower glass that has a solution for the ledge between the tub and the shower. I was hoping to DIY it as shower glass estimates have been extremely high. I have seen some semi-frameless solutions that look very nice but can’t find it in a configuration like this.

Does anyone have any insight or alternatives I could consider?

Had a tile backsplash here. What do I do just sand, a few coats of mud, sand, add texture, paint?

Hello everyone, bracing myself for chirps.

Recently, I saw that the grout in my shower tiles were falling out, and the humidity meter showed that some of the tiles were humid (after weeks of not using).

I got sketched out, and took out the bottom tiles, and removed the grout of a few rows with the intent to refresh everything. Found no mold behind the tiles, but saw that there was a gap between the wall backing and the lip of the shower floor tub. Also, I accidentally ripped off the tile behind the metal door frame, which I guess would make it difficult to reapply silicone.

I watched a whole bunch of YouTube videos, but I couldn’t find any that applied to my situation. I asked chat gpt 5, which recommended that I fill the gap between wall backing and the tub lip with silicone, and then put on the tile. So I did exactly that.

When I finished putting the silicone on, I was just curious to see if I needed to wait until the silicone was completely dry before I can apply the adhesive to a tile and just get on with business. But the google AI is telling me that the adhesive will not make a complete seal on a silicone!!

So now I am stuck in this situation, and the silicone is slowly drying. I tried to take off some of the silicone on the wall backing, and it is not working at all.

What do you think? Am I completely cooked? What would you do in this situation.

Hello! I opened my blinds and discovered this crack that runs the whole side of the window. It's clearly been there for a bit but I'm just seeing it. Is this an easy fix that novice could tackle?

I was trying to DIY and take out the old door frame to replace it with an open casing for a new open closet and I found mold in the walls. Can I fix this myself? Do I need to rip everything out or call someone? Now I'm scared because my children are in this house - can spores still be in the air? Help... was not prepared for this and don't know what to do. Our house was built in 1962 but we purchased it about 10 years ago.

What do I do with this horrible ceiling without tearing down and drywalling? It's throughout the entire house, not really even sure what they are made of. Cardboard? I hate it — just trying to figure out a solution that isn't super messy and will keep it intact. Help!

We recently bought a home that has past termite damage (we haven't seen any current infestation but we will be retreating regardless). The main structural beam was affected in the basement, but we have gotten that fixed/replaced, along with replacing/sistering half of the floor joists.

Upon repairing the sill on the front of the house, we have discovered much more extensive damage in the walls, floors, and studs. We are unsure where to go from here. These pictures were taken when a previous contractor attempted repairs on the front of the house.

We are unsure where to go from here. It seems the previous contractor did more harm than good.

We will be getting the driveway demoed and dug out in order to fix the obvious water issue that is being caused by the driveway being too high.

This is our first home, and we are kind of at a loss of what to do. I've tried a few other contractors, but no one seems to want to touch this. I've thought about removing the interior wall so I can get a better look at how high up the damage goes, but I'm starting to believe this might be way over my head to try to DIY any of this, other than to just see how much worse the damage is.

Any help is appreciated.

Hi all - quick question. I am building A walk in shower and I have a Schulter preformed pan and the small piece of Kerdi membrane that comes with the pan… but I planned to use hydraflex tec to actually do the rest of the shower. Question is… can I use the piece they gave me and paint the hydraflex over it after? So that the hydraflex makes a continuous layer?

I’m doing a bathroom remodel and I determined that I need my plywood to be 1.5” thick. My question is, would it make sense to use a cheaper non marine grade 3/4 plywood on the first layer and a 3/4 marine grade pressure treated for the top layer? My only reasoning is to save a few bucks. I’m not torn either way. Thanks!

We completely gutted a new property and had framing and outside walls put up. Then the contractor cut the pre-existing concrete floor for the plumbing. It got concrete dust all over the framing boards. They did not mitigate the dust at all. Then tongue and groove pine was installed on the inside walls without removing the concrete dust from the framing boards. Now it seems like our house is very dusty. Dust settles on everything and seems to build up quickly. Could the concrete dust be coming through the tongue and groove somehow? I'm concerned about what we may be breathing in.

Hello,

I had ants coming from a hole in the caulking near an upstairs shower. When I removed the caulking, I noticed the peel and stick tile, and subfloor looks like this. I am hoping to try the following to get this fixed and I am interested in knowing if there is a better way to do this. A gut isn’t on the books for another 3 years or more. The crumbling portion of the subfloor is about ~1” from the shower, but not everywhere, only a ~4” section. I was hoping to apply mold control to the subfloor and then scrub to get the area clean. I then was going to seal/prime the plywood and apply new peel and stick tile over the area. Once I’m done with this, I’ll silicone caulk. Looking for advice on how this sounds, please and thank you!

So im helping renovation my moms investment property that was left very dirty, and its very outdated. We also will be moving in so we get to pick out everything. Walls will be the typical off white/Swiss coffee color, carpet will be greige. Ive also included some pics of ai generated with the exact carpet and wall color. Im not a creative person lol.

Check/repair stucco gap on side of house Paint kitchen ceiling Fix plastic roof over back deck (corrugated) Exhaust fans My bathroom window - replace Change kitchen sink window to one that opens up & down Cabinets reface? Repaint? New Sink/Faucet New counters New lighting over table, ceiling fan and sink Office window - replace Clean roof

And wth is that thing in the last 2 pics?

tia!

I’m thinking of doing a mineral paint on my fireplace but I’m concerned that these thick crevices will look strange. Should I fill them in with plaster first or can I just get a small brush and fill in the joints with the paint itself? I’m looking at romabio products.

Textured walls in new house, not usual texture. I am wanting to make flat to get it more modern. Should I skim it or sand the area down? I have never worked with drywall besides usual patch work. The textured walls are in our living room and entry room so there’s alot of square footage to take into consideration. I want to do it right but also not wanting to spend months/fortune doing it. I added a photo of a large wall with the texture on it to visualize the type of texturing that was done.