Home & Garden - 10 February 2007

My son has an older painted cedar house and woodpeckers have made numerous holes in his house. I told him I would ask the question on Yahoo answers and get back with him. Thanks.

2007-02-10 17:38:58 · 4 answers · asked by princeton 4 in Maintenance & Repairs

i got 4 inch pvc sewer line frozen half the trailer will not drain..The toilet wont drain,when you drain the tub or flush the toilet it comes up in the shower Help!!!I got 500watt heat light near the frozen pipe but when i run a snake in it its like slush and the it stops about 20 feet in..

2007-02-10 17:34:11 · 9 answers · asked by woodsytattooman 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

I thought I read somewhere( in one those do-it-yourself magazines), that you could use a kind of oil-based paint to paint a kitchen countertop that's good around sinks and strong and won't bubble or peel. What do you guys out there know about this stuff?
(It's not marble, it's the other stuff. The one most people use. Can't spell it, though.)

2007-02-10 17:32:05 · 8 answers · asked by squirrely 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

we just moved to pensacola and we need some furniture cause our house is really empty and we really dont know where to stop and rent a centers are out the question

2007-02-10 17:31:18 · 7 answers · asked by thug_angel1986ny 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

I just replaced the copper wiring in my home and have about 30 feet left over , how much should I get by going to a recycling company or scrap yard ?????????

2007-02-10 17:31:10 · 4 answers · asked by applesauce 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

Do not want sand cabinets to change color. Its a dark cherry walnut stain. Can I just prime and paint?

2007-02-10 17:25:44 · 4 answers · asked by josh h 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

We are looking at a home in TN, We live in NV, All I have to work with is a picture. In the picture, the space for the fridge is 2 1/2 inchs (I really love my fridge) Anyways my fridge is 2 feet wide. Is there a way to figure out if it would fit, by converting inches to feet or feet to inches?

2007-02-10 17:25:03 · 6 answers · asked by toriepsmommy 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

ceiling joist; during construction what is the space from joist to joist ?

2007-02-10 17:23:09 · 7 answers · asked by michael s 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

The water heater is about two or three years old. The pilot simply quits, and in the past two weeks, I've had to re-light the thing once a day, and today twice. I've tried tapping on the pilot's gas line, and that seemed to help for a while....I could see debris burning in the flame, and the pilot was much easier to light....but now it's just going out all the time. Is there anything I can do? Is my gas "dirty?" Should I have a filter in my gas line? Is the regulator bad? HELP! Cold showers suck! Thanks in advance, Greg

2007-02-10 17:15:52 · 5 answers · asked by Greg E 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

I accidently dropped my plastic glasses on the floor, and there are some minor scratches on it. Its not really that noticeable, but it still bothers me and I can't afford to buy new ones.

2007-02-10 17:11:53 · 3 answers · asked by 5ive 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

Heating & Plumbing Contractors Certified Installers for the Rinnai Tankless Hot Water Heater in Southeastern Michigan?

2007-02-10 17:04:51 · 2 answers · asked by Harley Rich 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I want My blanket to be big like a 60x72 or something like that

2007-02-10 17:02:54 · 3 answers · asked by MITCH 3 in Garden & Landscape

Can anybody still smell them after 1 day? I can't. Is there anyway to get them to last longer?

2007-02-10 17:01:43 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

I just went to change a burned out lightbulb to have the light come out of the socket leaving the base of the bulb in (it did not break), then I saw that this happened to 2 of the lights in the same fixture (it is a ceiling fan with 4 lights) 2 have had the base of the bulb stay in the fixture when i tried to take them out. Do you think there is moisture in the fan, or are they cheap light bulbs? I have never had anything like this happen.

2007-02-10 16:57:24 · 8 answers · asked by whattheheck 4 in Maintenance & Repairs

I'm looking for simple, cheap ways that people have actually used, no guesses please.

