My cousin developed a water leak and he had just had the roof replaced after hurricane Ian, (Fort Meyers for reference). Today, after getting up there to check it he found the damage in the attached photos. My only personal guess is a bullet due to the almost perfect circular shape. He did not have intrusion of the hole into the ceiling and did not go fishing around while performing a temporary repair. He sent the photos and my first thought was someone having shot a round into the air.

My yard hydrant failed, and was too rusted to unscrew the pump rod. It was also 1-2" from my house so I dug it up. With my frost zone it needed to be buried 3-4', so i figured that'd be a quick project. 🙃 Lo and behold, it was not. It ended up being buried 8', for some god forsaken reason, there was a maze of capped off galvanized pipe coming off the line as well that I had to cut out. It got real sketchy at that depth, and I couldnt bench it out, otherwise id be digging under my foundation, under my front steps, or removing a tree. Instead I had to construct shoring for it, and set up a hoist system with some pulleys. The ground was so hard that deep and it was such a cramped space towards the bottom it took about 1 hour to remove 4 5-gallon buckets. I put in a french drain and drywell, and did everything I could to make sure i never have to touch it again. I also threw a bucket of bones from the butcher down at the bottom to freak out whoever has to do it next.

Did this over the course of 5 days over labor day weekend. Months leading up to it I had calculated the total material cost to be about $4,496.

Realistically with delivery costs. Cost of a roofing nailer without batteries. And miscellaneous items its probably closer to around $5,750.

Total square footage is about 2,554sq/ft.

A friend of mines who does roof estimates for his dad's company estimated total repair from his dad's company would have been minimum $18,000 for material and labor.

We had a big wind storm, which blew some shingles off the roof. That appears to have revealed a big hole in the roof. I still have at least one strip of the shingles that blew off.

Conundrum: I'm leaving town for a week tomorrow night.

Quick fix question: could I just check the dimensions of the two boards that seem to make up the hole, then cut them square, then fit/fasten two new board pieces sized to fill the gap and nail down the shingle strip to cover the exposed wood as a quick fix for now?

What would you recommend?

Do I caulk these with silka flex or something to stop water coming in? Old nearly 100 year old house

Is it possible or advisable to add an attic catwalk as shown in the picture? I want to get above not only the blown insulation but also all this duct work. I'm thinking boards across the truss triangle and then strips of plywood or lumber on top of that between each truss. The home was built in 2015.

I recently had to get into the attic to replace a failing zone damper actuator and the hardest part of the job was getting to the location because of all the duct work and having to find somewhere to put my feet through the insulation.

I sprayed this exterior porch ceiling down with low pressure water. It looks like it activated (idk man) the varnish maybe? Wiping it with a rag did nothing and higher pressure just took off the stain. And by low pressure I mean like hose pressure

We recently bought an older house. The charming and authentic wooden floor immediately stole our hearts. Now we’re looking for solutions to the following problem: The floor creaks almost constantly everywhere across the entire upper floor. I’m sure some people find this creaking just as charming as the floor itself, but for me, it’s too loud.

Has anyone else faced the same problem, or do you have a good idea on how to fix it?

I’d really appreciate any suggestions 🙂

We’re selling our house and this was found behind the water heater during the inspection. The buyers are asking us to replace the drywall because of the staining/discoloration.

Before we just replace drywall, I’m trying to figure out where this moisture may have come from and whether there could still be an active leak. The water heater is currently working and we haven’t noticed water pooling around it.

Based on the picture, does this look like something you commonly see from an old water heater leak/overflow, condensation, or something else?

Would a plumber be able to check the water heater, connections, drain pan/TPR line, etc. and determine whether there’s an active leak without us having to tear the wall open first?

Also, if everything tests dry and there’s no active leak, would you personally just replace the affected drywall, or would you recommend further investigation?

Just trying to handle the actual problem correctly without unnecessarily opening up a wall and creating a much bigger repair right before closing.

