Home & Garden - 30 November 2007

inside the house of yrad family

2007-11-30 23:50:06 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

2007-11-30 23:38:01 · 3 answers · asked by Brino 1 in Other - Home & Garden

Hell yes or hell no?

I've heard mixed oppinions about them. Just curious. We want to replace our exsisting one.

2007-11-30 23:29:07 · 5 answers · asked by The prophet of DOOM 5 in Maintenance & Repairs

How can I attract birds to nest in my garden?

How do you build a small still?

1 How can we make wooden scaffold be save?

What is the best way to get winter grass? Right now my grass is yellow... help?

Describe a person you dislike?

History of panama canal?

2007-11-30 22:20:33 · 3 answers · asked by LucySD 7 in Garden & Landscape

My wife (who's from Colombia) made a selection of 'fritos' last night, they were delicious! However, before I met her, I was not much into deep pan frying and now I realize I don't know what to do with the maybe 1-inch deep pan of oil which is left. I remember my mum used to save the oil when I was a kid, but I vaguely remember learning since then that that's not the best thing to do. Right now, I have simply bottled up the oil in empty water bottles - I'm not going to use it again. But should I just throw them in the bin now? Take them some where, or what?!?

2007-11-30 21:43:51 · 15 answers · asked by Ken O 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

We have 1 tomato plant growing in our garden and although they are ripening and turning red, they are covered in black patches. Any idea what is happening and how to fix it. I have posted some pictures here: http://weblog.xanga.com/yahooanswerspicture/629942979/tomato-problem.html

They get plenty of sun, manly afternoon, and plenty of water.

What is wrong?

2007-11-30 21:13:52 · 8 answers · asked by ASK A.S. 5 in Garden & Landscape

We have a lovely large garden in France (where we live) and once a year family come to visit, but our poor niece suffers terribly from hay fever, so cannot get much pleasure from being here!

My husband is keen to create a "friendly" garden especially for her, but cannot find the information anywhere, but knows there are some.

Can anyone help?

2007-11-30 19:34:35 · 6 answers · asked by Suzanne lily of the valley 7 in Other - Home & Garden

Im looking to get a small welder im not sure witch one is best for me.
I have done some welding but not much so help me get the right one.
anything i will be welding will be no thicker than 1/4 inch thick and will not have deal with alot of force or big loads.
So im looking at 2 welders witch will be easy to use and do what im looking for.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=55167
or
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=44568
ill be looking at this post so if you need more info to help me pick the right one ask and ill post more info.
thanks

2007-11-30 18:21:32 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I know it is a very general question But I am building a train table that can double as a work surface / Chalkboard for my kids that will be roughly 3' X 4' and have a removable (reversible) top that will only be supported around the perimeter. I plan on painting this top with Chalkboard paint on one side and the other side being a plain work surface.
The reason I ask is that my kids climb up on their existing tables and sit (Combined weight about 70 lbs). The rest of the structure will be Oak. I am not against using other materials like lexan etc but I think it is too expensive/ flexible and hard to get the paint to adhere. I also mention that since it is double sided and the train play area is uunderneath a brace is not possible unless I make it removable as well. I want the lightest weight since it is for kids, preferable fairly thin as well

Thanks

2007-11-30 18:07:43 · 5 answers · asked by jerel j 2 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I have a Rental that I am repairing. Originally the tenants told me they would be moving in on the fifteenth of December but I found today it will be tomorrow instead. I am leaving the house at 6am and will try to piece together the finishing touches by the closing of the day.

My partner who is also my companion and myself are debating which to do: Sand the floors and restain, or find a new solution to get the gunk off.

I had a gentlment spend four hours trying to get the crap off the floor and he was only able to finish about 10% of the entire job. From that alone, it sounds to me like we need to go one step further and just rent a machine that will sand down the living room floor and refinish the wood. If we do that....My biggest concern is how long it will take to completely dry..."?"

My partner suggests we just find a new solution, but I am worried we will not have enough time to do so, judging how long it took with the gentlment from earlier. Do you know of any solutions?

2007-11-30 18:07:05 · 4 answers · asked by ★ Vaginal Discount ★ 4 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I have a wood and glass style sliding patio door that we use to get into our upper apartment. When it gets cold out it gets close to imposible to get open! I tried to put WD-40 in the track to help lube it...no luck :( I think the wood is swelling with the temp change...what is the trick? Its only going to get worse the colder it gets.... :( HELP!!!!

