Why do basic all-around handymen who know how to frame, wire up outlets, and install plumbing think they deserve to make 150 dollars an hour? I have a simple project that I need done for me, but I can't afford for some asshole to come in and do rushed, shoddy work for an ultra-premium price. Do they think they're slick when they quote me a job price? Do they think I don't understand their game and that it's going to end up with them making well over 100 dollars an hour?

post some new ones please

Is there any reason for general purpose screwdrivers (so not like, demo drivers, manual impacts, etc) to not just go with long bits in a bitholder versus a set?

Assuming same quality of bits and driver tips, etc

Post the floor plan for your dream house.

Resources:
International Residential Code: https://codes.iccsafe.org/content/IRC2024P2
International Property Maintenance Code: https://codes.iccsafe.org/content/IPMC2024V1.0
ICC A117.1 (accessibility code): https://codes.iccsafe.org/content/ICCA117.12017P7/chapter-11-dwelling-units-and-sleeping-units
QCAD (libre/gratis drawing program): https://www.qcad.org

Someone recently tried breaking into my mailbox, and now I can't get my key in the slot let alone unlock it. Is there anything I can do to fix it (or even just get it open so I can replace it) without any specialized tools?

I don't want to have to call a locksmith unless I absolutely have to

These eyes edition. The other one died.
I sold my other 3d printer and have a p1s on the way.

What is the best gas powered lawn mower according to /diy/? I just bought a house and need something under $900. I have a small front yard but my backyard is 10k sqft.

my beloved...

hey /diy/, i'm painting some tile and i've never done this before.

i've cleaned, sanded and done a coat of primer, and the back of the can says i should sand it again between the first and second coat. why? is the can full of shit, or should i actually do this?

Boys (girls, middle genders, etc), I found this cool lamp but I have no idea what this socket is. ChatGPT suggested a few options, they are all bullshit, and I would absolutely hate to replace the socket.

Help me identify this socket so I can get this lamp running.

The center circle opening is 10mm in diameter, the rest of it is 1/4" wide. The socket itself is 1" in diameter. Side slits are 5/8" x 1/8"

How can I create something equivalent to this at my home?

how do you cast(is that correct?) toys, to reproduce it? i guess using silicone is recommended but how do you then make holes to pour, holes to run it between parts... and then to assure the runners snap easily?

I want a home office and my choices are finding a space to finish or building an addition on the back of the house.

The attic is 7 feet at the peak, and 8ish feet apart where the beams hit the joists. The joists are 2x4, spaced 24 inches.

Is it possible to:
> Make the triangle beams into verticals so the ceiling of the room isn't a tiny narrow peak
> Shore up the joists to support the weight of flooring and furniture

And assuming it's possible, is it even worth what the cost and time would be?

This is the worst of my windows.
Will post 9 pictures total to start with.
The other windows I can repair myself.
This one is rotting, and you can see the wood has .. shrunk? Or like sucked-in in places.
Maybe it's where the rot is collapsing the wood.
On the inside in one spot there seemed to be a lump of fungus or something which has grown on the inside of the window.
I need to keep this window functional and beautiful for another 2 years to keep my wife happy until we can afford to replace it.
Also there's an owners corporation over multiple properties on this one property, so I need to keep those dickheads happy too.

As you can see, there's clearly already been repairs in the past (not by me) as there's already old filler of some kind been applied.

My plan so far is
>pray to the gods for a sheet of glass not to come flying out at me
>dig out all the rot in the vertical thingo
>spray with wood hardener
>inserts some 18x18mm H3 treated pine as structural support
>add small L-bracket where it meets the horizontal window thingo
>rebuild the rest of the vertical with builders bog
>repeat the same process for the horizontal, and attach the horizantal H3 treated pine to the L-brackets for support
>make it all beautiful & nicely painted etc afterwards
I've got a shedload of tools and gear already so I'm okay on that front

Why can't I use my Uzi pistol when assembling flat packed furniture?
That was my whole reason for getting one.

upgrade to fully enclosed garage with auto-doors?

Concrete costs $200/yrd, more or less. 6" slab means 6sq yards per cubic, so a 9yrd full load = 54sq yards or 6x9yrs or 18x27' slab for $1800 not counting steel, and maybe some gravel and fabric.

then frame up the outside walls maybe with some of this shit (let in light) and frame ends for garage doors.

