Home & Garden - 13 December 2007

2007-12-13 23:52:04 · 2 answers · asked by worm5677 1 in Garden & Landscape

Try hanging a bathroom cabinet on plasterboard but with ceramic tiles in front. The special plasterboard wall-plugs aren't long enough due to the tile thickness. Will ordinary wall plugs do? Bearing in mind that the back of the plasterboard is hollow. Thank you in advance for any advice!

2007-12-13 23:31:03 · 6 answers · asked by Jacky 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

I have tried ebay but nothing as I need 20

2007-12-13 23:25:02 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

Our well pump and heat pump were the first things we noticed to go. Some lights flickered and the heat pump died. We later noticed the water out and now have noticed the oven does not work or any other things running on 220. We have a breaker box with a main breaker at the top. HOw do we locate the problem?

2007-12-13 23:20:17 · 6 answers · asked by jlbmces 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

We live in a basement flat where one side of our flat is underground & against soil. These walls don't seem to get damp as such but over time the paint has been flaking very slightly. Is there any paint or sealant I can put on the walls before repainting it which may help stop it flaking?

Thanks

2007-12-13 22:34:43 · 7 answers · asked by sponge_007 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

2007-12-13 22:30:34 · 14 answers · asked by Carol's at the Helm 1 in Garden & Landscape

What does this abbreviation mean in a floorplan?
i was looking at an apartment when i came across the MECH...what does that mean? the link is below if anyone know what it means..i'm puzzled.

http://www.apartments.com/avgrandtour.aspx?page=avgrandtour&property=132299.10.0&nZoomIn=1&photoslotnum=1&view=258&subarea4=y&area3=y&state=co&rgn1=31&rent_minimum=0&rent_maximum=600&srt1=0.78&srt2=0.78&srt3=0.78&prvpg=43#photos

2007-12-13 21:42:42 · 5 answers · asked by luckyi_iducky 1 in Other - Home & Garden

i am gonna buy some fryrap's seeds,is it easy to grow up and easy to take care?
thanks alot

2007-12-13 20:35:40 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

2007-12-13 20:23:32 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

They are indoor plants, so they don't really know what season it is. I have had 4 for 2 months and one for 3 weeks. They seem to love Miracle-Gro, but I've been told that "Miracle-Gro" is like "cocaine" and could "addict" my plants.

2007-12-13 19:48:18 · 9 answers · asked by Xanga.com/Kevin72 1 in Garden & Landscape

and my mom is terrified of it so she put it outside. their about the size as a grain of sand. i notice another plant had some to. it also had some white stuff in which i thought was cobwebs but i used a magnifying glass and saw that the "web" was moving as if it were breathing. it creeped me the hell out so i poured dish soap in the plant to kill whatever the hell it was. i think they were some kind of worms probably the larva form of those little bugs i saw. i feel itchy.....

2007-12-13 19:35:53 · 7 answers · asked by Greeny 3 in Garden & Landscape

It popped as soon as I switched it on, so I replaced it with another (3A) and that blew too. I phoned the emergency "help I've got no heating" number and the national grid just said "call out an engineer"...

2007-12-13 19:32:16 · 2 answers · asked by ~☆ Petit ♥ Chou ☆~ 7 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-12-13 19:13:37 · 3 answers · asked by georgie_1221 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

2007-12-13 19:10:25 · 5 answers · asked by smokefree 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I need to destroy a bamboo bush which is near to my house,bcuz it is so unlike to look but how can i destroy all bamboo without cutting,fireing on it?
plz serious ans.

2007-12-13 18:57:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

I bought these lucky bamboo which are actually a Christmas present for a friend of mine.
However, under my care, one is completely yellow, one's turning yellow, and that only leaves one left that's still "alive and well" (though it seems it won't last long at this pace)

So does anyone have any suggestions on keeping it alive?
The lady that sold it to me just said that water is fine, and is that really the case? 'Cus my bamboos are dying! ToT

2007-12-13 18:18:15 · 5 answers · asked by momokochii 2 in Garden & Landscape

2007-12-13 18:13:43 · 1 answers · asked by sexyanimal228 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

We recently moved to a small town about 20 miles south of Chicago. It is now December and freezing outside. We have been noticing around the base of our glass sliding doors and up to a foot into the house, in the inside of the house, millions of these teeny tiny red bugs, nearly microscopic in size. I would not have even noticed them if my wife had not pointed them out because they are so small. From a foot away they look like finely ground pepper, and you really have to watch to see them crawling. When we wipe them or vacuum them up, it squishes them and leaves smears of red; a virtual blood bath I would say. My wife has even sprayed some Raid ant Spray we had, but they keep coming back. Does anyone know what they are, if they are harmful to us or our cats, and how we get rid of them?

