Home & Garden - 19 April 2007

2007-04-19 08:58:58 · 11 answers · asked by Hermina G 2 in Other - Home & Garden

What kind of vacuum cleaners get around baseboards the best? Mine does ok with the floors but the edge cleaner is bad.

2007-04-19 08:53:38 · 6 answers · asked by bamakathy 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

I'm buying a new (self propelled) push mower and see that some now start with a key rather than a pull rope.

Have you ever owned a mower like this? Any reviews? Is the key start reliable?

2007-04-19 08:50:46 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

2007-04-19 08:46:45 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

I have erected a trellis fence so as not to look at my neighbours
unsightly garden.
Can anyone suggest climbing plants that will give flowers in the summer with foliage all through the winter.

2007-04-19 07:56:30 · 4 answers · asked by Lizzie 1 in Garden & Landscape

2007-04-19 07:41:39 · 11 answers · asked by brett r 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I live in Quebec. Our foyer has a door to the garage (steel, sealed, auto-closing), and also another interior door to the rest of the home. I other words, there is a door between the interior garage door and the rest of the house. I want to remove this door to open up the foyer.

Does anybody know if this second door is required by code? I don't think it is, provided that the interior door accessing the garage is to code, but it would be nice to know for sure. I can't find the relevant code information online. I will probably end up calling a code official but thought I'd try here anyway!

2007-04-19 07:40:22 · 1 answers · asked by cheddler 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

I have a large backyard and is has numerous plants, tress, and flowers except one spot. There is one area in the corner of my yard that is approximately 6ft x 4ft and no matter what I plant there, it dies. Could the soil be bad in only that spot or I am missing some thing? What can I do to make the soil fertile, if that is what is needed?

2007-04-19 07:21:50 · 4 answers · asked by jumpy_monkey_sundae 2 in Garden & Landscape

I have a 3 bedroom, 1 bath ranch. I want to add a 1/2 bath, but don't know where to put it. Does it need to be near the original plumbing? what is the smallest space I need to install a sink and toilet? thanks

2007-04-19 06:46:36 · 7 answers · asked by M L 3 in Decorating & Remodeling

I just bought a second hand leather jacket from ebay and i need to know if there's anything i can do to restore the leather a bit. There are a few wrinkles and dull bits, noithing bad but is there a good way to protect it and clean it?

2007-04-19 06:40:40 · 20 answers · asked by natstally 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-04-19 06:27:47 · 4 answers · asked by lonely as a cloud 6 in Maintenance & Repairs

I was growing beans, cucumbers and tomatoes in dixie cups and pots in my kitchen. When they started to attract ants I moved the pots and dixie cups outside. Due to my heavy school and work schedule I don't always get a chance to water them. I'm lucky if I get to water them every other day. Because I live in California the water sometimes dries up very quickly by the afternoon. When I went to go water them this morning some of my tomatoes appeared to wilt. I had watered them 2 days earlier. How long can plants last without water?

2007-04-19 06:11:44 · 6 answers · asked by christigmc 5 in Other - Home & Garden

I am replacing a wall heat register in an old rowhome. When I remove the existing register, do I just pop the new one on? Or do I attach it to the duct that is behind it pushing out the hot air? Old city row home. Thanks.

2007-04-19 06:08:05 · 3 answers · asked by michellelangston2001 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

The city is saying that my roof needs to be inspected because of a previous job done by the poeple who owned the house before me. Am I responsable for pay for another inspection?

2007-04-19 05:42:10 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

Hypothetically, how would I get rid of a large amount of blood on the walls, floor and ceiling ?
The floor is carpeted, and the walls and ceiling are papered and painted an off-white colour.
For the sake of argument, imagine I have to completely remove every tiny trace as I'm a very tidy person.

2007-04-19 05:07:29 · 11 answers · asked by gav 4 in Cleaning & Laundry

Last month I purchased a home in the country. This month a water inspector told me the leach bed had caused me to fail the inspection. The house had been inspected before I bought it. Is this going to fall entirely on me or is this something I should bring to my lawyers attention?

2007-04-19 05:05:52 · 4 answers · asked by lunas_4 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

we are in the process of purchasing a bungalow with the name of Strathyre, any ideas what it means.

2007-04-19 05:02:32 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

get it right. It's got some sort of fitting on the reel itself but I don't get it!

I've tried their website.

Good old Argos, blank cardboard box with no instructions.

2007-04-19 05:00:35 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

I bought a replacement blade, but can you tell me how to put the new one on? Is it difficult? What tools do I need?

2007-04-19 04:33:45 · 4 answers · asked by M S 4 in Maintenance & Repairs

when people come over i want them to take their shoes off because im in a apartment and i have light beige rugs i dont want dirt track marks all over the place even more recently because of all the rain we had here and our apartment complex tore up all our concrete so they can fix it because we keep on flooding so everyone is walking through all the mud and dirt to get here when she came in last night i told her to take her shoes off and she told me no theyre not dirty weather they had mud on them or not i dont want people wearing shoes in here these carpets stain easy how do i get people to take theyre shoes off without sounding rude? and do you think that i had the right to get mad when she refused to take her shoes off or she had the right to get mad for me getting mad?

2007-04-19 04:19:49 · 13 answers · asked by *Suzy-Q* 4 in Cleaning & Laundry

My lawn, front and back total comes to less than one acre, say between one half and one third an acre. Do I really need a seed-spreader or would it be just as effective to walk around with the bag while throwing out the seed with my hand?

Thank you!

2007-04-19 04:18:23 · 7 answers · asked by Silent Kninja 4 in Garden & Landscape

2007-04-19 04:15:48 · 9 answers · asked by deepak57 7 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

We just bought a house, the ceiling paint in the kitchen is cracked and peeling. I have been scraping it for two days but still have a lot of scraping left. Is there a product similar to zip strip that I could put on the ceiling to remove the paint and make the scraping easier? I don't want to ruin the sheet rock.

2007-04-19 04:13:33 · 5 answers · asked by pizzle_01 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

Like if I wanted one to come every day and sweep, vacum, mop, do a load of laundry, load the dishwasher, make the beds, and wipe everything down, how much would that run per week? I know it can vary but I just need a general idea. THanks!

2007-04-19 04:11:00 · 8 answers · asked by Kristine R 4 in Cleaning & Laundry

say to save some space, i decide to build my lands on top of each other. for example, building a 4 level building, and for each level i grow plants on it using Artificial light instead of the sun light.

example:
instead of this ------- ------- ------- -------

it will be inside a building on top of each other such as this:
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2007-04-19 04:06:42 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

2007-04-19 03:59:31 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

It seems bare. What should we put above it? We have quite high ceilings.

Any ideas?

2007-04-19 03:53:33 · 3 answers · asked by Christina H 4 in Decorating & Remodeling

2007-04-19 03:29:33 · 8 answers · asked by Aggy B 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

kitchen is very small 10' by 11' want to rip out cabinets and get other newer pre fab ones, how much $ am I going to be looking to spend, nothing fancy, small first house.

2007-04-19 03:25:06 · 5 answers · asked by kdube151 3 in Decorating & Remodeling

when buiding new home , what are the upgrades we must have added from the buider, what upgrades can wait for some other time in future to be added by us on our own ?

2007-04-19 03:16:21 · 5 answers · asked by dpi2tx 1 in Other - Home & Garden