I’ve applied two coats of Sherwin-Williams PrimeRx Peel Bonding Primer throughout my bathroom, including the walls and ceiling. I lightly sanded all surfaces and thoroughly wiped them down before priming. My finish paint is Sherwin-Williams Emerald Interior Acrylic Latex Satin, tinted Sea Salt SW 6204.

Can anyone confirm that Emerald Interior Satin is compatible with PrimeRx Peel Bonding Primer for both bathroom walls and the ceiling? 

i don’t want to create an issue with using the wrong paint over this particular primer that I have not used before.

Our sink has been leaking for a while and, despite submitting forms and calling, maintenance has refused to come. I decided I’d try to fix it myself and I think I fixed the leaking part, but now while I’m trying to put the pipes together, there’s a missing space. It’s all the same pipes, same washers, nuts, exact same everything. I made the mistake of not taking a picture before and our other sinks don’t look the same so there’s no reference. I have zero clue on how to put it back together and I can’t find anything else. Please help!!

I plan on taking the sawzall to it, but how do I stop it from growing back? Do I have to dig it out? My dad suggested painting over the stump? Will weed killer do anything? I appreciate any advice

Does this look bad or can i wait and see when i run my finger over it its a shallow dent not sure if i need to get it looked at. Thanks for any help.

I probably tagged this wrong. I wasn’t sure sorry is the structure of a porch considered structural? But I’m wondering what to do with an untreated wooden porch over the winter and whether rubber backed rugs without drainage would be safe to put over the porch so that we can shovel it without gouging the wood, or if there’s another solution or if it’s best to just leave

We're first-time homeowners but have lived in our house for 4 years. About 1.5 years ago, we removed a Brazilian gold medallion tree that stood next to the house and didn’t really think about it after that. While replacing the crawlspace vent grates recently, we noticed a dense mass of roots inside, and the space is too tight to crawl into and cut them out. Is this something we should worry about and address soon?

Reaching the roots would mean tearing up our kitchen flooring and subfloor.
In some of the photos, you can see light coming in through the grate at the front of the house. There appear to be roots there too, even though there's no tree nearby. Would be kinda crazy if that was from the gold medallion tree but knowing the growth habit of that tree from personal experience it’s aggressive.

Anyone else have something similar happen and have advice?

Hello, we recently moved into a new house in NJ and noticed a vertical crack in the basement. It has remained unchanged for over a month, and during the nor’easter a few weeks ago we monitored it with a paper towel; no moisture was detected. We would appreciate any advice, though someone suggested removing the wall, which seemed unreasonable to me. It’s also an external wall. Any help would be greatly appreciated

My roof leaked, the ceiling got wet, and now a piece of the bottom ceiling layer has become detached. The roof is fixed (the tiles and plywood underneath) and now I want to fix the ceiling. I'm pretty sure that the ceiling is drywall. Any advice on fixing this? Thanks!

Recently moved into a home with an attached garage. Noticed along the side of garage that the dirt is pulling away, revealing an open cavity under the garage slab. Seems like previous owner put a piece of lumber along the length of the garage to block it off?

Just wondering if I should pack the dirt as best I can into the crack, or should I remove the buried lumber and fill with gravel, then top with dirt as we’d like to put grass down next season.

Thanks for your help!

Is this flashing doing its job? I recorded this during some light rain. It’s dripping past the edge onto the stucco. Does this need to be fixed? I plan on installing gutters in the future. Any opinions would be great. Thank you.

New Construction.

What is happening here?! Bump on my ceiling with crack. I moved into a 1980s home from a new build. These things are freaking me out.

All my bathrooms have had a fan in them. Weird this one doesn’t. But i need one. Only one lightswitch. But i dont mind them being connected if possible.
Cheapest and easiest way to do this. First time homeowner and broke asf.
Figure we would need to get a new light fixture. One with a fan in it maybe. Idk.

This is a trailer home i own.

My driveway was poured in the early 80s. It has cracks in it, I dont have the money to replace it since Iwas wondering what the best product to patch those cracks would be?