Home & Garden - 3 December 2006

I have a spare, finished room in the basement. The basement is completely dry, so I'm doing large sticky tiles over it. However, I used concrete crack filler to fill in very thin cracks on the floor. I didn't trowel or flatten all of it right away and now in certain areas there are small clumps of concrete crack filler that is hard as a rock and I don't know how to flatten it. Any suggestions???

2006-12-03 13:50:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

I have just stained my floor a red chestnut finish, and I have dark areas where the brush overlapped, what should I do to remove it. I want to finish with a clear coat over it.

2006-12-03 13:50:14 · 8 answers · asked by paul c 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

2006-12-03 13:42:19 · 10 answers · asked by kayley 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

2006-12-03 13:41:08 · 3 answers · asked by dawn120604 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

the laundry room in my building closes early and it's becoming difficult to find time to get my laundry done. i'm thinking of having a service pick up my laundry and do it for me but i don't know how much it might cost. anybody know? (best if you know the cost for the santa monica/brentwood area of LA but i'll take anything)

2006-12-03 13:38:13 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

okay this is an unfinished job. my friends already have the carpet, padding, and the kicker. however the only part left is a square foot hallway and about eleven pie shaped steps, but these steps are very narrow. they start in the kitchen leading upstairs to the bedroom. what is a fair price for this? where can i find out more info? please help, my friend is having her first baby and she is due at the end of december of this year!

2006-12-03 13:37:41 · 4 answers · asked by say what 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

i thought i had christmas cactus but someone told me it was really thanksgiving cactus. how do they know it was thanksgiving when it says on the tag that its christmas cactus?

2006-12-03 13:30:53 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

2006-12-03 13:28:43 · 8 answers · asked by marilyn s 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

Went to a commercial window and door guy. He wants $1100. Depot and Lowes have them for 3-400/ The door guy has the style/color we want but the others don't.

2006-12-03 13:27:13 · 15 answers · asked by jonn 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I wanted to move out of my parents house, I will be 19 in 20 days. They dont really want me to move out, but I just started my own small business, and I need space. What should I do? Sometimes I want to go, but sometimes I dont.. I have 2 younger siblings, and I dont want to leave them, plus saving my money would be good too. Thanks for your help

2006-12-03 13:26:29 · 7 answers · asked by CREG 3 in Decorating & Remodeling

2006-12-03 13:22:52 · 8 answers · asked by Freakgirl 7 in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-12-03 13:20:58 · 5 answers · asked by Tweenkey 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

Chandelier wiring project. Want the wire to be as invisible as possible. Each arm holds a 75W socket (110V). Ideally, I'd like AWG 24-2 rated for 120V, 100+ degrees C. But, 24-1 is fine too. I need about 35ft of wire. Tried Home Depot.. Searching the web didn't help. Thanks a lot for any pointers.

2006-12-03 13:20:24 · 7 answers · asked by kapi 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2006-12-03 13:19:41 · 4 answers · asked by Karuso 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

I accidentally touched a broken bulb with pliers and it sparked. Dumb, I know. I have reset the breaker (it was't blown anyway), as well as the GFCI on that outlet. Yet all lights are still out. The bulbs still work because I switched one to see. These are outdoor lights. Both sides of the outlet still work.

2006-12-03 12:51:04 · 7 answers · asked by Les 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

They were built by a cabinetmaker before we moved into my condominium. I have tried and tried to get the HOA to pay but to no avail. We are getting ready to sell and cant afford to replace the drawers. Only the bottoms are warped is there anyway to fix this?
The drawer bottoms are glued into the drawers, they are not the slide out kind.

2006-12-03 12:49:51 · 5 answers · asked by hechicera_de_la_alma 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-12-03 12:49:20 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2006-12-03 12:48:00 · 9 answers · asked by Ms. Nita 3 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2006-12-03 12:47:09 · 4 answers · asked by Ms. Nita 3 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-12-03 12:46:16 · 5 answers · asked by bahaiking 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

2006-12-03 12:44:17 · 21 answers · asked by Nathan R 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

When we bought our old home, our home inspector said that we needed a new roof. It has two layers of shingles nailed into cedar wood (not cedar shingles). He said they used to use cedar in the old days, but no roofer would reuse the cedar. So the whole roof repair would be a tear off of the shingles and wood beneath.

We have a good contractor, but I'm not sure I understand his estimate and whether he understands that there is cedar that needs to be removed (a complete tear off) - although we told him that.

Here's his estimate below - what does this mean in layman's terms?

"Remove all existing roofing to lath, repair lath if needed and install 7/16" OSB sheathing, #15 roofing felt and 30 year dimensional asphalt shingles with rollvent ridgevent. Includes cleanup and disposal of debris.

It also says "Lath repair will be billed extra." That's what makes me wonder - what is "lath"? That's not the cedar that needs to be removed is it? The cedar is the sheathing?

2006-12-03 12:38:50 · 9 answers · asked by Jimmy 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

I have hibiscus and begonias and it is getting down into the teens at night. Will they survive with plastic tarp over them?

2006-12-03 12:37:13 · 7 answers · asked by SunFun 5 in Garden & Landscape

2006-12-03 12:36:06 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

Is it Possible?

2006-12-03 12:30:56 · 13 answers · asked by lilAudrey 6 in Garden & Landscape

The exaust pipe is a straight shot venting to the outside... can it be insulated, would that help? Looking from the outside, it is just a PVC pipe with no cover, just a grate.

2006-12-03 12:27:22 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

I have tried clorox bleach to kill the smell in my basement, but my wife is chemically sensative and I must fine anothe product that will kill mold spores. What works?

2006-12-03 12:24:57 · 4 answers · asked by John C 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

As I've stated before, We've has ants these past days. About three or four days ago Terminex came and sprayed extra potent stuff around the house, But couldn't spray on the inside in fear of too much chemicals. Well I just found alot of ants IN THE FREEZER of our refridgerator. There was like a pile dead, And a bunch crawling around the outside. My dad sprayed the majority and wiped them away. WTF?! Why were they in the freezer? I thought they were trying to GET AWAY from the cold? Any solutions to whats going on?

2006-12-03 12:24:49 · 7 answers · asked by Kirstin 2 in Other - Home & Garden

We planted an avocado tree a year or so ago. It was small, skinny, and grew slowly. There is a huge avocado tree about 6 feet away. Someone told us to plant it near the other avocado tree and it would grow faster.

The other thing about two feet away is an old tree stump. All of a sudden, "Hector" (Yes we named him and call him a boy, lol), seemed weak, and the bottom part of him started turning brown.

All his leaves are brown and drooped. He drooped once before, but it was like he was hibernating, and finally he came out of it. We water him once a week. I think he is pretty much dead, but my husband doesn't.

Is he just playing like the Charlie Brown Christmas Tree, or is he really dead? Also, can we save him and if so, how?

Thank you in advance.

2006-12-03 12:17:20 · 4 answers · asked by SweetPea 3 in Other - Home & Garden

Hello, since last Saturday, our furnace was producing some burnt smell. It is on occassional basis but it's been happening until today (2 days). It's on and off. Can you please advise what is the problem and suggest my next step.

Thanks

2006-12-03 12:13:30 · 5 answers · asked by WELS 1 in Maintenance & Repairs