Home & Garden - 11 December 2006

which is better and why:
a fake xmas tree
a real xmas tree

2006-12-11 10:33:08 · 7 answers · asked by mily 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

2006-12-11 10:32:44 · 3 answers · asked by leahy91 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I seen a short report on the news about these plugs. The reporter talked about the amount of wattage that household appliances and other devices use when not in use. All of this adds money to your hydro bill and I would like to purchase these plugs. The ones shown were orange in color. Some states have laws prohibiting the amount of wattage leakage to just a few watts of power.

2006-12-11 10:32:42 · 2 answers · asked by Lynda 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

We've had several plumbers out here and there is no pipe leak, slab leak etc. Could this water be from them building the pool? What can I do to find out? Are the pool contractors responsible?

2006-12-11 10:32:14 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

My dad told me he wants a sharpening steel for Christmas and I have no idea what is good and what's not - help!

2006-12-11 10:25:07 · 1 answers · asked by onehundredproofer 1 in Other - Home & Garden

to remove boards and siding

2006-12-11 10:23:46 · 3 answers · asked by Lyman S 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I know that their is a certain way to thoroughly clean your dryer filter but besides taking the lint stuff off of it, what else can I do?

2006-12-11 10:22:54 · 7 answers · asked by Smiley 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

If its raining out does a plant need to still be fed by the chloroplasts? What about for the entire week if it rained and there was no sunlight for the week? Thanks.

2006-12-11 10:21:19 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

2006-12-11 10:20:01 · 4 answers · asked by gregoryen 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

what's the quickest way to clean up a carpet with a giant water puddle in it?

2006-12-11 10:19:51 · 8 answers · asked by layla 3 in Cleaning & Laundry

The skirt is 80% polyester, 10% wool, and 10% rayon. It has a 100% polyester lining. I'd like to machine wash it cold using the hand-wash or delicate cycle on my machine. Do you think I can get away with it?

2006-12-11 10:15:20 · 9 answers · asked by MerryChristmasAnswers 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

I have a bit of a problem

I say its a floater but actually it has now sunk
There is no way I am sticking any hands down there

I've been flushing for 4 days and its still there
my inlaws are coming to visit tommorrow so I gotta get rid of it

Please help !

Serious answers only please

2006-12-11 10:14:00 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

I've got an old system that I'm trying to bring back to life, but the tubing doesn't make any sense. It goes from the sediment filter to the reverse osmosis element, then splits into clean and unfiltered streams. This is where it gets weird. The two streams go to opposite sides of a PVC assembly. One part looks like it's just a screen inside of a 3/4" PVC connector assembly, and the other side enters a 3/4" tee that seems to contain a flow restrictor of some sort. The rest of that stream branches off to the carbon filter, and maybe to the 5 gal tank. The last part of the PVC tee goes to an unknown exit. But why drain filtered water? Meanwhile, the carbon filtered water seems to be unattached to anything on the output. So which is the clean water? The carbon filter exit or the R/O output that seems to rejoin with the unfiltered water????? What is that restrictor tee? What is it for? How does it keep the clean water seperate from the drain water???

2006-12-11 10:05:48 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-12-11 10:05:02 · 3 answers · asked by oldbutgold2001 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

there are no buttons that i can see. there is only a knob that turns the refridgeration part from low to high. the ice is more than an inch thick and i really need to keep something frozen. help!

2006-12-11 10:04:51 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

I grew an amaryllis bulb two months back, it grew about 1.5 ft tall, lots of leaves but does not have any flower stalk.
Is that normal??? Could it be that its not getting enough sunshine, its raining a lot in CA these days, so I've placed the plant indoors by the west facing window but not lot of sun these days :-(

2006-12-11 10:02:37 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

I need to remove some ceiling popcorn and there may be asbestos. What precautions do I need to take in removal (i.e. eye/lung/skin protection) and disposal (sealed plastic bags, dumpster, etc...)? Thanks.

2006-12-11 10:00:18 · 6 answers · asked by MDHanner 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

There's a great deal of dry rot in my house and is there any way to prevent it from spreading? I know I need to change parts of the roof and floor, but at the moment I can't afford it. The dry rot seem to attack some type of wood more than others or is it just a matter of time? Would paint have any affect?

2006-12-11 09:54:04 · 8 answers · asked by Miranda Elizabeth 2 in Other - Home & Garden

I planted allium bulbs (globemaster) in containers in Oct but even after 2 months, I don't see any growth in there. What could be the problem. I haven't put the pots out in the backyard as squirrels dig them up. How often do they need water???sun???

2006-12-11 09:52:39 · 3 answers · asked by Novice Gardener 1 in Garden & Landscape

How do I know if a wall I would like to remove in my house is a load-bearing wall?

2006-12-11 09:52:22 · 7 answers · asked by Truckin' for a Livin' 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

2006-12-11 09:51:05 · 9 answers · asked by Heather M 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

We went through Hurricane Katrina. We still have spray paint on the front bricks from the hurricane. It is time to remove this. The house is finished. How can I get it off?

2006-12-11 09:42:40 · 5 answers · asked by living this life 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-12-11 09:37:13 · 8 answers · asked by just curious 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

2006-12-11 09:35:15 · 2 answers · asked by cool_yada_yada1 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

What could we do to prevent mould?

2006-12-11 09:31:01 · 10 answers · asked by Shaky 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-12-11 09:29:00 · 4 answers · asked by beast 1 in Other - Home & Garden

Just curious as thats all the cash ive got. Not talking about buying land or hiring builders, this is just for materials. I heard polystyrene blocks filled with concrete are cheap and easy to build with? Any one tried using them?

2006-12-11 09:26:16 · 10 answers · asked by james l 2 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-12-11 09:18:33 · 24 answers · asked by Karl H 2 in Other - Home & Garden

The fuse in my electric shower recently burnt out. It was a 45A fuse. I have 10.4kW electric shower with 10mm cables connected to 240Volt UK domestic mains suply. The power cables from the shower connect in to a rip cord switch box which is subsequently connected to an independent fuse box which used to have a 45A fuse in it until it burnt out. I replaced the burnt out fuse with a brand new 45A fuse. Since then, when I turn my shower on the water does NOT get as hot as it used to with the old fuse. I have to turn the temperate dial up by at least three points before the water gets warm enough. Why is this happening? Should I actually fit a 50A fuse so more load is drawn from the mains? I don't under what the problem is. Can someone qualified in electronics advise me?

2006-12-11 09:17:57 · 4 answers · asked by Jupiter Orbit 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-12-11 09:16:20 · 6 answers · asked by Zhukov 4 in Cleaning & Laundry