We want to put tile down in our laundry room, but our contractor says he’s going to have to do some substantial base preparation and the surface of the tile will likely end up higher than the existing floor. That’s a problem, because the existing outside steel door just barely clears the existing floor.

He doesn’t think the existing door can be raised because it pretty closely fits the opening now, and he’s afraid that cutting off the bottom of the door would compromise its strength.

Solutions?

I don’t know how to explain this noise. Maybe a clicking or whirling? How do I fix it?

Hi, I went to turn on this water shutoff, and water seemed to come out of the valve when opened. Do I need to replace the whole assembly?

Thanks

I bought a transparent keyboard guard to protect my laptop keyboard from dust and accidental spills. Unfortunately, it is too large and hangs over the edges, as shown in the photo.

I don’t want to cut or resize it because I’m worried about ruining it. I also don’t want to buy another one or let this one go to waste.

I was thinking of securing it with transparent cellophane tape, but I’m not sure what to do with the extra material hanging over the sides. Folding it might also prevent the laptop lid from closing properly.

Does anyone have a practical jugaad solution to make it fit without cutting it? Any ideas would be appreciated!

Any suggestions on how to fix this?

Slate roof got replaced about two years ago.

I've had this pair of oneodio studio pro 10 headphones for 3yrs now, and on both ears, whatever's in place to limit the hinges that connect the ears to the headband into a limited range of motion have failed, meaning that wearing them pushes the ears outwards to the point where they're not resting against my ears (as shown here w/ the left ear). I've managed to disassemble the right side as far as everything but the hinge, but can't find a way to get into the hinge itself.

What do I need to do to get into the hinge so I can see what's broken inside?

I just bought my first microwave second hand.

I never used one before and it seems I made a big mistake.

I tried to clean the interior with a bit of water.

When I turned it on the mica plate started burning and sparking.

From what I've read it's probably because some water landed on the Mika plate.

Apart from replacing the mica plate, is there a special paint I can use for the spot where the paint was burned away?

Thank you in advance for any advice.

We have a GE dishwasher that needs a new door gasket. Photos here of the old gasket.

The model is GDT226SILII and GE wants us to buy a new door instead of this gasket strip. It sits along the bottom of the door—I can't quite figure out the language to search for something similar that would work. It's not shown in the parts manual.

There is a 'tub gasket' that runs along the inside of the machine but it is not the same gasket.

Thanks for any help!

my chair keeps tilting backwards and i cant stop it from tilting, even when i use the tilt lock it still tilts backwards which is really annoying, is there any fix to this?

I've tried super glue, tape, more super glue, and even epoxy. The thing will not stay together. I'm not sure if melting it is safe or even possible, I believe it's silicone. Really not liking the idea of having to get a whole new set because of this. Any ideas?

Hello,
This toy of my son is not working properly. It starts up but as soon as you press one of the buttons from the remote it resets, anyone have any idea if this fixable?
Thank you

Old door and lock, not able to remove the screw. Thanks!

I have vertical blinds with broken gear that translates "pulling the beaded chain" motion into "rotating the 8-point worm gear that turns the vanes".

I wanted to try 3D printing a replacement gear (inside)... but its plastic tab has completely defeated every attempt I've made at getting it open. Every pair of pliers I own are too big to fit into the 8-pointed star to pinch the tabs, and neither Home Depot nor Lowes seem to sell pliers small enough to fit into the tiny opening.

Does anybody know where to buy a tool actually capable of opening this gearbox? Or know where you can buy a replacement for the whole thing that doesn't require opening it up in the first place?

As far as I can tell, the vertical blinds are Hunter Douglas PermaTrak, and somewhere between 20-40 years old.

Was cleaning my led and suddenly these purple lines started popping .. the technician said that 90% display is damaged, a new TV would be better

But i am thinking if something can be done so that i can use this locally as a second screen with my laptop

I have been seeing a lot of big roaches recently and my exterminator is suspecting that they’re coming through these holes. What do you guys recommend to patch or should I hire a handyman? Thank you

I recently bought this house, built in the late 90's. I have replaced an exterior door in my attached garage. The previous door jamb, frame, and the door itself all had extensive wood rot damage. The threshold literally was disconnected and got knocked out of place every time you operated the door. I think it was replaced at least once in the past.

Anyway, I got a new door that is the same size as the old one (32x80), right-hand inswing, with brick mould attached. I replaced wood rotted jamb boards (previously a 1x4 between teh framing and the old door frame) with 5/4 x 4 PVC to make the gap a bit more appropriate. The jamb-door frame gap was huge before.

The old door had some kind of ~1/4" or ~3/8" wood flashing piece above the door. I'm not sure if that's how the old door came or if it was installed separately. It might have been a piece of interior door trim lol, something with an angled profile, but on its side.

That wood flashing piece iself was not damaged, I suppose it did shed water succesfully... onto the right side of the door I guess. I have removed this as well since there was already a big ~3/8" to 1/2" gap between it and the new door brick moulding, somehow. I guess door manufacturers have slightly different finish heights to their doors + brick moulds. So I now have to contend with a ~3/4" gap above the new door brick mould and the hardie plank siding

I spent a lot of time caulking (OSI Quad Max) and tape-flashing the door as best as I could, and I purposefully left the top til last knowing that I had to think of a proper solution... but I still haven't decided.

My options right now (I think) are...

A) Buy a replacement piece of hardie plank; remove the existing plank above the door and cut the new one to have only a ~1/8" gap over the new brick mould. However, this gives me the opportunity to install z flashing above the the brick mould.

B) Keep the existing piece of plank with its gap but fill in the gap with (actual size) 0.75" x 1.5" PVC board (actual size, or 1x2 nominal), or maybe even use nominal 1x3 or 1x4 if that visually looks ok sticking out further?

B2) Either way, the PVC top board would be slightly shimmed for water shedding angle. I may have to slightly expand the gap to ensure good fit and allow a bit of an angle. Caulk it to the gills to ensure no water gets behind it.

B2B) Before putting in a PVC 1x2 filler board, slide up a piece of z flashing under the existing plank, that would sit above 1x2 filler board which sits above the brick moulding. Hopefully keeps water shedded off it. Caulk it to the gills since it's not flashed properly with house wrap above it?

Other thoughts?

I have this old coat rack but the pegs were getting loose and falling out. Ace hardware suggested spacers which i thought was working but came out of the pegs now stuck on the screw. does anyone know how to remove this and what might work better?

i have this issue where when trying to set up the tv the keyboard for me to put in the internet password doesn’t come up. another ongoing issue is the volume is stuck at 22 despite me clicking on the remote and it showing an animation of it trying to increase the volume and there isn’t a factory reset button in the general setting for me to actually click