Do It Yourself (DIY) - October 2007

Here are the materials i have bought: cement, hollow blocks, gravel, sands, steel bars. I have no budget to hire a contractor, so i am interested in building it myself, with a little help from my friends.. I have no architecture experience. Just want to build a simple single storey house, 1 bedroom, a living room, a kitchen and a bathroom.

2007-10-31 16:46:00 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I want my bedroom to look as much as a barn as I can.
Thanks

2007-10-31 16:34:17 · 12 answers · asked by Hannah A 3

I have an older house and it has a floor furnace and the grate is in the living room in the doorway leading to the dining room. I need some ideas on how to protect my 7 month old from accidently crawing on it. I try to keep my eye on her, but there have been a couple times when I just left the room for a minute and she was rolling towards it. I would like to put some kind of fence around it, but nothing I have found in stores will work, is there anyone with the same problem, who would have some suggestions of what I could do. I thought of just setting stuff around it, but I am afraid of when she starts crawling she will just get around it somehow. HELP!

2007-10-31 16:18:57 · 8 answers · asked by blueyedwine 1

Drilling the whole to bolt together pine sleepers for a retaining wall. Thanks.

2007-10-31 16:15:12 · 8 answers · asked by ants79 3

What the easiest and cheapest way to lay down patio pavers so that grass doesn't grow up through the cracks and the patio looks nice? Where can I find patio pavers for a good price?

2007-10-31 16:13:31 · 3 answers · asked by Amers 3

What dissolves hair clogs?

2007-10-31 15:07:37 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

My girlfriends clock chimes loudly every 15 minutes. How can I make it quieter? I can't turn off the chimes, she will just turn them back on.

2007-10-31 15:05:42 · 11 answers · asked by joeblow 2

from the short side the one that attaches in to the wall so i think i may of dropped the O-Ring but i do not know exactly what kind to buy

so if you can please help me out that would be great

2007-10-31 14:52:08 · 9 answers · asked by go_pali 2

2007-10-31 14:29:15 · 12 answers · asked by lenzix5 4

i have an old barn fan and motor on a metal frame sitting outside. every time i see it it is rotating in the slight wind at a fairly hefty speed. since generators are the same hardware as electric motors could i just hook a fan belt back up and get power from the motor? i understand that there is a lot of resistance in the motor but that aside, i think i heard of something in the motor that prevents this (electricity generation) from happening so that the fan doesn't send electricity back into the circuit when its windy. is this true? if so, what's it called, where's it located and how do i remove/bypass it? Has anyone ever done this? Any tips?(especially for increasing the efficiency)

2007-10-31 13:41:58 · 4 answers · asked by Supreme Overlord 2

I currently have a single GFCI outlet outside and I was wanting to install a GFCI outlet/switch combo in it's place.

So my question is can I just use the current wiring or do I need to run additionally wiring for the switch part of it. Or can I somehow use the current two wires for both the outlet and switch and ran a wire between the outlet to the switch?
Thanks,
Jen

2007-10-31 13:32:53 · 7 answers · asked by javega8 2

I have 24 cabinet doors. The existing cabinetry is knotty pine wood. I was given a quote of $1500 to refinish it by painting it white. How much more should refacing be? I am thinking of using thermofoil so it looks like wood.
Also, can my barrel hinge be changed over to concealed hinges?

2007-10-31 13:24:30 · 7 answers · asked by jan 1

I am wiring a garage and I need 100ft of wire to run from my house panel box(200amp) to 100 amp garage panel box.
My problem: I have two lengths of #3 gauge wire(3/3 copper wire) one is 60ft and one is 40ft. Can i put in a junction box and splice them together or is it against code?
Seeing this as a fair sized wire and marrets cannot be used, what can I use?

2007-10-31 12:01:46 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Had a little accident.

2007-10-31 10:19:46 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

What I need is a pattern, and I don't know how to start. I have a lot of card boxes that I would like to cover with Christmas paper to put cookies and candy in.

