Home & Garden - 23 July 2006

2006-07-23 16:25:54 · 35 answers · asked by Annie Mae 3 in Garden & Landscape

I am discussing buying the used appliances from the previous renter of my new home, and would like to know what is a fair offer?

2006-07-23 16:25:39 · 4 answers · asked by shaz38 2 in Other - Home & Garden

I need to know what will get meldew out of a pillow my husbands grandmother made for him.

2006-07-23 16:25:24 · 8 answers · asked by Katie R 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

I live in Central America, when rainy season goes from May to late October, the rest of the time is dry , November to February about 70 degrees and the rest March to early May about 80 - 90 degrees.

2006-07-23 16:24:02 · 2 answers · asked by Carlos M 1 in Other - Home & Garden

I think my compressor isn't working, I heard some of them have a reset button- can't find mine. Does anyone know about it?

2006-07-23 16:19:26 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

Scared the tar out of me! I used a stud detector, and had already drilled two other holes at same height on wall. Anyways, at 1.5" in, sparks flew out and my drill bit had actually melted a little when I pulled it out (immediately of course). Electricity didnt go out anywhere as far as I can tell. The wall was sheetrock, on the other side was an exterior wall (block construction) What might I have hit?

2006-07-23 16:18:08 · 7 answers · asked by Robert 2 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I am having carpet professionally installed throughout my home. My walls are tan/oatmeal and dark brown in the rooms to be carpeted. My furniture in my LR is blue and brown, in the bedrooms it is brown. Any thoughts?

2006-07-23 16:14:15 · 8 answers · asked by designchallenged 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

2006-07-23 16:13:22 · 1 answers · asked by tgirl 1 in Other - Home & Garden

I want to flip a house and I want to know what kinds of things a contractor does. I know they build but do they lay tile or paint, etc?

2006-07-23 16:07:18 · 2 answers · asked by tgirl 1 in Other - Home & Garden

The lavatories would be "back to back". I would like to use the existing drain and vent (both 1 1/2" copper...code requires no plastic). I think I need to convert the existing sanitary tee to a double wye (UPC does not allow double sanitary tee unless..)...but I cannot find one. Is there another way to do this or does someone know where to get one? I am located in the SF bay area.

2006-07-23 16:04:34 · 2 answers · asked by CoolDIYGuy 2 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

The actual ac won't turn on and the control panel temp. will not change. It will display the room temp. then I will try to change it and it will display that for about two sec. then go back to the room temp. how do I make it work?

2006-07-23 16:01:49 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

I painted our spare bedroom (3 weeks ago) and the paint (Benjamin Moore semi-gloss) refuses to dry completely. The entire bedroom was primed (tinted) in the morning and then painted in the afternoon. If you take a cloth with a drop of water on it and just touch the wall the color wipes right on to the cloth and then leaves a mark on the wall (found this out when I tried to wipe a small mark off the wall). I painted 4 other rooms the same way and none of them have this problem. Any suggestions of how to fix this problem. I know the room is going to need another coat but I'm afraid to put it on since this coat refuses to dry. I need to know what to do because I have to move the furniture back into it by the middle of August.

2006-07-23 15:54:25 · 8 answers · asked by dkop0978 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

2006-07-23 15:53:38 · 3 answers · asked by sonnyfresh2004 2 in Other - Home & Garden

When I click on "change location" it changes it to what I type in but reverts back the next time I check it.

2006-07-23 15:48:56 · 4 answers · asked by mpatton662 1 in Garden & Landscape

I found a little spiderweb in the corner of my child's room, and I used an upright vacuum with a bag inside it to vacuum up the spider. Will the vacuum suction automatically kill the spider, or will it just transfer the spider to the bag and will he remain alive and have the ability of crawling out of the vacuum when the vacuum is turned off ?

2006-07-23 15:46:19 · 20 answers · asked by alligil 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

2006-07-23 15:41:28 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

How much does it cost to have a simple door lock installed. Like a key lock or something? Thanks!

2006-07-23 15:41:18 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-07-23 15:28:30 · 3 answers · asked by sa 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-07-23 15:25:53 · 3 answers · asked by baffled 1 in Other - Home & Garden

They are coming into our apartment and we have a dog and would prefer not to use insecticides inside and have tried spraying the outside perimeter but this doesn't help. What will work?

2006-07-23 15:22:41 · 6 answers · asked by Trianna737 2 in Garden & Landscape

The daisies were beautiful in spring but are no longer blooming. Do they need to be pruned, dead headed or what. They were so beautiful but look very old now. They are on the north side of our home and get a lot of sun.

2006-07-23 15:21:24 · 6 answers · asked by Chuck C 1 in Garden & Landscape

2006-07-23 15:18:49 · 17 answers · asked by jenny g 1 in Other - Home & Garden

I know peanut butter works...but I have white t-shirts. Won't there be oil left from the peanut butter after the gum is out?
BTW- I tried freezing the clothes in the freezer. It didn't work. The brand of gum is Orbit...if that helps anyone.

2006-07-23 15:18:31 · 11 answers · asked by Mom 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

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2006-07-23 15:14:26 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

Do the raise the moths on a farm or do they catch them wild? Also why are they so cheap when the moth balls box is so big and the moths so tiny?

2006-07-23 15:05:06 · 3 answers · asked by eddie9551 5 in Garden & Landscape

2006-07-23 15:03:06 · 4 answers · asked by garlicity 1 in Other - Home & Garden

The original footing is 8 ft below grade w/ weeping tile around House. The addition will be block wall and the house is a poured wall. Addition footing will only be 4 ft deep. Do I attach this to original house? And how?

2006-07-23 15:00:49 · 8 answers · asked by LRB B 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

2006-07-23 14:53:03 · 3 answers · asked by KAY T 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-07-23 14:52:02 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

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2006-07-23 14:46:46 · 5 answers · asked by BostonBlondie 2 in Other - Home & Garden