the couple who bought my childhood home did the same.left the brick foyer to qualify for a reno permit, but built an ugly Mcmansion around it.

pro tip…drill a 2” hole in a piece of plywood ,center it up and blue tape it down. stand on it to hold it in place as you drill. hold the drill up an 1/8 or so and let it get up to speed,then ease it down gently. alternatively, make up some bar extensions to slide over your existing bar.

much better than those lifetime plastic tabs.

likely two screws into the body through the sash from outside. gear wheel inside the body,usually made of cast pot metal. could be stripped. sometimes putting a bit of tension on the arm in the direction you want it to go helps,but it’s not a permanent fix.

glad you got it working. my first thought was it might be a return that someone crossthreaded or stripped.

Mooby the golden cow from the movie Dogma?

check the medicine cabinet. my friend is a realtor and she has had folks at open houses steal meds.

hi,Oscar! 12/10 cute. would definitely boop.

i hate Tapcon style screws of any brand. they are prone to wringing off the heads. that said, a lil bit of bar soap applied to the threads before driving them can help greatly. if you switch to 1/4 inch wedge anchors,be aware that care must be taken pounding them in,as they are easily bent with an errant hammer strike.good luck!

i would concur that metal rod poking near electric lines is bad,but the wiring should be in the proper conduit per local code,correct? poking that deep would be difficult,depending on composition and compaction of the fill, perhaps requiring a hammer,therefore i’d go with ‘no poke’.

we had this exact problem,i only discovered it was leaking when a small pond formed in the grass between the house and workshop, which is about 180’ away.

that’s pretty cute

remove the surface rust and use Rustoleum Hammered finish paint. i have had excellent results with this paint. pricey,but holds up well.

just did this. one screw holds the hickey that the fan motor is mounted to. if you don’t have a model # to search for, critical dimensions for you here are center to center of mounting studs, height and diameter of squirrel cage.

we have a long pipe run to the septic tank, so i added a bit of plastic pipe sleeved over the fill tube to raise the water level about a quart overall. more water,longer flush time to push them turds down 80’ of pipe.might help with your issue,as well.