Home & Garden - 17 October 2006

I've painted two bedrooms already and so frustrated that I couldn't make a clean/crisp line between two different paint colors. I'm painting walls and where walls and ceiling meet. I am spending so much time retouching even if I use blue tape all around. The paint seeps in between the grooves of the textured walls. Please advise. Thanks!

2006-10-17 06:19:39 · 6 answers · asked by Weekend painter 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

Previous answers to this question were weak or unlikely to be appropriate. I hope someone can do better this time.

2006-10-17 06:17:33 · 2 answers · asked by syrious 5 in Garden & Landscape

Previous answers to this question were weak or unlikely to be appropriate. I hope someone can do better this time.

2006-10-17 06:16:50 · 2 answers · asked by syrious 5 in Garden & Landscape

I am renting a room in my home to a single white female roommate. She pays her bills on time and is semi-clean in the common areas but she keeps her room in disarray. You can hardly see the floor in her room because of all the clothes and junk laying around. This, I don't mind since I am not occupying that room but the problem is, her funk is starting to creep to other parts of the house. For example, If I am downstairs, I know when she has the door to her room open because the scent of the room downstairs changes from neutral to drunken wino. The odor is very pungent and it smells like she hiding a drunken homeless person in her room. I want to tell her to clean up her act; that she needs to do something about neutralizing the odor and to do something about that the funk that rushes out of her room when her door is open but I need to think of a tactful way of doing so, I am becoming a very unhappy camper, any suggestions?

2006-10-17 06:11:12 · 23 answers · asked by commonsince76 3 in Cleaning & Laundry

Did I not turn it enough when it was still in the bin?

2006-10-17 06:09:08 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

2006-10-17 06:05:58 · 16 answers · asked by velvet 2 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

the gasoline may be a year old however it still starts.......when i hit full throtle it wants to die as if its running out of gas

2006-10-17 05:58:55 · 4 answers · asked by VALENTINO 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I have several rugosa roses that got a fungus this summer--I sprayed repeatedly but never got it handled. I have been told to spay the canes with a lime sulfur spray in late winter.The rose hips have turned red & look pretty, but should I cut the bushes to the ground this fall? Should I leave them alone until it is time to spray? Please tell me!

2006-10-17 05:56:39 · 4 answers · asked by dbrcymry 3 in Garden & Landscape

I need a rough guide as you buy them in bulk by kg or lbs and are
sold by the pint!

2006-10-17 05:52:02 · 9 answers · asked by Lesley B 1 in Garden & Landscape

First time carving a pumpkin
want it to stay nice at least until after Halloween.
Please help.

2006-10-17 05:51:01 · 95 answers · asked by ? 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

Any good? How does it compare to more mainstream polishers?

2006-10-17 05:48:34 · 2 answers · asked by bobfleming25 2 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2006-10-17 05:48:11 · 16 answers · asked by jason308754 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

Making blankets, curtains and a sun dress?

2006-10-17 05:44:14 · 7 answers · asked by sophia_of_light 5 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

How do I go about painting it? I would prefer to give it a white wash. Can I use normal emulsion? It needs to be done before Sunday, new carpet being laid!

2006-10-17 05:42:47 · 3 answers · asked by Rossy 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

2006-10-17 05:42:36 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

I didn't know how to categorize question.

2006-10-17 05:37:00 · 1 answers · asked by bella 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

2006-10-17 05:36:45 · 1 answers · asked by Jason 4 in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-10-17 05:30:10 · 2 answers · asked by kjc581 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

im looking for a cap to put on the feet of my lounge to protect the lino and carpet from getting abused, any good product in australia would be choice.
anythink i should look for?

2006-10-17 05:27:35 · 1 answers · asked by BoChOi 3 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

Would you rather Wash or Dry?
Or use a dishwasher?

2006-10-17 05:25:34 · 14 answers · asked by twixlicker 3 in Other - Home & Garden

I live in Middle Tennessee and want to know what to do with thte following herb plants:

Sage
Oregano
Thyme
Basil
Rosemary
Chives

2006-10-17 05:21:09 · 2 answers · asked by Richard M 1 in Garden & Landscape

they pay for repairs first and take the cost of them from the sale of the house off the top .

2006-10-17 05:20:02 · 1 answers · asked by kriskat623 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-10-17 05:19:15 · 2 answers · asked by Susan K 1 in Garden & Landscape

help both homes and one other has this there our neighbors and we would love to sell our home although with the mold all over there homes buyers will b scared off what could we do what causes this ty

2006-10-17 05:17:46 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

We have paid £1000 up to now but can't pay more. We are only working class.

2006-10-17 05:13:21 · 3 answers · asked by janice s 1 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-10-17 05:12:23 · 3 answers · asked by Richard R 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

When should I remove my hostas from the ground and store them inside? Do I cut off the roots and leaves? When I bought them they were dry bulbs can I just store them dry over the winter?

2006-10-17 05:03:07 · 1 answers · asked by Grant d 4 in Garden & Landscape

2006-10-17 04:58:27 · 3 answers · asked by Arunas K 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

Have a 5 yr old vokera combi boiler situated in cellar of a 3 storey house with some original 4 inch lead pipes. The pressure is always very low - about 0.5 on the dial. Get heating ok (although rads are noisy - a low hiss) and hw after about 45 secs. Should I be worried about the low pressure even though hw and heating are generally ok? Also one radiator doesn't work. Whilst fitting a new TRV, the plumbers discovered a blockage was preventing water flow as when they took rad off and opened up valve no water came out. They suggested the system needs power flushing (at a cost of some £500!!!). Could the low boiler pressure and this blockage be related? Is there a cheaper option than power flushing? Would really appreciate any help on this. I think possibly a combi boiler is innappropriate for the size of the house!

2006-10-17 04:57:09 · 9 answers · asked by char 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

Hi Im Karin,I just asked for help on my problem with my landlord that wants to evict me after I with held the rent for September, the contion Im in is the place is a Mobil Home, it has 3 mager leaks in the kitchen and hallway, we have 28 outlets total in the house only 5 are working, we are running extention cords everywhere, we have not central heat or Air , the lease is a normal lease no rent as is , or I have to fix it, I hardly see my landlord in 1 year and 3 month he responded 4 times , to come by, he wrote me a hand note saying move by October 31st. for not paying rent in September I have mailed the rent for October on the 10th. now we found out he was not even suppost to rent this place out in the contion it was in, I have put about 2000 dollars in repairs all ready, so we can live half way normal, where is my right, all I wanet was for him to step up, a little, now after I confronted him he say;s he wants to sell the place , and we have 14 days to move, where is my right Karin

2006-10-17 04:55:55 · 6 answers · asked by kforkarin 1 in Other - Home & Garden