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Is it a problem if some areas of my new house's roof, which was filled with concrete by the carpenter, have exposed rods due to missed filling? Another carpenter suggested plastering those areas, but I want to make sure my house is safe. Can you assess if this issue makes the structure weak or...

Hi—looking for some advice on T&G ceiling install: Some context: Two story, 1970s house, spanning 3 first-floor rooms, we tore down an existing drywall ceiling to run new electrical, wafer lights, speakers, cat6, etc. We have a random-length 3/4" pine tongue and groove. The ceiling will span 3...

We just closed on a new construction Ryan Homes Corsica last May. We'd like to the make an exercise room in an unfinished room in the basement (only contains the electrical panel; furnace and sump pump are elsewhere). In the future, we'll probably go the full mile and have it properly finished...

My contractor put 24" stud spacing on the vertical walls and on the soffits that frame in the HVAC with 2 x 4's, in our state it's to code. Should I have them come back and install 2x4s to make 16" on center? What about the soffit spacing on the ceiling? 16" or 24". I'm worried about sagging...

I've read several posts and articles now that compare can lights to canless wafer lights. While most of these articles are a few years old now, it seems that most of the consensus is choosing to opt for can lights. That said, I tend to be leaning towards the wafer lights. Before committing, I...

Hello everyone, I'm looking for some advice on how I should fix this issue. This is my first house that was purchased last year. The room in question was a bedroom that I am currently converting into a home office that's in the basement. I noticed over the winter that there was a cold draft...

Hello, I recently purchased my home, and Im doing some renovations. It's an old farmhouse with an existing drop ceiling in the kitchen, dining room and living room. Because of the beams, plumbing, electrical and ducts, I'm keeping the drop ceiling though I do want to raise it a little bit. They...

We moved into this house that has a 3 car garage. The ceiling has always been bumpy in some areas: to me it looks like a perfect outline of water pipes from the apartment above the garage. I know at one point the builder told me the water line to the fridge leaked and so did the diverter in the...

Please help if anyone knows why this is happening. The water droplets only appear in this spot.

We got this chandelier from Etsy but I'm not certain how to hang it properly. I've installed plenty of lights but I've never seen a loop like this before. I'm used to threaded nipple connection to a mounting bar on the electrical box. I could rig this up but I'm concerned the canopy won't...

Hi everyone, I've used this forum often for advice many times, but never posted. I didn't see any recent threads on this topic. Seems like products have changed and many are unavailable currently. I'm currently adding a shower to my bathroom (was just a tub). This included extending a pony...

I’m trying to add a register cover to a suspended ceiling tile. Obviously it’s too light to screw into the tile, could I use anchors? Or is there something that would make this secure? It’s a standard 4x10

Hi there! I bought a cabin six months ago and have been slowly making some changes. I have recently reached the porch, and have some questions. They had ugly painted plywood as a ceiling there, so I pulled much of it down. Under it, I found this: I'd like to vault the ceiling as much as...

Hi All, I am about to get this 1940s cape and the attic room, which I think was once a bedroom perhaps has this odd ceiling, it almost feels like cardboard or some type of fiber board. Does anyone know what this might be? Do you think I can just paint it, but leave the trim and the wood...

In the process of renovating a bedroom in my house. I noticed what looks like a shadow on the angled part of the ceiling above the wall. I pushed on the drywall and it felt secure. Any ideas on what could be the cause?

I have a basement office with a suspended (drop) ceiling with ~1" thick panels (see photos). We get quite a bit of noise from the living room, above, so we had our contractor insulate between the floor joists above the drop ceiling. He used batts of Rockwool Safe and Sound. My concern is...

I am repairing a corner of my popcorn ceiling in a bathroom. There was a pipe leak and needed to remove part of the drywall. I have done some drywall repair before and have no problem cutting a new piece and getting it nailed in, but I always struggle getting the joint compound to cooperate...

I’m repairing cracks in my plaster ceiling (gypsum lathe, brown coat, veneer) before I repaint. After scraping out the cracks and anchoring back to joists I primed the cracks with Gardz, filled with durabind, finished with 2 thin coats of proform 90 minute quick set, then sealed again with...

Hi folks. I had some water leaking from upstairs. Minor, but visible enough after seeping into my popcorn ceiling the floor below. Any suggestions how I can paint this thing with minimal dripping and protection on my furniture? For such a stupid small thing, it's turning into a major project...

Have and things falling from ceiling for years thought dead termite parts then mold mites now I finally went and looked at the ceiling and this is what I spotted anyone have a clue what it can be also have been feeling like I get bit all the time and spots of brown black and red white stuff all...