Sounds lot cheaper than prices I'm seeing for "new detached two car".

WTF am I missing?

So... I've been wanting to ask how it could be possible that a furnace will produce no heat unless the filter is pulled out a few inches or so.

I'm not the one who claims this, and I can't test it out because it isn't winter yet, but this seems fucking absurd!

Have you ever heard of anything like this occurring?

I'm OK with this. How about you fellas? You good?

Can i get some advice on carpentry? Starting on Monday, i know nothing

5.2×4.2m unobstructed floorplan. Roof is 5.5×4.3m. it is built off of the north wall of our solar power equipment and PV mount shed.

old thread:
>>2900858

finally got the 240v buried from the house to the solar power system. that has been the big hold up for months. I bought furring strips or the roof yesterday, installed them today. finished the footer for the north wall. I was 10cm short of the footer meeting the post because I forgot aboot off-the-shelf dimensional lumber specs when drafting. rather than try some shite splice with wood, I dug down beside the corner post, drove rebar into the clay, used screws for anchors, and poured a mini-footer good enough for a (mostly) non load bearing wall. (roof load is carried by a beam .75m back from this wall.) I will let the concrete fully cure to 3 days before I start putting in the studs & furring for the steel siding. until then, I can still frame in for windows.

we have the steel panels on hand to complete the roof as soon as the studs are up. the structural calculations say I don't even need the wall/studs up to install the steel roof, but it's only 3 days, and due to extreme winds that can occur, I lean to the side of caution.

I will update as I progress.

What's the proper way to layer a rock garden, sort of like picrel? The area behind my kitchen window with my AC units is basically bare soil except for a couple tall shrubs. There are many conflicting answers as to how many layers, what kinds of stone to us in each one, etc, etc. I don't want to use any kind of weed barrier cloth (spent the last couple months' weekends removing old barrier shit the boomer former owners left behind, what a nightmare).

I hate this shit you like you wouldn't believe
>replacing bushings in car
>decide to repaint the control arms since they're already out and look gross
>wire wheel them and get some of pic related and the corresponding metal primer
>spray a couple light coats of the primer within a couple minutes of each other just like directions say
>directions say to spray top coat immediately after primer (even though primer say it needs 48 hours between applications)
>okay.jpg
>spray like 3 passes of the top coat within a couple minutes - still pretty thin: can almost see primer underneath in certain spots.
>hang dry in garage which is like 90F and 30% humidity
>come back after a couple days: still tacky
>can dent it with my fingernail almost a week later
>paint flakes off if you even look at it wrong now
This stuff made a couple hour job suddenly take almost two weeks. I swear Rustoleum used to not be this awful like 10-15 years ago. What does /diy/ use for enamel paint?

I need a few pieces of this optimus primal toy repainted. I lack the skills/tools to do it myself. It's a very small amount of work to be done and I will pay you but you have to be in san diego and willing to meet up and take the toy/show me some of your work.

Anybody here got the skills or know where I should look for something like this?

hey anons i have been to trying to find the socials
of this girl for some time but i cant seem to get a clue can u guys help me our

What’s is the actual etiquette for outdoor lighting? I have mine on during Amazon delivery hours (4am to sunrise and sunset to 10pm)

Some retard in my apartment complex seems to have apparently disintegrated into a pile of rotting flesh and dust that's being eaten by a million of these niggers at once, so they spread around the whole building and spawn in every shelf and any drawer that I open 24/7.
They seem to have set up an outpost in my apartment and live in each and every crevice that my landlord left open, of which there are a few that I really really don't want to touch since a lot of shit in my apartment is broken beyond salvation already and if I attract any attention from management I will most definitely get assblasted with rent increases since they haven't increased my rent in 7 years because I fly under the radar.

But I really can't fucking handle them anymore and decided to something about it, so I
> bought an oversized dehumidifier that I will set to something ridiclously low and run 24/7 once it arrives, since those niggers need moisture for breeding.
> moved most of my daily operations into public spaces so I spend as little time as possible inside of my home (showering at the gym, working in the library etc.) in order to fuck up their food supply as much as possible. I basically only come home to brush my teeth and sleep at this point.


