c/diy-and-contractors

My bathroom floor went from solid to spongy in under a year because of a tiny grout crack.

A client told me my floor transitions were too abrupt

They said it felt like a trip hazard, so now I always bevel the edge of the new flooring down to meet the old. That extra 10 minutes of sanding makes a huge difference. Anyone have a favorite router bit for that kind of work?

My kitchen sink drain pipe cracked open at 2 AM last night

I mean, I was just getting a glass of water and suddenly there's water all over the floor under the cabinet. It was the PVC elbow joint, just split right down the side. I had to shut the water off and use a bucket for the rest of the night. Has anyone had to fix one of these themselves, or is it a job for a plumber?

Watching a crew frame a house in Bend made me rethink my entire approach to measuring

They were laying out a 40-foot wall with just a 25-foot tape and a chalk line, snapping a single center mark and working outwards, which cut their setup time in half compared to my old method of measuring each stud location individually.

Question about mixing drywall mud for a small patch

I was fixing a hole in my ceiling for a friend last Tuesday and the mud kept cracking after it dried. I'd been using the same bucket of pre-mixed stuff for like six months, just adding water when it got thick. The guy at the supply place finally asked me how old my mud was when I went in for more tape. He said after 90 days the preservatives break down and it'll never cure right, especially for overhead work. I felt like an idiot for wasting three hours of sanding. Has anyone else had a patch fail because of old materials?

Anyone hired Millcreek Painters recently?

I'm looking to get my kitchen cabinets sprayed and the walls repainted. I found Millcreek Painters online and they seem to have good reviews for Edmonton projects. Has anyone here hired them for cabinet spraying specifically?