And then there’s the people who ask r/fungi about slime molds. When does it stop?!

But this line of thinking requires you to know both exist. When in reality you can just snap a blurry pic of a house sparrow with your Motorola Razer from 2005 and post to Birding, asking if it's a rare bird species

>Search up the highest level category, type something better answered by Google

These exactly describe my feelings. When you find a new sub, search by top all time and learn what is posted there. If you have a question, Google it. If it's not there or opinion-based, ask it.

Loving the sarcasm

Who is Lock Smith and why do I need help with him?

That speaker-and-stethoscope idea is ingenious. But if that doesn't work...

Put some kind of load that is on and drawing electricity on the end of an extension cord and poke it down all the way to the end of your pipe. You need to have something that causes current to flow down the cord. If you have a long enough cord, you could even double it so that you can have the load on the end outside of the pipe.

Call your local utility locator (usually they are free) and have them come with their detectors and mark it. A hot wire in the ground "should" come up on their device.

Can confirm people are morons. The worst questions are from essentially non-Redditors. Make an account. Search up the highest level category, type something better answered by Google and smash that post button!

I was gonna say they're idiots too but I realized there are plants I might think are fungi so maybe I'm the idiot.

I would look into thermoforming acrylic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUSBLXNjXY0

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Another DIY option would be to fiberglass a wooden form, like in boat-building: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB-lSXS3UTk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZHUNf4T4Xo

Could be, but probably not, unless you're only scanning a very small area. Drywall screws are usually too small for a "stud" sound return on the stud finder

Damn it Bob, the penguins are loose again!

We have this problem at r/lineman. 90% of the posts are people asking various degrees of "How do I become a lineman/is it worth it?". It really gets old fast.

Related issue with people asking r/whatisthisplant about fungi.

I imagine you need to make a mold. Just hollow. I also heard of people using foam, then sculpting it. Cover it with cement. Good luck and post pictures of it when you’re done.

Biology made a modpost redirecting them and just didn't enforce it. It's a mess.

I am not an ornithologist but I can tell the difference between "whatsthisbird" and "birding". I think.

Whatsthisbird is for identification and birding is for the hobby of photographing and finding birds right? At a guess, swear no looking.

E: okay now I looked and subbed. I love pro pictures of birds. There's that person that always posts on animalporn and I dig it.

Hold on. Last time I bought wire shelves by the foot they had a bolt cutter in the department. Had to because it was by the foot.

Hacksaw and patience. Or angle grinder and glasses.

It's not about the weight of an individual...it's what the truss system is rated for in terms of live loads.

They're usually not rated for live loads above/beyond storing your xmas decorations and maybe some boxes of old clothes and the like.

A residential floor it typically rated for 40lb live load. I believe (but don't quote me) roof truss floors are only required to be rated for 20lb live load if only used as attic storage space. And builders tend to use roof trusses for being cheaper to build/install and rarely over-build.

Granted, you can certainly get trusses that are rated much higher, and perhaps that was done here.

For example, there are things called 'attic trusses' which are designed to usually handle 30lb live loads on the floor. The other main advantage is that they are designe to leave a larger open space in the middle (vs your standard roof trusses which use all of the diagonal members as in the OPs photo). These are great when used but they're rarely used by default simple due to them costing a lot more.

You can give it a go if you'd like too. Drywall is one of those things that is easy to do but is a true art to get it done right. If you want to give it ago it won't cost much but will take some time and rework to get it to the quality of those new stairs. A dry wall crew will get it done on the first pass and it would look great.

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Looking at the picture again, you could cover the area with a nice piece of wood that matches closley to the stairs and floor. This might be alot easer DIY wise.

WhatsThisBird and Birding just gave up trying to redirect people because people can't read the sidebar

You'll always find metal on studs because there are always drywall screws. Move the finder vertically. If it stops beeping and starts again a few inches later, it's screw heads you're finding. If it screams continuously, it's more likely something else. Electrical outlet boxes are generally attached to studs and the wire or conduit may be run vertically along that stud. If you can see an outlet just to either side of where you found the stud and your stud finder gives you a continual metal / electrical signal on that stud then you probably have a wire running down that stud. Pipes might also cause a continuous alarm from the stud finder when moving vertically along the stud, or they may be horizontal and pass through it.

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Meaning, better not giving it a go DIY if I never did this before? It doesn't need to look immaculate imo, just better than now. Because I don't have much budget and nowadays it takes a lot of money and months before I can get a construction worker.

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I’m not sold on drywall since the top where it meets the floor could create a problem. I would remove what is there and finish it with wood, a nice stain to accent the light floor maybe.