Home & Garden - 26 July 2007

I cannot seem to find any online stores that sell this... I need a really long drill bit (with a small bore diameter) that is at least 48" long. I have wooden blocks halfway down my wall, and I need to drop a phone line through it, so I need a really long drill bit. Any suggestions? I will be doing this at least 5 times throughout my house (it is older, and does not have a lot of wiring in the walls), so I want to do it right (instead of cutting holes in the drywall, or running the lines on the outside of the wall).

Thanks for your help!

2007-07-26 11:23:40 · 6 answers · asked by envision_man 2 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2007-07-26 11:19:16 · 6 answers · asked by ddlg42 2 in Garden & Landscape

Where can I find cheap duvet covers? I want pink. I don't want to spend to much. I have tried a lot of websites such as pbteen, walmart, urban outfitters, target, overstock, ikea, and kmart. I don't want to spend a lot.

2007-07-26 11:16:51 · 2 answers · asked by maddi_ariel 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

The lettuce is called buttercrunch bibb. The seeds are also very small, like bird seeds. I just don't know if one seed will sprout a whole head of lettuce, or if I am supposed to put more seeds in one pot. Thanks!

2007-07-26 11:02:52 · 3 answers · asked by nina 1 in Garden & Landscape

2007-07-26 11:00:18 · 8 answers · asked by Jay Dub 3 in Garden & Landscape

I've seen them at my schools, outside/inside classrooms, in lockers to hang jackets on, and now I'm redoing a room where they could be useful, but I'm not sure what they are called.

2007-07-26 10:56:38 · 5 answers · asked by laura! 2 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I am renovating my bathroom and plan to use tileboard in place of the surround for my tub. I can't seem to find any sites that have more than just a paragraph or two about proper installation and am looking for some good links or tips and tricks, especially concerning joints between two sheets of tileboard.

2007-07-26 10:46:39 · 2 answers · asked by bookgirlocmd 3 in Decorating & Remodeling

Our neighbors apparently don't believe in blinds, and we put up a fence already, but we can still see way too much of each other :) What is a good tree to put up that will grow fairly tall without having awful roots spreading out everywhere? We have mostly clay soil, and this would be southern exposure. Thanks!

2007-07-26 10:39:35 · 66 answers · asked by Kelly F 2 in Garden & Landscape

those round wooden plates that can spin? Sometimes used in restaurants with a large table. They sell them in Ikea. About the size of a large dish somtimes.

2007-07-26 10:37:41 · 4 answers · asked by random 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

2007-07-26 10:27:24 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

The rod on my toilet (the one that goes from the handle to the chain) just broke. How do I replace it? How do I disconnect the broken rod from the handle?

2007-07-26 10:22:34 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

I have problems with rugs and runners, these with rubber backs, creeping along the carpets. Has anyone found a quick and inexpensive solution.

2007-07-26 10:03:26 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

If so how physically demanding is it as someone told me today that i wouldn't be able to do it because i wouldn't be strong enough.
Any advice greatly recieved
Cheers

2007-07-26 09:57:57 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

what is the best kind?

2007-07-26 09:54:45 · 4 answers · asked by Nicho B 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-07-26 09:50:54 · 7 answers · asked by ~♥Amanda Dawn♥~ 2 in Garden & Landscape

I heard once that the kind of ultrasonic cleaner the jewelry stores use are different than the ones that are available retail, and that the ones you can buy are not safe for gemstones. is this true?

2007-07-26 09:45:43 · 4 answers · asked by ladypeter 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-07-26 09:43:16 · 15 answers · asked by thappy12 1 in Garden & Landscape

Can you have a self-sufficient farm on five acres?

2007-07-26 09:41:30 · 5 answers · asked by operaphantom2003 4 in Garden & Landscape

My son left his fork on the plate he was reheating and turned the microwave on. The fork was touching one side of the microwave when it arced and there is now no coating on a 1 in by 1/8 in. place on one of the inside walls. Is the microwave still safe to use? Is there some way I can repair it?

2007-07-26 09:40:35 · 4 answers · asked by Dawn P 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

Hi folks

Any tips on how to revitalise leather gardening gloves that have gone all stiff? This usually happens when the gloves are nearly worn out anyway, but these gloves are still really nice and I'd love to know if it's possible to soften them again.

Thanks in advance.

2007-07-26 09:38:29 · 5 answers · asked by Gardenclaire 3 in Other - Home & Garden

2007-07-26 09:36:39 · 6 answers · asked by Geoff F 1 in Other - Home & Garden

And if it does.. willl there be new blooms this season or does the pruning only benefit next year's growth?

2007-07-26 09:34:57 · 3 answers · asked by Elfchic 3 in Garden & Landscape

It kind of looks like a cross between a palm tree and a spider plant on the small side. Mine looks like a mini tree, the trunk looks a lot like a palm tree's trunk but it's really thin, (less than a centimeter wide right now and about a foot tall) The top of the tree has spikey leaves that are about 6 to 12 inches in length, they kind of look like a palm tree's or a spider plant's leaves except they are thinner (about a centimeter wide) and are green in the middle with pink on the sides. anybody have an idea? i've been looking for a while and just cant seem to find anything similar.

2007-07-26 09:30:21 · 2 answers · asked by missbeth7 1 in Other - Home & Garden

2007-07-26 09:29:03 · 5 answers · asked by jimfern0633@sbcglobal.net 1 in Other - Home & Garden

2007-07-26 09:13:21 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

My old roommate (who just up and left three months ago) lost his key to my apartment when he was here and took off three different window screens trying to get in through open windows. I am trying to get screens back on now. The screens themselves looks fine on all three.. they don't have any rips or holes, but the frames are damaged and bent and I would assume unrepairable. The frames all look similar to this "before" picture I found.. maybe a little bit worse.

http://www.cambridgedoors.com/images/screens/windowscreens.jpg

Can anybody give me any direction in repairing this.. preferably low cost, since it's an apt. (I'm getting charged a lot of money if I have the complex do it). I talked to some guy at The Home Depot... but he had no idea what I was talking about.

2007-07-26 09:07:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

So I have to buy my boyfriend a birthday gift and I was thinking of starting him off on a good power tool. He lives in an apartment right now so space is limited and doesn't really do to much but I don't want to get him a crappy one or one that has to much power that he will never have to use. Any suggestions?

2007-07-26 09:02:21 · 15 answers · asked by jaxs84 2 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

doubled in size everyday, and it took 30 days to get as big as the entire pond, how many days to be half the size of the pond?

2007-07-26 09:01:19 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

The room has the Clearwater Threshers theme going. So we painted the room Dark Blue on the bottom, light blue in the middle, with a deep red stripe on the top. The ceiling is white and there is a white stripe in between colors. it's a baseball room . I wanted curtains to match one of those colors...........any ideas?

2007-07-26 08:52:47 · 2 answers · asked by sammy 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

I live in Upstate New York, which I believe is zone 5b. I'm pretty sure that means that my pineapple sage will not survive the winter outdoors. So my questions are 1, If I cover the outdoor plants with compost material such as fallen leaves, and pine branches, will they winter? 2) If I leave the plants in my garden until late September and then move them to the house, will they flower? Thanks

2007-07-26 08:50:18 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape