Home & Garden - 9 September 2007

I'm tossing the idea around in my head to pull up our linolium and put down tile. Couple things though ... can't afford any mistakes or huge expenses. I want to see what's under the linolium but can't pull up a vent and look cuz the vents are in the ceiling. I'd have to tile around a fiberglass jacuzzi and stand up shower. Never tiled before and probably won't mess with it if I can't pull it off with just a couple hundred in supplies.

2007-09-09 23:58:33 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

Sometimes when i wash black clothes they loss they colour and they look like ive been wearing it for years....
How can i prevent that?

2007-09-09 23:16:44 · 17 answers · asked by inf3rnal212 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

I have accidently cracked/smashed one door on a unit in my fitted kitchen. Its a new modern kitchen fitted in last 2 - 3 years from MFI. have been to the store to purchase and replace the single door but they have discontinued this particular line? Can i claim for whole new set of doors on my home insurance? (i do have accidental damage cover)

2007-09-09 22:47:12 · 2 answers · asked by xantheh 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

can i remove the shock by a wire connected to the earth?

2007-09-09 22:01:08 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

The back was VERY dirty, dust clinging thickly to everything. I cleaned out almost all of the accumulated dust and dirt but it didn't seem to help.

2007-09-09 21:27:28 · 9 answers · asked by nortonsuzanne 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

I'm hoping to find a tool that kind of looks like a screw driver. I just need to know the products name, price, and place you purchased it. And if it actually works.

2007-09-09 21:26:43 · 4 answers · asked by Yahoo 4 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

my 12 year old natches crape mrytle put on quite a show last year and the year before. This year,in coastal NC, it didn't bloom very much and the blooms didn't last long while it was blooming. Didn't do anything different to it and it doesn't appear to have a diesease. I did water it at the base with a drip hose when our water table dropped and many other trees started suffering from the drought. I didn't water it much or for many days. Just watered it deep two times. Any ideas what could be wrong?

2007-09-09 21:23:42 · 4 answers · asked by sandlapper 2 in Garden & Landscape

My house is by the side of the main road so noise level quite high. Those installed sound proof please advise me or provide me a cheap and reliable contractor please.

2007-09-09 21:01:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I recently bought a new microfiber sofa only to find that its a pet hair magnet!!!! The hair actually STICKS to it! Plus its hunter green, so the hair really shows! I've tried vacuming but it doesnt get it all and it takes forever!!! Does anyone know of something that will take it off quickly and easily??? Thanx!

2007-09-09 20:50:24 · 9 answers · asked by JG1285 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-09-09 20:49:23 · 7 answers · asked by zzeetop 1 in Garden & Landscape

i have bamboos which are in the water now with a few roots, i want them to grow faster, any idea? i have added suger cube to it's water, do you know any other thing that i can add to it's water that would help?

2007-09-09 20:35:02 · 6 answers · asked by shabaroot 1 in Garden & Landscape

My husband and I just moved in to a new house and the fence is fine. But I know in years to come we'll need to replace the fence since we have the pretty side it will be our responsibility. My question is, our fence ends at the side of our house where as my neighbors fence comes up to almost the front of their house. Part of the fence extends on their property a good 10 ft beyond ours. I don't want to sound cheap but fences are expensive. Will my husband and I still be responsible for that part of the fence?

2007-09-09 20:33:07 · 7 answers · asked by Emily 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-09-09 20:15:12 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

2007-09-09 19:44:09 · 8 answers · asked by STUDDD_ 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

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2007-09-09 18:48:04 · 6 answers · asked by Marie818 1 in Garden & Landscape

i live in south australia and i am experiencing loud cracking noises coming from the house.... these noises are very loud and sharp and happen very randomly... i was wanting some advice of where to start to look... the house was built in the 50's and i have polished the floorboards about 4 months ago.. the noise has only started to happen in the last few weeks, please any advice would be appreciated
thanks in advance

2007-09-09 18:41:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

I live in a flat with a couple other girls, so we don't pee on the seat and are generally very neat. That having been said, the toilet really smells of pee and makes the whole bathroom unbearably awful. We have tried cleaning the toilet bowl with clorox and using air freshener mist but it has not helped. What else can be done?

Thank you in advance all you domestic gods and goddesses out there.

2007-09-09 18:40:41 · 27 answers · asked by stacky 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-09-09 18:02:31 · 7 answers · asked by rspctmyathrta 1 in Garden & Landscape

I've checked a couple nurseries, they don't have the plants or seeds, anyone know who carries them? They don't have to make by Halloween.

2007-09-09 17:54:21 · 3 answers · asked by La Cicada 4 in Garden & Landscape

I need to sell our bedroom furniture set, but I have no idea what type of wood it is. My husband owned it before we got married and he doesn't even know! It looks like light oak, but with darker circles throughout it. He thinks they're called knots, but I cannot find anything online. If anyone has an idea, thanks!

2007-09-09 17:52:39 · 7 answers · asked by jennie.flynn 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

does keeping your fan on all night long waste a lot of electricity?
like the ones on the ceiling?

2007-09-09 17:38:42 · 13 answers · asked by superrnat 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

A few years ago, US manufacturers standardized the color of the Romex sheathing on household electric cable. Now AWG 14 is white, 12 is yellow, and 10 is orange.

We have a summer cottage that doesn't have hollow walls, so all the electric wiring is exposed. We need to replace some of the old, crumbling wiring - which is all black - but on the very dark wood walls, it would look terrible to have any of the new colors, particularly yellow or orange. Is there anywhere left to buy a simple household electrical cable, like a sheathed solid-core NM 12-2, with either brown or black sheathing?

2007-09-09 17:34:56 · 7 answers · asked by Try Thinking For Yourselves 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

here are 3 pics of 3 butternut squash plants. Some have spotted white leaves, some have nearly all white leaves and the 3rd has a combo of both. I live in Southern CA. Are these squash plants diseased? If so, are they able to be saved or should they be dug up and replaced with new healthy plants?
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee73/stella_toddler/plant_3.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee73/stella_toddler/plant2.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee73/stella_toddler/plant_1.jpg

2007-09-09 17:30:57 · 4 answers · asked by preview 1 in Garden & Landscape

I am starting a compost pile. Can I include morillonite clay? Thanks.

2007-09-09 17:29:39 · 3 answers · asked by Karen C 1 in Garden & Landscape

i have some of the really expensive malasian wood and some wood from africa....how about some wood from a stream, river or a wood pile....what about something from a lumber store that has not been treated? the color or tannen from the wood is supposed to be good for the fish but is it necessary and how would i take it out?

2007-09-09 17:25:58 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

Do you think they are great or a waste of money? Which brand did you try?

2007-09-09 16:53:25 · 1 answers · asked by jawjar 2 in Other - Home & Garden

I am planning to purchase a plant for my office. I need something that is not hard to keep alive and one that also doesn't need much light. Any ideas?

2007-09-09 16:47:48 · 9 answers · asked by Kim 1 in Garden & Landscape

2007-09-09 16:38:12 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

can somebody help me see we have a lot of browns and earthy colors we also have black glass tables for the living room and Kat wants to put in a bright burnt orange carpet in there .but we have a large brown and white carpet with black tables and a dark army green couch .what colors would go with brown ,army green,black,and tan.
what color is good for carpet with those colors

2007-09-09 16:22:26 · 5 answers · asked by 13 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

2007-09-09 16:09:04 · 6 answers · asked by YORLEE 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)