Home & Garden - 9 August 2006

Hi, we have just moved in to a new house, which has had a recent DPC. However in the living room, on the inside of an external wall we have noticed a damp patch...about 1.2m above floor level. There are no pipes in the wall. It is wet to touch and paint is left on your fingers.

Is it possible that heavy rain is penetrating the wall? what do i need to do to fix it?

Any advice is much appreciated!

Thanks!

2006-08-09 03:06:06 · 8 answers · asked by T M 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

The AC unit are my tenants. They say its not blowing as cold as it use to. So i'm thinkign it just needs refrigerant. am i right?

2006-08-09 03:05:58 · 4 answers · asked by Barak M 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I caught the tail end of a conversation this morning around 5:55AM on radio station102.3 fm in Los Angeles

2006-08-09 03:05:21 · 1 answers · asked by califbajan 1 in Other - Home & Garden

we have so many squirrls outside at our place and birds too. how do you make a birdfeeder and squirrl feeder out of milk and pop jugs? any good websites? nothing made out of wood please- it will rot to fast here.

2006-08-09 02:59:40 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

what kind of fertilizers do we use???? what temperature does the plant need to grow???? what are the products obtained through horticulture???? what are the branches of horticulture???

2006-08-09 02:48:24 · 2 answers · asked by teen_attitude2006 1 in Other - Home & Garden

I have tried soapy water, nail varnish remover and vinegar (that was my moms suggestion!) It still hasnt budged though.

2006-08-09 02:44:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

I have a concrete stock tank that I have 6 cows drinking out of but I don't want to empty it to get rid of the mosquito larvae. (They would just come back a week later.) What should I do? I don't want to cause any harm to the cows.

2006-08-09 02:42:45 · 5 answers · asked by Bubba2003 1 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-08-09 02:42:25 · 2 answers · asked by ncbus9 1 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-08-09 02:40:42 · 4 answers · asked by plantjunkie 1 in Garden & Landscape

Just took out an old, OLD shower curtain, it was screwed into the wall and now we've got these little things still in the wall. They're like fasteners or something. They start out straight and then are like riveted or grooved to hold the screw in. How do we remove these from the wall, without making a huge hole? We were trying needle nose pliers, but that makes a hole.

2006-08-09 02:36:30 · 3 answers · asked by vintagex50s 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

What's happened in the Eco-chain to cause the explosion in the number of Magpies in the last 10 years? When I was kid, you were told to 'Salute a Magpie', if you ever saw one, as they were supposed to bring bad luck. I think I only ever saw about 10 in as many years, but now, they're EVERYWHERE! Anyone got a theory, either serious or funny?

2006-08-09 02:34:56 · 7 answers · asked by lizzyloulou123 2 in Other - Home & Garden

cheap rent, appiliances needed, smokers allowed

2006-08-09 02:32:17 · 1 answers · asked by xyoursxforxeverx 1 in Other - Home & Garden

The mosquitos are HORRIBLE at my house. I think they are attracted to the Azalea bushes we have. Does anyone know anything we can spray on the bushes that will get rid of the mosquitos, but not harm the bushes?

2006-08-09 02:20:53 · 4 answers · asked by Kym C 1 in Other - Home & Garden

In my town, in the north of England, there are plenty of brightly coloured flower beds in full bloom at the moment. Some of these are private others planted by the local council. What they have in common is an almost complete lack of bees. You see the odd one or two but that's it. In my long-past youth you would have seen dozens. Is there a problem with the bees themselves or is it something to do with modern horticulture?

heavenlyhaggis

2006-08-09 02:19:27 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

2006-08-09 02:18:21 · 3 answers · asked by ? 6 in Garden & Landscape

I planted 2 lavender plants in my garden this spring. I believe they are getting enough sun, but perhaps I am giving them too much water. The foilage looks nice and healthy, but there is no sign of any blooms. I believe the blooms are suppose to be purple.
Any ideas on what I may be doing wrong?

2006-08-09 02:14:16 · 6 answers · asked by yymelyy 1 in Garden & Landscape

are there any dangerous spiders living in the UK? Do they bite? What about the kind that are H U G E!! you know the ones...they have bodies the size and thickenss of a pencil (ok NOT that long) and they have legs longer than my fingers! Do THEY bite? cuz they look like they have fangs too!! Big fat gross things.

2006-08-09 02:12:26 · 17 answers · asked by rationalchaos 2 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-08-09 02:09:08 · 8 answers · asked by sosolala44 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I want to sell in Germany

2006-08-09 01:57:30 · 1 answers · asked by Casey Jones 3 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2006-08-09 01:49:37 · 15 answers · asked by ELVY G 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I recently accepted a position as Director of Nursing in a nursing home. I found a vintage bedpan (never been used) on Ebay, and I wanted to incorporate it in the decor of my new office. I don't know what to do with it. Can't use it as a planter because my office doesn't have a window. Any suggestions?

2006-08-09 01:40:00 · 6 answers · asked by PMS 24-7 3 in Decorating & Remodeling

I was cutting down some poison ivy and poison oak last night but was wearing gloves and a long sleeve shirt. Just to be sure, I jumped in the swimming pool when I was done (1 hour later) and rinsed off.

Do you think the chlorine in the pool would rinse the oil off before it reacted with my skin?

2006-08-09 01:28:48 · 7 answers · asked by Veccster 2 in Other - Home & Garden

All of the walls in my house are plaster and we would like to replace them with drywall. Instead of knocking out all of the plaster, would it be at all possible to just screw drywall into the studs over the plaster? The plaster walls are all in pretty good contidion - the ceilings in most of the rooms are some kind of fiber tile, except in the bathroom and closets which are plaster (these are badly cracked). Any help and/or suggestions would be appreciated!

2006-08-09 01:19:40 · 7 answers · asked by ~*Mrs. GM2*~ 5 in Decorating & Remodeling

im finding it increasingly difficult to exist in my home a stairlift is not an option if i sold up would the council give me a bungalow

2006-08-09 01:16:55 · 9 answers · asked by one armed bandit 1 in Other - Home & Garden

I have an strange plant in my yard, I don't know if it's a weed or plant. The leaves close up in the evening time and open back up in the morning. It's slender and the stalk is a quarter thick or a little bit bigger. The limbs spread as wide as my arms and now it's taller than me now. I'm 5'4" in height.

2006-08-09 01:16:19 · 3 answers · asked by Gail S 2 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-08-09 01:15:02 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

I am relocating there. I just want something big enough to put all my junk in— looking for the lowest priced house I can find. If the house has the bare necessities—roof, windows, entrances, etc., it will meet my qualifications. Please respond.

2006-08-09 01:13:57 · 1 answers · asked by silviejj 2 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-08-09 01:04:57 · 6 answers · asked by iuhoosierz 1 in Other - Home & Garden

Please state whether you rent privately, from a council or Housing Association and the nearest town and city to where you live and how many bedrooms the property has?

I appreciate your co-operation in this survey.

2006-08-09 01:02:32 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

2006-08-09 00:43:07 · 3 answers · asked by Craptacular Wonderment 6 in Other - Home & Garden