Home & Garden - 2 September 2006

this flower used to be very popular, many years ago, it is tall, with dark green large leaves, and has a flower, usually red, that blooms slowly, up a stalk. I think this flower has a bulb. ?? Any idea ??

2006-09-02 09:18:37 · 7 answers · asked by Ben C 1 in Garden & Landscape

2006-09-02 09:17:44 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

The foundation in most homes is only 4 inches thick. This causes the foundation to crack in 8 to 10 years as the ground shifts. The house is built with cheap wood, termite treated, they claim. The house is priced at 150,000 to half a million or more dollars. Yet the house is built for under 50,000. The profit the builders make on each home is outrageous. In Louisiana and other places, hurricanes lift these homes and the insurance damages are colossal.

In India, the homes are built with a 3 feet deep foundation and 9 inch thick brick walls. The houses never burn down, the hurricane can do nothing to the house and the house never has to be insured against fire or storms. Here the insurance companies are a big scam and most homes are built out of cheap material and the insurance is high. When will this change? When will home builders give buyers the actual value of the home they purchase? I am not against the lenders taking interest nor against the home builders making a profit.

2006-09-02 09:16:37 · 6 answers · asked by ilovegr8food 1 in Other - Home & Garden

The alrlock is only in my hotwater system the central heating works ok. The pipe into my tank is warm but the return pipe is cold. It is as if their is something blocking the flow of water. Can anybody help. I have asked a plumber but he wants me to put a new pipe in at about £300.

2006-09-02 09:07:34 · 8 answers · asked by ljcraigboy 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

I'm renting a house with old wardrobes and worn cabinets that I want to re-decorate. I have an idea that a solution is to find an adhesive, peelable, opague, decorative film or laminate that I can paste over the existing surfaces which I can remove without damaging the original surfaces when I eventually move out. And so I don't get hassled by the landlords.
Does anyone know of such a product? Or does anyone have another solution for me? Thanks.

2006-09-02 09:03:37 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I thought of black and white pictures of us and my son, which I might do, but would it be too tacky to put up Normal Rockwell paintings? Or photos of scenery?

2006-09-02 09:03:17 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

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2006-09-02 09:03:02 · 6 answers · asked by Tax Man 2 in Garden & Landscape

I have 6 habanero and 1 jalapeno plant and they are going gangbusters, how can i store these for future use?

2006-09-02 09:02:45 · 6 answers · asked by deccaf 2 in Other - Home & Garden

I got from my future aunt-in-law (heheheh) an old Mikasa Torte Plate. I was wondering a coupe of things.

1. What function does a Torte Plate have? Is it just decorative or do you serve on it?

2. I did a search and came up with 2 websites in German. The information I have is it is a Mikasa Carmen Satiert Torte Plate. It was made in Germanyand has Art.-Nr. 1828/0 on the box. Does anyone have any information about this plate? I don't have a date when it was made but it was probably in the 70's sometime.

2006-09-02 08:49:33 · 3 answers · asked by FaerieWhings 7 in Decorating & Remodeling

2006-09-02 08:47:52 · 4 answers · asked by grundsty_83 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-09-02 08:43:57 · 2 answers · asked by grundsty_83 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

How can I do it, and what tools do I need?

2006-09-02 08:41:47 · 7 answers · asked by Lia 2 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I have been living in my apartment for just over a year, and in that time my screw-in towel rack has held up well. But just recently, as things do eventually do, it fell out and the screws left ugly, gaping holes in the wall. I should mention these were reinforced screws, since the walls are plaster. So naturally I repaired the holes and relocated the rack elsewhere in the room, with new screws of course. And in less then a month, it falls out again and leaving another set of holes in the wall. I can't have this disaster repeat itself again. Most racks are screw-in, which because of this mess I would prefer to avoid. And I don't have enough room for a free-standing one. Is there another means of going about this? What should I do?

2006-09-02 08:39:04 · 8 answers · asked by katsa52000 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-09-02 08:36:49 · 9 answers · asked by RedCarDoor 1 in Garden & Landscape

2006-09-02 08:36:03 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I ahve a wall unit and when it is on cool low it always freezes over but while on high cool it doesn't , what could this mean and is there anything I can do?

2006-09-02 08:35:25 · 5 answers · asked by bobsdidi 5 in Maintenance & Repairs

I have a toro timer , does that me I have to get toro valves too? I would like to get rainbird.

2006-09-02 08:22:52 · 1 answers · asked by Andy 3 in Garden & Landscape

2006-09-02 08:14:20 · 11 answers · asked by Jennifer G 1 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-09-02 08:08:40 · 2 answers · asked by sean R 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I have a vintage capiz shell chandelier that I had outside hanging from the porch. Bad idea because now it is dingy-I want to bring it inside and am wondering how to make it sparkling white again?

2006-09-02 08:06:07 · 2 answers · asked by brandinski 3 in Cleaning & Laundry

I just moved into an older house. The caulk in the bathtub from the previous owner was falling apart. I took out the old caulk, but there is grout behind that. This is the area where the tile wall meets the tub, which I've heard should never be grouted. It should just have caulk. Do I need to remove all the grout before recaulking, or can I just recaulk over the old grout?

2006-09-02 07:57:43 · 5 answers · asked by Jimmy 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

eating apples also cooking apples

2006-09-02 07:53:02 · 11 answers · asked by brabie 1 in Garden & Landscape

It is not an insect or worm. Nothing else in the garden is touched.

2006-09-02 07:49:44 · 7 answers · asked by Bluebirdbyebye 1 in Other - Home & Garden

Lately, my husband has been coming home with red lipstick stains all over his boxers. When i ask him how it got there, he tells me he doesn't know. So what can i use to remove the red lipstick from his boxer briefs and banana hammocks?

2006-09-02 07:49:31 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

I would like to know when my Hot Water Tank is about to let go so I can avoid having my basement flooded.

2006-09-02 07:48:06 · 9 answers · asked by wolf14771 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

Our apartment has a TINY dirt area inside the back patio, it is in view of our living room, kitchen, and dining room. The area is 4' long and a little over a foot wide (deep) rectangular. The back and left sides are against a fence and the other two sides are surrounded by concrete. I want to use this small area to add some astetic value to the patio. Something pretty, that makes you want to spend time outside. I live in North Carolina, in zone 7 on both types of zoning charts. The area drains well as the opposite side of the back fence sloaps downward. I've thought about using the space to grow herbs, my roomate and I both like to cook. Maybe planting flowers, or something that would creep up the fence (I'm not sure how the landlord would feel about that one). And of course...we're on a budget. Any and all ideas are appreciated!

2006-09-02 07:47:01 · 5 answers · asked by M 4 in Garden & Landscape

2006-09-02 07:40:59 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I injured my back in a bare back boar riding competition... since then i haven't been able to vaccuum cleanse my house... do u know of any other ways i can sanitize my carpet without using my vaccuum cleanser???

2006-09-02 07:39:36 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

the garbage trucks collect garbage only once a week. Right now we just put daily garbage in the garage but it stinks up the whole place. We can't leave it outside because it'll surely attract flies. So is there any smart way to go about this?

2006-09-02 07:37:51 · 5 answers · asked by bugzpodder 3 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-09-02 07:34:29 · 8 answers · asked by Clumsy 2 in Other - Home & Garden