Home & Garden - 31 December 2006

I bought some landscape lights similar to

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It says "UL Listed for Temporary Outdoor use" . Well, what does this mean ? Its unsafe to use it for an extended period of time (more than a few months ?) want these to be a permanant fixture in my lawn. Is this possible with this rating?

2006-12-31 05:31:30 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

When you reglaze the tile in your shower or tub, do you glaze right over the grout? Also, how well does this hold up/resist scratching?

2006-12-31 05:29:39 · 2 answers · asked by Jim C 5 in Decorating & Remodeling

my daughter drew on my sheets with a hot pink lipstick ( 500 count cotton)

2006-12-31 05:26:26 · 5 answers · asked by perez6plus1 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

2006-12-31 05:25:27 · 20 answers · asked by nakeder 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

No matter how long or short of period of time I hold in the pilot button (30 seconds to 5 minutes) I have the same results, the pilot light goes out. Also, I can not find a 'reset' button on it anywhere.

2006-12-31 05:24:56 · 5 answers · asked by Ed 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

i was wondering if anyone know of any place online or a store near the d.c. area that sells the holder piece for a pen set. i am making a desk set and need just the piece that holds the pen to mount to my handmade plaques. i am looking for something 1/2 way cheap as well. i have looked at all the office type stores. any ideas would be greatly appreciated. thanks!

2006-12-31 05:18:39 · 5 answers · asked by nome179er 3 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I have to clean my room fast and i need some easy and fun ways.

2006-12-31 05:10:19 · 4 answers · asked by Maddie 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

My house is old and I need to replace a shutoff valve for the cold water intake to the bathtub. I've been reading on line about how to do this but can't find my answer. Here's the question- Do I need to use teflon tape or pipe compound to replace a shutoff valve? The pipe and valve are both metal. I also need to know if there is an easy way to remove the old valve? I haven't tried yet but it looks like it has been glued in or something. Any help or sugestions would be very apreciated. Thanks, Patty

2006-12-31 05:05:00 · 12 answers · asked by Patty 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-12-31 04:51:53 · 13 answers · asked by A M 2 in Garden & Landscape

fantastic cleaner solution who created it

2006-12-31 04:49:06 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

two apartment house -one oil fired hot water peerless boiler. When heating hot water circulating pumps do not run for heat. Is this correct? We took hot water off priority but still heats first before heat.
Also we have run out of hot water (4 girls using) and it takes forever for turnaround time to heat water. In the meantime temperature in house gets colder as heat does not kick in until tank is full of hot water. Any suggestions?

2006-12-31 04:47:54 · 3 answers · asked by Debra S 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

My couch is light gray and my carpet is a dark blue with a hint of light gray in it.

2006-12-31 04:44:19 · 5 answers · asked by zoeyeclipse 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

2006-12-31 04:42:16 · 7 answers · asked by Alexandra 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

2006-12-31 04:40:32 · 5 answers · asked by james e 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

2006-12-31 04:38:33 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

Is there a point? Who conceived it? Is it meant to be trendy? Is it meant to be energy efficient? Is it a Southern thing? Why, God, why?

2006-12-31 04:33:14 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

I have a wooden coffee table and the screws keep becoming loose after I tighten them. Would buying all new screws for the whole thing fix the problem? The coffee table is only about 4 or 5 years old and I don't have the same problem with the end tables. Any advice is welcomed.

2006-12-31 04:25:49 · 23 answers · asked by Sarah 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

White on the bottom - blue on top. What height should I put the separation and I will add in a shelf at this juncture.

2006-12-31 04:23:59 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

what is the easiest and best working types of insulation to get?

2006-12-31 04:16:11 · 2 answers · asked by amfr 2 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-12-31 04:16:01 · 11 answers · asked by guesty68 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

its orange and it smells, grows upwards, and not along the ground

2006-12-31 04:11:38 · 6 answers · asked by STEVE b 1 in Garden & Landscape

I want to redo my front bathroom. It's basically a guest bath/child's bath. Right now, the walls are a very light sage with eggshell trim, cream shower curtain, rug and accessories.

I want to change it. I'm not afraid of color (my master bath has navy blue walls, silver accessories and a very tiny touch of yellow). I would like something that will work both as a child's bathroom and the main bath, so no kid's characters. Oh, it is a smallish bathroom as well. White appliances and chrome faucets.

I'm having trouble coming up with a color for the walls, plus accessories that with coordinate. Any advice?

Thanks.

