Hi all, I have a tub that is perfectly fine except for a cracked decorative panel on the tub skirt. I believe the skirt is this model from American Standard: [ATTACH=CONFIG]49033[/ATTACH] As you can see it has 2 small decorative rectangular plastic panels on the front. In my case one of them is cracked right down the middle (my cat decided to try and pry it loose one day - don't ask lol). I did try superglueing it but it is jagged and looks terrible. I'd like to just replace the cracked panel. Is there any way to get just a replacement for a single panel, without buying/installing a whole new tub skirt? I'm fairly sure I could just rip the cracked one off and use velcro or 3m tape etc. to hold the new panel in place... but I can't find anywhere that sells these panels, only the entire skirt assembly (which is almost $200).

Hi all, I'm renovating my kitchen and I'm moving my range from its current position to a new place in the kitchen island. This also means that I need to install a range hood above the island as well. As my load carrying beam runs through the middle of kitchen, I am planning to run the ducting for the hood along the beam. However, I am not sure if it is safe to cut a ducting hole in the exterior wall, right next to the beam. The following diagram shows my plan (these are the elements along the exterior wall). The load carrying beam is indicated in red. The ducting hole I plan to cut is indicated in green. Does anyone know if this is safe and if it complies to standard building codes? [ATTACH]49019[/ATTACH] Many thanks in advance!