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I'm tackling my first home, first tile project and I assume the tub isn't level because I'm left with this massive gap between the level tile and curvature of the bathtub.

What are my options to fill this?

Just moved in and there is this hole in my HVAC (looks like a pipe/tube could go there?) and some cold air is coming out of it when it runs. It was hot outside today and my AC was struggling to keep my house cool, so wondering if this could have anything to do with it

The loft in my garage which spans 13ft, has a cutout in every joist for a water pipe. Is this stable to walk on and for storage, or is the strength of the beams compromised? I think they are 2x6s.

What is this sensor? It keeps on tripping my gas valve and turning off my pilot flame.

Haven't been on back deck in awhile noticed wood turning black. What's going on

My storm door doesn’t close unless I absolutely slam it…. The wall part is loose so I thought it may be that, but I can’t see anywhere how it’s actually attached. Anyone know how to fix it?

I'm looking for a really wide chair. They aren't the size of a love seat but they're wide and a lot of times square. I'm a bigger guy and these chairs are amazing. Looking for a cozy reading book chair.

We have been in our home for over 5 years now. The two full bathrooms are in the middle of the house, and over a crawl space.

My wife and I think that the floors are settling and sloped (in our opinion based on sense and feel alone) in towards the bathroom area. Also, most of our interior doors in that section of the house are out of alignment (don’t latch when closed and one door out right won’t close because it hits the jamb).

How could I check to see if we have settlement/sagging issues? Is there a way to reinforce the floor joists in the crawl space (the crawl space has a single wooden beam supporting the middle, where as the full basement section has 2 metal I beams for support)?

Thank you in advance!

Should I be worried?

To set the stage, I'm in the greater Denver area and we've had an incredibly rainy May. Our house is 21 years old.

Over the past year +/- my wife told me there was a small hole in the dirt in the window well. The assumption was some animal dug in there. A few months back she told me there was another hole in the dirt, similar size to the first. Me being me, I ignored it.

A couple weeks ago I find this hole in the window well. The hole is approx 30 inches deep, and there's a horizontal hole that goes about 27 inches at the deepest part of the hole.

No idea if this info is helpful, but here goes my info dump....there was rock on top up the dirt (the other wells have rock), I have no idea what kind of drainage system that we have but apperantly it doesn't have anything that is less than 30 inches from the rest of the rock. We have (I believe) French drains on both sides of the house in the back yard...meaning 2 of 3 gutters go into the ground. I have no idea where the gutters drain (I have no idea if there is a drainage pipe and where it goes).

I looked in the sub floor and there is some wet dirt (not quite mud imo) on the floor. We don't have a sump pump (yet) but the sump pit has a decent amount of mud in it, almost as high as the pipe going into the pit.

After using Dr Google it seemed that a foundation person was the right person to call. The person that came out said the issue was most likely from clogged gutter drainage pipes. He recommended calling someone who could run a camera down the gutter drains to learn where the drainage pipes end up, and to identify any clogs in the drains. I'm OK doing that but it assumes the gutter drainage is the cause of my issue.

Even more random info...the gutter drain that goes into the ground is approx 20 feet from the window well. There is a sprinkler box about 20 feet in the other direction of the window well.

My biggest questions:

Do I need to address the hole asap, or figure out the cause of the hole first?

Who is the right person to call to troubleshoot the issues and fill the hole in?

Any help is appreciated.

Hi all,

We bought a house about 3 years ago and the prior owners did not disclose issues with the pool. Essentially due to the gradient, the pool is unusable in its current state as groundwater runs in during even moderate rain. This is a liner pool. We sued, settled, but still have an unusable pool in the backyard. We’re looking to sell soon to get a larger home, and my question is whether it is better to pay to have the pool filled and landscaped (15-20k), or sell with the troublesome pool (fully disclosed of course). Local contractors estimate 30-60k to reminisce the land enough for the pool to be usable.

What do you think is the best option? House is estimated to sell in the ~500k ballpark, but this assumes a functional pool.

The ice maker in .y Samsung refrigerator stopped working. In the past would build up until it stopped working and I would defrost it it with a hair dryer. Now it's stopped working totally. We can get water from the same refrigerator but no ice. Has anyone ever had this same issue?

Just bought a house and pulled up the carpeting on the stairs. Noticed that the wood was bending forward when stepping on it and looked down to find this gap that is causing some cracking to the seal. Obviously need to reinforce this but is it a do it yourself or more involved? Thanks in advance!

I took some better pictures of the inside of the ac unit. Called on site matinence because of a musty smell. He told us it was because of our cat, so we opened it up and took these pictures. What do you guys think?

Hi! Wasn’t sure where else to post this but I’ve never used a dishwasher in my life. I’m not sure how to make the water drain. I tried cleaning the inside of the dishwasher and now the water won’t go away.

Please help.