yea, basement walls and foundation walls are two different things. especially with cinder block. The dirt could very well be a factor in keeping that wall from bowing.

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Ah!!! Thank you!! I think I found it - https://www.homedepot.com/p/Glacier-Bay-Aragon-Tub-and-Shower-Connector-RP90016/206131710 — after pulling apart, the cartridge seems fine, it’s just this extension piece that is the issue

I had left over metal roofing from the house so I sided the shed with it. Not perfect but it’s a shed.

Hmm, yeah, it's not what I thought it was. You can still take that to home depot or a plumbing supply store for a replacement.

haha - yep. that's the plan. gonna get started next time I visit.

Right on. Thank you so much for that - i was feeling a bit lost of how to approach this, and this gives me the perfect starting point.

This. And clean that roof, otherwise it won't be fine for long!

If the foundation, frame and roof are in good shape I would pressure wash the rot and algea off the bottom. Give a really good coat of sealant/paint and then put tin around the bottom 12inches to discourage rodents and trash pandas from getting in. Paint the whole thing, clean off pine needles of the roof and seal/paint the shingles to give it a longer life. A new door is essential as well... i would go with a proper steel clad exterior door. Would take some work but much less than replacing the whole shed. If done right you dont have to worry about major repairs for several years. ,

The diverter valve is in the middle. Its different than the hot and cold valves. Those are just on off valves. Determine which valve is faulty and replace it. But if it were me Im replacing all 3 while Im in there.

You need to hire a professional to hook your generator into your home anyways. May as well have them do the gas line as well.

Plugging EMSL Analytical for DIY asbestos testing - double bag your sample in ziplock bags (sample only needs to be a square inch or two), fill out a Chain of Custody form, and mail that to your closest EMSL lab with a 1-2 week turnaround time (it will be pretty cheap, definitely less than $50, probably closer to $25). Check the box for PLM EPA 600/R-93/116 (<1%) or PLM EPA NOB (<1%), for VCT/mastic use the 2nd option. Their website explains what the different testing methods are so based on the material you need tested you'll need to select a different way to analyze the sample.

Or pay a 3rd party to collect the sample and submit it for analysis - the takeaway is that asbestos is no joke and you should confirm it is present (or not) before any type of demo (hopefully not abatement).

That looks like a Glacier Bay Diverter Cartridge, Home Depot sell replacements under the Danco brand.

Those cartridges are usually just press fit in there but you might be able to just take that extension piece to the store and match it up if you don't feel comfortable pulling the cartridge out.

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>Just sucks to have to pay a few grand to clean up someone's toxic half assed job from 40 years ago.

You are paying that to prevent it becoming your toxic problem. Worth it. Also might be worthwhile to have your lead levels checked because just opening that area up probably disturbed a bunch of lead based paint dust.

Whatcha got there are some burial mounds in your basement and a sacrifice pit.

From my view, they look good. They are green treated and off the ground, they look good.

Yeah my preferred way to handle this would be to deal with it professionally. Just sucks to have to pay a few grand to clean up someone's toxic half assed job from 40 years ago.

Also sucks that I already tested for asbestos once before finding this goofiness.

I store mine with the valve open. So I forget about this literally every time I use it.

Like the Ship of Theseus, you can repair a shed forever: remove the rotten part, put in replacement part. You know it's time to replace it when you see that it needs repair but you're sick of patching it up, or you just want a serious quality improvement and have saved the money you need to get it.

I live in a house built in the 1920s. Had a (maybe) 6' basement made out of a mix of brick, cinderblocks and clay. Water down there every time it rained. I hired a structural engineering company to design a plan to dig down far enough to give myself 8' finished ceilings for my home theater. I had 2 choices - underpinning so I could dig right up to the foundation walls (basically use the full footprint of the house) or come in from the walls as far as I wanted to dig down and leave a ledge all the way around the perimeter. I went with the second option because underpinning was like 5x as expensive. The ledge ended up working out just fine because I left all of my utilities against the walls and then built interior walls with closet doors/fake countertops to hide the ledge. Looks like the whole room has 8' ceilings - you can't tell. Anyway, this was a very very complex and costly project.

Hire a structural engineer. Do not attempt this yourself.

EDIT: Here's a pic of the "ledge" and how we had to get creative to dress it up. The drawers work and the doors open but the lower cabinets are mostly filled with concrete. There is about 8" of space on top of the ledge and under the drawer for storage but from looking at it you would never know.

And here is a pic of my equipment closet, which has the ledge inside but it's a regular door that goes to the floor.

Dope. Good info to know so you don’t sound like a tool looking for your tool so you can use the tool for the tool, cuz you’re a tool.

I always use the copper wood treatment on joist tops too. Easy brush on, thank God the smell goes away relatively quickly because I can not stand that odor.

It is surprisingly easy to breathe in a whole lot of lead dust and have that lead contaminate your entire house if you clean this up wrong.

I suggest hiring someone who does the work professionally to get it done especially if you have kids. Because it is far too easy to bring that lead home via your clothes or even just on your body and expose them to it negatively affecting their development.

Just for reference OSHA requires that people who work with lead change into work only clothing which the employer pays to have washed, that their job have dedicated shower facilities for them to wash the lead off, and that their street clothing be kept in a locker away from the work area. And that employees are monitored for lead levels.

edit: might as well have them check for asbestos too.