I have a small shoe cabinet in a hallway that has become unanchored into the wall. How do I re-anchor it? I have two next to each other that fill the entire space, so I can’t just move it over 6 inches.
How much weight does it need to hold? Will you put a foot on it to tie your shoe? If it’s just a cabinet and not used as a stool, toggle bolts will work.
I can pull it away from the wall for an overhead pic, but it only has legs on the front, so it might fall if I try to take a good pic.
so there is a method where you cut board at an angle along its entire length. On the wall you mount 1/2 and on the item to be hung, you mount the other half. It crates a wedge with gravity keeping the item in place. So of course, the wall mount would have the wedge opening upwards, and the shoe cabinet would have the wedge mounted downward. That would keep the cabinet locked into place both vertically and horizontally. It might be tough to do though if you can not remove the cabinet from the closet to secure the board to the back from the side. The wall portion, you just put screws in to the studs and get support the entire width. *edit: you would have to make sure you did not run the board on the wall the entire width of cabinet, it needs to stay inside the inner width of the cabinet (minus sides). And the piece mounted to back of cabinet should not extend past flush of the back of the cabinet. That way it butts up snugly against the wall.
Here it is, I guess it is called the “French Cleat.” The top board in this pic is what would be mounted to the back of the shoe cabinet.
It is not. It is about the easiest thing ever. The only tough part is measuring to mount both pieces for the correct height.
You can even buy those in a picture hanging section of a hardware store. We have one on the back of a large piece of art.
Welp, definitely moving to Prescott Arizona. Will be adding home searching fun in the next few months!
It’s the annual “This is such a ripoff to pay $400 to get my yard cleaned up...holy shit they filled 90 bags with yard debris this is the best money I’ve ever spent” weekend
my wife is a native and I lived there for a couple years. It’s a real nice climate, a lot of rednecks though.
I’m not refi’ing anytime soon (obv) but this is a motherfucker. https://www.yahoo.com/money/homeowners-face-new-fee-when-refinancing-213221281.html
They announced this shit out of nowhere effective immediately a few months back and got blowback for blindsiding everyone so they pushed it to December.
My garage has an old garage door opener on it (Hormann). Lightning fried the safety beam boxes and I can't find direct replacements. Does anyone know if there are generic ones that can be used? It won't run without them installed and working.
How old is it? Might have to contact the manufacturer. Or upgrade to a new/smart one that you can control from your phone.
I've got a pretty new Ryobi opener that no longer works with the car remotes. Both of our openers are the same. My side will connect with either car opener, my wife's side will connect with neither. It still works with the wireless remote on the wall, but not the car remotes. I think I need to try to reset the entire thing, but have not done that yet cause I'm lazy and don't want to reconnect everything.
Not quite sure how old it is, at least 7 years, probably 10+. This model isn't made anymore by the manufacturer and it's a British company. Can't even see where it's sold much in the US.
A very small amount of water will come into our basement once or twice a year when it rains really hard for long periods of time. It’s never been an issue because the basement is unfinished and it’s so infrequent in such small quantities. However, now, we are about to finish the basement and about to put up drywall, so I want to seal it up. Any product recommendations? Only comes through at the very base where the floor and the wall meet.
Alabama Foundation Specialists water proofed our unfinished basement a few years ago. It was before I moved in but the owners left the documents for it as well as the receipt. Cost them about $12 grand. Good luck buddy lol
It honestly might be as good as anything You could try some epoxy water proofing paint Problem is, it really needs to be sealed from the other side. Which is obviously going to be a little cost prohibitive at this point
Yeah I know, that is a project for another day though. Like I mentioned before it’s so infrequent and in such small quantities I’m looking for a bandaid right now as we look to finish the basement.
We had a finished basement that was getting water inleakage after big rains. The seal between the slab and the wall had degraded so the water could come up over the edges due to the weight of the slab. We had a company put in what is essentially and interior french drain that runs to a sump pump. Cost ~$10k to surround ~900 sq ft. Then we had to redo the basement where they cut and to repair other water damage items. That cost ~$19k. This is what we had put in: https://www.canteycanfixit.com/basement-waterproofing/products/french-drain-systems.html
Yeah. But it's usable space now and is especially helpful since my wife decided to home school this year for Covid, so it's now school and the kids play area.
It was intermittent. We could go through large rainfall and get nothing, then you would go down and there would be large puddles. What really started it was when Hurricane Matthew came through in 2016 and dumped over 10 inches of rain in a few hours. We had 2-3 inches of standing water. Luckily it's a walk in basement, so I was able to open the door and let most of it run out. We bought the place in 2012 and had some puddles before then too. Previous homeowners didn't mention anything and the home inspection didn't mention anything, but I know it didn't just start after we bought it. The system was put in last year and no problems since then though. Basement was finished in Mayish due to Covid delays.
That makes me feel better about my situation. We’ve lived here 5 years and maybe had water come in a total 6 or 7 times and never pool up - basically just soaks into the concrete floor.
This is pretty much identical to my kitchen layout outside the double ovens. It works well, I like it a lot. Love the massive island and having bar stools at it. The counter tops seem pretty thicc. Good look. I need to move to Florida if that's the case
Not sure how big your basement is but I’d just bring the wall out 3-4 feet from there. Depending on how that shakes out in terms of length, use the remaining space for storage. Throw a door on it and then you don’t need to worry about a little water coming through, easy to clean up and you are done. You don’t want to have to rip out drywall, base and flooring every time you get a decent rainfall. Plus it will turn into a mold issue, literally just a matter of how long it takes.