Home & Garden - 15 October 2006

We have enough money to pay off our 30 year morgage ( 29 years left) and a little money left in the bank. We were going to put it in our retirement fund, but think it might be better to pay off the house. Anyone know if it would be benificial one way or the other (tax wise etc)

2006-10-15 12:02:17 · 11 answers · asked by Cherie 2 in Other - Home & Garden

I have a baytree and it has scale insects sucking on it. I dont want to use a systemic insecticide as I cook with the leaves. It also gets small green catterpillars (inchworms) that eat the young leaves and stick them together all year.

2006-10-15 11:58:57 · 8 answers · asked by watcher0012 2 in Garden & Landscape

2006-10-15 11:53:35 · 6 answers · asked by juan p 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

2006-10-15 11:52:34 · 23 answers · asked by mark p 1 in Garden & Landscape

I have beautiful refinished wood floors on my rental house that I am thinking of covering with new carpet. Does anyone have any opinion on if this is a good idea or not? The heater is loud due to the echoing on the wood so I thought this might help and also make the bedrooms cosier. But I would do it only if I could improve the house and charge higher rent. To what extent do you think this would improve the livibility of the house/bedrooms?

2006-10-15 11:49:33 · 9 answers · asked by Lighthearted 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-10-15 11:46:54 · 5 answers · asked by metalbrow 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

How do you know which circuit breakers are out? Electricity went out in kitchen. Lights work, but outlets do not.. What should I do? 1/2 the outlets in the house don't work anymore. Is this self fixable or do I need an electrician? We had just bought a little conventional oven for the kitchen so we can bake chicken. Today I had some chicken baking in the little oven and when I came back to check up on it, it was off. I noticed that our rice cooker wasn't powered on either, come to find out, none of the appliances that required power outlets were not working. Including the refridgerator!!! In our other rooms, everything works fine, the outlets are working. It's just the ones in the kitchen, does anyone know what happened?? And what should I do to fix this? Is it something with the circuit breaker? We turned it off and turned it back on but its still not working. I reset and tested all the outlets, but nothing is working.In the electrical panel, how would you know which breaker is out?

2006-10-15 11:45:42 · 5 answers · asked by preshusQD 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

New handyman project involves putting ceramic tile on bathroom walls. Never tried this before. Any tips or suggestions? What about a web site with do it yourself directions?

2006-10-15 11:41:27 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2006-10-15 11:40:05 · 5 answers · asked by Rodney B 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-10-15 11:32:56 · 4 answers · asked by j d 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

I put a coat of urethane on a previously coated wooden bar. I had no knowledge of the type of material that had been used on it before, but prepped the surface well and applied the urethane. Now it's peeling in places and has small bubbles popping up here and there. I've used varnish before and after using the urethane I'd rather go back to varnish. So if I was to re-finish this again, without totally stripping it down....what should I use?

2006-10-15 11:32:11 · 7 answers · asked by mollyhogan 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I have a hot air funace and I have to change the air filters where can they be found

2006-10-15 11:31:43 · 3 answers · asked by henryexplorer 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-10-15 11:30:51 · 2 answers · asked by Kimmer 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

They both connect to the bus bar in the circuit breaker box.

2006-10-15 11:30:11 · 6 answers · asked by bob_whelan1944 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

trying to determine issues with this type insurance

2006-10-15 11:25:08 · 7 answers · asked by Traveler 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

We are in a rental home which had central heat and air installed this past summer. This is the first time we have turned on the heat and the smoke alarms keep going off. Is this something to worry about or is this normal? (I know it sounds like a really stupid question, but I grew up in the Tropics, so I don't know how the heating works!)

2006-10-15 11:24:08 · 8 answers · asked by Kate 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-10-15 11:21:58 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

How do you arrange your bed and bedding? Mine is in this order

Base, mattress, duvet, pillows, bed cover

2006-10-15 11:19:27 · 6 answers · asked by Todd C 1 in Other - Home & Garden

i have leather funiture(color light gray on top and black on the bottom) . it is almost new and it is gorgous . my kids have eaten on it and it now has stains all over the leather . i have tried everything to clean it nothing works. does anyone out there have any idea how to clean it or even better we are also thinking about coloring it black. does anyone know what brand of paint i can use?

2006-10-15 11:13:08 · 5 answers · asked by inna357 3 in Cleaning & Laundry

2006-10-15 11:12:02 · 9 answers · asked by me 4 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-10-15 11:09:06 · 2 answers · asked by gball13@pacbell.net 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

If anyone knows please tell me and possibly a way to get rid of them lol

2006-10-15 11:07:45 · 2 answers · asked by Darkangel 1 in Other - Home & Garden

Was a single mum until 7yrs ago! Anyone else got excited because they have something completely new!

2006-10-15 11:05:55 · 10 answers · asked by Somer 4 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-10-15 11:03:25 · 2 answers · asked by Russ R 1 in Other - Home & Garden

Hello all,

Trying to get an idea how much a new carpet will cost... including fitting. I have no idea about carpet, but would probably choose midpriced stuff (not cheap/not high end).

The amount of carpet I need is... enough to cover a normal staircase and 3 square metres in the hall (that's 2mx1m + 1mx1m, not 3x3).

Does anyone have any idea?
Thanks

2006-10-15 10:55:05 · 11 answers · asked by chrisj14uk 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

I am doing an interior design course and have to do a window treatment for an arched window - Ant ideas ? Pictures or websites would be a great help - Needed ASAP !!

2006-10-15 10:50:48 · 10 answers · asked by Plum 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

I'm moving to a new house with a garbage disposer. Is there such a thing as a guard to keep children safe. I really do not trust those things. Any suggestions whould be most appreciated thanks.

2006-10-15 10:46:08 · 8 answers · asked by Purple_Freak_Faery 2 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-10-15 10:44:09 · 8 answers · asked by goofygirl1275 1 in Other - Home & Garden

I'm looking for a holepuncher that i can use to punch holes in business cards. so instead of typing I can just put them in the rolodex.

2006-10-15 10:43:35 · 4 answers · asked by na 2 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-10-15 10:43:18 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs