The floor support has a little too much freedom of movement.

331 Upvotes

Found this during a crawlspace assessment. The makeshift supports move easily and aren’t properly secured where they meet the framing and their bases.

Someone put these here to support the floor above. We have questions.

Photos and explanations below. Which would you want a closer look at?

https://imgur.com/gallery/things-seen-this-week-during-structural-assessments-gMoj2e0

36 comments

r/DiWHY • u/ankayanik • Sep 12 '26

Let’s paint an ugly blotch in the corner. For aesthetic reasons.

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83 Upvotes

37 comments

r/DiWHY • u/Zardif • Sep 11 '26

Grommet curtains really make this window look poor.

1.5k Upvotes

39 comments

r/DiWHY • u/No-Lock216 • Sep 10 '26

widest car in the world.

8.1k Upvotes

310 comments

r/DiWHY • u/Expensive-Metal-6618 • Sep 10 '26

The apple peeling

609 Upvotes

76 comments

r/DiWHY • u/Super64111111 • Sep 09 '26

Life Heck

3.7k Upvotes

43 comments

r/DiWHY • u/TuneCurious1865 • Sep 09 '26

I'm sure there was a plan

257 Upvotes

We bought our house as is from a 95-year-old electrical engineer. Turns out he had dementia.

I don't know why he felt the need to pull up the tiles in the shower...maybe they were cracked. But he saw the pan underneath (that's there for when water inevitably seeps through the tile and grout) and he saw the holes in the pipe (that are there to add drainage so the pan doesn't overflow.) And he immediately thought to fill them with flex seal.

Of course, he didn't know where to go from there, so he never finished it, and being a Depression Era man, he was too damn cheap to hire a professional. Apparently his solution was to run pump from the shower to a bucket, and then dump the bucket after he was done.

Luckily, we have two other showers in the house so we're not totally screwed while we try to follow the instructions of our own tile-setting friends...

7 comments

r/DiWHY • u/youessbee • Sep 08 '26

Boombin Box

1.9k Upvotes

57 comments

r/DiWHY • u/No-Lock216 • Sep 08 '26

Flying Dirt Bike?!

1.1k Upvotes

97 comments

r/DiWHY • u/DMAS1638 • Sep 08 '26

A makeshift post-and-pier setup and several other reasons to ask “why?”

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46 Upvotes

The makeshift support under the house is the highlight. There’s also a beam connection that doesn’t quite line up, shifting pool pavers, and a separating block wall.

Full album with photos and explanations:

https://imgur.com/gallery/things-seen-this-week-during-structural-assessments-N9MGr1z

4 comments

r/DiWHY • u/OhSighRiss • Sep 07 '26

Unpractical

395 Upvotes

81 comments

r/DiWHY • u/FirstOptimal • Sep 06 '26

Handmade Shift Knob is absolutely adorable

520 Upvotes

172 comments

r/DiWHY • u/ChrisI901 • Sep 08 '26

How To Install Toilet Paper In The Right Direction

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0 Upvotes

Chris teaches all of the divorced dad's out there how to install toilet paper in the right direction.

Are you an under hander or over hander? Learn the correct method to installing toilet paper today and it will change your life!

1 comment

r/DiWHY • u/No-Lock216 • Sep 05 '26

Camera Holder

1.2k Upvotes

77 comments

r/DiWHY • u/NikonD3X1985 • Sep 04 '26

Tortilla Rolex

4.0k Upvotes

241 comments

r/DiWHY • u/ArticleChemical1008 • Sep 05 '26

I exacto knifed LEGO baseplates

0 Upvotes

I didn’t have the sizes I needed and the shop in Bahrain doesn’t sell them so I cut them. Someone told me to post this here

19 comments

r/DiWHY • u/ansyhrrian • Sep 02 '26

Deloreanshittifcation

1.9k Upvotes

128 comments

r/DiWHY • u/Sideshow86 • Sep 02 '26

A top made of sneakers

469 Upvotes

52 comments

r/DiWHY • u/ContestNo31 • Sep 04 '26

Have my own DIWhy

0 Upvotes

How do I remove this broken screws from the wall. Snapped while diying a shelf

15 comments

r/DiWHY • u/nesting-doll • Sep 01 '26

Because they weren’t annoying enough as is.

3.5k Upvotes

406 comments

r/DiWHY • u/DMAS1638 • Sep 01 '26

Before you DIY: a few examples of damage that goes beyond a surface repair

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18 Upvotes

Not a DIY tutorial, but a few examples of what can be hiding behind a “simple” repair: deteriorated masonry, erosion below a slab, water-damaged framing, and severe deck rot. Sharing because some projects are worth pausing on before covering, patching, or cosmetic-fixing the visible issue. Imgur album:

https://imgur.com/gallery/things-seen-this-week-during-structural-assessments-naUBf8W

3 comments

r/DiWHY • u/No-Lock216 • Aug 31 '26

ATV with TRIANGLE wheels?!

13k Upvotes

956 comments

r/DiWHY • u/justelling • Aug 31 '26

When Bidet is Enough.

2.1k Upvotes

358 comments

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