My dog can open the cabinet. We used thick rubber bands looped around the handle and onto the hinge of the next cabinet over. That worked for my lab unless someone forgot to hook the rubber band, which is often when you have kids. Then we got a Great Pyrenees, she just busts the rubber band. Currently we put a stool in front of the cabinet when we leave her alone (she doesn’t get in the trash when we are around) or just make sure the trash is empty. I’m considering getting some child proof safety latches but all I can find is plastic and she’ll likely just rip that apart too.

I would just replace the fill valve. Takes maybe 10 minutes and costs about $8. If I'm doing that, I would replace the supply line from the shutoff valve if it is a flex line. They have a somewhat limited lifespan and can be a big deal if they fail.

I mean, you could be shitty about it. Or research these tools. Pretty sure you can get one of these through harbor freight for under 100. And FYI you could find one of these from festool for a hair under 3k. This is an example of what you want. Get a cheap angle grinder and a cup diamond wheel. And a respirator cause you're gonna chew dust.

Or look into rentals. Maybe you can find one for 30 bucks a day. Shouldn't take you more than 2 or 3 days

Do you have any suggestions in how to ensure the downspouts drain far from foundation?

It will really depend on your individual situation. Your plan will certainly help, but no way of knowing your exact situation. Are you getting water in the basement now? One common overlooked solution is making sure your downspouts are long enough to carry water away from your foundation and are flowing downhill away, not allowing water to flow back to your foundation.

The right shape of hammer, a flatbar(like a crowbar but flat) or rounded pull pliers will all pull the nails with correct technique.

That is true. Just offering another scenario. Hope you figure something out.

use a nail puller, pry bar, back of the hammer, or a flat head screw driver

Glad to hear I was wrong and mis judged you! Hope it all works out

Nice gig.

Maybe this is the right place to post this? We have several dogs and when they were younger, they scratched our doors. I'd like to try to fix this so my current plan was to take the door of it's hinges, fill in the gouges and scratches with wood putty, then sand it down first with an orbital sander and then by hand. And then try to match the stain.

My questions are: does this sound like a good process for fixing the door? Am I missing anything? I'm actually not sure whether this is just a stain or sealant. How can I tell and which is best for an internal residential door? How do you color match such things?
Many thanks in advance.

Again you need a third wire to do so. In the short term of there is cold water pipe nearby, wrap bare copper around it and connect to romex ground copper.

Use the bungee in an L shape. Attach it to the top in the back, run it around a rod or pulley at the bottom in the back, then attach it to whatever you need it to pull. It'll be slightly tense from the start that way.

I don't believe so there a hit and miss. I have them set routine to turn on at a certain time. Then after it does ot turns off have to turn on routine agin. Then when routine is on won't turn off at that time like what?

Also how is it better then motion sensor. You have to take out your phone and open the app to turn on the light. Or tell Google to do it instead you can be carefree after a tired night out half asleep no headache walk up and boom there is light from 10 feet away your 10 feet away and the light hits you.

Well you need to run Romex from panel to those wire nuts and put it in a box.

That's a perfect solution I can put them in my lanterns thanks.

True terrazzo in a house is amazingly uncommon, due to the huge expense of installing it. The framing needs to be lower than other floors, so that the specialized concrete can be thick enough. And the grinding/ polishing process takes days, while paying artisan wages.

Before I spent anything other than time, I'd want to be absolutely certain that's real terrazzo. Might be tile that looks like it.

The stringers are probably bad. Agree. Once you have the bottom riser off you'll see if it's rotted. Wood with direct ground contact is almost always the first to show signs of deterioration. Depending on how the treads and risers were done you may have to pull the first tread also.

The spindles you should be able to cut off with an oscillating tool and replace with standard 1x1 spindle (at least that's what it looks like). Usually you need to drive a structural screw through the top and bottom rails to be sure it's solid. It's pertinent to check the top and bottom rails for signs of weakness and rotting (if so replacing the whole thing may be best).

The handrail unfortunately looks like it got massacred. You can try to bang in more nails and fill it with something but replacement is the better route there as well.

For that price you could get like 10 motion sensor bulbs which people have mentioned.

I already have a smartphone but dont have a plug in light. I think motion sensor light bulbs are best can out in outside lantern and inside or have motion detector light inside.

and? op makes a comment, asks for corrections, i give one, and you're upset about it. piss off loser.

For this to work, the bungees need to be pre-tensioned so when the door is closed, they are pulling the door shut. However it may be hard to open the door enough to actually use the garbage.

Maybe springs would be better suited for this.

You could also maybe use a pulley system with a weight at the back of the cabinet/garbage can

yeah, just move on along buddy. or piss off, doesn't matter to me.

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That was my initial thought too but the bungees aren’t elastic enough to ensure that the cabinet closes all the way each time it’s been opened… if that makes sense