Home & Garden - 1 December 2006

My family are very short (i.e. less than 5 ft) and are looking to buy a new sofa and sofa bed. Unforetunately most sofas are designed for people of average height. We are looking to buy a sofa designed for the comfort (and to give better back support) to short people. Thanks

2006-12-01 23:56:29 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

After installer left, had no hot water in new kitchen sink. Had it elsewhere in house though. I adjusted supply valve and got mild lukewarm water and low flow. Also got big leak at supply valve joint so had to shut valve off. Now it's the weekend and will get no service til next week, what to do??

2006-12-01 23:56:15 · 5 answers · asked by RBRN 5 in Maintenance & Repairs

Have tried paint stripper but takes for ever.
P.S. Have got loads to do.

2006-12-01 23:40:39 · 10 answers · asked by wooster 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

can i leave the ceiling as is. i would prefer to have open to peak. do i need to brace outer walls with any lumber across the interior

2006-12-01 23:37:49 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

what would the problem be

2006-12-01 23:36:42 · 12 answers · asked by suewhale52 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

My freezer stopped working yesterday. Not sure exactly what it is but I am preparing for the wost.

2006-12-01 23:30:58 · 14 answers · asked by Dan R 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

How do I get dried latex interior paint off leather shoes?

2006-12-01 23:28:30 · 4 answers · asked by Old man wrench 4 in Cleaning & Laundry

is once a week suffient?...I'm new to water softeners and dont fully understand the lingo....

2006-12-01 23:23:12 · 1 answers · asked by ibJohn 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I have a small blood spot on a beige couch, any ideas on how to get rid of it? It's fairly fresh.

2006-12-01 22:53:23 · 8 answers · asked by Jarji 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

2006-12-01 22:20:28 · 10 answers · asked by Layne J 1 in Garden & Landscape

The door is the original front door on a 1934 house. We have added a porch.After stripping it with a combination of hot air blower and Nitromorse there are a few holes that need filling. Also some dark drip marks and dark areas. What shall I finally use as a cleaning agent and what shall I apply to give it a good natural wood finish? When it is ready I shall insert the leaded glass panel which I have comptetely re-leaded. Clever girl!

2006-12-01 22:20:25 · 11 answers · asked by bettibwt383036 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

2006-12-01 22:15:16 · 26 answers · asked by joanne k 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

And I mean by mistake, not something you "dropped" on purpose.

Follow-up question: Where's the best place to buy a new mobile phone? Mine's got water damage.

2006-12-01 22:02:29 · 19 answers · asked by Ask the chicken 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

2006-12-01 22:01:44 · 11 answers · asked by canara 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

lemon tree and time it takes to starting flowers

2006-12-01 21:54:11 · 1 answers · asked by kurdi_mud 1 in Garden & Landscape

You know When Lloyd Grossman goes about properties in 'Through the Keyhole', then enters the bedrooms and goes in and finds an ...ahem, 'embarssing' article in the bedside cabinet.
What is in your bedside cabinet?
Lets keep this reasonably clean folks!

2006-12-01 21:44:00 · 19 answers · asked by Moorglademover 6 in Other - Home & Garden

I'd like to know if there is some way to do this. Also, is there a way to track the one apartment's usage of the water heater?

There are 9 units in this building, but we only want to track the usage in one apartment, separate from the others.

2006-12-01 21:41:19 · 7 answers · asked by ? 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-12-01 21:27:13 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

I have a young tree which has grown to 5ft,its looking a bit skinny what should I feed it?

2006-12-01 21:26:05 · 1 answers · asked by julia 3 in Garden & Landscape

2006-12-01 21:22:35 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

eg. pipes, porcelain etc.

2006-12-01 21:15:15 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

i look everywhere. but cant find. i just need an interesting idea to find it

2006-12-01 19:28:32 · 17 answers · asked by ArzuZ 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2006-12-01 19:22:17 · 6 answers · asked by younes a 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

water pressure gradually gets up to 30 psig and pop off valve starts releasing - must have worked for many years - seems to be a trick to reducing water level in expansion tank to get right amount of air/water mixture

2006-12-01 19:17:54 · 1 answers · asked by bill freeby 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

A normal gas stove produces a blue flame from a regular LPG & does not leave a black burn under a pot or pan. When the flame became yellow in time, it marked a nasty burn under the pots or pan. These burns are messy to clean & needs a lot of effort & water to remove aside from the cleaning tools to use which we need to re-clean to remove the burns.

2006-12-01 19:17:09 · 7 answers · asked by bonn 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-12-01 19:13:00 · 11 answers · asked by Bens Mommy 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

My Kenmore dishwasher is leaving a powdery residue on my Loc and Loc plastic ware storage containers. This is not "etching" because the residue rinses clean under running tap water. I have normal city water - neither hard nor soft. I do not use a water softener. I've tried less detergent, more detergent, rinse aid and no rinse aid, hotter water and less hot water, long cycles and short cycles, air dry and heat dry. The plastic ware is washed on the top shelf.

I use Cascade Shine Shield Clean Rinse Formula detergent and Jet Dri Liquid Rinse Aid in the machine's dispenser.

Anyone have any ideas? All of the other dishes are coming out sparkling clean but the plastic issue is really bumming me out...

2006-12-01 19:07:35 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

This is my 2nd winter in this apartment, avg gas price per heating (a month) is about $200-250. It says on the bill that gas is like $12 per unit--whichever unit they measure by.

Is it better to just use these radiator heaters? Would it be much cheaper to use these since it's using electric or what?

2006-12-01 19:05:56 · 3 answers · asked by PlasticTrees 2 in Other - Home & Garden

wardrobes and dressing table are rosewood color with gold border

2006-12-01 18:44:52 · 6 answers · asked by ramesh r 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

2006-12-01 18:44:49 · 8 answers · asked by hidoug 3 in Garden & Landscape