Home & Garden - 25 March 2007

I clean it regularly of course, but I still have this yellow grease .. stain, for a lack of a better word. It is on the front of my stove and no matter how hard I scrub it doesn't come off. I rent an apt and don't want to use anything that will scratch the surface b/c the stove isn't mine, but this grease stain just will not come off.

The most common thing I've seen on the web has been vinegar. Has anyone heard of this? Does it work? Does anyone have any other ideas? I really want to get it clean, it looks awful!!!!

2007-03-25 11:01:23 · 3 answers · asked by witchy_csc 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-03-25 10:59:05 · 4 answers · asked by ☺SDgurl☺ 3 in Cleaning & Laundry

it went thru my garbage and i'm afraid if i dont see it and let my dog out it will attack my dog. please advise if i CAN PUT ANYTHING IN THE YARD THAT WILL KEEP IT AWAY & WONT HARM MY PUP.

2007-03-25 10:56:09 · 5 answers · asked by mookboag5 2 in Garden & Landscape

I got a couple of pictures of these stupid plants but now I dont know how to show them to people to see if anyone knows what they are!!! HELP

2007-03-25 10:55:43 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

2007-03-25 10:55:14 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

It is a metal building. Had to tear out the plywood floor and floor joist and bottom framing. Going to frame around the bottom edge with treated wood. Can either go with plywood again, concrete or thought about putting down plastic and then pavers inside the framing. What do you think?

2007-03-25 10:47:13 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

2007-03-25 10:42:52 · 2 answers · asked by Shawn E 1 in Other - Home & Garden

The house is a small (tiny) brick shell. It is an alley rowhome in a "transitional" neighborhood. The seller is rehabbing the homes and will split the equity with the original buyer when he/she sells. I am in graduate school and have very little income. These houses are going to be very efficient and seem affordable, so the idea is very attractive to me. How can I find out more, and what are the dangers?

2007-03-25 10:42:23 · 3 answers · asked by moxie 1 in Other - Home & Garden

I have a finished basement the walls are painted white. Along the baseboards the wall has begun to show a dark brownish-yellow tint. Is this from water? if so what can i do?

2007-03-25 10:38:26 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-03-25 10:33:24 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

Hi everyone.

I am new here and to be perfectly honest, I don't even know how to explain this in an "appropriate" manner since I'm sure it isn't your ordinary run-of-the-mill question but I'll try and just hope for the best I guess.

First of all, I personally do not farm worms but I also have nothing against them or the people who raise them. I was going to ask a doctor about this but I figured that people who raised worms would probably be the people who would know the most about them.

About 2 weeks ago, a friend of mine became very intoxicated and on a dare, inserted a "regular" earthworm into his privates. He ended up losing the worm "up there" and subsequently, ended up with prostatitis (an infection of the prostate gland). As a footnote, I wasn't the one who dared him (in fact I discouraged him from doing this but there was a lot of peer pressure involved and he was VERY drunk). As a second footnote, he has had prostatitis several times in the past (for whatever reason).

Anyway, I didn't concern myself too much with it at first but being the hypochondriac that I am, I soon found myself obsessing about all sorts of diseases and so I began doing a bit of research on worms. I read on several sites that they *can* carry all sorts of bacteria, protozoa and other microorganisms but they did not say if these "organisms" were pathogenic (disease causing) in humans, what species of earthworm they were or what country the earthworms (or microorganisms) were indigenous/endemic (respectively) to.

On several other sites, I read that the gut of earthworms contained so many "good" bacteria that it was very difficult for any "bad" bacteria to survive in them because these pathogenic bacteria were neutralized and that earthworm "castings" actually had the effect of "sterilizing" the soil, etc.

Still another site talked about a girl eating an earthworm and ending up with some condition for which she was later treated (and cured).

I'm at the point now where I'm not sure what to believe and so that is why I am here asking this rather "strange" question. The worm was (I believe) a common "fishing worm" and it was taken from under a board in a yard where no dogs or cats frequented. The board itself was very large and had been there for many years. This happened in the state of Florida. It has been in his bladder for 2 weeks now and a urinalysis (4 days after this happened) showed no bacteria and all cultures were negative for anything. He seems to be doing ok except for some side effects from the antibiotic. I guess I'm just wondering if I could get some input on worm diseases (in Florida) that one might have to be concerned about under the circumstances which I just described. He's already been to the doctor who just shrugged and gave him an antibiotic so apparently the doctor wasn't too concerned.

Anyway, I apologize for the very bizarre nature of this question but I truly felt that the best people to ask about worms were the people who raise them.

PS: This is a genuine and serious question.

- Regards and thank you very much, Sid

2007-03-25 10:30:52 · 6 answers · asked by ShoeFlyPie 1 in Other - Home & Garden

2007-03-25 10:30:41 · 2 answers · asked by Dennis B 1 in Garden & Landscape

2007-03-25 10:30:12 · 2 answers · asked by msdc4@ameritech.net 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

i had a tenensey to put food coloring on a ball and throw it on the wall than wash my wall but i missed a few spots and now i have spots of blue on my wall and we're moving soon i was just wondering how do i get it off? i tried washing but that didn't work is there anything special i can use to get it off

2007-03-25 10:28:44 · 2 answers · asked by Melly. 3 in Decorating & Remodeling

I have a wooden kitchen table and I set down a hot pot on it and now there is a white faded mark.. looks like maybe the paint faded off from the heat??? How can I fix this? I already tried using wood polisher but it is still there! please help.

