Does anybody do their own (electrical/water/sewer) hookups? How do you find the requirements to ensure they're properly done and will pass inspection?

Replacing a wall AC, I'd like to buy a certain unit that is not a perfect fit to the sleeve.  Sleeve is 27wx17h x 17 depth. There is 2 1/2 inches vertical difference with ac and 3" width difference ( 1 1/2" on each si...

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I just closed on my first property today. I went over to the house and started ripping up the old carpets. Under the carpets were two layers of stick and peel vinyl tiles on a subfloor. Some came up ea...

Do you think I need to go to the extent of building some kind of hand rail around the perimeter of this backyard deck to prevent a slip and fall injury, or would just making sure all the planks and nails are secure be...

I have a large tree (3 1/2 feet in diameter) that appears to be causing a crack in the foundation of an all brick 2 story college housing house.

I can't believe how quickly the foundation went from a small crack to ...

The backyard of the house has 6 foot tall wood fence except for a 15 foot gap near the front, where there is a chain link fence instead.

The fence person wants $375 to put new fence in (two wood panels). I was thinki...

Menards quoted me $6100... the RTA store is $5300 (not assembled). Where does everyone else get their cabinets? IKEA is no where close. I would think I need a soft close as this is a $150K house in an A area. Any sugg...

Doors. Make sure doors to the outside have properly working locks. At least one exit door must be accessible to the outside without the use of a key.
Ceilings, walls, and floors should have no large cracks, holes, pe...

Hello BP world.I'm working on purchasing my second investment property and have decided to go multi-family. I have the property under contract and recently received the survey back. There is one part of the structure ...

I had a plumber run plumbing for a washing machine.  He hooked up the supply lines about 7 inches above the water heater in the basement - hot water ties in 7" above water heater output, and cold water supply ties in ...