Other - Home & Garden - April 2007

I saw on here that bumble bees don't sting, and I know they do, I know people who have been stung by them. And they were bumble bees too, not carpenter bees.

Anyone have any ideas how to get rid of them, I have some at the back of my house.

2007-04-03 10:59:42 · 3 answers · asked by DeAnna 5

I bought a gas fire about 3 years ago, so its out of warranty. The problem is that it isn't working & having contacted the manufacturer they say that the company that made the part I need no longer exist. The only way to resolve the problem is to buy the complete workings for the fire which has also had a few modifications since I bought mine & the cost of the parts will be almost £200 plus I have then to get a Corgi gas engineer to fit it at probably the best part of another £100. Its not a simple case of chucking the whole thing out and buying a complete new fire as its one of those modern built in the wall framed stainless steel jobs set about a metre high in a purpose made appature....... surely manufacturers have a duty to supply spare parts for their products for a number of years ......or dont they???

2007-04-03 09:36:25 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

hi. just wondering if anyone had any tips or ideas on a low budget garden and patio. as of now, we are in a manufactured home with no steps on the front! so we need to build steps to a patio or a deck with steps. also i would like to put in a low cost low maint. flower bed. anything you can offer would be appreciated! thanks

2007-04-03 09:14:02 · 4 answers · asked by spacey 3

Looking to rebuild my home, and searching for discounted prices on materials in the DFW area. My home burned down, and we are rebuilding. I need everything, but I am looking for cheaper prices, not cheaper quality.

2007-04-03 08:45:15 · 3 answers · asked by kimberly b 1

- and what are they made from?
They are not cut from the ground, he says, so can anyone tell us how they are made?

2007-04-03 08:26:18 · 13 answers · asked by L 3

i just moved and my new apartment comes alive at night.............with cockroaches of all sizes, its driving me nuts. please help. insectcides have not worked.

2007-04-03 08:25:39 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a science fair project ad I need to make a minature box made out of wood. I am trying to test which one can insulate the most sound, but I need to know what kind of wood to use in the first place. please help. I need some wood thatis cheap.

2007-04-03 08:02:44 · 2 answers · asked by timballer4405 2

I currently have a dog run between my shed and a tree, and is about 25feet long. A dog run is a wire between two points up high with another wire connected so that it can freely glide along the longer wire overhead so that the dog has a large area to ...freely... roam.

Well I would like to move the run so that it can be 50ft long, but the shed is not tall enough, so I was wondering if it is a good idea to install a metal screw hook onto my house's roof to connect the line. If I seal around the hook there should be no leaks, but I wonder if the pull of the wire and the dog tugging on the line will damage the house?

Is this a good idea at all? I don't want to damage my 2 yr old house. The roof is shingle, and where is the best place for the hook, I have no clue where studs are.

2007-04-03 02:32:52 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-03 00:35:29 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-02 22:30:40 · 3 answers · asked by dmcleaner 1

Ours open in the front and we took out the nests at least 6 times this Spring and then finally gave up. The sparrows have taken over 3 of the houses and they will have at least 3 broods between now and fall.

2007-04-02 20:03:19 · 2 answers · asked by kriend 7

So I smoke and my parents don't know. My dad stays up all night so I can't just walk outside, because he will come out too and want to know what I'm doing. Also, he is downstairs and I am upstairs, and if I just light up he will be able to smell the smoke and it will linger in my room.

Is there anything that I can do to neutralize the smell so I can smoke in my room but my dad won't know?

Oh, and also I can't open my windows because of the alarm system. PLEASE HELP>

2007-04-02 19:04:54 · 8 answers · asked by Manda P 1

I already know what to do when if comes to the basic spring cleaning checklists..Cleaning Drapes, carpets..Cleaning out cabinets Cleaning just about everything. I am curious to know your tried and true tricks and methods to getting both the simple and difficult jobs done easier and faster.

