Home & Garden - 13 April 2007

I have a relatively new (3 year old) 3-bulb light fixture. Lately, I have had problems with bulbs in one particular socket burning out very quickly. It's rated for 100-watt bulbs, but I've been using 75-watts. At one point I even switched to expensive compact flourescent bulbs, but the one in that particular socket burned out within a week, as did the second one I installed in its place. Bulbs in the other sockets seem so far to have a normal lifespan.

What is a likely cause for this, and how can I fix it? The fixture was just expensive enough that I don't want to replace it, but not quite valuable enough to warrant having it repaired professionally. I'm hoping there is some easy, obvious fix that I can do myself. Thanks!

2007-04-13 03:21:28 · 12 answers · asked by veramarie32 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

We had a severe frost and small snow after our record breaking 80's in early spring. All of the leaves that were budding out on some of my trees have turned black and died. Will they bud out and get leaves again this year???

2007-04-13 03:14:02 · 1 answers · asked by sillybreaze 4 in Garden & Landscape

My dishwasher has a sanatize setting. Can I sterilize my jars in my dishwasher?

2007-04-13 03:05:35 · 12 answers · asked by heather k 3 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

My name is craig and im opening a business, but i need some help with a cathy unique company name somethign someone will remember, stick out from any other one...

We do any lawn care you can think of. THANKS IN ADVANCe

2007-04-13 03:03:50 · 12 answers · asked by Conspirisea 1 in Garden & Landscape

2007-04-13 02:47:58 · 14 answers · asked by nigel h 4 in Maintenance & Repairs

I want to make the house so clean when they come home. She's a total clean freak so I guess Im just trying to figure out what I should all get done before tomorrow. It's a two story house with the basement which is where my boyfriend sleeps all the time and she usually doesnt go down there. What should I make sure I do upstairs and even downstairs? What will make this house look like I took extra good care of it?

2007-04-13 02:20:10 · 10 answers · asked by garber_jamie 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

My balcony door won't open - the lock turns and it sounds like it should be unlocked but it won't budge.
How can I fix it? (Aside from calling out a locksmith)

2007-04-13 02:09:44 · 3 answers · asked by yahnyinlondon 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

These are the metal kind, white (well, when they're clean!), and they're in a smoker's house. I really dread the idea of SCRUBBING each and every one.

2007-04-13 02:01:49 · 14 answers · asked by spiryl 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

i want to put dishwasher next to washing machine, which is next to sink, washer is cold water feed and waste drainage is connected to sink underneath cuboard. how do i connect dishwasher which is cold feed also and needs waste pipe. do i get two way cold feed pipe and two way waste pipe or do i need a proffesional help please

2007-04-13 01:56:37 · 11 answers · asked by ginno 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

The submersible pump for the sump well in our basement has stopped pumping on a couple of occasions leading to waterlogging of our basement. Due to early detection ( and the pump starts to pump when we give a kick), it was not serious, but we were left with wet carpet. How do we ensure that this will never happen ?

2007-04-13 01:51:23 · 6 answers · asked by Madhavan D 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

Our basement got waterlogged and the carpets got wet. How do we get the carpet dry and avoid mold ?

2007-04-13 01:46:10 · 6 answers · asked by Madhavan D 1 in Maintenance & Repairs