Home & Garden - 7 November 2006

I don't know much about DIY but I'm looking for a christmas gift for my father. Any recommendation?

2006-11-07 09:29:53 · 5 answers · asked by Parisianben 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

It looks like a mushroom...white fleshy top, stem, but it has no gills, is hard as a rock and when I pulled it out of the ground it has roots! They are all over varing in size...some are as large as a pizza. Someone, please help me ID this strange fungi. Oh, btw, it smells!

2006-11-07 09:27:43 · 7 answers · asked by Bubblione 2 in Garden & Landscape

Can you instruct me on HOW to do this?

2006-11-07 09:27:01 · 4 answers · asked by hackisackgirl 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

I'm trying to change the colors of pure play sand with-out having to spend alot of money for christmas I have planned. I can't afford all the different colors out in the stores,when i have the ingredients here.I just need to know if it work before I picked up the heavy bag of sand. Thank you!!

2006-11-07 09:22:15 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

My dog just yakked on the comforter. It's cold tonight and I'm too poor to get it drycleaned. What will happen if I put it in the washing machine and drier?

2006-11-07 09:21:01 · 13 answers · asked by lillielil 3 in Cleaning & Laundry

I have a pretty nice brown leather jacket that was purchased at Wilsons, it's still fairly new. There are some scratches on it. I think it got caught in a door. The scratches however aren't very deep. Can they be repaired?????

2006-11-07 09:16:26 · 6 answers · asked by corbin_rox 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

I bought a direct-vent wall furnace from Home Depot online. I've been trying to return it for over a month because the gas company would not approve it. I have tried everything I can think of to speed this up. I have called 6 times in the last 33 days & every time I call I get a different story about their policy and how long it will take to get a shipping label in mail, or to get a phone call from the trucking company that's going to pick it up.
They are really giving me the run-around on this.
And no, I can not take it to a Home Depot store, I've asked that a few times, and they can not e-mail a shipping label for me to print out.
Any suggestions on how I can handle this matter? Is there any place I can call to report them? I have even told them that I am disabled and this huge box is in my way & I keep almost falling bumping into it (that is not a lie).
Any help would be appreciated.
I couldn't find a category to put this in, hopes it's ok in this one.

2006-11-07 09:03:08 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2006-11-07 08:58:57 · 4 answers · asked by Melissa S 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I have tried almost ever over the count thing there is out there. And most of them ruined an dyed colors there are on the shirts. I am about to go buy all new just so they turn white again?

2006-11-07 08:51:19 · 11 answers · asked by Corie M 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

Does anyone have any ideas on how to keep stray cats and raccoons or opossums (or whatever else) out of the trash in my 6 foot wood fenced backyard?

2006-11-07 08:46:30 · 5 answers · asked by NewMommy!!! 3 in Other - Home & Garden

i am trying to solve a problem of air in the water pipes in my house and i was wondering where the main water on off switch in a house is... does anybody know where theyd regularly be placed at???? thanks

2006-11-07 08:45:52 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

I am looking for the owner of expression in tile company in flower mound?

2006-11-07 08:40:52 · 4 answers · asked by sandra c 1 in Garden & Landscape

Im currently decorating a medical centre, and am now ready to do the finish coats. I am spraying the paint using an STmax 195. After completing the 1st room, I notice that the paint had servely slid after about 10 mins. Im using acylic eggshell, " achitects instructions". I tried serveral different spray tips and also varied the thicknes of the paint, but it made no difference. Would anyone agree that it may the cold weather, its around 8c inside, but the walls are probably around 4 or 5c. Should I try heating the rooms ? I gotta have this finished in early December, and goin back to a roller and brush will really cost me some time ! Any comments would be great !

2006-11-07 08:37:53 · 16 answers · asked by AT 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

my nabourghs nettles keep coming through my garden fence i tried weed killer but they come back more than before

2006-11-07 08:35:57 · 11 answers · asked by pauline_rk 1 in Garden & Landscape

2006-11-07 08:35:19 · 2 answers · asked by art8055 1 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-11-07 08:22:38 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

2006-11-07 08:20:27 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

2006-11-07 08:19:07 · 4 answers · asked by Tweet 5 in Cleaning & Laundry

I am trying to take apart a plastic pump housing on an electric motor. I was able to remove all but one phillips head screw. the screw was rusted and stripped when I tried to remove it. I have tried to tap it with no luck and remove it with an easy-out drill bit which just stripped it further. I need to salvage the plastic housing so I can not damage it removing the last screw. Note: the srew it going onto a metal female recepter thats glued into the platic housing. Any Thoughts would be appreciated THANK YOU

2006-11-07 08:14:08 · 11 answers · asked by Dennis M 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

considering a worcester bosch greenstar 30 kw or a 32kw alpha. pretty similar spec but want reliability. Never heard of alpha boilers befeore

2006-11-07 08:13:41 · 4 answers · asked by cold scot 1 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-11-07 08:11:24 · 5 answers · asked by Purple Princess 3 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-11-07 08:06:54 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

I am looking for a flower native to mexico. in mexico it is pronounced and spelled bugambilia. Anyone know of a website that sells them or of the american name for this flower please let me know.

2006-11-07 08:02:38 · 1 answers · asked by yardon77 2 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-11-07 08:01:08 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-11-07 07:49:01 · 3 answers · asked by HOPE 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

Do you like it?

2006-11-07 07:42:36 · 6 answers · asked by Samantha 5 in Decorating & Remodeling

2006-11-07 07:35:04 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

I have 1/2 HP screw drive garage door opener. I like this model because it has a SAFE-T beam feature that stops the door if a child is under the door while the opener is closing down.

Now, the problem is that when I use the control by the wall, I can close it but when I use the remote control, I had to press it so many times before the door closes, if at all. 95% of the time, the door just starts to close and then springs back up, even if there is no object obstructing the laser beam at the bottom. I have cleaned the glass of the "eye", replaced the battery for the control with a new, fresh one, replaced the coil springs and still no luck. I am resigned to getting out of my truck each time and use the wall control and lower the door to a point where I can I can slip right thru and use the remote to close the door completely. In short, I have to use both the wall control and remote control to open and close my garage door.

Any suggestions? Help!

2006-11-07 07:30:21 · 4 answers · asked by Aldo 5 in Maintenance & Repairs

I opened my oven door before it locked therefore, the lock is engaged and my door will not close. I cannot put it through the cleaning cycle to disengage the lock or heat it for cooking because the door is ajar and it will not heat with the door open. Please help.

2006-11-07 07:23:49 · 4 answers · asked by tnyaya3 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

Remove from Birch wood?

2006-11-07 07:20:50 · 1 answers · asked by Mari B 1 in Decorating & Remodeling