Is there something else that I can do that DOES NOT involve calling a "" professional"" exterminator who will ask for a few hundred wagie tokens after spraying some shit around for 5 minutes or gaslight me into thinking that tolerating these disgusting six-legged niggers is acceptable and widely common because "muh mites and spores" or some other made up bullshit? Do I just /diy/ mustard gas from cleaning supplies instead?
What can I do that's actually effective and not boomer-tier bullshit like spraying random soup ingredients around your walls and placeboeing yourself into thinking that it somehow works?

For clarification, it's not only silverfish but also that other annoying critter that looks the same but is worse for some reason.

I have a sort of third world issue, I have unlimited power, but water as a resource is scarce. I can only get water by loading a tank in a truck and driving it to a place that fills it and then driving back and putting the tank back on its stand, it is incredibly labor intensive.
I was wondering if /diy/ has any ideas on ways to use the power to reliably convert tainted water back into usable water. The main water uses at the moment are washing clothes, washing dishes, and showering.
My goal is to convert at least some of this used water back into clean water for washing clothes again or at minimum for use in less human stuff.
So basically boil it and distill it or evaporate and condense or what else can I do?

How do I not die from sewer gas? I want to go into an old timey sewer like picrel and it has ventilation shafts all the way and the tunnel is large enough to drive a car into and is level in its entirety (entrance is from the side if a ravine so one does not descend at any point)

I bet I could design a cooler house if you gave me a pristine 30ft high waterfall to shit all over as a starting point.

And mine wouldn't be all fucked up from predictable problems.

Just sayin.

of course, mine wouldn't be the ongoing "jobs creator" for local Tradiees AKA "White Van Mafia"

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fallingwaters-roof-is-leaking-can-this-7-million-renovation-protect-frank-lloyd-wrights-masterpiece-180987288/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

What's the best way to get good at picking locks? I've picked everything in my house a million times but I feel like I don't actually know how to pick any lock, like I've just sorta memorized the 8 or 10 locks I have. Do I buy some of these or should I get into pinning my own locks or something?

I've recently started building some things out of welded mild steel square tube and aluminum profiles, using both square and miter joints. So far I've been getting by with a handheld bandsaw and angle grinder. But it takes an inordinate amount of time to get a decent fit-up - can't get a straight cut with the bandsaw and have to spend a long time grinding everything square, which then fucks with the dimensions of the part. Can't seem to get the angle grinder to cut the tube either, takes forever to grind through 30x30x2mm tube - and it seems like you have to burn through two cut-off wheels to get it done.

I've had some luck borrowing time on a stationary bandsaw and it seems like it would work, but that shit's quite expensive. Have also seen videos of people cutting up tubing with the angle grinder directly, dunno if my failure with it is an issue with the cut-off wheels I've got, the grinder itself or something about how I do it.

What's the "correct" way to do it - cut square tube into flat and miter joints? Am I supposed to invest in a stationary bandsaw? Perhaps a stationary circular saw with a metal cutting wheel? Does everyone just do it with the angle grinder? There are tons of tutorials on welding the tube together, and of course fitting up aluminum extrusion is like legos, but everyone skips over the actually hard part which is getting a nice fit-up without massive gaps that are a pain to weld

does grounding really matter? it does really sound stupid and funny sticking a wire on a dirt.

The current toilet situation is no longer a viable option in my home. A second toilet is needed and I refuse to pay literal thousands to have a plumber do something I could do.

If I know the tools, equipment, supplies and steps needed to carry out this project, then I don’t understand why I couldn’t do it myself.

I’ve tried looking up some (how to) videos and information about how to install a toilet in a closet from scratch so to speak but have had no success.

Everything I’ve read seems to only be geared towards repairing, replacing or simply fixing an already existing toilet.

I need to know how to do the whole thing but have yet to find any info. I can buy the toilet, the tools, supplies and everything else that I need, I just need to know how to do it.

The house plumbing is all PVC, I need to drill a hole in the floor, in install whatever is needed, put a toilet in, run a water line to
The toilet and tap into the main drain line. Can anyone point me to a book, website, video?

realistically how long should carbon steel tools last before rusting. would you buy carbon steel tools? or is cr-v the standard?

I have a 1998 GMC that the center console vinyl is starting to bubble up. I was thinking of using a syringe and infect glue under it then push it down. What kind of glue should I use to do thi.

