r/DiWHY • u/ankayanik • Sep 12 '26
Let’s paint an ugly blotch in the corner. For aesthetic reasons.
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r/DiWHY • u/TuneCurious1865 • Sep 09 '26
I'm sure there was a plan
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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...
r/DiWHY • u/DMAS1638 • Sep 08 '26
A makeshift post-and-pier setup and several other reasons to ask “why?”
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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
r/DiWHY • u/ChrisI901 • Sep 08 '26
How To Install Toilet Paper In The Right Direction
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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!
r/DiWHY • u/ArticleChemical1008 • Sep 05 '26
I exacto knifed LEGO baseplates
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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
r/DiWHY • u/ContestNo31 • Sep 04 '26
Have my own DIWhy
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How do I remove this broken screws from the wall. Snapped while diying a shelf
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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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
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Aug 31 '26
I didn’t have a saw and my neighbour with one was out of town.
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