Home & Garden - 20 December 2007

I made a plastic heart with plastic resin and the mold left the surface of the heart foggy! How can i buff or polish the surface so it looks crystal clear!

2007-12-20 23:33:45 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

My baby is due at the end of Jan and I want to have a sow a seed so it grows up with the baby. My friend is 30 and has a cactus that was planted on his birth which I think is a nice idea.
I need something that will last for years and years, not grow too big and be suitable for a pot as we intend to move house in several years time.
This is for the uk.
I could go with a cactus but would appreciate any other ideas

Thanks.

2007-12-20 22:39:21 · 17 answers · asked by always right 4 in Garden & Landscape

2007-12-20 22:27:35 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

I'm trying to hang a picture on a sheet rocked wall and I keep hitting something behind the sheet rock that "rejects" my nail. It is not a wooden stud. My nail kind of "bounces" off this stuff and cannot be pounded into this stuff no matter how hard I pound. I've had this same trouble in an apartment wall and was able to get a screw through the "stuff". I'm just wondering what is this "stuff" and why can't I penatrate it with a nail...

2007-12-20 22:11:42 · 10 answers · asked by yoga guy 4 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

Many times I have thought many stores sell reconditioned tools like new ones.

2007-12-20 21:39:08 · 4 answers · asked by z3po 5 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

Yesterday I my husband dropped some paper towel into the toilet and it is jammed now. Is there anyway we can solve this? Thanks for answering.

2007-12-20 19:44:56 · 13 answers · asked by Ping R 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

one has siezed up completely. Anyone know how to fix them?

2007-12-20 19:00:53 · 3 answers · asked by emesumau 4 in Maintenance & Repairs

Tonight while walking out onto the front porch of my house, I was attacked by dozens of tiny black insects. Looking down on the porch, they were everywhere. Jumping similar to fleas as we watched them. The closest animals to us is next door, who have 4 dogs. Is this fleas or what? Any help would be appreciated. One more note, it has been raining and the porch is damp.

2007-12-20 18:46:34 · 3 answers · asked by Donald Lee 2 in Other - Home & Garden

Hi, I am hoping someone can advise what is wrong with my fridge? It is a Maytag Side x Side with Ice Maker and the fridge is leaving either ice or condensation in the top vegetable/meat compartment, depending on how cool I make it. I cannot get it right so no ice or condensation appears. Can someone please help? Thanks a million. Lea

2007-12-20 18:34:45 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-12-20 18:24:29 · 4 answers · asked by Qutie 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

I just built a house this fall, and moved in October. For a couple of weeks now, i have noticed the water from my upstairs bathroom sink is now stinking like rotten eggs. What is wrong? I don't have a well....and I have only lived there for 3 months, but the smell only started about 3 weeks ago, so it can't be the water or it would have always smelled like that. Please only answer this question if you actually have knowledge on the subject. Thanks

2007-12-20 17:30:01 · 7 answers · asked by askme00000 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

OK so at my apartment complex their is one car alarm that goes off literally at least once a night, sometimes even more. Also there are a couple of people that live below me who have parties often, really it wouldn't be that bad but many nights (like tonight) when (I'm assuming this part) their friends leave or arrive they just sit in the parking lot and lay on the horn for like 15 minutes! It wouldn't be that bad during the day, but it is seriously screwing up my sleep. I don't know how much more I can take!

Anyway I was wondering if anyone could give me some suggestion on things to do to help? Either ideas on how to keep sounds from coming in my apartment so much or something like that? I think it'd help if my walls weren't so thin, but I can't just remodel the place lol. Also I was wondering if this is something I'd have the right to complain about, or if there's nothing the apartment people can do.

ps: there's the damn car alarm for the SECOND TIME TONIGHT!!! Grr.

2007-12-20 16:58:25 · 4 answers · asked by Britches 3 in Other - Home & Garden

I am working a home doing a diagram of a home and he put in copacabana what is that?

