"You have shown me a life I could only dream about back home while masturbating in my father's woodshed."

im not saying that definitely isnt lead but in my experience lead paint doesnt fail in sheets like that. it cracks and alligators like a half burnt piece of wood if that makes sense. this looks more like an old oil based paint.

I live in a humid salty air environment so I drain it each time tipping the compressor as I do it to spray out any moisture that’s built up. You’d be surprised how much water is in it after each day

Good thoughts

I've been adding them to pretty much all my big plumbing jobs. Kitchen sink was leaking... Added shut off. My water heater now has 2 shutoffs within 2 feet of easier... Though that's more so I can flush it yearly as an on demand heater. And now my shower has shut offs. The only plumbing I haven't touched yet is my half bath. Not touching it until I plan to renovate.

If it's $10 of wood filler sticks it's definitely better to do yourself. Landlord is going to hire it out and that guy will charge a whole lot more.

Jesus, I would get some poll jacks under that asap. Dont try to lift it, just hold it in place. The floor probably won't handle the entire load. I think your going to need some professional help with this one I think. I mean if you really love that fire place I would be tempted to just anchor it in place where it is with 3 6x6s and some nice big wide fat footings. You may also want to consider just getting rid of the fireplace. They cause so many issues, next you'll be redoing the roof because its leaking. But that's not cheap either. Trying to lift those things sketchy, but it's also super sketchy now and it would be all around better if it was entirely vertical again. Hard to say what's best

Thought I was just an idiot. Luckily now I know there are multiple idiots like me

Another fine example of crapsmanship.String out and Lath the ceiling then apply the boards.It aint rocket science

It doesn't matter that much if you use it frequently, but for infrequence use it's good to keep it open to drain any moisture / prevent corrosion inside.

Thanks for offering a real solution. I appreciate it.

The chair is actually a therapy “swing” recommend by my kid’s therapist. We have a door jam gym that works for now, but they’re getting big for the area so I was hoping to install somewhere else. I don’t want to give up that much real estate for an appropriate freestanding mount.

I have a few ideas on how I can install it, I just need to research load limits.

Yeah, that's not how things work. Do it right or don't do it at all.

At least the diverted looks ok. Surprising considering the rest

Just hand dig around where the locate marks are. It will suck but this is the right way to do it. You won't want to pay for the fees if the utility has to come out and repair the line. At the very least do a couple potholes to locate and get a depth measurement.

It looks like you might have a plastic line (tough to see from the photo, but I think I see tracer wire at the riser). So when/if you find it, it might be yellow pipe, black with a yellow stripe, or it could be a pinkish color. Those are the most common colors for plastic pipe in the areas I've worked (engineer for a utility working on both gas and electric).

My cutoff is if any of the structural wood is wiped out (i.e., rotted, termite infested). Most everything else is generally easily replaceable. It looks like T1-11 siding, which is easy stuff to knock out and replace if chewed up, and its not terribly expensive. Replacing the doors - heck, just use a few pieces of that T1-11 and make doors out of it. The shingles look to be close to the end of their life - You could replace those (and replace any sheathing underneath) without much effort), then go either with shingles, a metal/plastic roof, or even roll roofing (although that doesn't necessarily looks terribly attractive, it'll work). Either way, this looks like a great project shed. If it were me - if that giant evergreen wasn't hugged up next to it, I'd be dreaming of putting solar on it, getting some batteries, and putting power to it!

Contact the landlord. Thats what security deposit money is for. Let them deal with it. Never try to fix a rent place yourself

Are you supposed to leave it one way or the other

When it's more mouse nest then shed

It looks like you paid some tweaked out drug addicts to fix your ceiling for you

Nor does it take into consideration how much grade may have changed from when it was installed.

Thanks!

Thank you!

Harbor Freight sells the wrench kit. It looks like several different size old style spark plug wrenches. I had to replace the whole cartridge and stem together. More than I wanted to pay originally, but much easier. Come to think of it, it is kinda like changing spark plugs.

Worst home climbing wall ever.

Thank you, my closest idea was to get solid blocks of wood with a central cutout the size of the bed legs for stability :)