2007-12-13 17:25:08 · 3 answers · asked by Ry&Aim 1 in Other - Home & Garden

After 20 Years of working 9-5 my brother decided to go into business for himself. As a side job he renovated homes. Now he has made this his full-time career. His Speciality is remodling kitchens and basements, but he does it all. Electrical, Plumbing, Roofing, Drywall, Painting, Flooring. No job is too big or small. Right now he is working on a basement in which the people are paying over 50,000. Most of his Business is residental and he stays busy from word of mouth but our family would like to help him with advertising. Business Cards/Website etc... We dont have a clue- but we want something snappy- His Name is Paul Dilly. I would love feedback from the Yahoo users just think your answer may very well be the beginning to something huge. Thanks for your help.

2007-12-13 17:10:54 · 7 answers · asked by radical_92 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

And how do you wash them? Can they go in the washer? Or do you just throw them out when they get too old?

2007-12-13 16:42:51 · 9 answers · asked by Sausage Mahoney 5 in Cleaning & Laundry

I have an older briggs horizontal shaft engine that won't start, seems it has no spark, I have worked on alot of small engines. When I turn it over and hold the wire it gives me a shock, but no spark from the plug, so I took a good plug and tried it again and still no spark. I put a volt meter on the plug wire while turning it over and it only gave me a few volts DC. I think it should give more voltage than that, so is it probably a weak magneto or coil/points, I'm not much on that part.

2007-12-13 16:38:28 · 5 answers · asked by shane4249 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I have a gas hot water system, due to a leak in the line we had to drain it in order to fix the leak. We refilled the system after the repair and kept bleeding each baseboard until some water would come out. We were able to do this in all the rooms except for one. Just wondering if this going to be ok. Seems to be heating great but I'm kinda a worrier.

2007-12-13 16:37:47 · 3 answers · asked by Mrs. Fuzzy Bottoms 7 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I have a gas hot water system, due to a leak in the line we had to drain it in order to fix the leak. We refilled the system after the repair and kept bleeding each baseboard until some water would come out. We were able to do this in all the rooms except for one. Just wondering if this going to be ok. Seems to be heating great but I'm kinda a worrier.

2007-12-13 16:33:58 · 2 answers · asked by Mrs. Fuzzy Bottoms 7 in Maintenance & Repairs

where the heck do i begin!?!?!!

2007-12-13 16:23:19 · 33 answers · asked by idgaf 5 in Cleaning & Laundry

I have a stainless steel round table base with a pole attached. Before I attach the base to the top, I need to shorten the pole otherwise the base + top is too high for dining.

Does anyone know who I need to get this done and the approximate cost? (to cut the metal then solder the plate attachment back on - the plate attachment is a square piece of metal with drill holes to attach the table top to).

2007-12-13 16:18:48 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

I have read online that plumbers will charge anywhere from $50 to $125 per hour. That translates into $100,000 to $250,000 per year. Do plumber's really have that kind of earning power?

2007-12-13 16:12:23 · 10 answers · asked by dubak00 2 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

My mother has collected clutter in my house since as long as i remember. The garage is filled to the ceiling, her bedroom has a pile, the dining room, various objects on the patio and throughout the house there are piles of clutter. The more than half of the stuff she has is completely usless and would not be useful to anybody. Whenever you ask her about a specific item she will reply with "i could use that one day" or "im going to fix that up" or "thats not garbage, somone could use that". I saw her open her email up one day, it had over 10,000 messages, i said why dont you delete that? she said she is going to go through it one day. my sister and i occasionaly throw a box away, but the trash is overwhelming and somthing needs to get done, she is going to end up dying with all this s***. Whenever i try to talk to her about it she just gets super stressed out and pissed off and just avoids the situation by walking away. She is completely helpless. HELP ME!

2007-12-13 16:10:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-12-13 16:02:56 · 1 answers · asked by Ravindran R 1 in Garden & Landscape

It is a New Home Model 609. Says CHAIN STITCH on upper left. Probably from the 70's. It has 29 stitch patterns + buttonhole stitch settings. It is a nice machine. Obviously it must lockstitch, I don't know. I'm confused. I read about chain stitches and lockstitches. Still confused.

2007-12-13 16:01:59 · 2 answers · asked by Rick 7 in Other - Home & Garden

I live in western pa and thought if I did it on a decent day it might not be too bad. But what do you think?

2007-12-13 15:35:09 · 5 answers · asked by tig 3 in Garden & Landscape