r/Renovations is a subreddit with 211k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses struggling, renovation, kitchen, ceiling, and window, and they frequently recommend/review toilet, backsplash, and nailer.
/r/Renovations strives to provide assistance to homeowners repairing or renovating their own properties. We are also a showcase for DIYers who have completed projects in and around their homes.
Popular Themes in r/Renovations
#1
Advice Requests
: "Is this a load bearing closet?"
43 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Switching a rocker to a timer fan switch"
12 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "We liked a home and planning to put an offer. But those stains scare us. Is this water damage. Have a little one at home and don't want to deal with mold."
9 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Any Clever Ideas To Run and Hide a Refrigerator Waterline Into a Different Room?"
6 posts
#5
Money Talk
: "Doing the whole exterior over three years, what order saves money?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/Renovations
#1
Struggling
13 posts
#2
Renovation
: "Advice for loft Renovation"
11 posts
#3
Kitchen
: "1970s cottage Kitchen remodel"
9 posts
#4
Ceiling
: "Enlarging a space and Ceiling material"
8 posts
#5
Window
: "What would you do with the space under this low Window in a kitchen renovation?"
8 posts
#6
Floor
: "What colour other than white could pair with my Floors ? Just moved into my first house not to long ago"
7 posts
#7
Wall
: "Looking to stud these 2 Walls"
6 posts
#8
Annoying
4 posts
#9
Basement
: "Basement heater"
4 posts
#10
Tired
3 posts
Products Discussed in r/Renovations
Toilet
11 reviews
#1
Toto
4.9★ from 10 reviews
#2
Kohler
5.0★ from 1 review
Backsplash
8 reviews
#1
Quartz, granite, marble
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Tile
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Hanstone
4.0★ from 1 review
Nailer
8 reviews
#1
Ryobi
4.4★ from 7 reviews
#2
Ryobi Nailer
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/Renovations
#1
HELP
: "Can anyone tell me how water might be getting in?"
50 posts
#2
ONGOING PROJECT
: "Is this a load bearing closet?"
8 posts
#3
UPDATE
: "*Update* How would you demo this?"
1 post
#4
PROFESSIONAL
: "18 years on job sites, retired - now facing my own 1960s hardwood floors and second-guessing going in blind"
1 post
#5
RANT
: "Bad day tools?"
1 post
Member Growth in r/Renovations
Yearly
+41k members(24.5%)
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Last updated: August 11, 2026