2006-12-31 04:10:32 · 9 answers · asked by blugirl_7609 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

I want to soundproof my living to create a jamming and recording studio. I don't want to tear down any walls or anything like that I would like some suggestions on things I could use to cover the walls, or any other non expensive or damaging alternatives.

2006-12-31 04:06:48 · 6 answers · asked by nonphysical 3 in Decorating & Remodeling

I heard you cut a number of small holes in the shrub so light can get to teh inside and hte inside will turn green. Thoughts? Can I do this in winter? spring? summer?
Thanks.

2006-12-31 04:05:01 · 2 answers · asked by A Guy 1 in Garden & Landscape

I have a VERY noisy upstairs neighbor and I have to wear earplugs nightly to even think about getting sleep. I'd like to reuse the earplugs instead of having to buy new ones so often. These are the spongy, foam kind that you can buy in the hunter's section for ear protection while shooting ammo. I'm wondering if regular soap and water would work, or perhaps rubbing alcohol, or should I just continue to buy new ones? Any advice appreciated. Many thanks in advance!

2006-12-31 04:04:33 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

We just bought a house that is about 55 years old. The machine that came with the house was left here by previous owners. The machine shakes several rooms in the house when it runs (ie lots of vibrations). Can this damage our house in the long run? If so, how?

Thanks.

2006-12-31 03:58:49 · 9 answers · asked by Barb 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I don't like that oven spray, so how can I clean my little toaster oven which really needs it? I don't mind other cleaning agents, just don't like that spray which is horrible for the inviroment.

2006-12-31 03:56:03 · 9 answers · asked by arum 3 in Cleaning & Laundry

I only plan to use lightweight curtains

2006-12-31 03:52:19 · 12 answers · asked by lizarddd 6 in Decorating & Remodeling

I have been shopping at Home Depot for a very long time, but lately it seems that Home Depot has gotten really customer unfriendly. I have fixed up a condo I had w/ Home Depot and I had a few problems, but they were mostly fixed promptly. Now that I bought a house and are fixing that up also (and I mean everything…. The whole house was gutted… including the floors and some walls) I have been having nothing but problems w/ Home Depot. I purchased two toilets (the nice ones) and one was put in one of the bathrooms, b/c we needed at least one toilet. The other bathroom was being worked on, and so the other toilet was sitting in a box till that happened. We put up the toilet finally and it turned out that the bowl was cracked on the side… it was a tiny crack so it took us a few days to notice. I didn’t want to replace the whole toilet so we took off the bowl only and went to the store to get a replacement.
First, it turned out that even though we bought the toilet from the store floor, it was some sort of a special order thing, so they didn’t feel like ordering another one, unless I paid the full price of like a $150, even though it was their bowl that was cracked and I didn’t want money or to replace the whole thing, I just wanted a bowl. Then the lady got a big attitude w/ me (after treating me like dirt in the first place) and sent me to see the manager.
The manager basically thought that I was trying to swindle Home depot out of the toilet bowl money… even though I kept explaining to him that I just want the bowl, not the money for the bowl…. I just want my toilet to work. I told him that if he wants to, he can give me another bowl that fits this toilet. He just got angry and said that there is no other bowl that fits that toilet. I called my husband, who said that he’s about to uninstall that whole toilet, bring it to the store and put it in the middle of Home Depot and leave it there. He told me to just leave everything there and go to Lowes.
Finally, some store employee, I guess overheard the conversation, and was nice enough to say that there is a bowl that fits that toilet. I ended up having to BUY the bowl off the floor. Brought it home and guess what????? This one had cracks on the bottom. I was sooooooooo mad. There was no way that I was going to go to Home Depot again to buy another bowl. Since the cracks were on the bottom, we filled in the entire bottom with resin and it worked, but of course that is not the issue. All of this toilet bowl madness took over two hours. Not to mention having to drive back and forth.
This is just one of probably about 15 nasty Home Depot stories I have. We started going to Lowes as much as possible, even though it’s further then Home Depot. Of course sometimes we just don’t have the time and end up going to Home Depot anyway. Is this the reason Home Depot started getting so nasty and simply doesn’t care? Is it because they know that people basically have to come back from time to time?

2006-12-31 03:51:45 · 18 answers · asked by BelaArt 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

Every year I get free Poinsettias from my work after we close down for Christmas. I water them and give them sunlight but they always end up dying after a month or two. Other people I work with have made their plants last for years, but they insist that they aren't doing any more than what I am. What's their secret?

2006-12-31 03:51:37 · 3 answers · asked by rude_girl_terry 1 in Garden & Landscape