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Solid advice in the last line 👍

10-4 on the fix AND the "fall" suggestion.

The subject line is very hard to read.... ahhhh

Your shower was likely installed with tiles directly over drywall, so once moisture seeps through it damages the drywall and tiles can cave in. The tiles and drywall need to be ripped out. You can do this yourself, it's actually kind of fun, just avoid the wall with the faucet until you can pick around it so you don't damage the plumbing. Then the wall has to be checked for mould, then it needs new drywall, a vapour barrier (critical), then tiles - those should be done by a professional.

They forgot to install the liner. 😬

Did someone get "tiled in" behind the shower???

id be too afraid of finding a dead body in the wall. ill pay someone t take a look

Cracked tiles in a bath surround often means mold. Pull those tiles off. If there's mold back there, you need a professional.

There is a chemical that can be poured on crumbling concrete which basically glues it all. But it is designed for a small spot and would be ridiculously expensive to apply to the entire driveway.

Yes. Leave it alone and it will eventually become soil.

Yes (by asphalting over it)

Yes, start with a sledge. Also make sure the new cement you pour is REALLY creamy on top (cold salt use climates)

I've had windows like that. You can barely open them from inside

For new windows last year, I'm in Florida so new windows are hurricane proof. I found a video online of someone trying to get through one with a sledge hammer and falling. Now I'd get these even if I didn't live in Florida!

My previous place in S. Minneapolis was an apartment in a sort of brownstone built in 1927. It had the original plate glass windows plus 1950s era storm windows..if someone would have tried breaking in through one I would've had to call an ambulance instead of the cops

I was a toolmaker who serviced the dies that make ranges/stoves. This is called a draw wrinkle, and it comes from not having enough pressure in the draw pad during the creation of the oven wrapper. This cannot be fixed without disassembling the range, and replacing the entire oven cavity, which you do not want to do. If it's under warranty, contact the manufacturer. If it's not, new range time. This defect is entirely cosmetic, it will not affect the operation of the range at all, nor the safety. Source: I was a toolmaker for Whirlpool. Edit: I can also tell you that is not a Whirlpool/Maytag/Magic Chef product. The geometry of the ribs is different, because I milled them.

Can people commenting seriously not see those wavy wrinkles closer to the opening of the oven door?

This is to Prevent the racks being pulled out so far that they fall (along with all your hot food). You can still remove the racks, but you have to raise the front of it a significant height. It's a Very Important safety feature.

Those "wrinkles" are simply an artifact of the sidewall forming process. Anyone who thinks this is an issue has NO IDEA how things work.

we had an issue with the oven door on the cooker we had the latch part that keeps the door closed broke but because of the way it was designed they couldnt fix it so as it was still under warranty they replaced the whole cooker with a new one bit of a design flaw if you ask me

Please clean your water dispensers thoroughly every once in a while! So many things can form/get lodged in the water path which you can’t really see and might not even notice in your water if you’re in a rush to drink. From bugs crawling up inside to mold developing. My roommates and I discovered roaches inside our room’s dispenser after it was left unused due to Covid restrictions keeping us from returning to our room. Had to empty nearly one large 12 L bottle plus cleaning chemicals down it to make it safe again.

Dirty and full of germs.

yep. Missing glugluglug is serious.

worked as a microbiologist as Pfizer in my 20's. we tested the cooler water out of curiosity once. I don't drink cooler water, its not the water in the bottle, its the residual that is always left behind in the reservoir which the cleaner wipes out with a dirty cloth.

Put a sheet of clear glass over it.

I’d just find a glass protector like for a cell phone or tablet that was the right size and apply it over the part you wanted to save.

Me ex broke in my place and left a disgusting message one time. I left it there to remind me if who she was. She eventually broke in again and wiped it off

Wouldn't a simple razor blade work? That's how you get grease-paint off the glass on cars and homes.

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Or alternatively, take the pen away from your toddler.

To protect your chairs from children, simply wrap them in plastic. (The answer to the question now in your head is: Either. Dealers choice.)

Magic eraser!

Pen ink can typically be removed by a concentrated solution of alcohol — vodka will often work.

As long as that screw is actually going into something strong.

Contractor hub has done this on all outside doors. It's a must.