Home & Garden - 12 February 2007

i just installed a new circuit with a new 20amp breaker with #12 romex. Black wire goes to the breaker, white to the bus line. i just connected the third line, the bare line to the box, but it did not feel correct to me. should i have connected it to the same nuetral bus line with the other white line too? i did not see any connection where other bare lines went. This is a subpanel with an existing 220 line. My new breaker and line is 110v.

2007-02-12 05:23:54 · 8 answers · asked by zzzzz2zzz 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

We want to install a mail slot rather than a mail box. We want to find out if US postal service will accept this - is there a minumum slot size? Must the slot open inwards, not outwards? It may sound weird, but we don't want to cut a hole in the porch to find out its wrong. And we don't want to inconvenience our mail man. I will be asking our mail man next time I see him, but it's nice to also have the official word. I searched USPS.com already, to no avail.

2007-02-12 05:23:39 · 4 answers · asked by Rob O'C 2 in Other - Home & Garden

2007-02-12 05:16:50 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-02-12 05:16:50 · 3 answers · asked by jj_lee2 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

How can I get ride of them with out cemicals? We just moved in and they are comming up from around my kitchen sink but I can not see under the sink were they are. We don't have food left out but they are everyware. I have tried to put a line of flour down in the the crack around the sink but they just did out. I am asking for no chemicals because we have a 7 year old and a 7 month old, but if you know of anything that will not harm them that would be grate too.

2007-02-12 05:03:52 · 7 answers · asked by JustAsk'n 3 in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-02-12 04:59:09 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

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a large sheet of plastic to cover a mediom size greenhouse bu were do i get it but must be see thou and hard wearing

2007-02-12 04:52:05 · 3 answers · asked by christina b 2 in Other - Home & Garden

2007-02-12 04:49:39 · 24 answers · asked by MRS W 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

We bought a house that has a living room with a two-story high ceiling. Halfway up the walls (where a regular ceiling might be) there is a cornice (I guess that is what it is called -- it is an architectural detail that extends about an inch out from the wall and is about three inches high. There are actually two of them, side-by-side, extending around the room, with a three-inch flat part between the two).

I have no idea how to paint this room. Should I paint the whole wall (including the cornice) one color? Should I paint a different color above the cornice and on the ceilings? Should I paint the walls the same color, but paint the cornice a different color? I know the colors I like (sage greens, tans, browns, etc) -- and then I planned to paint the ceiling a beige color. However, the walls and this cornice thing have me stumped.

2007-02-12 04:45:13 · 3 answers · asked by Janade 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

Our other property is named "Naked Acres" and the logo is a guy wearing a wood barrel next to some pine trees. I need help coming up with something creative for our new property "logo"

2007-02-12 04:43:57 · 2 answers · asked by his temptress 5 in Other - Home & Garden

I am trying to find information about watering your lawn. I have found information about watering your lawn at night and such. But cannot find anything about how much water your need to water your lawn in the middle of the day and how much water is wasted.

The project that I am working on is trying to BAN watering your lawn in the middle of the day because it wastes water.

If you have any information about watering your lawn or any interesting facts please let me know.

2007-02-12 04:42:19 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

2007-02-12 04:42:11 · 4 answers · asked by shawncotton@rogers.com 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

2007-02-12 04:40:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

I am looking to find out the first day of spring. I believe that it is in the month of March. I forgot the day.

2007-02-12 04:40:18 · 5 answers · asked by gemini5831 1 in Garden & Landscape

2007-02-12 04:39:27 · 4 answers · asked by K A 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

My microwave came on by itself this morning.

2007-02-12 04:38:31 · 9 answers · asked by Juicy 3 in Other - Home & Garden

I have a half-wall with thin (1/16" thick) cork tiles glued to it. I've already stripped off the cork tiles and now Im left with a wall that has old dryed brown glue stuck to it. I need to keep the wall in tact so that I can texture and paint it afterwards. What is the easiest and safest way to remove this glue while meeting the above criteria?

2007-02-12 04:37:51 · 3 answers · asked by VGFan 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

buds 4 days and in only a few short weeks
TG for 420

2007-02-12 04:35:13 · 4 answers · asked by ashkicker420 3 in Garden & Landscape

2007-02-12 04:31:41 · 5 answers · asked by kaycee b 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

also is baking your food on aluminum foil bad?

2007-02-12 04:25:17 · 7 answers · asked by kp 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

The garden is small and north facing. We just moved in and there are a lot more trains than I expected...

2007-02-12 04:21:25 · 17 answers · asked by Boots Almighty 2 in Garden & Landscape

2007-02-12 04:20:30 · 5 answers · asked by Adam C 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

Thanks

2007-02-12 04:19:32 · 14 answers · asked by tina*21 2 in Garden & Landscape

I have french penknife from a vineyard which i think is silver and around 50-60 years old. I want to know if it has any value

2007-02-12 04:15:49 · 1 answers · asked by Monkeyphil 4 in Maintenance & Repairs

I have several things that I perchased and it is not in my house or yard nobody has my password most off the stuff that is missing I got the same day but I have bears 3 white storage shelfs 1 glass tabel 4 bears and a bunch of steping stones and flowers and 1 chair why is this.

2007-02-12 04:13:49 · 1 answers · asked by jamie t 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

I have a Salisbury bone china plate, pattern name "Spring" in excellent condition but, despite searching on the Internet and Ebay, I can find no mention of this design from Salisbury china. My next step is to have it professionally valued by an auction house but this will cost money - can you advise me where I might find out some information on this (apparently) rare piece of china from a well-known factory. P.S. I don't think Salisbury China factory still exists, so I can't ask them!
All answers gratefully received.

2007-02-12 04:12:54 · 5 answers · asked by gorgeousfluffpot 5 in Other - Home & Garden

I really hate spending more money than necessary. I don't like spending money on the tiny little bottles of rinse aid for my dishwasher. Vinegar works to get streaks off of glass, so why wouldn't it work for my dishes?

2007-02-12 04:08:09 · 4 answers · asked by 4-GivenbyJC 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

I know, it sounds impossible, but for me, it's not. LOL My cat knocked them into the toilet and I flushed it before I realized it. Now I have to retrieve them.

So what do I need to do to get them out? Help please.....

2007-02-12 04:03:57 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-02-12 04:01:58 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

2007-02-12 04:01:35 · 11 answers · asked by the man 1 in Cleaning & Laundry