Home & Garden - 9 November 2006

When I have lights on a dimmer switch, it seems that when the adjustment is not a full power, a humming noise comes from either the lights or the switch itself. Is there a way to eliminate this? Or is just simply a low quality dimmer switch?

Thanks for the help!

2006-11-09 00:57:49 · 7 answers · asked by szabo_webcombo 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

The kind you stick in the ground that emits a low frequency or vibration. My yard is ate up with mole tunnels. Anyone with experience in using these devices?

2006-11-09 00:56:48 · 5 answers · asked by teri 2 in Garden & Landscape

Hi all, my friend found a dead bird in her toilet. She had been away for the weekend (the house was empty) and came home to find a dead bird in the toilet. We believe that there was no way that the bird could have flown in and then into the toilet....we think the lid was down also. Is there any way that the bird could have come up from the plumbing??? Please give specifics if you know and how we could prevent this from happening again. It was quite a shock!
Thanks!

2006-11-09 00:54:32 · 13 answers · asked by wd2crv 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

It gets very little sunlight and a lot of traffic. I need grass that can stand up to ANYTHING! Any suggestions?

2006-11-09 00:50:32 · 5 answers · asked by firecat 1 in Garden & Landscape

Hello. For research & study purposes, I need to keep many books (medical and other) and magazines in my library at home. And mainly because we have young children, we need to censor or permanently hide some inappropriate pictures or simply unwanted pictures in these resources. I thought of using a black permanent marker, but this method may not be ideal if the pictures are really big or if the marker will seep through to the other side of the paper and destroy some needed reading material. I thought of using paper tapes to stick on the pages, but this may make the book or magazine end up looking weird & thick if there are many pages to sort out. Cutting the whole page would certainly be the best way, but it will only work if we don't need any of the reading material on either side of the paper to be cut. Do you have any creative ideas to help us permanently hide unwanted pictures in books & magazines? Either one method or a combination of methods depending on the details?

2006-11-09 00:50:24 · 2 answers · asked by Sumfamilyguy 1 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-11-09 00:37:57 · 12 answers · asked by neuro nurse 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

i have a 220 line to a stove i want to move a refrig to that location. can i use the same line

2006-11-09 00:35:05 · 5 answers · asked by dan m 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

glass cabinet locks to fit 16mm hole

2006-11-09 00:30:54 · 6 answers · asked by STUART M 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

i have a 220 line to a stove i want to move a refrig to that location. can i use the same line

2006-11-09 00:27:32 · 5 answers · asked by dan m 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-11-09 00:26:38 · 8 answers · asked by j mc 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

Or do I have to chuck out the whole jar?

2006-11-09 00:23:45 · 11 answers · asked by mcdesigntx 1 in Other - Home & Garden

All the rest of the radiators are working well but this one. I tried bleeding it but to no avail. The tubes leading to it get very hot, but the radiator itself remains cold.

2006-11-09 00:10:31 · 13 answers · asked by Doppelgangland 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

the super bolted the window around my a/c and i just leave it in all year. someone a few flights up from me has an a/c now that is above mine and whenever it rains it is like water torture to hear this monotonous drip of water from the unit up there....

what can i do? so far all i can think of is to get a huge sponge and stick it on the top of the a/c unit to absorb the water - and there has GOT to be something better then that right?

2006-11-09 00:07:59 · 3 answers · asked by cbear 1 in Other - Home & Garden

what is the device called that u can cut out the door corners on ur laminate flooring?

2006-11-09 00:07:48 · 14 answers · asked by sweetie 3 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

no matter how hard I seem to try, my house always seems messy, not filthy, just untidy.
I share with my son, so he doesn't help, but I always seem to have to clean up and tidy up all around. Am I just disorganised? lazy? does anyone else suffer like this? I suppose a full time job doesn't help, any suggestions?

2006-11-09 00:06:31 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

ever since i moved to this house the bathtub has this yellowish color. i've tried clorox,simplegreeen,mrclean.etc nothing works. i want a product that works good on the bathtub and another good for the tile to get rid of soap scum or what ever that build up is.

2006-11-09 00:00:39 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

I can actually get to the roof. I have recently moved in to the house. Is there a way of knowing where the joists are above the plasterboard?

2006-11-09 00:00:06 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs