Home & Garden - 20 July 2006

I have a dining room table that is in dire need of a new coat of paint, but it has what I believe to be a laminate top. Do I need to (or can I even )pry that up? Or can I sand it and paint over it?

2006-07-20 05:54:51 · 4 answers · asked by c_patching 2 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

we received some gift ccertificates as a housewarming gift to Canadian Tire (for a lawnmower) and we are having a heck of a time decided which brand to get, they have some excellent deals on yard works machines but I have never heard of them and I am having trouble deciding whether to go with the Brand name (which is considerably more expensive) or the Yard works Self Propeller mower which is on sale until tomorrow for about 40% off.

2006-07-20 05:54:20 · 3 answers · asked by rionwood 1 in Garden & Landscape

Have a big patch of cane growing in my yard as a privacy fence, and need to encourage it to spread out further, where I want it, and not where it wants to spread. Tried digging up a new sprout and never found the end of the root. Any ideas?

2006-07-20 05:51:44 · 2 answers · asked by DeeDee 6 in Garden & Landscape

I can't afford to have someone professionally get the scratches and stains out of my blond hardwood floors. Is there a machine or a cleaning or staining product(s) I can use to make them look nicer?

2006-07-20 05:49:11 · 6 answers · asked by ogolindaq 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

My room is purple, With a border wallpaper that has lime green, purple, blue & pink purses. I share a jack & jill bathroom with my sis, who had a lightish pink room. Our sink areas are wallpapered with plaid blue, yello, green, pink & purple. What should we do to out shower area. We want something cheap (no wallpaper, just paint) & we want it 2 be cool. Any ideas???

2006-07-20 05:44:56 · 10 answers · asked by ♥Lovliness♥ 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

I don't have a lawn mower now because I live in an apartment, and the landlord or such mows the lawn for us.

Also, do you think that the landlord would notice if I trimmed the carpet? What was he thinking when he had such a thick carpet installed?!

2006-07-20 05:44:32 · 13 answers · asked by aanstalokaniskiodov_nikolai 5 in Decorating & Remodeling

we have a well. water is soft. we think the stain is due to copper from pipes.

2006-07-20 05:40:57 · 15 answers · asked by MIKE S 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

2006-07-20 05:39:08 · 13 answers · asked by Scott S 1 in Garden & Landscape

this information will be used to stop ants walking along the cloths line.

2006-07-20 05:38:51 · 12 answers · asked by inventor 1 in Other - Home & Garden

I live in texas, 95+ degrees a day, no rain, full sun. The grass was almost completely brown the day it was laid down, now its about 50% green (after 4 weeks) but has many brown areas. I've been watering for about 2 hours at night or morning (it varies). Am I overwatering, underwatering? Help!!

2006-07-20 05:37:27 · 1 answers · asked by moniglory 1 in Garden & Landscape

I have a bedroom door that has a key lock on it. It's been on there since I bought the house and never got a key for it. My daughter locked it and closed the door, now I can't get in. It appears to be a Kwikset lock. Can I break the handle and open the door and how could I do this? Or is there some other way? I need to replace it anyway to keep this from happening again, so breaking it wouldn't be a big deal.

2006-07-20 05:36:59 · 23 answers · asked by ej_bronte 3 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2006-07-20 05:33:31 · 20 answers · asked by VNCGirl 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

Has anyone heard of using dry ice in a well to open up spots to free water? We had a well drilled 200' and we believe the driller missed the veins by a few feet not in depth but in the location he drilled. Since we were out of cash we couldn't have him drill anymore. Were now out 7000 and no water.

2006-07-20 05:29:07 · 2 answers · asked by Todd 1 in Other - Home & Garden

My back yard is basically calichi rock. I need to know how to get grass to grow on it.

2006-07-20 05:25:32 · 3 answers · asked by Pura Vida wannabe 1 in Garden & Landscape

2006-07-20 05:24:29 · 6 answers · asked by mgpb 1 in Other - Home & Garden

Hello, I just got my workshop built ( right next to my home ) Now I am wanting to plumb in a bath room ). The only trouble is the workshop sits a bit lower than my septic tank. Are there any pumps or any thing I can do to get it to drain into my septic tank? This will only have a bathroom ( no washer or any thing like that ) I am sure it will be ok. Just need to know if there is a way to make this work? I was hoping you might tell me a system that can help me. I do not want to have a septic system put in for 1 restroom that wil not be used but a few times a week. thanks Mike T.

