Home & Garden - 6 November 2007

I know it's late in the season for some areas and the stores here in Southern California are not selling nectar due to that fact that it is considered seasonal. I still have hummingbirds coming to my feeders and would like a good natural recipe for nectar. I am spending more time at home these days and watching the hummingbirds are a part of my day while I meditate, reflect and work out a plan for what path I will walk next.

2007-11-06 04:03:06 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

While tank is filling there is a sporadic hissing like noise that is sometimes soft and sometimes louder. Noise stops when tank is filled..Thank you for any help.

2007-11-06 03:44:15 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

its not a white shirt or i'd use bleach. have tried bleach alternative.

2007-11-06 03:43:30 · 97 answers · asked by Happily Hippy 6 in Cleaning & Laundry

When brassing two brass pipes together, how much heat is required and are there allowed to be gaps that can be filled in with the brass?
How do you join two brass pipes together?

2007-11-06 03:39:53 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-11-06 03:37:35 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-11-06 03:35:30 · 9 answers · asked by Momof3 3 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

This past spring, we tore up our wall-to-wall carpeting in favor of the still decent hardwood floors underneath, and now our downstairs is cold. Does anyone know of a way to remedy (or at least minimize) this problem that doesn't involve area rugs? I'd really like to have no rugs at all. Inexpensive would be nice, too, if possible :)

Thanks in advance for all answers!

2007-11-06 03:32:01 · 10 answers · asked by I'/\/\AZILLA2 3 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

in the same light socket I have had to change the light bulb 4 times in 2 weeks.
What would be causeing this to happen?

2007-11-06 03:28:24 · 10 answers · asked by JOYTOMYHEART 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

I have lost the instruction booklet and I own a Maytag Performa self cleaning oven. Unsure if I am suppose to use speacial cleaning products and set temperature at a certain temperature.

2007-11-06 03:20:03 · 9 answers · asked by momma 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

Just bought a house in South Florida, and the inspection report says we have heat strips that are "functioning normally", but for the life of me, I can't see them anywhere. Are they behind the walls or under the floors? Inside the A/C registers in each room? Our old house had a natural gas furnace, so this is all new to me. Thanks!

2007-11-06 03:17:08 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-11-06 03:15:18 · 4 answers · asked by bigohc 1 in Garden & Landscape

I get muddy,have a foot problem that needs washing.Is it more than one ,or two?

2007-11-06 03:12:39 · 38 answers · asked by godbar 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

This is my first home with a pool. I think it might be wiser and more cost effective to close it for the winter. Rather than heating and filtering it all year knowing i probably wont go in again until the spring. Any one have a ny suggestions that lives in florida on what the best avenue to take. I do not have a cover either, so thats another cost i will have to incur. Just looking for the best long term money savings.Can i close it myself or should i hire a pool company and how much do they charge?
Thanks in advance for all the answers.

2007-11-06 03:00:21 · 6 answers · asked by brian 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

Last year I really liked this particular tree. It was a pre-lit tree but the lights were larger than those little ones. I saw one at home depot and one at wal-mart. At both places, the biatch in front of me got the last one. I have been looking for the tree this year but they do not have it at wal-mart or home depot. I wanted to know if anyone knows what you call the lights on this tree so I can do a search.

2007-11-06 02:58:04 · 6 answers · asked by sheena708 3 in Decorating & Remodeling

2007-11-06 02:44:39 · 1 answers · asked by Euro 3 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I'm making a waterwall out of ABS pipe.

I cut the pipe into lengths, between 1 foot and 1.5 feet. I primed them with a plastic spray primer, then I painted them with a metallic spray paint. Now I need to stack them one on top of each other.

I though I could just glue them with pipe cement. It worked BEAUTIFULLY on my test piece which was unpainted. I tried it on my painted pipes, but there was a chemical reaction, the dried paint smeared off, it burnt my skin (just a wee little bit) and now it doesn't stick. I even tried sanding off a strip on the two pipes, but the cement still didn't hold.

How can I stack these pipes?

2007-11-06 02:34:16 · 6 answers · asked by _Zith 3 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2007-11-06 01:58:26 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2007-11-06 01:52:49 · 11 answers · asked by Eric 2 in Garden & Landscape

Ok, so I washed and dried my husbands work shirts w/ ink pen. The shirts are white except where the company logo is. I would like to know how to get the ink spots out of them. I know I should use bleach, but how? Do I need to actually put bleach on all the individual spots or do i need to pour bleach in some water and let it soak....I dont know, please help me. The company charges and outragous amount of $$ for the shirts so I dont want to buy any unless its a last resort. What do I do?

2007-11-06 01:40:45 · 8 answers · asked by tll 6 in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-11-06 01:31:15 · 6 answers · asked by Kamy 4 in Decorating & Remodeling

im fed up with my stair carpet, what else can i put on the stair that i could just wipe down?

2007-11-06 01:30:14 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

There is a strange problem with this toilet. Some day the water filling became very slow. I checked the water pressure. It looks alright. So I adjust the fill valve pipe (remove it and re-install it). It works...but only once. After I empty the tank, the problem appears again. I adjust the pipe again, works, still only once. Very strange for me. Is there anything wrong with the valve? Maybe I should buy a new fill valve. Where to buy it?

2007-11-06 01:29:42 · 3 answers · asked by Jay 4 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

In August a friend of mine gave me a mini rose bush as a gift. I transplanted it, because the pot it was in was getting too small. It did really great for the first few months, but now all of a sudden it's drying up! Is it because of the fall, and if so, should I do anything special with it like prune it down? Or is the pot it's in getting too small on the inside and causing this strange behavior? Help!

2007-11-06 01:13:27 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

2007-11-06 00:56:16 · 2 answers · asked by Larry m 6 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2007-11-06 00:39:01 · 12 answers · asked by markymark8000 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

m adding aminate flooring to my foyer... It would be easiest just to raise the trim, but i cant picture in my head if the reduced clearance between the quarter round and the top of the 4'' trim would look bad/ be noticable

2007-11-06 00:32:17 · 4 answers · asked by cheezelord 2 in Other - Home & Garden

im adding aminate flooring to my foyer... It would be easiest just to raise the trim, but i cant picture in my head if the reduced clearance between the quarter round and the top of the 4'' trim would look bad/ be noticable

2007-11-06 00:29:38 · 6 answers · asked by cheezelord 2 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

Are there any relatively inexpensive lift device for home use.

I have several older rear projection TV that I want lifted and moved to a different are of the house.

Thanks

2007-11-06 00:21:30 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

How do I go about reporting a plumber that's operating with no license? He only works in small/large business' and new buildings. He states that he's retired and hasn't renewed his license for this reason but in reality, he's never had a license and doesn't follow any codes or regulations set by the state and county. Where should I go to report him?

This is in the USA.

2007-11-06 00:01:44 · 3 answers · asked by smotpoker4u 4 in Other - Home & Garden