Here’s some pics. The first one shows under the fireplace from the side. The right hand is the front of the fireplace and you can see an area of concrete or mortar which is the fireplace floor. The red arrow is pointing at the crack.

https://imgur.com/a/Wa3akM8

The second is a close up of the crack.

https://i.imgur.com/5czNq1G.jpg

If he is renting, he already cut a hole in the drywall...

See if there's a cold start valve on top of the pump. This could have failed. Or maybe blown head gasket. Check valve wouldn't effect pump up time. Only when it shuts down would the check valve come into play. Cracked discharge tube or unloader line going from pressure switch to check valve might be leaking.

I love this fucking sub.

One thing I will add here. If you are going for a steel exterior door, dont just tin the bottom 12 inches, you dont want short tin or cut tin. I would just steel panel the whole exterior, it honestly would not take terribly much longer than just doing the bottom little bit. If your interior framing is correctly spaced and you know your layout you can stack your sheets and measure out and drill perfect pilot holes for all the fastening screws so it goes up super fast and looks perfect when complete.

When the shingles finally go bad, then lay a sheet metal roof over the shingle and then you have mecha shed.

Sledgehammer will get that out.. But on a more serious note.. a small tubular spanner using the supplied pin or if it fits a small ratchet wrench with a proper size socket.

Gotta prime it first. Suck from the attachment end with the lever depressed for a couple seconds

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My shed's wooden floor structure was falling apart (likely termites), a tree fell on it and damaged the roof, door was falling apart, carpenter ants in the rafters, and water damage destroyed the window sill and frame. It was time to go.

I ripped it down and saved a bunch of 2x4s from the walls.

Not a Makita but my compressor came with a plastic dust cover on the air intake.

I forgot to remove it and it took forever to fill.

Yeah it's fucked a, b, and c is my professional opinion but I'm not on site or actually giving a professional opinion. I'm so glad you're consulting w folks local to make sure it's all safe... Most folks dgaf. I've been at it professionally for almost 20 and only screaming about lead about ten years ago when I exposed a kid and it got pretty real

Take a screwdriver or pocket knife and stab the joist. If the wood is soft and rotten change them out. From the image, they don't look bad. But I always do a stab check to be sure.

don't let the door hitcha

I don’t know why this got downvoted, this is actually a really solid answer for cheap piston compressors. Ring blowby and a lot of pressure behind the oil cap or air / oil shooting out the breather is a sure sign of ring failure. You check used car engines like this too.

You can also check the valves to make sure they are sealing properly.

Ex car mechanic, current industrial mechanic here. I work with big boy compressors.

I'm my experience, phone, cable are 6" to just below the sod/mulch and gas is about 8" deep, seldomly is it ever at proper depth

Oh, nice!

Ah, likewise I have never heard of “fellatio fixture,” must be regional colloquialisms; its that thing in the shower that us married guys believe is intended to be for the receiving of a beej. Unfortunately, when I make the suggestion that that is the intended purpose, all I hear is a chuckle and “nope.”

Rest of the house has original height ceiling, some sort of texture, and has been recently painted. Doesn’t look anything like that.

Again I really appreciate your insight. I got a lead guy coming by later this week to give me his opinion and I’ll get my asbestos guy back to give me his. I just want to make sure the thing is as safe as can be structurally and from a lead/asbestos perspective. I’d hate for shit to start falling down onto the false ceiling.

It really pisses me off that A) some fucker did 90% of the job by smashing up the walls and converting them to drywall but left the last 10% for the next guy and B) they didn’t take the drywall ceiling wall to wall and then add the dumbass soffit.

Understood. Thanks for the reply.

If you're planning on keeping the shingles you have to be very gentle with them. Even just cleaning off the shingles, its going to mess them up. Its just that they'll be messed up more, faster, by leaving the organic material up there.

Anything you try to do besides gently cleaning them off in an attempt to make them last longer will just make them last that much less because it will disturb them too much.

Really easy to fix and a lot cheaper than getting a new one.

1. To remove the green mildew you can use 1 part bleach to 3 parts water and gently scrub it with a sponge. Then rinse with a hose. There are also mildew removing kits on the market that you just attach to a hose and spray it on. Leave it for about 30 minutes and rinse.

2. Do replace the doors and replace some of the corner planks that appear to be warping or broken.

3. Simply brush off the roof and spray it with the mildew remover as well if you have to.

4. Paint the whole deck and doors with exterior paint.

5. Add a skirt around the bottom of the shed to a height of about 16in to 20in. There are multiple options. Some folks use horizontal vinyl siding, pressure treated lumber boards (deck), those vinyl lattice fences, bricks, faux stone.... Here's a link I found while listing the options: https://diyshedsandplans.com/shed-skirting-ideas/ Best of Luck!

Will do - that's the very first thing I'll do! Any tips? I was was thinking of pressure washing it until someone on here said not to. Based on that, I think my plan is to just use a broom..

The gas line should be deep enough that it won’t cause any issues. Just make sure you utilize One Call and have it marked before you start and do not use any sort of power equipment to dig near the markings.

Do you have my house?

Seriously though I'm in the same situation. I've just decided that the cost to do it right is not worth it so I left it alone.

My neighbor is a contractor and ended up digging out his basement to put in a two room apartment. Was really nice until it rained and he had 2" standing water. Renters moved out.