2006-07-20 05:19:51 · 9 answers · asked by mlt2_98 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-07-20 05:19:33 · 3 answers · asked by Elsie B 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

does anyone know what to use to stop the iron in my water from turning my white sock and other clothes from staining. This is our first time living with well water and I know we have a filter that we changed when we moved in . But the socks especially are a off yellow color. Even if I bleach them it's still yellow. Any ideas on what to do and use. thanks

2006-07-20 05:18:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

at the same complex, can you break your lease because you are moving into a higher rent apartment or are you stuck for the whole time. For example someone living in a one bedroom and they marry someone with children and need a larger place and don't want their lease to determine their marriage date or anything.

2006-07-20 05:13:35 · 4 answers · asked by reallyfedup 5 in Other - Home & Garden

After finishing working on Carpet, I'm thinking of doing Wooden flooring for the couple of rooms downstairs.Now, there's a step between room (around as high as the stair's step is).

Rather than choosing from normal wood, I'm hoping to do Glossy wooden floor, perhaps it's called "laminated flooring" (do correct me if I'm wrong).

I wonder if I should really go with this glossy laminated wooden flooring, since I've ONLY seen this at just one of my friend's place, but other than that, I always see the wooden floor where people are using just a normal wood.

I personally liked this glossy laminated wooden flooring more than any other I've ever seen. Its surface is not slippery as well, which I thought it would be. However, I'm not too sure about the scratches OR whether it LOOKS good but may not be durable, etc. or its quality, especially, when compared to normal wooden floor.

2006-07-20 05:10:24 · 7 answers · asked by j4mes_bond25 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

I had this really great comfy t-shirt and the first time I washed it, it got all scratchy. I am so dissapointed because I love that t-shirt :(

2006-07-20 05:08:58 · 24 answers · asked by Charlie21 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

He has broken several vaccums because he doesn't pick things up. I have to take it apart, clean it out and put it back together each time I go to use it. I have told him over and over "don't use the vaccum" but he still does. He says "I forgot". Now we don't own one so that problem is solved for now. On to the lawn mower. We used to borow one but he mindlessly ran into trees and over rough brush, causing damage to the blades and hood. I was so embarrassed. Anyway, I bought a new push mower, I set the mower to cut at a certain height, 3 1/2 inches. He has decided to lower it as low as it can go. He feels this will decrease the number of times the lawn needs to be cut. With the blades at 1 inch,this has resulted in my yard turning brown and muddy, where the grass has been completely pulled out from the earth. This morning I saw my front yard. Cropped to the dirt, huge piles of cuttings, I said it looked like the village idiot cut my grass. Now he is mad at me. Am I wrong?

2006-07-20 05:05:45 · 19 answers · asked by do it right 2 in Garden & Landscape

My young photenia's are tall and skinny and leaning over. How do I prune them to encourage fullness and uniformity?

2006-07-20 05:02:31 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

It is in a wood pattern.

2006-07-20 04:58:49 · 3 answers · asked by alesda maderi 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-07-20 04:45:22 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

2006-07-20 04:40:15 · 5 answers · asked by TERRY F 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I'm rehabing a row home in Philadelphia and I would really hate to makes in the walls to pocket the joist so I thought I could hang them but I dont know how to post the ledger on the brick wall. I figure I should use bolts - but what kind of bolts. Also the bolts should have some sort of glue to them. But what kind of glue? Any Engineers out there want to try to answer this one. There has to be a way of doing it.

2006-07-20 04:33:17 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2006-07-20 04:32:56 · 2 answers · asked by cul8rhote 3 in Decorating & Remodeling

other dan using air refresher... anyone out that got a way?

2006-07-20 04:32:41 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

we are not sure. Does it mean flats, old folks home; or multipical occupance? help!

2006-07-20 04:27:21 · 5 answers · asked by ashley d 1 in Other - Home & Garden