Home & Garden - 9 February 2007

I have a couple of pieces. One is a family heirloom dinning room table that is discolored but originally cherry. The others are a light color and I'd like to stain them to a dark cherry as well. How do you get started? Any tips, experience and advice is welcome. I've never done this before. Although I do know for the table I need to sand it first and I have a sander and have used it before.

2007-02-09 23:58:25 · 4 answers · asked by jypsiiie 2 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I have an upright Dyson, but the tube fixed to the extention bit has a hole in it, how do I repair it? Its near the top connection piece.

2007-02-09 23:53:03 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-02-09 23:44:40 · 11 answers · asked by neil_foran 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

i want to scrape off adhesive off my walls from the room I am leaving and can prep it to be painted to reduce what might be put on my itemized statement from my security deposit. Please let me know so I can do it the right way and safely! Thank You!

2007-02-09 23:38:11 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

I am going to lay a carpet using double sided carpet tape but wondered if I should stick the carpet straight to the floorboards or should I use underlay and stick the underlay to the floorboards and place the carpet on top?

2007-02-09 23:36:20 · 12 answers · asked by lilaclouise 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I have a HUGE puddle of wax on my carpet from my wax pot leaking. Does any one know how to get it out? If I google it, I can only find solutions for removing candle wax, not hair-removal-wax. Thank you in advance for any help!

2007-02-09 23:35:28 · 7 answers · asked by anetbt 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-02-09 23:28:22 · 10 answers · asked by dtiplov 2 in Other - Home & Garden

Have two plants and would like more of it around my house.

2007-02-09 23:21:53 · 7 answers · asked by FromJLM 3 in Garden & Landscape

like a garden. if i water it for too long will the plants (garden) drown?

2007-02-09 23:17:24 · 8 answers · asked by rooster 2 in Garden & Landscape

My carpenter was building a small wardrobe behind my ensuite in my newly constructed apartment in the UK. He discovered a five inch drain pipe for the shower just sitting inside the main sewer drain pipe, which was around 6 inches in diameter. The five-inch pipe and the six-inch pipe were wedged together with a piece of styrofoam rather than being glued or "properly joined". He discovered this when he accidentally dislodged the pipes and the next morning I took a shower and water went everywhere, even going through the floor to my kitchen below! (It was a mess. My electricity was shorted out for a day until everything dried out.)

My question: is there a Plumbing Code in the UK that I can go back to my original builder with, or is this just "sloppy pumbing"? That is, do I get the original builder to come fix it or do I just get my current carpenter to stick the pipes together and get on with my remodeling? (No code, no complaint, as far as I'm concerned.)

THANKS for your advice!

2007-02-09 23:16:14 · 9 answers · asked by Janet712inEngland 5 in Maintenance & Repairs

...although according to the neighbours it was a long time ago. However, i learnt recently of the Australian couple who've just discovered they are living in Dennis Nielsen's old house, 29 Cranley Gardens, Muswell Hill.. (Serial Killer, 16 bodies, and counting..)
Do any of you live somewhere with a gruesome history? Something that makes your friends go "Ooh, how could you live there?"
Obviously, not all the houses where murders are comitted get demolished, Are the new tenants informed or do they find it out from the neighbours?

2007-02-09 23:15:51 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

Michigan here with temps falling to ZERO. On the downwind side of the chimney cap ice is forming and slowly making a huge icicle.

2007-02-09 23:14:35 · 10 answers · asked by Ann S 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

Started too late last year.

2007-02-09 23:09:35 · 4 answers · asked by FromJLM 3 in Other - Home & Garden

2007-02-09 23:01:45 · 6 answers · asked by zdave 1 in Other - Home & Garden

I have moved to an open location, with no type of shrubery, have like the bradford pear, but they are too weak ...any suggestions?

2007-02-09 23:00:39 · 6 answers · asked by ibJohn 1 in Garden & Landscape

2007-02-09 22:40:27 · 5 answers · asked by kenwin s 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

I took these photos whilst travelling some years ago, and have found them in a box in the roof they have all stuck together and I cannot get them apart without ripping them. How do I separate them safely without having to pay a fortune to someone for restoration? Thanks

2007-02-09 22:38:43 · 11 answers · asked by Os 1 in Other - Home & Garden

I know how to raise and fertilize roses, but how can I breed and register roses of my own efforts. Most roses I can buy or tend to are hybrids and anyone who understands genetics knows that breeding hybrids can be a tricky and stunted endeavor. My real question becomes how can I begin breeding roses that I can call my own and not infringe upon some patent or registration. My final goal is that on my wife and my twentieth wedding anniversary I can give her a bouqet of twenty roses I can call by her name.

As I said before, I know how to raise and care for roses, but I'm looking more for the professional or amateur breeder's experience or knowledge or people who might know how to get involved in that game.

Thanks

2007-02-09 22:38:18 · 1 answers · asked by Jason W-S 4 in Garden & Landscape

Hi, I am considering buyinng an electronic mole repellent (solar charged). Apperently this gadget sends vibrations that scare the moles. Has anybody used it? Does it work? Thanks in advance

2007-02-09 22:24:06 · 3 answers · asked by Ike 2 in Garden & Landscape

2007-02-09 22:17:42 · 3 answers · asked by paulagonc40 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-02-09 22:16:48 · 1 answers · asked by jck 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

Or do they join up really close, so you cannot see into the cupboard?

2007-02-09 22:13:16 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

My dishwasher keeps tripping out my electric and i dont know why, I put it on a cycle and within 5 minutes, the electric trips and turns off.
Anyone got any suggestions as to what i should do please.

2007-02-09 22:05:56 · 14 answers · asked by martis_gal 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-02-09 22:05:36 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

I want to build a timber framework and cover it in slatted timber to allow ventilation and easy access to change cylinders when necessary. Open to suggestions as to what would look sympathetic and rustic

2007-02-09 22:01:02 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

2007-02-09 21:55:25 · 6 answers · asked by EMMA T 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-02-09 21:46:32 · 16 answers · asked by Lorraine S 1 in Other - Home & Garden

2007-02-09 21:35:43 · 12 answers · asked by lottie 3 in Garden & Landscape

I have a area of ground about 5m by 20m I set it aside a few years ago for growing veg but never seem to have the time to get started. What I'd like to know is, will I have to pluck out the weeds or can I get away with just turning over the ground, if so is perhap hiring a rotavator the best solution.
Will the weeds not re-grow if the ground just turned? Is using weed killer on a veg plot adviseable ?
Thanks in advance

Andy

2007-02-09 21:32:45 · 18 answers · asked by Andy 4 in Garden & Landscape

i need to know how to make sure i am getting my measurements right for my floors so how do i measure my floor for tile and then how do i measure for laminated hardwoods floors to make sure i am getting enough of tile and hardwood on the kitchen floor i am getting the oversize tile not 12x12 but the next size up then i am getting the 4x4 to do the top of my counter tops thanks for any help i can get oh yea i am doing my living room in the strips that snap together

2007-02-09 21:05:13 · 4 answers · asked by michael hunter 1 in Decorating & Remodeling