2007-10-31 09:59:43 · 2 answers · asked by patti b 1

I'm making a bed frame (head board) out of aspen wood, i need to make pegs and holes to connect the wood, what is this tool called? is it an auger?

2007-10-31 09:20:28 · 5 answers · asked by 'cole 1

If so, how long will it take and what will i need to use? Have you ever seen ceramin tile in a shower painted? Whould you do it? What steps do i need to take to get the job done?

2007-10-31 07:31:28 · 6 answers · asked by darealis 1

I want to hang christmas lights outside around my windows (around them isn't made out of wood its more like.. plasticky? its not cheap stuff..) anyways, I was wondering if duct tape would be strong enough to hold from now until after christmas.. here the weather during winter is very cold with lots of wind and lots of snow! (canada :) ) or if you have any other ideas without having to nail or make holes on the house, it would be appreciated.. thanks!

2007-10-31 07:29:41 · 6 answers · asked by Caroline B 2

I have seven children and a large drafty house. We've haven't lived here that long. My husband and I were told by a guy who cleaned our wood burning stove and chimney that the brick around and under the wood burning stove is dry (the cement or what ever inbetween the bricks) and that it needs to be redone in order to be safe. I want to know is there any other way to make it safe without pulling the stove off of the brick platorm and yanking all the bricks out and redoing it. Can I put cement over it again and just wipe it off of the actual bricks, leaving to fall inbetween the bricks---on top of the older dry cement? The stove is very heavy of course, and the platform that it is on is very pretty--its just that the cement is coming loose. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks!

2007-10-31 06:45:55 · 7 answers · asked by Lovemyfamily 3

The metal piece that screws onto the faucet broke off of the hose when I pulled the hose too hard. I've had the hose a year or two, and other than the part that broke off (which now makes the hose unusable), it's a good hose.

2007-10-31 05:20:45 · 7 answers · asked by WoW 1

2007-10-31 05:11:30 · 6 answers · asked by good_shooter2000 2

How do you cut polystirene coving without bits crimbling?

2007-10-31 04:42:49 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

if anyone has any ideas where i can get one of these, please let me know...thanks! i'm looking for a remote that can open my garage from about a city block away...

2007-10-31 03:30:36 · 8 answers · asked by njsonja2002 1

For the past two weeks I have been noticing bees in my bathroom and so I made sure that everything was closed up so they couldnt get in anymore. However they keep coming and last night when I was in the shower there were more than 10 bees there! I kept killing them but more just kept coming. I guess they liked the steam or something.

I'm terrified of bees and I dont know where they are coming from. Is an exterminator expensive? Are there any good products that i can buy to get rid of them?

2007-10-31 03:09:06 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am trying to upholster a coffee table top so that it will double as an ottoman. Firstly, would it be the same whether I upholster in a leather or a fabric? And secondly, does anyone have any links to websites that would offer effective guidelines, especially for making neat corners?

Thanks

2007-10-31 02:44:13 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

It comes in silver and gold for crafts and also black and comes on a backing and when you put it against a surface and rub it it comes off the backing and sticks to the surface. Anyone know what its called? as its impossible to ask for it without knowing its name!

2007-10-31 02:39:22 · 7 answers · asked by Tracey H 2

when is it the best time to cut rose's back & how does someone go about planting a cutting off a rose bush. , & when is it the best time to cut back tree branches

2007-10-31 02:19:21 · 2 answers · asked by whiterooster67 1

2007-10-31 01:44:47 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can any tell me the correct diameter to dig the holes for fence posts? - The run of fence will be 40 feet long using 6ft X 6ft panels - my concern is that the location of the fence usually gets hit quite hard when it is windy and I need it to be stable.
Any help welcome.

2007-10-31 01:20:41 · 19 answers · asked by notfrightenedofghosts 2

Say Zone 6 area of London? And excluding the land price.

Could I build a 3 bedroom, two reception and two bathroom house?

2007-10-31 00:55:35 · 6 answers · asked by radical_edward 1