Good advice. I think it's neodymium not molybdenum. Home Depot has a selection

That’s my question

I had a similar issue and I found using large magnets was the only thing that worked for finding joists. Being that nails from the lathe run up and down the joist, you’ll know if it’s a joist pretty quickly.

There's no reason to use cement board on a backsplash.

I did not take a look @ fotos . My bad 🥴

I like your style! Thanks!

make the plant basins black, free to do, no algae

Expensive cat salad bar is very pretty

If you wanted to, you could keep the broken tread as well. Carefully remove the whole tread, clamp the pieces together, drill some 1/4" holes in perpendicular to break. Unclamp, add glue, clamp, tap in some dowels and allow to dry. Just cut/sand down the dowels and reinstall. It will never look perfect, but it will probably look better than any other attempt to replace that tread.

Good luck!

I would definitely prefer to keep the other treads and they seem to be in good shape so that's the plan 🙂

What is the CRI of those bulbs?

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Maybe you could build a secure platform to help hold the ladder in place and sturdy. Keep the ladder firmly on the ground, but clamp or otherwise attach it to a frame that stands several feet high. I'm visualizing one made of 2x4s, with a 4' x 8' base (or what room you have) to give lots of stability, with a second frame 4' up from that, connected with lots of 2x4s for more stability, and all staked into the ground. You don't need a platform on top, just some crosspieces to attach to the ladder. You could also build a small box to keep at the top of the ladder to hold your tools and supplies.

That feels like hard work. Kudos!

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Personal experience

Creaking can easily be fixed with wedges and epoxy.

Based on what?

I mean, I did go nuts on it so you're not wrong.

Another "plamp"!

I see what it says but for some reason I thought it was some sort of design that included peanuts...

Instead of clear glass you should use a dark tinted glass, like the kind beer bottles are made from.

The dark glass minimises the amount of light hitting the water - reducing the algae growth.

I have a lot of Devils Ivy cutting growing in brown glass bottles, never had an issue with algae; clear glass though has been an issue.

Have you ever grown Pothos (or anything) in water before? Root rot occurs due to a lack of oxygen, so you need to change it out regularly. You might be hopping up there a lot. You could achieve a similar effect with air plants (just put a bunch all over and it could look awesome) and they can be handled with misting a few times a week.

You could look at products for keeping algae out of aquariums too.

Something like "Easy-life AlgExit" should work well tbh.

Most are plant safe, but you should check the label to make sure.

Could also go the fake plant and mineral oil route.

I don't know the details, but it looks enough like water for those "submerged computer" builds.

And I think it would continue to look like water with minimal upkeep.