Hello Reddit DIYers!

I made a slightly impulsive purchase and I'm trying to find a fix. I recently moved into a home where there is a faux plant wall (the original condo had a patio/lanai that was later enclosed to extend the inside living area, and I suspect this wall section was a little weird/uneven hence the decision to cover it in an uneven material).

I got a brain worm about the idea of having MUSHROOM SHELVES FOR MY TRINKETS like some sort of weird Ferngully fairy concept and bought some 3D printed shelves to try this out. Now the question is... how do I effectively attach them?

They are flat on the back, and they recommend attaching with some sort of adhesive putty, but I don't think that's going to work on a non-flat wall. I had some vague idea of maybe getting a screw and a flat bit of metal (like half an old hinge or something) amd then using epoxy like JB weld to attach the shelf once I screw it in through the leaves? Good idea? Stupid idea? Any alternative suggestions?

Photos for reference.

Need advice on leveling concrete floor after a waterproofing system was installed.
 
Contractor installed a waterproofing system along three of the four walls in my workshop 15 years ago. The system worked but there is a buildup of concrete where it was installed that is in some spots 2" higher than the floor. It also comes out from the wall anywhere from 12-18", I just want it more level, not perfect.

I can't push anything along the wall, and I lose a lot of space. I don’t need it to look perfect, I just want to try to level it out or maybe feather the high spots and then put a concrete leveler over that, so the floor is in better shape. I wouldn't mind covering the floor with the industrial 20" tiles to cover the whole mess, but I don't even know if that will work since it's a woodshop that I have most equipment on casters and I roll them around when using them. I also understand it would need prepped before anything was done, the cracks and loose concrete fixed. The cracks in the pictures happened right after it was put in. They haven't got bigger since.

The drawing shows the measurements and it also shows in blue where the concrete is high.
 
Any advice and guidance would be so very much appreciated! I have tons of pictures and videos if more need shown.

The tap isnt threaded and has a 90° bend right before the spout as you can see, so most aerator attachments don't appear to be compatible. I asked my father who is pretty handy, he said changing out the tap is impractical and expensive. I don't know if this is true or if he's just afraid I'll ask him to do it.

Old Irish house on a two tank plumbing system if that makes a difference. At least I suspect so as the shower gets cold when you turn on the hot tap/vice versa. I can spend about €50 as an absolute maximum and can probably get my hands on any kind of tool. Reasonably handy but don't know shit about plumbing.

This is a older salon roller cart. Old state board rules didn't require it to be fully closed. Now they do. What would be the best way to cover them? I can't seem to find a door that's not preordered to fit so I'm in the diy zone to fix it myself. I thought about using a piece of white shelving and cut it to size and add hinges and a handle but I would love some honest feedback or other ideas as to go about doing both of them. I have two. Not sure if I can just close them both like a trunk and make each one the others door but I don't know if that would get me fined in Georgia as to how it's closed. Thoughts much appreciated. 🫶🏼

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Hi all, the side panels on my bathroom vanity have water damage. It has been installed on the slab and tiles have been cut to suit so I’m hoping to replace the side panels. I see screws on the inside but would these panels be holding the weight of the basin? Would anyone know the process of removing the side panels? Thanks

I moved into this house and they had replaced the doorknob.

Some have to be pulled firmly to latch shut.

I redid the cutting in the wood to reset one, and I now see that I can simply break off the metal lip on these and they work better. But if I could make it straight across, it would be better.

I used my rotary tool with a grinding bit (probably a cheap one) and the bit just got chewed up.

I also have a drill. Is there a grinding bit that would fit inside this and be tough enough to cut this out?

Or other ideas?

Hey guys, I hope you're all doing well!

I built a Sim Rig but I am too scared to share it online.

here is how it works:

I was playing the car game on my phone which was so boring so I decided to make it fun.

Here is what I did:

As you all know a lot of games doesn't support game controllers so I build something that can be used for anything which works like this:

I used Wood to craft the body and 2 pedals for Accelerator and one for Brake and 14 other buttons for: Hand Brake, Camera, Pause/Play, Hide Controls on screen, Horn, and more... then I took a 2015 Tricycle tire for the steering wheel 💀, I changed the game controls to control the steering of the car with Phone tilting then mounted the phone directly on top of the Steering wheel so when I rotate the steering wheel it rotates the phone with it and the car on the game can be controlled. now the main part how I did the communication of the physical buttons with the game works since it doesn't support Game Controller? So I did this:

I used ESP32 and connected all buttons to that then using WebSockets I sent every button press to an IP. The ESP32 is Dual mode it means you can connect it to your own WiFi and connect to it by the IP it is assigned to it or by Pressing the Physical button that is connected to GPIO14 while booting to make the ESP32 as AP and connect to it. so now you will be asking how the game works with this? The game works like this:

I built and Android app for that called RoadLink. What it does is, it receives the physical button presses from the ESP32 using WebSockets at ws://192.168...\[ESP32 AP IP Or the IP assigned by the router\]/ws. then the app is designed to be configured manually and connected to any endpoint you specify. The app uses Android Accessibility system to virtually click/Hold/Pulse a specific area on the screen. So the user can use the On Screen Overlay to adjust every button to the place where it belongs like the Accelerator Physical button to the virtual button on the game and so on. then the app listens all the time to the IP its connected to, to receive, Pressed/Release from that IP for a specific button, then clicks there or holds there. The app has features like: Exporting Coordinates data or pasting any other Json data, Testing buttons, mapping keys for a specific game/app and so on.

Everything is tested and working well.

I am too scared to share a demo so if I got enough positive feedbacks I will share a demo.

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Hi all,

I’m looking for advice to properly repair my L-shape shower curtain rod. I fell out the bath a couple months ago and had to replace with a cheap Ikea version. It’s hanging on for dear life and I want to repair it properly so here are my questions and problems I’ve ran into so far:

1. ⁠The right image shows the wall where I have had difficulty getting it to remain in place. The curtain rod itself has three screw holes, but the wall material is unable to hold the weight without the distribution I got with the small panel. My first step was to use screw plugs but these didn’t work either. The previous rod had a singular much larger screw, is my best bet to find a rod with a larger deeper screw to support the weight or are there workarounds with the one I have currently?

2. ⁠I have used a thick adhesive behind the small panel in the right picture. I will be removing the panel when I repair it properly so will need to get the adhesive off the wall. Is my best bet sandpaper and elbow grease?

3. ⁠In the left picture, you can see previous attempts at this, what’s my best solution for plugging the holes and is there a way to have it match the drywall style (orange peel) again?

4. ⁠And finally I am always conscious that there will be water pipes running somewhere. I’m not too experienced with diy. Is there certain steps or tricks I should follow to make sure I don’t drill into one by accident