2007-04-02 18:11:18 · 4 answers · asked by MRod 5

2007-04-02 17:45:34 · 4 answers · asked by dyelifish 1

my bro & his wife have got this weird plant growing wild next to their apartment:

http://new.photos.yahoo.com/dannyh.rm/photo/294928804310184518/0
http://new.photos.yahoo.com/dannyh.rm/photo/294928804310166096/1
http://new.photos.yahoo.com/dannyh.rm/photo/294928804310184348/2
http://new.photos.yahoo.com/dannyh.rm/photo/294928804310149592/3

at first they thought it was a weed until it started looking more like a tree. the trunk looks kinda bamboo-ish. does anybody know what it's called & what class of plant it is? is it poisonous? it looks pretty exotic. they said it grew *extremely* fast! one of his co-workers wants to transplant it to their own backyard as a keeper.

2007-04-02 17:07:36 · 6 answers · asked by funkyd00dy 3

2007-04-02 15:14:19 · 16 answers · asked by the.fires 1

My house has an ant problem. How do you get rid of ants around the house for good? They are everywhere.. very annoying.

Thanks

2007-04-02 13:54:01 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am so totally thrilled about moving. To the point it's hard to think about anything else. I got TWO hours of sleep last night thinking about it. I'm excited. I have 13 days until I move. I'm moving VERY close to where I live now, so I'm not having movers or anything like that. I have done alot of packing, and I just don't know what I SHOULD be doing at this point, or how to stop thinking about it long enough to sleep! I can't go another 13 nights without sleep. Please help!

2007-04-02 12:33:16 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-02 12:01:33 · 5 answers · asked by Laura 2

Our housemate has on two occasions accessed my partner's telecom account (first time it was the ISP account, the second time it was the telephone account). He has since disclosed our new address to 3rd parties and has told our landlord that we are moving out and given him our new address too (we have not yet given notice because we are not close to moving out). I am training to be a lawyer and am doing my own research on this but would appreciate any practical advice and would like to know if there is an English website that provides advice to people who live in shared houses (we live in England)

2007-04-02 11:20:59 · 3 answers · asked by manneke 3

Who sells and what brand has the deepest above ground pool. What brands do you consider to be the best, or should I basically say, how do you like yours?

2007-04-02 11:16:50 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Our basement has a small kitchen (the water has been cut off because its only used for when guests visit), a 3/4 bath, 1 bedroom, the storage area with the water heater and such, and the rest is just a big room.

Where is is more likely we find roaches? (we get small ones, up to 1 inch, but TONS of them in the summer)

2007-04-02 10:03:05 · 7 answers · asked by qtpie16707 3

So I'm going away on a trip, but I fear my roommates would go in my room. The last thing I want is to have other people going through my personal belongings. I'm thinking about changing the doorknob since it's pretty old, and a number of people could very well just have the key.

But is it easy to change a doorknob? So far it doesn't look that hard. Upon looking at it, it just has two screws on the back door and two more screws on the side. I've also seen the doorknobs in hardware stores that looks easy to install. Is that just about it? Or is there a bad side to it that I've yet to think of?

2007-04-02 08:59:00 · 4 answers · asked by NereidoftheBlue 2

I want to clean the outside of my house,its looking nasty,but,I cant afford a powerwasher at this time.Any help would be greatly appreciated.

2007-04-02 08:20:39 · 7 answers · asked by Rita 1

What do I do to get the best results for these plants in this situation? Any tips would be helpful.

2007-04-02 08:19:41 · 4 answers · asked by lasocialwork 1

at night, have been getting a bug bite Every Night for the past 5 days!!! what the heck? is it bed bugs? where did it come from!!! we washed the linens, stripped the bed... hung the blankets and stuffed animals and pillows in the sun.... what else can we do? the mattress is too big for us to put in the sun, thinking of spraying w/ chlorox and water mixture, let dry? no one else is getting bitten in adjacent rooms...?? i moved rooms and didn't get bit.....is it another type of bug? what to do what to do....

2007-04-02 06:41:37 · 1 answers · asked by tarmee2006 4

2007-04-02 05:18:36 · 7 answers · asked by chockybikky 3

say someone were to stick a fork into the wall socket, how many volts are she/he going to be shocked with?

2007-04-02 04:41:17 · 15 answers · asked by User Name 5

We lived in a wooded area and I have a phobia of snakes. Any ideas?

2007-04-02 03:59:12 · 9 answers · asked by Jenny 2

2007-04-02 03:12:53 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous