Home & Garden - 17 March 2007

I am a new home owner and the previous owner did not disclose water in the baement. When it rains real hard, I get water on the floor. It looks like it is coming in from different spots on the wall because the paint is getting discolored. It is a below ground basement. Would more dirt outside help more or should I have a large concrete slab put next to the house keep the water out? Thank you!!!!!

2007-03-17 13:44:38 · 6 answers · asked by Mike S 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-03-17 13:42:53 · 3 answers · asked by brandontremain 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

Anyone else have that? I just noticed it, it's a black plastic one with the accordion type folds... is that a statement or what, eh!

2007-03-17 13:38:31 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

i'm painting my room purple and beige, what do u think??

2007-03-17 13:34:08 · 9 answers · asked by Alicia 3 in Decorating & Remodeling

2007-03-17 13:33:35 · 4 answers · asked by linomill 1 in Other - Home & Garden

2007-03-17 13:31:11 · 4 answers · asked by Sol Rosenburg 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-03-17 13:30:44 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

So, I have a fairly old house with a new (less than 3 years) electrical system. It's a new 200-amp box, with new breakers, new wiring, the works.
Here's my problem: I have 10 double outlets on one breaker, with a four-plug outlet as well. These run the length of my house, and they're all one one 20A breaker.
To boot, a bunch of the breakers are unlabeled. When I bought the house, I labeled the ones I could figure out, but some I never managed to because when I'd throw them, nothing would turn off.
Even weirder - I tripped that particular breaker this evening running the vacuum cleaner, and the outlets in the foyer, library, and bedroom went dead. The outlets in the kitchen (same breaker, mind you), stayed on. After an hour of futzing with the breaker box (trying to label as I went, as I did when I bought the house), I figured one of the breakers was bad and needed replacing.
Forty bucks later, I come home and the outlets are back on again.

2007-03-17 13:28:24 · 10 answers · asked by Brian L 7 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-03-17 13:24:54 · 7 answers · asked by habdulkh 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-03-17 13:21:02 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

2007-03-17 13:20:09 · 5 answers · asked by Natalie 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

2007-03-17 13:17:50 · 4 answers · asked by amadis151 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

I use a high quality wax, scents and dyes? Some of the candles have dips and cracks and some don'yt. any tips pn avoiding this would be appriciated. Thank You :)

2007-03-17 13:13:53 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

I bought concrete drill bits in the past to fasten the a threshold to a concrete slab. The drill bit went in about 1/4 in and went dull. The drill bits are expensive. I used a cordless and corded drill. But I got the same results. Now I want to work on a bigger project on my concrete deck. What tools an materials can I use to drill holes to anchor some 6x6 pressure treated uprights to the concrete slab? I want to build a pergola but don't want my drill bit budget to be the same as the lumber and hardware budgets.

2007-03-17 13:12:57 · 8 answers · asked by gc27858 4 in Maintenance & Repairs

And How Much Would It Be For Like 10 Feet Of AstroTurf (Fake Grass)

2007-03-17 13:04:16 · 3 answers · asked by ¢Î§¢Ø 2 in Garden & Landscape

i have had a crape myrtle for two years now and it has never bloomed. Does anyone know what to do or is it not fertile or something else....please help

2007-03-17 12:58:38 · 4 answers · asked by Tenny 2 in Garden & Landscape

2007-03-17 12:58:05 · 5 answers · asked by rosemary h 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

2007-03-17 12:52:47 · 19 answers · asked by Seablanco1 6 in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-03-17 12:51:46 · 5 answers · asked by carie c 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

Just interested as I have spent the last hour tring to remove red wine from my cream carpet !

2007-03-17 12:47:59 · 36 answers · asked by tonisage21 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-03-17 12:47:28 · 5 answers · asked by G2 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

we recently bought our home 1 1/2 year ago and our roof is leaking pretty bad , does insurance cover this and will my insurance drop me if i turn this in? the roof deffinatly needs replaced what should i do?

2007-03-17 12:46:20 · 4 answers · asked by maryjane b 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I have rocks everywhere, overgrown grass, weeds, and parts of thorn bushes everywhere. I want to fix up the yard, and would like to find out if anyone has any ideas of what to do. How do I get rid of the rocks? Should I dig up the yard, and put new soil in it? What are some good ways of fixing the yard? I'm new with yard work, but would like to learn. Thanks for your help.

2007-03-17 12:42:52 · 5 answers · asked by truthsayer777 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

I purchased gerbrera daisy plants last year at Lowes and saved the seeds to plant this year. I have been told that if the original plant was a hybrid the flowers will come out ugly but i don't know if the plant was a hybrid or not.

2007-03-17 12:38:22 · 3 answers · asked by m3lissa26 2 in Garden & Landscape

the reason i'm asking is that i shovelled my driveway putting snow on both sides of my driveway only to find my neighbour had thrown all the snow on their side back on my driveway

2007-03-17 12:35:39 · 9 answers · asked by mareescores 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

If so, what kind of paint? I would like to do a table top in ceramic tiles that I have painted.

2007-03-17 12:34:51 · 4 answers · asked by bob 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

I was wondering if any of those septic additives actually do any good? today my dishwasher drained and it came out through the bottom of the toliet and soaked the bathroom floor. we are assuming it's the septic system, as it's draining pretty slow.

2007-03-17 12:33:53 · 3 answers · asked by ? 4 in Maintenance & Repairs

I'm looking for a retail dealer in east Texas that sells rolled rubber roofing material at least 8 ft. wide.

2007-03-17 12:32:34 · 4 answers · asked by LILOLEREDHEN 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

the reason i'm asking is i shovelled my driveway throwing snow on both sides of the driveway only to find a huge pile of snow thrown back on my driveway from my neighbour

2007-03-17 12:30:57 · 4 answers · asked by mareescores 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

I didn't realize it until I took them out of the dryer? Are they ruined? or is there something I can use?

2007-03-17 12:26:45 · 4 answers · asked by jena 1 in Cleaning & Laundry