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Cracks in basement, how much do I need to worry?

u/capenj

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Cracks in basement, how much do I need to worry?

help

Adding basement bedroom

u/Any-Check-869

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Adding basement bedroom

home improvement

How do I hang a canvas with this? I feel so stupid!

u/ajrobsonReddit

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How do I hang a canvas with this? I feel so stupid!

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Rules

All content must be DIY

Anything you submit must be a project that you yourself completed. Not your sister, father, uncle or best friend. You may only make your own posts, and you may only submit it once.

Sitewide Rules

Original content only.
Only completed projects are allowed. Incomplete projects may be removed.
Submissions must include progress photos
Submissions (including videos) must include details and instructions
All content must be present without cost
Please do not abandon your submission. Be available to answer questions.
Research before posting a help request in r/DIY. Check Google; also search this subreddit's history.

Rude or abusive behavior; toxic comments; or harassing others

We expect and will enforce good manners.

This is not the place for calling folks names; aggressive, abusive, or toxic behavior; or trolling other posters. If you want to be mean to someone, r/DIY is not the sub for you. The mods have no problem permanently banning jerks and assholes.

Be respectful and kind. Feel free to point out mistakes and poor DIY practices. That's how we learn. Just don't be rude about it.

No advertising of any kind is permitted. Such posts will be removed and the offender banned

r/DIY prohibits self promotion in all forms; personal, professional, or commercial. Read more here:

https://old.reddit.com/wiki/selfpromotion

If you try to use this sub as free advertising, it (A) won't work, and (B) will get you banned. Buy some ads on Reddit. They are reasonable priced, and you can target your demographic:

https://www.redditinc.com/advertising

https://www.redditforbusiness.com/learn

https://reddit.my.site.com/helpcenter/s/article/How-to-purchase-Reddit-Ads

Low effort posts

You should provide a narrative of your project which can include: materials you chose, why you chose them, a step-by-step description of the project, overall budget, time the project took, and issues/challenges you ran across and how you ultimately solved them.

r/DIY's goal is not only to admire your hard work, but also to learn from what you've done, so others might be inspired to follow your example.

If you can not or will not provide such information, your post will be removed.

Sexually suggestive and inappropriate comments

XXX rated, sexually suggestive, and inappropriate comments are not what r/DIY is all about. Juvenile humor and gutter trash talk will be removed, and repeat offenders will be banned.

Not a post for /r/DIY

Cooking, crafting, software, cosmetics and hair styling, changing light bulbs, cleaning, general maintenance projects (changing car oil/furnace filter), sewing projects, etc are not appropriate topics for r/DIY.

Please post such subjects to r/cooking, r/crafts, r/beauty, r/sewing, r/CleaningTips, etc.

Searching for products

Using r/DIY as your personal search engine

Posts that ask something like "Where can I find this product", or "Where is the best/cheapest place to buy these things?" will be removed, and the poster may be banned.

r/DIY (actually most subs) require the poster to do their own research. Our subreddit is not an Internet search engine; it is a social media site for folks to exchange info about DIY projects they are doing and share what they've completed. You will have to find your own products.

Rating manufacturers and reviewing products

This subreddit has a hard and fast set of rules against rating various manufacturers, and against reviews of products.

In the early days of this sub, we were being hit multiple times a day by accounts that were basically shills. They’d promote various products under the guise of ‘I just used this and it’s great!’ Or they’d trash their competition by saying ‘Hope you don’t have the same experience I had with them’

Therefore we decided that nothing/nobody was going to get rated/promoted.

Using /r/DIY to promote your social media and social commerce channels

See Rule #4 above. You may not use our subreddit to promote your channels or E-stores.

YouTube, X (Twitter), Instagram, Etsy, SnapChat, TikTok, Twitch, etc. can be easily, cheaply, and quickly promoted by purchasing some ads on Reddit. They start at around $5 USD.

https://www.redditinc.com/advertising

https://www.redditforbusiness.com/learn

https://reddit.my.site.com/helpcenter/s/article/How-to-purchase-Reddit-Ads

DIY Discord

Come join us on Discord for real time help and discussion. https://discord.gg/diy

Try DIY on the Fediverse https://lemmy.world/c/diy or https://lemmy.world/c/diy

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