Home & Garden - 26 November 2007

1 cubic foot of concrete weighs 150 lb.

2007-11-26 06:12:08 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I am getting this furniture set http://www.worldfurnituremall.net/Collection.aspx?CName=Silver+Radiance&CNum=B379

with this comforter
http://www2.jcpenney.com/jcp/Products.aspx?ItemID=0f93304&ItemTyp=G&GrpTyp=STY&ShowMenu=T&ShopBy=0&SearchString=mystic%20comforter&RefPage=SearchDepartment.aspx&Search1Prod=True
I have a light wood floor.

What color curtains do you think I should get?
Should I get plain, or designed?

2007-11-26 06:07:11 · 9 answers · asked by mrr86 5 in Decorating & Remodeling

I recently bought a house, and the previous owners had two small children. I don't have any kids, but am planning to in the future. The house has a playset (the large, expensive kind). I'd like to temporarily convert it to something else while I don't have any kids. Any ideas what I could do with it? Most of it is set in concrete except for the slide, etc., so I could partially dismantle it and store the parts in the garage. I don't want to completely get rid of it, because it would be expensive to rebuild.

2007-11-26 06:05:39 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

indelibile pen marker, red. we tried white spirit , hot water, cillit bang and finally vinegar. still there!
it is shiny paint, white paint.x

2007-11-26 05:57:28 · 10 answers · asked by florence 4 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-11-26 05:44:42 · 19 answers · asked by cindy y 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

trying to go up stairs and the angle changes about half way up

2007-11-26 05:39:52 · 5 answers · asked by bdd 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I'm lookin for a locale place that sales insence and the like.

2007-11-26 05:37:58 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

i have a maytag that has stopped working and want to buy a new one how should i take the dish washer out and install the new one or should i have somebody do it


no experience in this kind of stuff

2007-11-26 05:31:08 · 11 answers · asked by tamiyastar 2 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I don't have a heater and I own a two story. I blocked of the upstairs so the heat won't raise. I have a fire place and I have to oil burning heaters in the big house. It is getting much colder and winter just started. I don't have extra money and I don't have handy family members. Can someone please tell me how to keep the house warm.

2007-11-26 05:18:19 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I bought my first house and have 2 cats that sometimes throw up when they eat too fast (fatties) anyway before i spend over $100 on this thing i was wondering how well it works?

2007-11-26 05:15:34 · 3 answers · asked by Falloutgirl 4 in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-11-26 04:56:45 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I am racking ,my brain over the corridoor lighting. I have placed the power cable as usual from one pendent to the other and took the switch to the pendent and wired as normal.

My problem:-

The light upstairs i have wired with a two way switch (so that it can be turned on or off from either upstairs or downstairs)

Now I want the downstairs light to operate on the same switch as the upstairs light. (so they both turn on and off at same time)

Whats the easiest way to do this?.

channeling and mess is not a problem as it will be re=plastered.

Thanks for viewing hope you can help me asap

2007-11-26 04:46:13 · 4 answers · asked by dazzyfresh 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

i have a two-bulb bathroom light fixture. the left bulb randomly flickers, sometimes shuts off completely for a couple seconds. i figured it was a loose wire inside the light, but shaking or bumping the light has no effect. it can't be a fault from the switch to the wall, or else both bulbs would be flickering. any takers?

2007-11-26 04:45:05 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

Here’s a puzzle for you: My downstairs radiators work fine, and kick a lot of heat. My upstairs ones, however, are only warm at the bottom, and are cold on top. I’ve tried all the various fixes I’ve found on the internet: Bleeding the radiators, bleeding them in a certain order, etc., but I still can’t seem to fix the problem. When I bleed the downstairs ones, water comes out immediately. Upstairs, I can bleed a bit of air every day, but no water ever comes out (and recently, I can only bleed air from the first radiator I attempt to bleed upstairs, nothing happens with the other two). What’s going on?

I’ve read that I might need to add water or pressure to my system, but I’m not sure how. The pressure gauge on my boiler usually reads around 10 PSI or so. I found a reducing valve (or feed valve, a Bell Gossett one with a lever), but I’m not fully sure how it works, since I don’t know which position is on and which is off; and I’ve tried running the system both ways and it doesn’t seem to make much of a difference.

Does anyone have any insight or suggestions? Is there anything easy/obvious I might be missing? I just bought the house this year, and the system is pretty old, but otherwise seems to be working alright (I just had a furnace guy inspect it a few months ago).

2007-11-26 04:44:29 · 2 answers · asked by Pers0n12345 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

Again a chimney sweepers brush is the righjt answer

2007-11-26 04:30:29 · 2 answers · asked by John M 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

Ok. I have made my first Gymboree purchases and am having some problems. I can't seem to get every day food "stains" off of my daughter's clothing! Things like cereal, goldfish, etc. She just turned 1 and enjoys feeding herself. I put a bib on , but it doesn't always stop things from getting on her clothes. I've never had a problem with other clothes, but the Gymboree ones.... I can't seem to get anything out! I pre-treat it with Stain Stick and then soak it for 30 minutes or so before I run it through the washer in cold water and though the stains are less noticeable, they are still there!!!! Can someone PLEASE help me as I don't want these ruined after one wear seeing as how expensive they are!!

2007-11-26 04:21:16 · 1 answers · asked by muzikdiva1975 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-11-26 04:15:54 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

What would you be most likly to buy?
At what price?

2007-11-26 04:15:00 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

i have tried everything to do far as to keep my house clean but they do not help what so ever i will clean and so as they are home from school or out of school they mess it all over again

2007-11-26 04:13:26 · 4 answers · asked by rhondarmccain 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

We have several corners of our wall cracking and we don't understand it. There is no aggrivation to this area, but it is happening in several corners. The house was built in 2004. We patched up one cracked area and it started cracking underneath the patchwork, busting at the seams so to speak.

Please click link to see picture:
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb29/nettacherrrytwist/0WALL004.jpg

Can anyone give me a reason for this?

2007-11-26 04:02:11 · 8 answers · asked by Gwen J 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

my room smells and feels kinda musty (im always sneezing!) so i'm cleaning it top to bottom... what should i use to clean the walls, especially around the trim at the bottom, that will disinfect, renew freshness, and improve smell?

2007-11-26 04:00:57 · 6 answers · asked by Me 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

If you dont have an iron? I am sure you can...

2007-11-26 03:57:52 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-11-26 03:41:06 · 27 answers · asked by . 7 in Garden & Landscape

1. fast growing,
2. height over 5 ft,
3. can survive harsh winters, -20F

2007-11-26 03:38:32 · 4 answers · asked by wilyum 1 in Garden & Landscape

2007-11-26 03:36:08 · 6 answers · asked by Addison 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-11-26 03:27:50 · 2 answers · asked by gjumph_99 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

Plan on painting the interior of my condo tan, off white, maybe light yellow. Do I need primer if the walls are already white?

2007-11-26 03:16:57 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

2007-11-26 03:08:33 · 7 answers · asked by Jane J 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

Ground Floor:- uninsulated power-floated concrete with granolithic finish

this is a ground floor of a aircraft hanger... what is... power-floated concrete? what is the difference between this and normal concrete? why would it be uninsulated? and what is a granolithic finish?

thanks

2007-11-26 02:48:56 · 2 answers · asked by Martin Q 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

2007-11-26 02:44:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs