/diy/ - Do-It-Yourself

I'm discovering mold in the home. Its showing up in pillows and in a feint moldy smell in certain areas of the home. Is this somwthjng I can DIY or is it more than likely going to require in depth attic work? I've read all kinds of ways to handle it but how do I permanently prevent it from coming back and ruining nice things I have like my books? It seems to show up in the most random areas, and everything in this home kind of has a feint grimy texture to it now.

Does everything in the home have to be wiped down? Can mold live if I double bag up some loose things in black plastic trash bag? Have a lot of questions that sites don't seem to address...

This small home doesn't really have a place to put a washer or dryer, but it does have an area outside for one with no power or water hookups thought (just a concrete area near the back door). How much work am I looking at to get the hookups and water installed outside so I can put a washer and dryer in?

Just fill it with foam and call it a day.

>>1718525
How many cans will I need for an 8" hole with ragged edges?

Its a hollow interior door. You can buy them at lowes or home depot for $100 and up. Or if you're a cheap nigger you can go to some place like goodwill or other thrift shops and see if they have doors.

>>1718546
>$100
they cost £32 in bongland

this is a fucking daft question but if im applying for a job as an electrical labourer for the first time what sort of stuff am i best putting in my CV? right now ive got my cert scheme card mentioned, where i wanna go with this shit so it seems like im motivated to put in some proper work and do my job properly, and a bit of fluff about how i like to keep busy and prefer physical work, but thats about all i can think of. i dont exactly have much experience in construction. i also wrote all this in the third person.

Only one way to find out

How the F do I know?
I'm unable to find out what I'm looking at

I have a great idea for one but i'm not telling. It'd be really hard to engineer anyway.

>>1718422
Whatever happened to those german dudes making one like this where you could walk but also sit down in it to drive vehicles etc? Seemed promising.

>>1718422
make a big hamster ball
then rig it up to the sensors from an old ball mouse
thank me later

nothing's impossible, go on if u rly have 1

Infinideck looks promising but still has a "ring"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvu5FxKuqdQ

>>1718372
Sorry last pic

>>1718373
looks good, right?

The real catastrophe is the carpentry. You should remove all the beams and start again.

>>1718384
No. What is this bullshit?

>>1718370
Shit post shitpost. Beautiful.

>>1718338
>no bullshit
Anon, I...

>>1718337
it produces noise, you won't be listening to podcasts anymore

>>1718377
Just glanced at the moosoo and there are a few things going for it over my dyson: battery life, filter size, detachable battery, beater power, and lit front of the beater accessory. On the flip side, that battery is heavier than my entire dyson unit, and I'm not so sure getting replacement parts for the moosoo will be possible.

bought a v8. didn't bother with the v10 or v11 because of diminishing returns.
it's great
leave it by my bedside
makes it as easy as possible to want to vacuum something

I have a dyson from 2001 that still works great.

Bought Dyson for my wife, thing works great don’t be a twat

I bought roomba for a little under 300 bucks.
i like the fact that the vacuum works on it’s own.

How bout a desk with tilting top and wheels that you can move over an adjustable bed or sunbed? Add a monitor stand you can clamp to the desktop and you should be set with a cheap ghetto alternative.

back in the 90s there were ads for things like this in computer magazines

>>1718283
The only thing its missing is an attached mini fridge and flap in which you shit through into a bucket, then you could truly live the life of luxury. You'd never even need to get out of bed.

>>1718283

>>1718257
Husky

>>1718257
Masterforce is fine too

>>1718257
Ratchets? Go with Gearwrench. Pic related will probably go down to like $80 for Black Friday, but it’s still a steal at $100.

For sockets and ratchets and all that, Gearwrench, Tekton, Husky, Sunex, even Craftsman or Kobalt if you catch a good sale.

>>1718257
If I needed one RIGHT NOW I'd be going straight to ye olde harbor freight for some Pittsburgh tools. So cheap that I could probably buy 5 ratchets and it still wouldn't cost as much as the home Depot one.

>>1718471
The $20 Husky ratchets are nice though. And the $20 HF Pitt Pro ratchets are pretty close in quality.

You can get a $5 round head ratchet from both of those places, but they suck.