2007-12-20 16:55:52 · 3 answers · asked by angeloffire_1956 1 in Other - Home & Garden

Im installing hardwood floor for the first time. I stripped the carpet and cushion and im down to the base boards now. However theres a section towards the end thats raised. Whats the best way to smooth it out so that the hardwood will look even during the install? Will a regular floor sander do the trick?

2007-12-20 16:47:52 · 5 answers · asked by ppandya0072000 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

I have some seeds I saved from my grapefuits, oranges, and lemons. My questions is, how long do they last before they can longer be planted?
Days? Months? Years? Decades?
And is this true for all seeds...strawberries, sunflowers, etc...

2007-12-20 16:45:06 · 12 answers · asked by eternalbeginnings 2 in Garden & Landscape

I took the following shot in a recent hiking trip, but I could not find out what it is.
The URL of the image is: http://forev.net/media/441460/442495_c3547z.jpg

2007-12-20 16:35:55 · 4 answers · asked by krizcpec2 1 in Garden & Landscape

2007-12-20 16:15:02 · 3 answers · asked by matt 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I have shifted into a small house recently. It was just built and every thing,from painting to decoration, is left for me. It has a sitting room, a bedroom, a kitchen, a bothroom and a small lobby of 8'x8'. I want to know if someone could help me how should I arrange my house's interior. Is there any booklet, or website which would help me?

2007-12-20 16:10:47 · 2 answers · asked by Nepali 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

How do you put them onto the tree? top to bottom? bottom to top?

2007-12-20 15:45:28 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

OK, Just got a new house built here in the Mid-west. Im from California and just moved down here without knowing how cold it was going to be. My question is..is there any way to insulate my house without removing my wall? Or siding..

A link will help a TON!! Thanks

2007-12-20 15:36:50 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

I just rented a large one-room apartment. The room is a large rectangle. There is a full kitchen along one of the short walls.

There is a separate bathroom of course.

What can be used to divide up the room into a bedroom and living room?

It's not something that must be done. It just would be nice to separate it a little. All I can think of are a couple of those folding Japanese tri-folds.

Anything else that might work?

Thanks.

2007-12-20 15:11:19 · 4 answers · asked by Question Monster 4 in Decorating & Remodeling

The refrigerator and microwave will not turn on now. No other appliances or outlets in my house are affected. The GFI outlet near the refrigerator does not respond. Resetting the kitchen circuit breakers has no impact. What is the problem and what do you recommend I do about it? I would try to fix it myself if possible. Thanks!

2007-12-20 15:04:26 · 5 answers · asked by this_one_dude 3 in Other - Home & Garden

Model # 35922

2007-12-20 15:01:15 · 6 answers · asked by sparklepup 4 in Cleaning & Laundry

I am new to this type of lighting, and it isnt the lighting of my choice. It is too high and I cannot figure out how to get them out to put new ones in.

2007-12-20 14:51:25 · 5 answers · asked by tryin2bme2 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

the bugs are eating them as fast as I plant them.!!! Does anyone know of an organic solution.

2007-12-20 14:50:28 · 3 answers · asked by dan_mosiah 1 in Garden & Landscape

I have to move some 30 miles from my current home, I am looking for a cost effective way to move the contents of a 5 bedroom Home in Ca. Any tips?

2007-12-20 14:49:01 · 5 answers · asked by ebay_singh 2 in Other - Home & Garden

the bugs are eating them as fast as I plant them.!!! Dose anyone know of an organic solution.

2007-12-20 14:32:22 · 2 answers · asked by dan_mosiah 1 in Garden & Landscape

2007-12-20 14:31:33 · 10 answers · asked by HiddenBarb 5 in Decorating & Remodeling

How much should I pay a seamstress hourly to sew my curtains. They are very plain curtains and it will be a straight sew. I have no idea and do not want to get jipped. Thank you
Joanne

2007-12-20 14:04:02 · 2 answers · asked by Laurience 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

title says it all and thanks for any insight

2007-12-20 14:00:23 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape