Trying to figure out a built-in on an awkward wall
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Comments (11)How about building something around it that will look like a closet....open in the back, with a door in front that you can open to put things in out of sight. Would not need to attach it to the walls so you can take it with you. Failing that, I would say, put the dog food elsewhere and put a coat tree in the corning for caps, coats and maybe a low shelf for shoes. Polish the stove and use it for seasonal decoration....See MorePlease help: Trying to figure out shower leak source in new house
Comments (16)UPDATE: The foreman came back with his lead plumber and another worker today. They removed the shower trim to check the valves from inside the shower and didn't see anything so they cut into the wall behind the shower to look at the pipes and valves. They found a leak from a loose connection between the pipes. (It was the pipe that goes to the handheld shower.) The plumber soldered the pipe. They are hoping that this is the fix to the leak. The team did not open the ceiling to look at the pan, drain, and plumbing since they found the leak in the other location. The foreman agreed to replace the ceiling though. I'm hopeful, but a couple of things seem odd. The leak happened after almost 6 months of use and the leak is not constant. It's only happened a few times even though we use the shower every day. Once we became aware of it, we noticed that it happens after the shower is turned off. Also, as I mentioned above, I noticed a wet area above the seam in the tiled shower entrance. Today, I noticed another wet area near the previous one and it I noticed it a couple of hours after the shower had been turned off (and after work had been done on the shower). Here are pictures of the plumbing and the new wet spot on the tile....See MoreTrying to figure out an old house wiring circuit, need help.....
Comments (5)One way to tell whether a wire is actually hot, if you don't have a known ground wire in the box to reference it to, is to run a ground from somewhere else that IS a known ground. Like a water pipe (in the old house they should be copper but check to be sure), or a newer grounded outlet that you know is hooked up to actual ground. Having said that, I concur with the advice to call in a pro. This sounds pretty hinky. The procedure you described sounded like it should work, IF everything was as you thought, but apparently it was not....See MoreTrying to figure out furniture in an awkward space
Comments (2)We need a to scale floor plan but I will say loveseats are a huge waste of money for seating as are sectionals comfortable seating requires arm resta and sectionls no matter how large have 2 so 2 people get those and the rest are all lined up with no comfortat all like the middle seat on a sofa. Loveseats are honestly a over sized chair and mostly no one wants to sit that close to another person I like a sofa and 2 chairs for most spaces but I need measurements and realtor pics are never a good idea of the real life space .Also is the the whole main floor or are there other spaces on this level . Post a floor plan of the whole main floor....See MoreBeth Patrick @ Closet Factory (Cleveland)
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