2007-03-25 10:15:42 · 6 answers · asked by GreekGurl84 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

We recently moved into a 26 year old home, it has oak floors in the entrance way and down the hall. It looks like there is some type of sealant or glue inbetween the planks. these are cracking and seperating leaving gaps in some areas that are up to 1/8 of an inch. It looks as though the flooring was installed over plywood and I dont know what is under that.... I believe previous owner installed himself...... Is there anything I can do to save the existing floor or do I need to replace it.....NOTE: other than the separating the wood is not bowed in any way.....

2007-03-25 10:15:28 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

in my backyard i want to know how to get rid of the grass and how to make a walkway to my garage. would flat stones be easier to use or cement?

2007-03-25 10:14:36 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

Hi Im scared of bees and whasps I have 3 doors an when I go to 1 2 are guarding the next 1 is one guarding and there are 2 more garding my front door every time I step foot out they swarm at me Ive never been bit and dont want to IVE HEARD IT HURTS! And I really need to get outside and turn on the sprinkler for about a hour my yard is 2 acres and there all over and They annoy me something terrible but I dont wanna call an exterminator or anything or get bee traps because I dont wanna leave the house right now because of the bees and We dont need to go but anyways what can I do to get rid of them just for an hour there 12 houses in the neighborhood and THEY PICK THIS ONE! why me why!?

2007-03-25 10:10:11 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

She washed them on a 40, but they just aren't fitting back on the sofas, nor are the cushions. I suggested leaving them off (coz it looks quite good, still) then getting some throws but she thinks it will look trampy??!!
Help us please!!
xx

2007-03-25 10:08:57 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

Just bought a new house. The gas water heater has a small length of garden house hooked to the drain valve. The drain valve is as tight as it can go in the OFF position, but hot, milky water drains out constantly and into a floor drain.

Is this normal? It seems like we're wasting a ton of water. I've found notes online about self-cleaning systems, but I can't tell if this is what we have.

Help!

2007-03-25 10:08:54 · 13 answers · asked by gr33dos 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-03-25 10:06:57 · 1 answers · asked by scaryclairy 4 in Other - Home & Garden

When we rebuilt our home after a fire, the contractors said they couldn't vent our new dryer as it was before. It went up 10' then horizontal another 15' to outside. They discovered they hadn't vented it until after it became a hassle to install. They told me it was out of spec and the dryer was too far from an outside wall! THEY have also lied to me in the past about 3-4 how or how not something can be done. Instead, they have installed this 6" x 12" x 6" box thing that the vent goes into. It supposed to grab the lint. BUT you have to clean it out and add water about every 5th load and they have it sitting way in the back. You also need a strainer to seperate the lint & water. It also makes the upstairs about 80 degrees and extremely humid. The windows even water up sometimes! SO... should I be asking for the old type of venting back or live with what I've got???? Remember it was a fire so we should be getting the same house as before. Thanks again, jaime

2007-03-25 10:05:43 · 2 answers · asked by Jaime 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-03-25 10:03:49 · 3 answers · asked by ronald k 1 in Garden & Landscape

I'd like to wash some vertical blinds made of fabric. I'm assuming that taking them down and tossing them into the washer, on the delicate cycle, will work fine. At the bottom of each blind there's a rectangular weight sewn into the blind and can't be removed. I'm assuming it won't rust after the fact. :)

Any suggestions or thing I should be wary of? Thanks.

2007-03-25 10:03:00 · 2 answers · asked by Anthony J 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

Is that what those roofs are called with like straw on them? Thatch roofs or am I completely off?

2007-03-25 10:02:16 · 1 answers · asked by Jaroo 4 in Other - Home & Garden

We just got a new house which is unfortunately tiled with ceramic tile in our family room, where we will do most of our living. I have a 1 year old who is rough and dives from couch to couch. If he fell on his head on that ceramic tile, the results could be terrible.

Keep in mind, we are renting this house....

I was trying to find a throw rug to put on the floor but I found something called carpet tiles. It looks to be perfect for us because of the way I could "free hand" where I want to put the carpet. I think that this could be a perfect option for us, except for one concern.

How does this stuff stick to your floor AND would it ruin the perfectly good and beautiful ceramic tile underneath it? When we move out of this house, I want to leave their house in the exact condition that it was when we moved in.

Do you think it would be possible to lay these carpet tiles down without ruining the ceramic tile underneath? Also, are these carpet tiles very padded and coushy?

2007-03-25 09:58:34 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

We just got a new house which is unfortunately tiled with ceramic tile in our family room, where we will do most of our living. I have a 1 year old who is rough and dives from couch to couch. If he fell on his head on that ceramic tile, the results could be terrible.

Keep in mind, we are renting this house....

I was trying to find a throw rug to put on the floor but I found something called carpet tiles. It looks to be perfect for us because of the way I could "free hand" where I want to put the carpet. I think that this could be a perfect option for us, except for one concern.

How does this stuff stick to your floor AND would it ruin the perfectly good and beautiful ceramic tile underneath it? When we move out of this house, I want to leave their house in the exact condition that it was when we moved in.

Do you think it would be possible to lay these carpet tiles down without ruining the ceramic tile underneath? Also, are these carpet tiles very padded and coushy?

2007-03-25 09:58:14 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2007-03-25 09:56:48 · 4 answers · asked by baby 5 in Garden & Landscape

ASAP my glasses are scratched

2007-03-25 09:56:28 · 3 answers · asked by coolio 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

I live in northeast US, while removing weeds near the tree trunk in front of the house, I found termites and ants. My home is 17 years old. Should I be concerned?

Last year, when I replaced the mailbox, found the termite again. Called home inspector to see if I had any infestation of termite. He found none. My home is built with concrete walls and have a basement. Normally, I put cedar mulch around the trees and house. Any info or help will be helpful.

2007-03-25 09:56:11 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs