r/HomeImprovement rules, stats, and what to post

Rule summary

No subreddit-specific rules were displayed on the public rules page when Rankhog verified it on 2026-09-29.

Works well

• A text post walking through a home project you finished, with imgur links to the photos pasted in the text.
• A specific question about a repair or renovation step you are stuck on, written clearly enough that a homeowner can answer it.
• A lessons learned write up of a job that went partly wrong, which invites other homeowners to share their own stories.
• A plain advice answer in the comments of someone else's project thread, where your expertise does the talking.
• A before and after story told in words first, with hosted image links as supporting evidence rather than the whole post.

Avoid

• Submitting a photo or video directly, because the community only allows text posts.
• Posting before you have the minimum karma the community requires, since the description says you must have it to participate.
• Dropping raw image links as your whole post instead of writing real text and pasting hosted image links inside it.
• Writing a thin text post that is really just an advert with a link bolted on, which reads as spam to homeowners.
• Assuming the empty rules page means anything goes, when the description itself carries the hard requirements.
• Posting here when you fall short on karma instead of using the diy.stackexchange.com alternative the description points you to.