Yeah that "slippery spot" warning is a good one, learned that the hard way myself. I once got a little too happy with the talc and turned my floor into an ice rink. Solid point from @andrewreed about it messing with the finish too, makes total sense. I guess I'm so used to just grabbing whatever's handy to fix a squeak that I forget the long term stuff. Sometimes the quick fix just adds an extra step later.

But is the signal loss really that huge? I've lived in a few old places with plaster walls. The WiFi might get weaker, but it usually pushes through unless you're far from the router. It could depend on how tight the metal mesh is or other stuff in the wall. Idk, maybe it's just me, but I haven't seen it be a faraday cage level problem.

Lol, I mean it's not that big of a deal though, right? Idk, maybe it's just me but books sliding on a uneven shelf happens all the time. Glad you figured it out anyway.

Hold up, gotta disagree here. Most of the time a drip is just a drip (annoying, but not a sign of the apocalypse). If you see every little thing as a huge warning, you'll never fix anything yourself without panicking. Her uncle's story is more about skipping a basic step, not some deep lesson. Honestly, jumping at every small problem just makes life way more stressful than it needs to be.

Wait, @wyatt_hernandez14, you're saying recycled steel is just as strong now? That's wild lol. I've seen patches made from recycled stuff crack after a few months, like on that old truck I worked on last year. The metal seemed brittle and didn't hold up to stress. How do they make it so it doesn't lose strength? If it's true, that's a game changer, but I'm still kinda skeptical.