2007-02-10 16:57:00 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

what is a good way to remove rust off of metal? anything easy and quick, if not, then, anything would help. thanks

2007-02-10 16:55:37 · 6 answers · asked by 01winged 2 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2007-02-10 16:55:19 · 5 answers · asked by shreya b 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-02-10 16:49:26 · 6 answers · asked by Babbs 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

im hoping someone will please help me. ive hit a wall when it comes to cordinating colors in my new livving room. ive included a picture so if anyone has any ideas i would love to hear them . my main problem is decorating around that dam floral sofa. i feel i have to much red in the room as it is and im trying to find other complemntry colors besides the ones in the sofa. the chase has some very thin lines of blue but they are hardly noticable. so far all i have to work with is red,green,or black. as you can also see the windows are bare because im unsure wich direction to go with window treatments......please help ....please see attached picture.


http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g11/twisteddarkchocolate/Picture546.jpg

2007-02-10 16:47:21 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

2007-02-10 16:46:42 · 4 answers · asked by bucsfan 1 in Other - Home & Garden

2007-02-10 16:41:09 · 2 answers · asked by Katherine L 1 in Other - Home & Garden

Live in Minnesota, it's been below zero for a few days in a row. Initially few days ago could not get hot water but cold worked fine at kitchen faucet. Local plumber suggested I find the pipes in the basement and put source of heat on them, and also drain hot water from some other faucet into the kitchen drain, and raise temperature in home by few degrees. Did all that and that night after a while hot water came back enough to run the dishwasher, etc. Then was gone 3 days, came back and now neither hot or cold gives me more than a drip. Hot water pipe under the sink feels warm. I again applied warm air both under sink and in the basement around the pipes for a bit, put a lot of hot water down the drain from another faucet, this time no success. Still just dripping.

What can I do?

Thanks!

2007-02-10 16:30:48 · 7 answers · asked by ribciuc 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I have a very moist house by default. I have these horrible fungus gnats that hover around my plants. I heard that if I somehow plant yelllow stickies in or around the plant, they will attract the fungus gnats and get stuck. Is this true? I've tried expensive chemicals ,but they just won't go away.

2007-02-10 16:21:00 · 7 answers · asked by animalcrackers31 2 in Garden & Landscape

2007-02-10 16:18:24 · 3 answers · asked by bollyboy 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

I saw Burpee had this $17 make your own starter paper pot plant mold. That is really lame. Does anyone have any original, inexpensive eays to do this out of newpaper. I am a thrifty person and I just know there is a better, less expensive way to do this.

2007-02-10 16:16:48 · 4 answers · asked by animalcrackers31 2 in Garden & Landscape

I've used germinated lima bean seeds (or maybe it was a pinto bean) for a science lab that my teacher had germinated but I don't know how to germinate them.

2007-02-10 16:15:30 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

any suggestions for indoor plants during winter. I water them when the soil gets very dry. succulents and cactus.

2007-02-10 16:13:20 · 3 answers · asked by Uther P 1 in Other - Home & Garden

I was wondering where roofers are needed right now.
I have a large sub crew is ready to go to work and with them being subs they have no unemployment coming in and we are in Southern Ohio which has about 1 + foot of snow and they are calling for another 1ft the beginning of the week so I know its going to be a month or so before we get back to roofing in ohio.

Roofing crew has workers comp and insurance and all the tools needed to do roofing work.

Shingles, Rubber , Metal,

2007-02-10 16:04:13 · 10 answers · asked by brian in ohio 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

Is there any way to remove it without having to tear out the carpet?

2007-02-10 16:04:06 · 9 answers · asked by barbara m 5 in Cleaning & Laundry

Its my kitchen- its one huge piece that covers three rooms.
Its white with tears, cracks and discolors from under neath it and has uneven concrete under it.
I would love to remove it, yet there is every large appliance in the house ON it and its just me. HELP- that my problem, IDEAS please. I can cut up some of the floor, but I can't move that refrig. Its been their since 1985. God I would LOVE to tile, is that a project for a novice?

2007-02-10 16:00:50 · 10 answers · asked by Denise W 6 in Do It Yourself (DIY)