Steve123

Not sure where you are, but OP is in San Fran. I am figuring that is not going to be the best place to find low cost construction.

The new concrete will always look "different" from the old. So consider making it look purposely different, like perhaps stamped...

I am guessing that the steel bars were painted with the same paint as the trim. Best bet would be to remove the bars and as much of...

No! Never tile over a hammer! You tile around it!

Don’t tile over that hammer, haha!

I have had toilet bowl levels to be lowered during windy conditions. I'm thinking yours may be due to a combination of wind over the...

I'd plunge a coat hanger in the hole with a 12" bend, so you can locate your nearest stud, so half will be secured into a wood stud, IF...

I agree with havasu --- far preferred to mount to structure. I pulled up the installation instructions for the grab bars I have, fully...

Make sure you use a "window" foam. It will be low expansion. The standard foam risks expanding so much that the window becomes...

No, contact cement won't do it. You might need a new drain hose. Mine had a rubber end molded onto it. Then it goes over the barb and...

You positive both are 3 way (single pole double throw) switches ?

It's not so much the air gaps --- half inch simply is not thick enough for Chicago weather. One inch (R7) would probably be about...

Two component does a chemical reaction when mixed. I think one component also does a chemical reaction, but uses moisture in the air as...

What is the logic there? Water will run straight through gravel.

You say "brick" a couple of times - is foundation blocks, brick, combination of two, or poured concrete ? There are rarely simple...