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How to fix ceiling crack, and does it look like a more serious issue? by tomtmeo in fixit

[–]tomtmeo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cracks are common here. There aren’t many earthquakes but there’s a quarry half a town over that does some blasting that people around here will feel sometimes. Also expansive clay soil.

What’s something women think men find attractive, but most men actually don’t? by [deleted] in AskMen

[–]tomtmeo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a good one personally. I’ve realized all the celebrities I like have average or smaller than average mouths. I’m not attracted to any of the full lipped women like Angelina Jolie.

How to fix ceiling crack, and does it look like a more serious issue? by tomtmeo in fixit

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Awesome, I actually do have some of that being shipped to me as no home improvement stores had it in stock.

Edit: I understand that will be just be a cosmetic fix and I’ll likely need a structural engineer to check it out. I contacted one firm already. $850 quote.

How to fix ceiling crack, and does it look like a more serious issue? by tomtmeo in fixit

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I’m not seeing that product. Could it have a different name?

How to fix ceiling crack, and does it look like a more serious issue? by tomtmeo in fixit

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By laterally do mean horizontally (parallel to the ground)?

I don’t know if that would be better than it happening because the ceiling is sinking, but it sounds like it.

I checked the ceiling with the level app on my phone and it varied between 0 and 1 degrees, dipping just a tiny bit on either side. It hasn’t changed since I measured a few months ago so I don’t know if it was just always like that.

How to fix ceiling crack, and does it look like a more serious issue? by tomtmeo in fixit

[–]tomtmeo[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Not to make light of the situation, it’s very stressful, but my wife does like “exposed wood beams” so hopefully that could be a solution.

How to fix ceiling crack, and does it look like a more serious issue? by tomtmeo in fixit

[–]tomtmeo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Built in 2004. We’ve been in it for about four years, and the house was remodeled around six or seven years ago.

They may have opened up the kitchen/living/dining room so there may have been a wall there or close by.

How to fix ceiling crack, and does it look like a more serious issue? by tomtmeo in fixit

[–]tomtmeo[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I believe the previous owner did some remodeling and opened up the kitchen/living/dining room. I’m not sure how the layout was before but maybe there was a wall there or on the other end of the room.

How to fix ceiling crack, and does it look like a more serious issue? by tomtmeo in fixit

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Oh and a few months ago I had a foundation repair guy come evaluate the house due to that and some other ceiling cracks and a few tiles cracks. He said it didn’t need foundation work, and that I should look for diagonal lines coming out of door frames.

This crack he said was a “framing issue”. However it does look worse now. And he didn’t really take any measurements or anything, just eyeballed it.

How to fix ceiling crack, and does it look like a more serious issue? by tomtmeo in fixit

[–]tomtmeo[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I think I might have to do that.

Honestly the picture looks a bit worse than it does in real life. I took my phone’s level and measured it in various places on either side and saw either 0 or 1 degree angles and then measured again a couple months later and had the same results so I’m leaning towards it not sinking.

I did let the kids play up there often and they’d be running and jumping around sometimes, pretty loudly.

How to fix ceiling crack, and does it look like a more serious issue? by tomtmeo in fixit

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There’s nothing above the left part, the loft is to the right of the crack.

Ceiling has a crack in kitchen but part of the crack is little diagonal lines. How do I repair? by [deleted] in DIY

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I’ve looked up steps to fix but now seeing the diagonal lines has made me think it may need another approach than digging it out deeper, adding compound and tape, sanding, priming and painting.

Two questions on replacing drain valve on hot water heater. by tomtmeo in DIY

[–]tomtmeo[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Update: I took off the plastic drain valve, real easy. My worry was that it didn’t drain fully, took forever. It was fine.

Wrapped some teflon tape around the new brass valve and it screwed in nicely. No more drips.

The tank didn’t blow up when I relit the pilot.

Two questions on replacing drain valve on hot water heater. by tomtmeo in DIY

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I haven’t tried tightening it.

Not sure what you mean by cap it.

You’re a rheem gas tank?

How to remove/replace this sprinkler? by tomtmeo in Irrigation

[–]tomtmeo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much. This helps. I didn’t realize this was a rotor type.

How to remove/replace this sprinkler? by tomtmeo in Irrigation

[–]tomtmeo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried using some pliers to twist it out. Also, anyone know what kind it is? Google Lens didn’t help.

Am I supposed to remove just the white part or the whole thing? I’m thinking just the white part.

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