Home & Garden - 26 April 2007

The electric company in my area recently doubled their rates. They have a monopoly and apparently we have no other alternatives unless we all want to start buying solar panels for our roofs. I am very worried about cooling costs this summer when the air conditioner comes on. What can I do now, to prepare for the hot summer months?

2007-04-26 23:57:51 · 7 answers · asked by julliana 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-04-26 23:53:56 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

By inner part I mean the entire body where you take out to refill it. Its stuck in the shell and I can't get it out. How can I get it out without damaging it?

2007-04-26 23:37:03 · 6 answers · asked by silkshadowz 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

i got blood on my new white shirt and i'm not sure how to get it out! i need help quick! i am wearing it out tonight!! HELP!!

2007-04-26 23:18:43 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

I have a 4x18 steel frame pool from wal-mart, we have well water and alkalinity if off the chart! What do we add and how much? I think it hold 16000 gallons of water, but I could be wrong. I've only added clorine, since well water has absulutly none. Water looks fine, very clear, but test reading very high.

2007-04-26 23:00:07 · 2 answers · asked by nola_b 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

I have many lavender and rosemary shrubs, but some of the plants are partly dead on one side due to drought here, can I cut the dead bits out, and will they recover or just pull the entire plant out and start again?

2007-04-26 22:32:52 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

I would like to take down my horizonal blinds to clean them. Does anybody know how I remove them from the brackets please?

2007-04-26 22:20:19 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

I havent got clogged in my toilet pipe but the problem is somewhat similar. When i flugh the toilet, the lumps of waste doesnt go thorugh in one go. I have to flugh it 3-4 times or might have to use toilet brush to send them through the hole. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

2007-04-26 22:06:07 · 12 answers · asked by Gagan S 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

The water rises in a spring chamber , pipes to a large collection chamber, alkathene pipe down the hill to the house and copper pipe in the house. The blue color suggests the copper but most houses use copper.
Thanks.

2007-04-26 21:07:59 · 7 answers · asked by john b 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-04-26 20:26:07 · 10 answers · asked by happy_cat_59 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

Hi there, i'm doing a coursework on estimation of quantities and concrete. Included are plans and elevations (with not many measurements) of a residential house. I'm a bit confused regarding Question 2, which has asked us to determine the volume of concrete needed to build all the concrete elements of the house.

The length and width of the house is 13.3m and 15.2m

the Height of the house from ground to roof is 8.805 m

There is also a figure giving the slab level SSL 30 -250 (not sure what this is)

I think we are suppose to just assume the depth of concrete needed, as it has not been stated on the plans. What would be a realistic figure? What do I have to take in account? Footings, slabs?

I understand the formula used to work out the volume of concrete is:

Length x Width x Depth

But, In GB do we order concrete in cubic meters or cubic yards? I just want to make sure I give my answer using the correct unit.


thanks for any help in advance...

2007-04-26 20:20:00 · 6 answers · asked by Tyrone J 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

2007-04-26 20:13:05 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

I was just wondering.

2007-04-26 18:24:54 · 6 answers · asked by Loverboy 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

The very condensed version of the story is that the plumber came to fix my boiler, two weeks later it broke again, they spent 1.5 days at my house to try to solve the problem only to leave us two times with carbon monoxide emissions around 110 PPM (1-2 PPM is normal) After they left us with the boiler still broken, our local power company came over and within 5 minutes he had identified and fixed the problem. The plumber billed us $1000.

For whatever reason, I feel really guilty about this because he spent so much time at our house, but I can't justify paying him because he essentially caused the problem, did not fix the problem and left us with a furnace emitting very high levels of carbon monoxide. On top of it all, the guy from the power company came in and fixed the problem by replacing a missing piece of the pilot assembly within 5 mins.

Thoughts on the case? Why do I feel guilty?

PS He is very mad and probably going to sue us.

2007-04-26 18:22:36 · 11 answers · asked by Johnny Johnny 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

How much sense does it make to wear white when you get paint on your clothes all day?

2007-04-26 17:42:51 · 7 answers · asked by justbeingher 7 in Other - Home & Garden

Can we not just glue the tiles together without any space in between? I neither have the time nor have any enthusiasm to clean grouts. Asian homes with marble flooring have no grouts. Why don't we have the same technology?

2007-04-26 17:25:05 · 7 answers · asked by nima k 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

something we can prepare at home and get rid of the pests once and for all...

2007-04-26 17:21:57 · 7 answers · asked by RKdada 2 in Other - Home & Garden

2007-04-26 17:16:41 · 9 answers · asked by La red 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

during the addition of a bedroom to an existing home, aprox another 10 by 14 foot of space added on to the house to include new bathroom at what points is the building inspector suppose to come out and inspect?

2007-04-26 17:13:20 · 5 answers · asked by vashaunbing 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

Squash, cilantro, tomatoes, peppers, collard greens, salad greens

2007-04-26 16:59:34 · 10 answers · asked by WinterBorn 5 in Garden & Landscape

I need to plant ~300 seedling trees and have heard of a device that is specifically designed for this kind of work. Where can I find it?

2007-04-26 16:57:56 · 4 answers · asked by andy 1 in Garden & Landscape

i lived with my grandmother but my mom just got costudy of me and i am now moving in with my mom. I am getting my own bedroom and she said i get to do ANYTHING with it!! she said she wants me to like choose the color of the furniture, color of the walls ect. currently the color of the walls are this wierd type of orange and my mom hates and i hate so do YOU know any steps on how i can make my bedroom into a beautiful place???

what are the steps on making a complete bedroom?
any color ideas?
any ideas for the theme?
what color should i paint my walls?
what color furniture?
ect

get the idea? i need LOTS of ideas!!!!

ps: my mom said no black walls because it's to dark


i am 16 years old and please don't say like BARBIE, RACE CARS ECT.

2007-04-26 16:45:48 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

2007-04-26 16:34:15 · 4 answers · asked by sirsmokealot 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-04-26 15:38:47 · 14 answers · asked by LC H 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-04-26 15:32:14 · 3 answers · asked by srafiee 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2007-04-26 15:21:15 · 4 answers · asked by Bobacca 1 in Garden & Landscape

I live in the Twin Cities of Minnesota and I want to know how many hours of direct sunlight and how many hours of sitting by a window sunlight should I give my Venus Fly Trap EACH DAY.

2007-04-26 15:19:58 · 4 answers · asked by Bobacca 1 in Garden & Landscape

Ok we have a la5380XTW1 Whirlpool clothes washer which is totaly dead as it won't do anything when turned on. It is currently stuck filled with water and appears to have totaly died. I am thinking it could be a fuse within the washer that has blown, but haven't had any luck finding where it might be located. There is no fuse in the plug and the outlet it is plugged into has been tested and works.

Also if anyone can think of anything else that might cause this I am open to suggestions. Also it is a normal washer with the lid on top and is fairly old only has dials on it. (I couldn't find it on whirlpools website).

Thanks in advance for any help.

2007-04-26 15:03:29 · 7 answers · asked by BenSparkle 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

in my house and furniture

2007-04-26 14:55:29 · 10 answers · asked by la_nena_loka 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

i have central air in my home, and my question is... would it be better to run my central a/c fan switch on auto or on?
wich one would help me save on energy?

2007-04-26 14:43:19 · 5 answers · asked by ijrg 3 in Do It Yourself (DIY)