Home & Garden - 4 December 2007

i planted pachysandra in spring and they have been doing well. it's ow late fall and it has been really cold lately...29 and now they are starting to droop. is this normal for them during cold weather?

2007-12-04 07:44:52 · 3 answers · asked by m t 1 in Garden & Landscape

the smell of my husband's armpits!!
I wash his t-shirts and shirts on a 40 degree cycle with washing powder, stain remover and fabric conditioner but there is still a whiff of his armpits coming through when I iron them!
Any ideas?

2007-12-04 07:37:03 · 17 answers · asked by ChocLover 7 in Cleaning & Laundry

this makes me realize that my understanding of electric lights is wrong. i was under the impression that if i held a wire from each hole in an outlet to the base and side of a bulb, without getting electrocuted, that it would light up, and that if i wired up more than one bulb they would all light up, using up whatever wattage the filament carried. i don't know why one fixture would lead to a bulb being burn out quicker. is there a reason to think that there are power surges? my new thought is that the socket or something else in the fixture has a bad connection leading to an imperciptible "flickering" which wears out the filament.

2007-12-04 07:36:35 · 4 answers · asked by time to move to google 4 in Maintenance & Repairs

preferrably around 80.00. for a present.

2007-12-04 07:35:41 · 1 answers · asked by jir52 1 in Other - Home & Garden

The cold tap at the wash basin is fast flowing and its the same pipe as for the cistern so I don't why there isn't the same flow of water coming into it. Can it be fixed?

2007-12-04 07:28:28 · 4 answers · asked by Bodin 2 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I would like to purchase a new refrigerator with an ice maker but need to run a new water line from sink that's about 5' away from refrigerator. Is it difficult for a person without a plumbing background to do this?

2007-12-04 07:14:11 · 6 answers · asked by Cala 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I have a white and red basketball jersey, and I really want to remove the stains w/o shrinking it. Any places where they can remove stains on jerseys??

PLZ help for 10 pts.

2007-12-04 06:56:32 · 2 answers · asked by MAnyMen 3 in Cleaning & Laundry

We had a new furnace installed last month. Natural gas, forced air. Now that it's really getting cold outside it is impossible to keep the house comfortable. The thermostat (which is the same old one, not replaced) says 70 degrees but it's so cold in our house. The air blowing out of the vents is actually cold, not hot the way it was with the old furnace. The burner is on because I can hear it and the vent pipe is extremely hot. My husband says it is supposed to be this way, he says it is more efficient. How is it efficient to blow cold air into a room? Are new furnaces like this?

2007-12-04 06:55:27 · 7 answers · asked by Ellen L 4 in Maintenance & Repairs

I've heard that regular mattresses have flame retardants that are bad for you, and wool ones don't. Does it really matter?

2007-12-04 06:48:50 · 3 answers · asked by Joe K 2 in Other - Home & Garden

its only doing this in the kitchen,and the water preasure is kinda low, but only inthe kitchen.

2007-12-04 06:48:12 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

find how many packages must be bought for a rectangular ceiling 18 ft by 12ft.

2007-12-04 06:45:46 · 2 answers · asked by jes 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

I have a comforter that is DRY CLEAN ONLY. My dog urinated on it and I am afraid that dry cleaning it will truly not get the stain/smell out. Can I take it to the laundry mat and just wash it on gentle in cold water?

2007-12-04 06:39:59 · 8 answers · asked by Feeling Frustrated 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

If the square feet of a room is 100, then how much is that in inches? would that be like a room 10x11?

2007-12-04 06:37:10 · 3 answers · asked by asere 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

I live by a highway where a lot of small animals get slaughtered because cars run them over. I don't want to waste the animals, but they don't taste very good.

Is it a good idea to use the animals as fertilizer?

2007-12-04 06:36:02 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

2007-12-04 06:28:05 · 1 answers · asked by rkpsop816 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

Water standing in bottom of dishwasher. won't drain out. starting to smell bad.

2007-12-04 06:27:37 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

Bought a house as-is and one of the bathroom sink faucets was not hooked up to be tested. To spare you details, we replaced the old broken faucet and in testing the new one discovered a leak in the drain that cannot be fixed without ripping out the wall. We were already planning to remodel this bath next year and can live without it being functional until then so we are going to pretend it doesn’t exist for the time being.

We plan to reuse the sink & faucet combo. Should we anticipate any issues from the new faucet being tested and then not being used for 8-12 months? We had to buy one of these three piece faucets: http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=231690-72981-35902-SS&lpage=none which wasn’t exactly cheap.

This may be a silly question. I just know very little about plumbing and don’t always trust that my husband knows as much as he thinks. :-)

2007-12-04 06:25:28 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

My chain calls for a 5/32 size file

2007-12-04 06:21:32 · 5 answers · asked by HJ 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

Moments ago, a lightbulb fell off the base of it that is still inside the ceiling fan along with the little wiry things on the inside of the lightbulb. How do I safely remove this and why did this happen? Should I be concerned

2007-12-04 06:21:24 · 7 answers · asked by HisPrincess 4 in Maintenance & Repairs

is there a way to bypass or trick the dipensser drawer sensor on a front load frigidair washing machine

2007-12-04 06:14:12 · 2 answers · asked by LisaMay 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

Do you use them ? and are they any good or should I just use wood. Yes, I know there made of sawdust and wax. but are they worth it ?

2007-12-04 06:11:39 · 5 answers · asked by J H 6 in Cleaning & Laundry

hey guys, im getting a real christmas tree this year. ive never had one before.. any tips on the upkeep of it, or what i can do to make it last longer?

2007-12-04 06:00:31 · 7 answers · asked by cherrybomb 4 in Other - Home & Garden

starting over and dont have anything. single mom

2007-12-04 05:44:33 · 2 answers · asked by Amber L 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

I really like the chocolate brown leather couches that Pottery Barn sells, but I was warned off of them by a female friend who said that nothing says frat-boy bachelor like a leather couch. What do you think?

2007-12-04 05:44:18 · 6 answers · asked by CuriousDude 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

2007-12-04 05:36:34 · 2 answers · asked by LYNNE J 1 in Garden & Landscape

Where did you go and what kind of luck did you have with them?

2007-12-04 05:28:00 · 6 answers · asked by biology_freak 5 in Decorating & Remodeling

2007-12-04 05:05:27 · 7 answers · asked by Goat Whacker 5 in Other - Home & Garden

2007-12-04 05:02:01 · 4 answers · asked by Elinor 1 in Garden & Landscape

2007-12-04 04:39:24 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

This is a small cottage (aka shanty) that has been added onto twice before I moved in. The floors are uneven. The whole place is approximately 600 square feet. I need it to be at least 3 feet off the ground, if not four. What is the best way to handle this? I do not plan on doing this myself.

2007-12-04 04:22:40 · 8 answers · asked by Bridget Meary M 2 in Other - Home & Garden