Home & Garden - 3 March 2007

I have heard that you can turn down the hot water heater but dont know how? I am really sick of running out of hot water

2007-03-03 15:33:23 · 7 answers · asked by Kelly K 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

an enclosed outdoor shed , all wood no metal , also has very little ventalation

2007-03-03 15:28:30 · 6 answers · asked by launchpad 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

We have a 3 bed 2 bath home a eat in kitchen a living room and a dining room. We do not use the dining room, and could really use another bedroom, would it be wise to block off the dining room and make it into a bedroom? Our house is just over 1300 sq. feet.

2007-03-03 15:26:25 · 8 answers · asked by whattheheck 4 in Maintenance & Repairs

There's a large amount of soap scum all throughout the dishwasher and especially on the sprayer holes. All the soap scum has built up to a point where at the end of the wash cycle, even after drying cycle, there's still a large amount of water pooling at the bottom of the dishwasher. Any help on how to resolve this issue and possibly prevent it from happening again?

2007-03-03 15:24:06 · 4 answers · asked by redcarpetden 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I found a website for an appliance parts dealer but they wanted big bucks....over a $100. It's progressively made more and more noise, sort of a grinding sound, so I finally disconnected it, but if I could find one cheap I'd replace it. It came out pretty easy.
Thanks!

2007-03-03 15:22:43 · 1 answers · asked by Foss 4 in Maintenance & Repairs

I rent in a 2 family. After almost a year of hot water issues, finally the landlord replaced the water heater. Yay! On the day of my shoulder surgery cause i needed the shower to really work ok. I come home from surgery, next day use the washer in basement to wash the neck ice pack holder, and the basement floods 2" because the plumber had taken out the washer's drain pipe to drain water heater and didn't replace it.
Question: What do I do? I know either the landlord or the plumber they hired is responsible but with this shoulder surgery, I can't go digging and figuring out how much damage was done. Not now. And how do you put a value on non replaceable itmes from childhood, signed books, photos, stuff that I saved since I was 6. I am 54. Any advice on how to proceed would be extreemely helpful. Especially first steps like what to and not say to landlord. They own the house and live on the second floor. thanks for taking a stab at this. Also, I'm down there with my arm in a sling etc.

2007-03-03 15:19:14 · 6 answers · asked by Alan T 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

wanting to tear out the old in garage and put up new..how to do it?

2007-03-03 15:10:49 · 4 answers · asked by thomass_72 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

wanting to tear out the old in garage and put up new..how to do it?

2007-03-03 15:10:22 · 4 answers · asked by thomass_72 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

please. i need details

2007-03-03 15:08:20 · 22 answers · asked by swe 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

The toilet was running so I was trying to lift arm up.

2007-03-03 15:08:17 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

Our toiletpaper holder was mounted on a tile, and the tile and holder fell off out of the wall. The toothbrush holder, also tiled, was very loose and we pulled it off. They are the standard square tiles (?6x6 inches square).

How do we clean off the adhesive on the wall and the holders, and what type of adhesive should we use to reattach them? Any secret to holding them in place while the adhesive dries?
Thanks!!

2007-03-03 14:57:03 · 4 answers · asked by wisenick2003 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

When leaves yellow and wither on my plants, should I remove them, and if so, how? Thanks! :)

2007-03-03 14:56:49 · 11 answers · asked by Angelwings 2 in Garden & Landscape

What is the best way to glue sagging wallpaper border back up?
It is the type that comes with the adhesive already on it, and it's losing the stickyness and coming off.

2007-03-03 14:50:08 · 2 answers · asked by Indiana Jones 6 in Decorating & Remodeling

What is the best way to apply the 1 1/2 metal edging along the roof. I understand the metal edging goes on top of the felt paper, but what do I use to adhear the metal to the roof?

2007-03-03 14:44:49 · 8 answers · asked by lesliesgoofy 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2007-03-03 14:25:42 · 6 answers · asked by Sassyazzrican 2 in Other - Home & Garden

My mom always complains that we spend so much money on the electricity bill and our heater bill. How much do you pay?

2007-03-03 14:24:25 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

I have a combined living and dining room area. Does anyone know how to separate the areas? I am interested in separating these areas with a wall, partition, etc. Does anyone have any suggestions? I don't want to use furniture to separate the area. I want the dining room are to be more private.

2007-03-03 14:23:06 · 16 answers · asked by Mrjo 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

It's a fixer upper, what should I do?

www.geocities.com/fourcheeks4/home.html

2007-03-03 14:20:36 · 6 answers · asked by fourcheeks4 5 in Other - Home & Garden

I have these black bugs in my basement...they look like lightning bugs but they have red backs....They have now made it upstairs and I don't know how to get rid of them..any advice? or know the name at least?

2007-03-03 14:19:21 · 10 answers · asked by Mother_Of_2 1 in Other - Home & Garden

Should you put them in a dishwasher? Why or why not?

2007-03-03 14:12:51 · 19 answers · asked by Pika_pj 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

Im only in highschool, but i want to sell some of my home made bags and totes. I need a website that can be cheap and looked at by people around my age.

2007-03-03 14:06:55 · 5 answers · asked by ilovefood 2 in Other - Home & Garden

ive notices that it is primarily when the hot water is on. i just noticed this this weekend, prior everything appeared normal.

2007-03-03 13:59:52 · 4 answers · asked by cash_hollywood 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I am not talking about tons of rose. Something rare and something so special.

2007-03-03 13:55:24 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

2007-03-03 13:53:44 · 9 answers · asked by RK 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

MY dad is growing Sweet corn jalapenos and tomatos roma.
Grass was on top of the soil, so we took it out, but then I heard that the soil was used up by the grass. Is this true, we have no soil. But my dad wants to use used soil. Please Help, I'm willing to answer and give details!

2007-03-03 13:50:11 · 2 answers · asked by Mylo 2 in Other - Home & Garden

2007-03-03 13:42:33 · 2 answers · asked by Bob 1 in Garden & Landscape

I was wondering if anyone can tell me and my husband what to do. We are having problems with our water. The toliet has filled up to the top and won't flush until a while later. When we run the water in the sink in the kitchen the water in the toliet bubbles and too when we use the sink in the bathroom the water in the sink in the kitchen bubbles and a little while ago the water in the kitchen sink didn't want to go down. We have used some drain o in a bottle. What do you think the problem may be so we can fix it?
Thanks,
Misty

2007-03-03 13:35:21 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

Vinyl sided, 12" oc floor. I can get windows and doors very cheap. Prettty handy. Can buy for $3000. Can I build it for 1800?

2007-03-03 13:35:09 · 12 answers · asked by Joe T 4 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

There are many suggestions about finishing basements what insulation to use, lighting, flooring, etc. but what about those nasty spiders? I'm not talking about the little ones but those huge wolf spiders.

2007-03-03 13:34:36 · 5 answers · asked by ca_oss 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

How do you motivate yourself to clean your house. My house definitely needs it and I have the time. I feel motivated sometimes for a whole 5 minutes, lol. And it takes me more than one day to clean to. So if I motivate myself to say get my living room clean, how do I stay motivated to keep cleaning the rest of the house the next day?

Any cleaning motivation techniques or tips would be great!
Thanx in advance.

2007-03-03 13:34:24 · 21 answers · asked by RedPower Woman 6 in Cleaning & Laundry