Do any of you have a clue what could be causing this weird spotting / decay on my exterior stucco wall? It's only in one spot on the whole house and has gotten progressively worse. Previous owner said it was some kind of fungus or something that he had treated, but I can't find anything on how to deal with it online Some spots look like it's eating away at the stucco but can't be sure Not sure if relevant but this is behind where my outdoor grill is, if it's somehow heat related, but I don't use it a whole lot. Thanks much
I don’t know for sure but it looks like mold or moss type of spots. Where do you live in the country? Does the sun ever hit that part of the house? Have you tried pressure washing it or sucking its dick? edit: did not quote so tag, Good Effort! Good Game!
Our back yard (where the dogs go out the dog door) is down hill from the new build next door. They brought in a significant amount of dirt so now their runoff drains back there. The wet plus the dogs have now turned it into a mud bath. I think I’m going to put in a French drain and then some artificial turf. The drain I’ve done before but with the turf is there anything particular that should be done from a prep standpoint? I’m gonna Google but I thought a few people mentioned turf here previously.
I'll have to take a picture of all the impending doom trees I need to have topped that aren't on my property that would wreck havoc on the north side of my house. Damn Beetles have wrecked them in the past few years. (according to previous owner and me watching them for 6+ months). Look into a "soft washing" service for the stucco. I've had it done on my house's every couple years because of the humidity and moss and other things growing.
I'm in LA (close to the beach). Not a ton of sun on that particular area, no. I tried the soft wash approach before but don't think I did it right. Will try that again.
A giant ship’s engine failed. The ship’s owners tried one ‘professional’ after another but none of them could figure out how to fix the broken engine. Then they brought in a man who had been fixing ships since he was young. He carried a large bag of tools with him and when he arrived immediately went to work. He inspected the engine very carefully, top to bottom. Two of the ship’s owners were there watching this man, hoping he would know what to do. After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer. He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life. He carefully put his hammer away and the engine was fixed!!! A week later, the owners received an invoice from the old man for $10,000. What?! the owners exclaimed. “He hardly did anything..!!!”. So they wrote to the man; “Please send us an itemised invoice.” The man sent an invoice that read: Tapping with a hammer………………….. $2.00 Knowing where to tap…………………….. $9,998.00
What’s on the interior side of the wall? Any chance there’s a leaking pipe there? I don’t know anything about stucco at all but if it’s only in a small area like that I wonder why it’s not in other places too.
The other side of that wall is a built in grill in my patio space. No running water or anything I had sent around a few messages to "stucco cleaners" on Yelp and one guy said it could be toxic black mold... anyone have experience with that and can that grow on stucco like this? Thx
So I moved to a new apartment. I have 1 gig internet but its in one of the bedroom closets. I seems to be functioning well but streaming on my TV has started to suck. It could just be the built in wifi/roku within the TV isn't great? It is about 2 years old. I've realized that I have no option to hardwire short of running a 120 foot cord out of a bedroom closet to the living room. If I buy a 4k roku or apple TV do you think their built in wifi would work better than my tv?
Not sure about stucco but Amazon sells a cheap at home test for black mold that may give you some peace of mind
If it's black mold, it's probably growing IN the wall Any chance you can pull the grill and see into the wall cavity?
90% likelihood your problem is poor wifi coverage/speed from your router. Might want to look at getting a better router or a mesh system like eero. But also yes stand-alone units will typically have better hardware, I quite like my Apple TV.
Tv manufacturers aren't interested in keeping their built in software up to date, so yea there's a good chance a separate dongle thingy would work better
I use a power line in our house for my tv and ps5 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/netgear-powerline-2000-extra-outlet/6203586.p?skuId=6203586
Yeah, just seems kind of excessive for a 1000 sq foot apartment. I'll prob start with the $40 roku stick and see how it goes from there.
Do a speed test with your phone from the location of your tv. What do you mean by suck? Lag? Low res? do you have a a mesh Wi-Fi or an extender?
Idiot move of the day and advice needed: I have a PVC water line in yard running to 2 existing hose bibs I am extending this about 80 linear feet to add 2 more hose bibs attached to 2 different structures bought all PVC piping and joints and bibs… unfortunately for 3/4” pipe instead of 1/2” which I now realize is what the existing line is Am I ok to just buy a 1/2 to 3/4 connector to bring this 3/4 run downstream from the 1/2” or will that cause issues? If helpful; the 3/4 run will be uphill from the 1/2… or do I need to go back and buy all 1/2 stuff? Any counsel?!??
Built a door for my crawl space today. Previously it was just covered by wire mesh shoved in place that easily fell out, so I had several cats living in there. Hope they all left before I locked it.
I just couldn’t fathom walking back into the depot with 10 loose PVCs and 15 assorted couplers and hose bibs and waiting for 6 hours at the return desk pvc is down and spigots are live. No illl effect Thanks for your help
Yes but 6 minutes can feel like 6 hours can’t it? wallowing in the shame of my incorrect purchase? like my own personal scarlett letter
I need help finding a good 10x10 shed. I don't need windows. Just a shed to store mower and landscaping/pool stuff. Looking online, I keep seeing 3-5k and I don't want to spend that much.
who builds these? During Covid I watched hours of videos of people building sheds and thought I could do it myself. I just had a cement pad poured, so that's done. I'm afraid I'll start and get bored and we'll have half a building in the back of our backyard.
A shed like that is a massive overkill imo, with all the wood joinery. Something like this is much more realistic.
I just googled a pic of a random shed incomplete. What you posted is what I'm looking to build. Here's a link to the info in case anyone else is curious. They break it down really well. https://myoutdoorplans.com/shed/10x10-shed-plans/ If I am putting this on a cement slab, do I need to put it on 6"6" SLABS? I know I don't want it directly on the ground, but i'd prefer it not be 6" off the ground.
dis me but less than 2.7% because 15yr term. Basically never moving again unless I can pay cash or rates return because I have already tasted the sub 3 fruit.
The plumbers replaced the main line; water going from the main to our house. It was 1/2". It was probably closer to 1/4" because of all the gross stuff in the pipe. They finished up everything underground (sprinklers, electrical, plumbing, lighting) and are going to start getting the yard prepped for astroturf. They're also planting the expensive Date Palm my wife had to have today.