Home & Garden - 15 January 2007

2007-01-15 23:49:39 · 3 answers · asked by ed 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I have just moved into a new house and have quite a large bedroom. I'm thinking about painting it pale green or black and off-white with maybe some silver stripes randomly on the walls. Can you buy metallic paint, does it exist?? Are there any other colours or ways I could paint my room without making it too dark - there's only one window?

2007-01-15 23:45:35 · 19 answers · asked by mishmash 3 in Decorating & Remodeling

We have had an adenium plant for 7 years now, and its an indoor plant kept in a balcony. over the years it has grown really tall and it looks more like a palm tree... but it flowers well. I want to know if it ll grow bushy if i pruned some of its branches that are growing skyward.. or if that ll kill the plant. also can anybody tell me how to propagate it using cuttings ?
thanks.

2007-01-15 23:42:04 · 5 answers · asked by Sweety 2 in Garden & Landscape

I have just replaced the washers on a downstairs hotwater tap. I had to empty the emmersion heater to carry out the job. Now the job is complete, I have turned the cold water supply tap back on, the header tank has filled up, but the emmersion tank won't fill.
Is there a plumber out there who could advice me please, pretty please with a cherry on top !

2007-01-15 23:39:06 · 3 answers · asked by pete_redfern_ok 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-01-15 23:37:32 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

It's a new house, so It's preety clean. It was empty for about 6-8 months before I rencently occupied it. I am noticing what I think is mice walking over the room ceiling. How can I get them fast? Thansk.

2007-01-15 23:33:40 · 10 answers · asked by mlopez_carib 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-01-15 23:30:25 · 15 answers · asked by ruth j 1 in Garden & Landscape

I have to bale out the water every two weeks

2007-01-15 23:27:29 · 16 answers · asked by Mike M 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

We have a 2 bedroom house that is 1 story and 100 years old. However, we have an attic with 600 square feet of usable stand-up space (we measured) and four full size windows in it, however the only access is is a crawl space the size of a boot box which is located in the back of a closet. We want to put in a pulldown stairway somewhere and make the attic into a bedroom. The only problem is is that the floor joists in the attic are 2" x 6" (the lumber is in good shape too). I know that there is no way that this would be able to support a floor and/or furniture - how could we safely re-enforce the floor (without having to put in support beams downstairs because there is NO room to do that) so that we would be able to have a bedroom up there? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!!!!!

2007-01-15 23:25:01 · 4 answers · asked by ~*Mrs. GM2*~ 5 in Decorating & Remodeling

My kitchen sink does this, so annoying when you are trying to be quiet!

2007-01-15 23:01:19 · 5 answers · asked by piethedog 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

I have noticed that the main neutral cable going into my fuseboard is hot to the touch but the live cable not, why is this?
Also i have noticed that some of the insulation have broken away from the neutral cable aswell....should i be calling a sparky in?

2007-01-15 22:48:10 · 20 answers · asked by Guy R 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2007-01-15 22:47:41 · 3 answers · asked by Tim D 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2007-01-15 22:43:11 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-01-15 22:40:09 · 16 answers · asked by grest 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I live in Australia, but it might be the same everywhere else??

2007-01-15 22:39:35 · 2 answers · asked by Dreaming Dove 1 in Other - Home & Garden

2007-01-15 22:20:14 · 20 answers · asked by jcathy 3 in Garden & Landscape

2007-01-15 22:11:09 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-01-15 22:11:02 · 4 answers · asked by peach1621 1 in Other - Home & Garden

2007-01-15 22:08:16 · 10 answers · asked by ioshadha 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

I will be moving in with someone soon that smokes indoors like a chimney (and no, she is not going to quit, not now, not ever, and I don’t have any choice in the decision, I need the cheap rent) we will be moving into a fresh, brand new apartment. I want to get one that is the best at removing as much of the smoke odor as possible. Also, what would you recommend to get some out of the odor out of her car, in case I need to borrow it. It smells like a bar in there, only a little worse.

2007-01-15 21:56:28 · 4 answers · asked by Jen 5 in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-01-15 21:55:54 · 11 answers · asked by vikash v 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

If so, how can I remove skunk odor without leaving other odors?

2007-01-15 21:46:54 · 11 answers · asked by historyman68 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

If there is no joist to support the weight of the fan what is the best method of supporting it?

2007-01-15 21:42:42 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2007-01-15 21:40:10 · 6 answers · asked by c z 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-01-15 21:12:31 · 15 answers · asked by lesa_fealey 2 in Garden & Landscape

2007-01-15 21:09:10 · 2 answers · asked by squealy68 3 in Cleaning & Laundry

my wife and daughters claim that the water goes cold on them about half way thru a shower , but me and my son have never had this happen to us. i have taken what i concider to be an extra long shower and still nothing, dont want to call the landlord because if it is working when im using the hot water there is no way to find anything wrong with it. if im reading the serial # right i belive that the water heater was made in 1991.

2007-01-15 20:41:31 · 6 answers · asked by jon j 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I know that aerogrow sells a kit to grow seeds of your choice as well as pre-seeded pods. I know that these pods consist of 2 major parts. One is the plastic frame that holds the pod in place with the plant and growing medium. Two, the growing medium and seed.

I've searched online to find that some sites call this material grow sponge, bio-sponge, and sponge rock. They are probably one and the same...is that correct?

Where can I get my hands on some of this special growing medium? Please don't respond with "go to aerogrow's website" because thats not an option.

2007-01-15 20:29:40 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

should there be a little smoke in the chamber to keep heat lose thru the chimney to a minumum or should there be a clean burn- bright orange?

2007-01-15 20:25:33 · 6 answers · asked by l_du_pont@verizon.net 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

There's this mouse in my house, I can hear it walking at night when i'm on my bed.

It got into every single drawer it chewed throught the bottom of the china cabinet. Got into the couch cusions and literally ate its way through all 3 of the cushions. Chewed through boxes in the cupboard, loaves of bread.

I noticed it made a tunnel in the wall in the kitchen so I put a mouse trap there but it never walks on it so the trap is empty and I almost caught my toe in the mouse trap the other night. Is there a way to get rid of this mouse?

It won’t let me sleep. It ate a tunnel in the middle of my bread. Pooped in my bread!!!!

2007-01-15 20:18:31 · 9 answers · asked by Johnny S 1 in Maintenance & Repairs