2007-11-30 17:59:05 · 4 answers · asked by Slick Willy 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-11-30 17:40:46 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

I decorate my tree with silver and white and navy blue ornament (diffrent styles..like stars and snowflakes and other styles) with a silver and blue angel on top with a silver ribbon wrapping around the tree and a lite blue and sliver tree skirt at the bottom ..and I have blue and white blinking lights..I love it !! ..it's soo pretty and I just ordered 2 silver snowflake stockings and 2 plain navy blue stocking to go with my tree and for my children to have..Im soo excited I love this time of year!! I know its alot of silver but it looks realy good with the dark blue and the white it just puts it all togeather..What are your colors?? Just want to know.

2007-11-30 17:17:10 · 12 answers · asked by ? 4 in Decorating & Remodeling

http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/S89829652

It is the BYVIC MULTICOLOUR fABRIC-(red floral)

I need more seating in my new house (which I haven't moved into yet). I don't want everything to match exactly and was looking for something that would go with my navy blue couches but be quite different. I thought I could throw some red, green blue cushions on my blue couches to tie it in with the chair. Do you think that will work.

2007-11-30 16:56:44 · 5 answers · asked by laneyrobo 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

I am getting new flooring put in and have pets. I have bad allergies so I thought hard floor would help with that too. Which is better, ceramic tile or laminate, and why?

2007-11-30 16:23:59 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

I wannt to paint my room blackk something different, not gothic black, but fun retro black, buuttt everyone thinks thats too much, is there like a shiny silver paint or metallic, or something really cool and different???

2007-11-30 15:43:06 · 5 answers · asked by lol 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

My heater won't sstop running and Its really hot in here. How do I get it to stop?

2007-11-30 15:40:51 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-11-30 15:15:27 · 3 answers · asked by Jacque M. V 1 in Other - Home & Garden

When is it better to used a nail and when is it better to use a screw?

2007-11-30 15:02:51 · 9 answers · asked by Mister 4 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2007-11-30 15:02:26 · 8 answers · asked by MD G 1 in Other - Home & Garden

can anyone suggest an easy way to remove the glue left behind by carpet tiles, its in a few patches and wanted to remove the fluffy pile thats still attached to the glue before painting the floor with non slip paint, also has anyone got a clue how to fit a backing plate to an angle grinder and use a grinding disc, im totally without a clue about angle grinders and until recently thought DIY meant Don't Get Involved. Thanks for any help you can give. I have got to go to the diy shop today so can purchase anything that is useful.

2007-11-30 14:42:40 · 13 answers · asked by adichef 2 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

i cut a piece wrong and i was wanting to know if i could mudd the brown side because im real short on supplies

2007-11-30 14:28:03 · 6 answers · asked by outbackprophet 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2007-11-30 14:20:36 · 5 answers · asked by ww9394 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-11-30 14:16:59 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

I have a new area rug on top of my existing carpet. I need something reliable that will keep the corners/edges from lifting. Where ( on-line prefferably) can I buy something that WONT damage my existing carpet or new carpet?

2007-11-30 14:15:53 · 2 answers · asked by WHOISTHEPUPPETMASTER? 5 in Decorating & Remodeling

2007-11-30 13:58:33 · 3 answers · asked by miajj16 4 in Garden & Landscape

2007-11-30 13:55:43 · 7 answers · asked by Luz 1 in Other - Home & Garden

My friend and I are having this useless debate where we are arguing on the proper way to pronounce Palmolive dish soap.

I say it goes Palm-olive ( like the words palm and olive )
She says it goes Pal-mol-ive

Which way is correct?

2007-11-30 13:42:55 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

i live in sacramento, CA .been with out hot water for one and half days and it is 6:34 here at night they are working on it right now!

2007-11-30 13:39:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

so my toilet isnt, TECHNICALLY clogged. i can tell the siphon isnt blocked becase i can flush it numerous times without it overflowing

but...

usually my toilet flushes extremely fast

but after use one day it slowly went down, water gurgled from the toilet, and the water did not fill back to its normal level in the toilet.


plunger wont do anything and i dont have an auger!!!


does anyone know whats wrong/whats going on in the toilet system?

2007-11-30 12:51:57 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs