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  1. Z

    Old 1950s half bathroom floor help

    My diy half-bathroom project isn’t going the way I had planned. First, it was the rock lath wall. And now this: looks like the used cement to do the floor and the pipe is sticking out. I’m not even sure what that pipe is for. Am I way over my head? Is it possible to DIY this? Im thinking new...
  2. H

    Unoccupied House Maintenance

    Long story short, I inherited a house back in 2021 with some water damage, the floor is sunken in a few spots and a leak behind the refrigerator. The floor has been dried out with fans and the water lines have been blown out with an air compressor. At the time of writing this the house has no...
  3. Frank

    What is this stuff

    Hello everyone! I'm wanting to pull up this old flooring which is like some type of huge linoleum that seems to be in sections about 4 to 6 ft wide. The house was built in the 40s or 50s and I'm assuming this linoleum or whatever it is has some type of crazy glue on it. I've attached a few...
  4. mynewoldhouse

    I can only pick ONE room to renovate; my son's playroom or his bathroom...

    if we update the playroom we'd just replace the fiberboard with drywall. if we do the bathroom it would be updating the old subway tile to match the new (behind the shower) and replace the floors. fixtures would likely remain. playroom: bathroom:
  5. P

    Black around nails? Any ideas...

    Hey everyone! So we rent an older home with wood floors. When we moved in, we put a bench up against against a wall (pictured) that is raised and does not touch the floor with the exception of the 4 feet. Today for the first time in probably 16 months I moved the bench and noticed all of this...
  6. B

    Concrete resurfacing

    Hi, I am planning to resurfacie concrete basement floor using NewCrete resurfacer. I want a smooth surface, no broom finish. I want to coat the resurfacer with one part water based epoxy/acrylic paint (Behr 90201). Can I add the paint instead of water (a part of water) used to mix the resurfacer...
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