I had a 4in furnace vent coming out of pic related on muh roof. Its no longer used because we switched to heat pump. What's a good way to keep rain and critters from getting in there?
It's a fairly steep roof so I'm worried that just putting a rain cap on will allow water to splash up into it or snow to pile against it and get in.
I was going to leave the pipe on it but it won't stand straight because it's not attached to anything and I don't trust a tiny bead of silly cone to keep water out.
I don't want to pull the flashing because I'll surely ruin the shingles.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the Stillson and Swedish pipe wrench designs? What do you prefer, or what do you prefer for what tasks?

Winter is coming! What are you doing to stay cozy/save on heating costs?
Me? I'm currently in the middle/at the start of various projects on the house I got.
>Windows
I'm changing the gaskets, they're done and leaking heat, just gotta figure out how to adjust the windows to get rid of the remaining gaps.
>attic
Already got a big-ish layer of rockwool in it, but apparently, nowadays you're going thicker. Contemplating if I should just plaster the whole area in a few cm of XPS, which would also give me a better walking surface and the option to store some stuff, without producing stupid ass rock wool dust.
>pipes
Not really worried about pic related, but my heating system in the basement has all its pipes uninsulated. While it does warm up my basement, the fact that the basement itself isn't really insulated does waste quite a lot of heat. So those pipes gonna get covered. Just wondering if it's really worth it to shell out for armaflex, or if I can just get random PE or rock wool insulation of my local big box store, which costs half as much as armaflex and seems to have a better λ as armaflex. For armaflex, I can only find λ ≤ 0,036W/(m·K) at 0°C at the various stores that sell it, but for the cheapos, I get about λ = 0,037W/(m·K) at 40°C, and armaflex lists 40°C only in their datasheet for all their products, and there its at 0.041, so worse. What gives?

Hello /diy/ers
Some stupid asshole put a box garden bed under my windows.
Now I need to paint the wooden window frames because the paint is only hanging on due to goodwill.
The garden bed is 20cm high(ground level-up) and 53cm wide (from wall to edge of garden bed)
I can orient the ladder in either direction, but either way only 1/2 of the ladder legs will be in the garden bed.

What can I build or do to support the ladder over the void?

The top of the window is 2.5m off the ground so I need to be able to reach it

Is there a cheap and easy way to storm-proof windows for high winds? Will hardware cloth do the job? I'm not talking about direct hits from tornados, but we get 60+ mph gusts out here quite often. Open to suggestions.

>makes impact driver obsolete
drill bros we are so back

ain't there a GOOD way to detect hidden dry (or wet) rot when inspecting an old house, particularly when crawling the foundation?

https://www.dryrot.biz/fugenex.htm

these are supposed to be "installed" (drill into wood) to detect acid that dry rot produces.

What about maybe running slim-jim up in wood and rubbing it on sensor?

What about drilling a very small hole (like so the pesky RE agent listening at the hatch wont notice because of my loud banter and other noise) and testing a tiny amount of shavings?

Recommendations?

First know what you want.
Now know what you be If you aready have or ARE what do you want.
Now be what you wold be, do say and Think what wold you be.
Thanks for Reading.
I actually want to be the most beautiful woman on the planet. If you have any tips about what i wold be thank you.
Thanks for Reading

We discuss anything & everything related to /diy/ robots, including AI, robowaifus, arduino/raspberry pi kits, and more.

Resources:
Drones and pure remote control general >>2898878
3D Printing general >>2913203
https://alogs.space/robowaifu/catalog.html

Any issue adding a ridge board here? Just to make erecting those rafters easier, ie one side at time rather than as assembled units. This board would be non structural and shouldn't be placing additional loads on the framing it's 'hanging' from, correct?

I made this cool cuff

i ripped some coating off of my oven steel accidentally by putting clear tape on it and pulling it off.
how do i fix this? should i just tape the entire thing so its less obvious?

I recently encountered fittings that look a bit like pic related, but they had a hex opening the pipe went into. The pipe itself has been threaded elsewhere, so I'm not sure if the shape is because they've been screwed on... there's no solder visible either.

Anyone know what they are?

i recently ordered sumbeam t-35-1 from ebay and i want to convert it into 220v
from what i've researched i want nichrome wire worthy of resistance around 40 ohm and kinda stuck what diameter/ohm per meter to buy
have anyone converted the sunbeam toaster to 220v and if there so how hard was it? and what consumable bits i need? the part where nichrome wire connects to looks bit tricky to work on and on that regard i also dont know much to buy
when it arrives i will upload some pics of mine