>>1718222
this isn't erowid.

>>1718222
well I'm not exactly a chemist or anything but you can probably heat it very slowly up to like 110/115F and change a lot of the weird chemicals into less toxic chemicals

>>1718228
Yeah its do it yourself, we can make tea ourselves at home, whats the problem ya dweeb

>>1718172
EDC thread?

>>1718199
I have the same shitty harbour freight light. Magnet sucks it only lasted me about a month. Btw fuck you, nazis and low quality bait.

>>1718203
Yeah I was disappointed in the thing. I gave it to my mom so she can see in the backyard when she lets the dogs out at night.

The Braun flexi light that goes on sale for $25 is a real nice one and had a good magnet, I was hoping that smaller one woulda been at least half as strong but I was disappointed.

Retarded $15 light box has been working really well for me lately.

>>1718440
>I get heat bumps and ingrowns, Aqua Velva fixed that up. Now I use it after every shave.
So you always smell like the sort of greasy 80's ethnic pimp that Robert DeNiro shoots in Taxi Driver? Yeah, I think I'll take a hard pass on electric and just stick with my DE safety razor. But if it all works for you, keep doing you.

>>1718462
>They're not cheaper
How so? I've spent $40 on DE blades in the last 2 years, and $80 on mach 3 blades. I have to shave every day for work and use a DE razor the vast majority of the time I shave.
>They're a pain in the ass
That's subjective, but I'll give it to you. If you started with cartridge razors, learning to not press into your face can be a bit complicated. My first 3 or so shaves with a DE were a shitshow, but after the first few months, it became almost as quick as cartridge razors. But you'd have to be pretty braindead fucking up shaving with a cartridge blade.
>Results aren't as good
In what sense? I have never noticed any appreciable difference.

I use a mach 3 when traveling, because it is objectively more convenient to shave with in strange locations. But the DE is hands down more affordable and does an equally good job of shaving.

>>1718117
Far better. Use the one in your image with the comb on the edge for beard shaving and one without the comb with a longer handle for leg shaving.

how is oil for shaving? ive heard people recommend a good quality mineral oil for shaving in certain spots of your body and im wondering how good it is for your face.

>>1718489
Not using butter...

DUDE

WEED

>>1718039

So are school shootings

>>1718039
Since when has anyone given a fuck about the feds. They don't enforce shit.

LMAO

I asked my gf for a ridgid cordless sawzall, she said its in her price range. What I really want is a new pair of composite toe work boots (carhartt, ariat, redwings) but i can always get those on my own.

A circular saw track would be nice, too.

You probably have all the tools you need, but what about things like
>gloves
>work belt
>new blades for your table saw

>>1718022
Search for acrylic resin casting.

>>1718067
Go back to engineering, Scotty.

>>1718022
I have no idea how you would “make” acrylic but the sheets large enough for 8 foot aquariums would not be cheap at all. I have made 800 gallon aquariums with supporting sumps and it was extremely expensive. I built a 10x4 aquarium for a wealthy client embedded in the wall too. I’m not even sure why you would want to cast an aquarium when you can easily weld panels together to make it. You can make a killing if you know how to build custom setups for rich people but I don’t know anyone who casts them we all weld pieces together

>>1718022
Weird, it used to be that you could just order the acrylic / plexiglas resin + catalyst off of amazon, but now all I see are epoxy resins.
I'm guessing the methyl ethyl ketone peroxide catalyst got v&
>captcha shows a surveillance camera

>>1718098
I'm really just trying to learn more about the material.
Okay sure you can buy sheets of acrylic, but what are the margins on that stuff? If I start a business where I make acrylic art shit, can I save a shitton money by just buying barrels of the resin and molding it myself?
>>1718150
Tbh I don't know the difference between acrylic and epoxy like they make those live edge coffee tables out of.

>>1717983

check the wiring on the opener.. maybe the signal to reverse the motor isnt getting to it due to a broken wire or loose wire. could be a number of things but I would check that first

>>1717983
100% something in the safety circuit. One of the beam sensors or wiring.

>>1717983
Change the battery

Something wrong on the ancient circuit board. Just get a newer one.