Home & Garden - 19 April 2007

We just bought a shed with a floor kit. We tore down the existing shed when we bought our home last year. It was the same dimensions and left quite a hole underneath it. We have filled it with fill dirt, but are wondering what we need to place under the shed to keep it from shifting and sinking. The cheapest option is greatly appreciated.

Sorry for my lack of knowledge with this.

2007-04-19 03:08:39 · 16 answers · asked by Red 76 4 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I would like to pick your brains about some chairs I have in my classroom at the high school where I work. The chairs are rolling office chairs and the floor is linoleum.

The wheels can be removed, but, without the wheels, the chair is not usable to sit on because the pole in the center of the chair base comes down farther than where the wheels are attached.

There is no money in the budget for new chairs (there are 33 of them), rugs or cushions under the chairs, or to carpet the room.

The wheels are made of plastic. There is a small metal axle between the two sides of a wheel leaving space between them. The top half (but not the sides) of the wheel unit is covered by a plastic outer shell.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thank you!

2007-04-19 03:08:26 · 6 answers · asked by chicagos_no_1 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

How to replace a laundry basin faucet ? I need to and am not sure if I need to solder anything or not. I'd rather not.

2007-04-19 03:05:01 · 5 answers · asked by Mike D 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

It is getting to big for the planter that I have it in how would I replant it? Should I wait for it to lose the flowers? How bigger of a planter should it go into? Please help me...

2007-04-19 02:59:42 · 3 answers · asked by Erica G 2 in Garden & Landscape

I want tropical flowers....

2007-04-19 02:43:04 · 4 answers · asked by Hairdresser T.O. 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

2007-04-19 02:41:54 · 1 answers · asked by kishwar 1 in Other - Home & Garden

is their a certain kind of sand that is to be used in a Sand Filter for my above ground pool???? I have been told to use a more agressive sand, and i have also been told to just purchase the play sand from Lowes or Home DePot???? Is their a difference? And what is the correct sand to use???????? PLEASE HELP.... I Dont want my filter to Blow up.......

2007-04-19 02:29:54 · 4 answers · asked by wva_butterfly 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

I want to hang tealights form the celling of a gazebo with clear fishing line, so they look like they are just hanging. What is the best way to do this? Thanks for all your answers!!!

2007-04-19 02:24:30 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

Anyone have an idea how long it takes caladiums to sprout after planting? Thanks a million?

2007-04-19 02:17:03 · 3 answers · asked by exslidergirl 4 in Garden & Landscape

How do you cut a rose bush back to turn it into a tree? Where it's just around bunch on top. really cute. Any help would be appreciated.

2007-04-19 02:15:12 · 4 answers · asked by exslidergirl 4 in Garden & Landscape

We live in NC and earlier this month we had a couple days in a row of hard freezes. Our crepe myrtles had already began to sprout new leaves but now they're damaged by the cold (withered and dead). What can I expect for this year and is there anything I can do?

2007-04-19 01:59:55 · 4 answers · asked by wolf1ibm 2 in Garden & Landscape

There is a hole at the side of the drain pipe, but at the moment it is blanked off. It looks as if this is where I connect to, but I don't know what connection pipe to ask for, or how to fit it. I would be very grateful for any assistance.

2007-04-19 01:21:44 · 19 answers · asked by Ranatalot 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

We installed a new sink drain, tailpipe thing, but it is leaking where the drain and the bottom of the sink meet. Got any idea how to fix it? I am thinking about going the permanent root of applying JB Waterweld putty on it. That will fix the leak, but the drain will attached to the sink forever if I do that!! Frig I hate sinks now.

2007-04-19 01:19:19 · 8 answers · asked by hello 6 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

Recently I arrived back to my flat after a weekend away. My flatmate had left dirty plates, cups and glasses all over the kitchen and the bin unemptied, even though she said she would clean up. She repeatedly acts like this. I'm naturally a tidy person, if i have dirty dishes i just wash them, simple as that. Why do some people not clean up after themselves??

2007-04-19 01:18:34 · 17 answers · asked by CIARAN M 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

Its many green leaves have turned yellow and dry , why has this happened and how do i fix it?

2007-04-19 01:14:40 · 8 answers · asked by kiffbrown 2 in Garden & Landscape

people told me that if you paint your front pourch ceiling blue like the sky that wasp want build their nest there,is there any good answers out there

2007-04-19 01:11:33 · 2 answers · asked by thomas s 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

I live in Michigan and my house is 45 years old and has plastered walls and people have been telling me that the walls will crack,the hardwood floors might buckle and the furniture could fall apart. Some people tell me if I winterize it everything should be ok. I'm confused! Can anyone help me?

2007-04-19 01:10:59 · 5 answers · asked by william s 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

I bought a side by side refrigerator at Sears in Texas a year ago I now dont like do they have trade in for things like this.

2007-04-19 00:50:34 · 4 answers · asked by Becky S 2 in Other - Home & Garden

I stripped wallpaper from two adjoining areas so that I could paint. With one area, which did not have a layer of paint underneath, I had to do a fair amount of wall repair - spackling, sanding, priming, etc...

The other area had been painted before the wallpaper went up, so I thought it wouldn't be too difficult. I used hot water, a scraper, a sponge, Crunch... I got TONS of glue off, and thought the wall was ready to go. But now that the paint is up, I am noticing a few spots that seem like there was still some glue that needed to be removed. They either have this puckerish look, like I totally missed them, or else they look like smooth raised areas where I scrubbed but some got left behind. There's not a ton of these spots, but I know they'll irritate me.

So... is there anything I can do about it, or does the paint I put on make them permanent? Would the spackle/sand/ prime/paint routine I did on the other area help?

HELP!

Thanks!

2007-04-19 00:46:37 · 5 answers · asked by Kris 4 in Decorating & Remodeling

What is a floating floor?

2007-04-19 00:45:19 · 12 answers · asked by mrs tog 3 in Maintenance & Repairs