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I have stuck bolt in a very confined space, nothing working and messed up the hex thread. So i managed to use metal saw to cut across the bolt head so that flat tipped screwdriver can be used. But bolt had has hollow center so i need to leverage the "rims" of the head through i made cut across...

I use stud finder tool in my apartment to do drill hole to fix things more securely. I have now bigger project to put a lumber wooden bar between two walls and hang a bicycle (40-50lbs) so need to make sit more secure is more paramount. Becaue previous work included lighter weight shelves but...

There are hundreds products online but no ne matches my expectations. Since i leave in apartment, using sticky type destroys walls by peeling paint, so i prefer push pin. But There is very little choice. I was hoping to find elongated tube guides, some straight, some making corners or even...

The question does not exactly relate to houserepairtalk however it may some distant relation, improving home. apologies. I am thinking to furnish my apartment with newer furnitures, sworn out of ikea. I am wondering what is good brand that strikes a balance between contemporary design with some...

I have purchased a small home about 800sq.ft. Its heating system is poorly built, with no following of standard. It has a floor heating in every room with feeble effect. It is currently only suitable for summer residence. During winter (-30 during 3 months), we drain all the water in order to...

This is the window of the small house I have purchased few years back. Location is in extreme temperature variance -40 (winter) and +40 (summer) year round, which I believe might have contributed to the condition such as peeling of paint. I am thinking to repaint. Any suggestion on paint that is...

i have a situation. I have a 4 yr old domestic short breed pretty male cat. with summer approaching i am having him spending majority of time on balcony and put all his stuff: food trays, litter box on balcony. However I wanted to give access back to my residence. There are two possibilities: -...

I feel outraged, every toolkit I bought these days from homedepo, lowes or similar stores have some unknown brand which they carry now. All of them, when opened, all the sockets wrenches are loose and scatter which drove me nuts and I kept returning them. I used to buy toolkit just few years...

I have question from floor experts, I live in 3rd floor of apartment with what appears to be a wooden floor. It seems well assembled, not sure if it is real or artificial food and I can feel the nooks and crannies within. Yesterday bathroom toilet flooded unfortunately and found with up to 1...

I have a double window pane installed for thermal purpose for colder temps. however air got into what supposed to be a vacuum between two panes and it looks sweated and became opaque because of it and simply it is eyesore. Cleaning appears hard because the space between two panes are very small...

Hi, I am trynig to get water running in the 2 bedroom house which is off-grid. This is not in US but asian country where this was built off grid so please donot trip backward as to how it was poorly built, rather, it pulls the water from well and pour into the plastic container and uses pump and...

Earlier I posted about my concern about turning on A/C in multi-dwelling units like apartments. Now winter approaching I am concerned about using gas heater. It appears my apartment does use gas heater (I see a big round cylindrical shaped tank outside on my balcony in a separate compartment). I...

I was away from this forum for several years and coming back. Good memory back then while I was renovating my condo. I sold it. nealtw was incredibly helpful on my various questions, still appreciate now. with covid-19 ravaging, I turned off all A/C and winter approaching planning to shut the...

I am planning to apply the glossing over my counter with envirotec lite. The online video shows whenever there is a bubble form, use a torch light to correct it, i am wondering if i use a utility lighter, whether this will do a job?

i had posted here long time ago, about a year or two ago, did bought a countertop paint kit and did the work. It is looking miserable now, discolored and peeled off. I said f* it, I am just going to replace entire countertop along with sink and faucet. Went to ikea today, for kitchen they...

2-3 years back, i did a paint job using the bathroom tub paint kit from homedepot. I did pretty thorough work or so I thought but then just about a year ago, paint started peeling in a particularly nasty way (pic below). Now there are 3 distinct spots in my tub that are showing the sign of peel...

I own and make payment for condo in california state. The condo bathroom has no de-humidifier so there is a concern regarding mold grow up also the rooms has resistance heater which I dont like as all kind of foul burned metal smell when turned on. I am wondering if I do following mod-s to...

one of my room is actually on building corner and it actually has two on that corner and each of them are on opposite walls on the corner: as a result, it actually gets sunlight from sunrise to sunset. That means it can get prohibitely hot during summer times. Currently painted with light color...

I have used one of the rustroleum counter to painting kit to improve my old-style counter for kitchen and bathroom, but looking at now, I think it was mostly failure. I think before last applicatin of protective coat, I did not smooth it enough because it was very labor intensive. Because of it...

During renovation I dumped the old 3 piece closet door in the hallway and associated tracks. It won't work because the washer I purchased protrude from closet space bit too much and interfere with the door close. So I am thinking about installing sliding barn door in that area, here is I put the...