You need to zoom in some more

We can still almost understand something from this picture

Exactly. It’s a switch. It’s either open or closed; on or off.

That shows the damage but an overall picture would help with a solution.

Ultimately, you may be able to bend it back, but it looks like it’s been overly bent and creased, making it structurally compromised. You’ll need to reinforce it once you get it straightened out otherwise it’s going to happen again.

Alternatively, you may be able to contact the manufacturer, Amazon, or eBay and see if that part is available as a replacement.

Get a slightly smaller piece of wood or metal that fits inside the bend piece, or a piece of pipe that's bigger to fit over top. Use the new piece of wood/pipe as leverage to bend tbe piece back. Odds are the paint is going to chip away there.

Page 5 of this should get you an idea.

Selecting a similar size (in “freedom units”), a #6x2” is listed as having a shear strength of 265lbs. That’s about 120kg…

But just to be clear, you’re basically talking about 3kg per clip, and .75kg per screw, pretty sure you’ll be OK.

It’s not clear how the screws are mounted, if they are parallel to the tile, then you’re talking about shear strength, if they are perpendicular, you’re talking about tensile strength (and really, more concerned with “ultimate pull out load”).

But in either case, as long as you’re screwing in to something solid like a joist or stud, I wouldn’t worry about the screws.

Something to hold it still - like a vice. A blow torch to heat the metal. And a hammer to beat it back into shape when hot.

Or if you don't have the first two, a hard flat surface like a driveway and use your body weight to hold the bike flat and down, and a hammer to try and force the metal bar back.

It's basically the use of the same force, that bent it, in reverse. So if someone sat on it, think of how force you need to apply. It's not a small amount.

If you have 6 inches to go up I’d put in a few inches of gravel, tamp it down level, then just place a 2x4 frame out of pressure treated with the top level with your patio to hold the pea gravel. At my new place I had to come up about 8 inches, so did a 4 inch tamped level gravel base with 2x4 frame filled with wood mulch.

https://imgur.com/a/Ah7jjps

I dried banging it with a rubber mallet but it didn't go anywhere.

Pictures of the damage

Upload a photo of it for reference please

Your wires don’t look to be in good shape. If you can pull them out of the wall more, cutting and stripping them back further would be a good idea. If you can’t I would replace the wires.

Your submission has been removed for one or more of the following reason(s):

• Your question does not include the research you've done to find an answer yourself, or why that research didn't answer your question.

This is a basic requirement so others do not spend time repeating your steps. It is not a judgement about your question being "too easy." We're looking for evidence that you've made an attempt yourself.

• Please do not use /r/DIY as your first stop for questions - we are not Google.

• Please search Google and /r/DIY to see if your question has been asked before. Check owners manuals, tech support forums or contact the manufacturer.

• Have you already done some basic research and are still stuck?

• Please include what research you have done in your question so that others do not repeat your steps.

• Consider posting your question in the sticky thread at the top of the subreddit.

• Ask your question in our Discord server in the appropriate channel.

Please read our Full Sub Rules before resubmitting.

If you believe this was a mistake, please message the moderators.

###Do not respond to this comment - you will not receive a response.

But do you have a flat soffit or a sloped soffit?? Sloped makes venting more complex and it’s completely untrue that you need soffit and roof vents for venting to work well.

Also it’s way way more complex to size all of this. Look in the IRC there is an entire code section on how to calc and what’s required Chapter 8

If it's a removable cover: put a bit more than a dab of fabric glue on a small square of fabric (say 4x the size of the hole) and glue said fabric square to the under/back side of the hole.

While glue is damp, get a needle and straighten the fibres out to sort of stretch/cover the hole.

If not a removable cover move the fibres around then put less fabric glue, applied with needle so it's very fine, just where broken fibres are.

Lots of quick vids on YouTube.

You will need to run a third wire (a constant). It’s pretty common when upgrading to a fancier thermostat. There should be a spot on your furnace to attach it. If pulling a new wire is doable, it’s a pretty easy job.

https://i.imgur.com/dZ3h5Bl.jpg

You’re going to break one re-racking it, all the weight’s going to shift to the other side, then you’ll have broken granite exploding at you- unless you fall, in which case the second granite plate will split as you hit the ground and cut you the fuck up. This is possibly one of the worst ideas I’ve ever heard

Thanks, it's a bit circumstantial for me though 😅

Thanks for the advice. Just went and bought some epoxy for the job and went with the first option to put the plug into the hole. Now I'm just waiting for it to cure and then I will try to mount it again

Lol, 0 poop seen or touched

Try filling the holes with an epoxy gel, then push the plug into the hole. Make sure it stays aligned as it cures. Another method is to let the epoxy cure, then drill the epoxy for the brackets.

Search for “anchoring adhesive. ”

For heavier weights they’re just not designed for that.

I actually cut mine out installed standard bricks where I needed mounts, plastered to make good and then used metal expanding bolts.

You could also try resin / chemical bonds but I have no knowledge of that.

Granite would crack too easily if you dropped the bar.

how many courics?

hey language!!