Home & Garden - 2 January 2007

These are supposed to prevent you from drilling into a cable and killing yourself. I'm trying to find them on eBay but don't know what they're called. I'm putting some shelves and stuff up at home and don't particularly want thousands of volts coursing through my body. I'm still young and handsome. Well, young anyway.

2007-01-02 23:56:49 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-01-02 23:56:25 · 3 answers · asked by Suzanne 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

My house was build in the 1880s and has a green "wash" of paint over the plaster on some walls. Does anyone know what this paint is and if it is harmful? Should I do anything to protect myself when I am removing it?

My Mum has a heritage paint chart with exactly the same colour on it and the colour is called "Arsenic"! This is not inspiring! Can anyone help me?

2007-01-02 23:34:32 · 11 answers · asked by aztecvlad 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I have used leather cleaner and Nature's Miracle. It's not pee I'm talking about, it's dog BO and scent gland odor.

2007-01-02 23:24:33 · 3 answers · asked by R 5 in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-01-02 23:21:39 · 12 answers · asked by jojo 1 in Other - Home & Garden

like for a bathroom or a foyer area where the floor would be wet and could be slippery if the tile was not rough. I need to know what that tile is called? and also if anyone knows where to get free cinderblocks or bricks in maryland?

2007-01-02 22:24:45 · 3 answers · asked by plumbinmonkey 2 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2007-01-02 22:00:21 · 8 answers · asked by sonia r 1 in Garden & Landscape

Ok So we have some sort of creature in our kitchen sink. We think its possibly a huge rat or mouse. It bangs around and pushes the door open and it slams creating tons of noise and its getting real annoying. Its been going on for months. Is it wrong for me to kill it with a daisy high powered bb gun? Or is that inhumane? Just wondering.
(We've tried mousetraps, sticky pads ect.) So now Im sitting here with a flash light and the bbgun waiting for it to make noise and waiting for a answer from you guys.

2007-01-02 21:48:13 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

also, can anyone give me advice on filling in walls with polyfiller, i had two shelves drilled into the wall of our old house and i need to fill in the holes!

2007-01-02 21:45:01 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

2007-01-02 21:35:47 · 3 answers · asked by Betty The Kid 1 in Other - Home & Garden

I live on the ground floor. On top of my house there are like 5 other apartments. My small yard can get a bad smell from the smell of food that comes out from other people s houses. How can i keep it unsmelly!?

2007-01-02 21:31:01 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

will all the laundry detergent be squeezed out or not?

2007-01-02 21:26:24 · 5 answers · asked by Hysteria 4 in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-01-02 21:23:18 · 9 answers · asked by sapan b 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

When I can grow it in a little cupboard for less than a tenner an oz?

2007-01-02 21:22:09 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

2007-01-02 21:21:35 · 7 answers · asked by IBE 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-01-02 21:18:09 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

You know how your carpet is flat where the main traffic is how do i prevent that from happening ?

2007-01-02 20:27:36 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

It is tan in colour.

How can I remove it without affecting the colour of the canvas?

Please help :)

2007-01-02 20:25:34 · 6 answers · asked by Screamin' Banshee 6 in Cleaning & Laundry

Our main water pipe off comes in through nextdoors wall could this cause a problem or is it common in semi houses? If they turned of their water supply would it turn off ours, or is it a different pipe running through their house not connected to their pipe work?

2007-01-02 19:54:25 · 9 answers · asked by jojo 1 in Other - Home & Garden

I bought some Egyptian Cotton sheets that cost alot of $, My husband thinks he is allergic to them, he itches. So I washed them and put them back on the bed, he is still itching.(I have no symptoms) Now I am wondering, Whats the difference betwwen the two kinds of cotton?

2007-01-02 19:50:47 · 11 answers · asked by Carol 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

are they good for you?

2007-01-02 19:46:58 · 13 answers · asked by geminially 2 in Garden & Landscape

Our electric bill is outrageous and no one beleives me when i tell them the gas heater still uses electricity... HELP!!!

2007-01-02 19:20:59 · 11 answers · asked by pinksparklyturtle 2 in Other - Home & Garden

Is it possible to stop it from leaking withour hiring a plumber ? Can a housewife do it herself ?

2007-01-02 19:15:35 · 8 answers · asked by confuzed 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I have a bathroom door that is beyond repair. How do I remove it? do I have to destroy the wall? Thank-you for any help

2007-01-02 19:11:00 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

So, my wife has gone insane finally.. I'm a homebrewer and have recently begun filling my beer into 2.5 gallon "mini kegs" to eliminate some of the many tedious problems with filling dozens of bottles. I am ready to refrigerate the first of my four mini kegs, and told this to my wife, and she flipped out. She is concerened with the extra energy we will be using to keep the 2.5 gallons of beer cold in the refrigerator. I do not believe it will be much, if any additional money to keep it cold, but she thinks it will add a significant amount to our electric bill.

Does anybody have any idea how much it will cost to keep 2.5 gallons of beer cold per month in the fridge? It is a new, efficient fridge, and we will not be changing any of the settings after the beer is put in. Thanks!

2007-01-02 19:00:38 · 3 answers · asked by Ryan G 2 in Other - Home & Garden

The problem is that when I took off the sticker (which had the price on it), it has left behind glue on the righthand corner and I have been unable to take the glue off. The mirror has a wooden frame. Any ideas on how I can take the dried up glue from the mirror so that it looks nice and clean ?

2007-01-02 18:41:43 · 10 answers · asked by confuzed 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-01-02 18:01:42 · 4 answers · asked by Australia 1 in Garden & Landscape

2007-01-02 17:57:47 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

I woke up ths morning to find water dripping from the kitchen ceiling, all over the floor, ruining my laminate flooring, ceiling and paintwork. The flat upstairs had a new water tank fitted yesterday and it has leaked. My partner owns the flat on a leasehold where as upstairs rent. Who should pay? Should I contact my household insurance?

2007-01-02 17:55:02 · 12 answers · asked by hajane 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

The carpet in my apartment is at least 20 years old. My biggest concern is health risks. It is filthy even after being steam cleaned I can only imagine what is trapped in the deteriorating carpet pad that might cause resperitory problems. The carpet is warn through, uneven and has been ripped up by previous tenants running cords under it. It is permanantly discolored by dirt and sundamage. It is pulling up along the door jam and catches when opening and closing the door. I have only lived here a year and didn't create any of this damage. Are there laws regarding when carpet must be replaced?

2007-01-02 17:50:38 · 10 answers · asked by Kristin R 1 in Maintenance & Repairs