Other - Home & Garden - July 2007

2007-07-31 23:13:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-31 19:36:16 · 1 answers · asked by kata 1

2007-07-31 17:20:00 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am a concerned about safety in my home. There are three levels in my home and two are at ground level. Recently there has been a increase in violence in the area that I live in and I have had a cracked window at the lower level. What type of things could I do to protect my home and myself in it. I have a dog(mini pincher) who barks at strangers, i am scared to wake up to a stranger in my home one day as they have been running into peoples homes lately. i have kids but should I consider buying a small gun?

2007-07-31 17:13:21 · 5 answers · asked by nene 3

2007-07-31 14:36:54 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I live in western Canada, and on our back deck today, we found a big spider. It was similar to the ones we referred to as crab spiders that we had every year, but this one was brown with light brown spots, and it left brown splotches (spider poop?) under it's web. I looked it up and couldn't kind much, and discovered that crab spiders actually don't spin webs. So what kind was this?

It was brown with splotches of light brown on it, and it had a huge sac on it's back connected to its body. It spun a big web and was up near the roof on our house, close to the door. So, someone is going to kill it so it doesn't get in our house or something. Any ideas?

2007-07-31 14:23:27 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

we live in MA

2007-07-31 13:39:09 · 3 answers · asked by brit 2

you know that metallic taste metal forks and spoons, etc get when they scrape against other metal? Is there anyway to prevent it and how do you get rid of the metallic taste, if you can?

2007-07-31 12:21:09 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Same thing with most of my pumpkins, they grow to about baseball size, then shrivel up.

2007-07-31 11:09:40 · 1 answers · asked by jenafur_h 2

is a Garden Orb-Weaver possibly Eriophora transmarina from Australiadeadly or poisonouse? because i found one in a tree

2007-07-31 10:55:56 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

like they are SO great. Well I think they suck really. Of course they use less electricity, they only give off about 17 volts worth of light! This is just enough that I still have to feel for the walls to not bang into them, I might as well be in the dark!

Why do people like these bulbs so much?

2007-07-31 10:50:27 · 6 answers · asked by ~~∞§arah T∞©~~ 6

I am an American and I live in Morocco where we have 220 volt outlets. In America we have 110.
Besides 110 volts what is the practical difference? Is it better to supply homes with one over the other?

2007-07-31 10:47:23 · 6 answers · asked by ~~∞§arah T∞©~~ 6

2007-07-31 10:44:00 · 4 answers · asked by L. Contach 1

... that isn't any danger to my 2 year old and less worrying his bunnies. Every pack I've come across says it's poisonous, garlic doesn't apparently work long term and I've no chance of pinching my hubby's beer for the slugs! Help anyone!!

2007-07-31 10:34:51 · 17 answers · asked by Dooberrywoo 2

My parents keep saying this since I was young that household pests like spiders' pee can cause the lips, eyes or whatever sensitive body parts to 'rot'. How true is that?

2007-07-31 10:25:32 · 5 answers · asked by snowywolf_18 1

we grew our amaryllis from seed it is now a 28 years old bulb it does every thing its supposed to do it has great blooms every year and the leaf's are approx 3ft - 4ft long and 3" x 3 1/2" wide but on the under side of some of the leafs there seems to be something growing on it looks like thorns growing they are like a light green rose thorn but not quite as sharp any body know what they could be as i have never heard of them on amaryllis before ? ?

2007-07-31 10:14:01 · 1 answers · asked by boston1babe 1

I have always had ants but they have always stayed in just two places. One was by back door and the other was by a skirting board in my living room. They never wondered any where so I left them to it. However, they have now stared to crawl all over my house. I wentto buy ant powder yesterday and when I came home the floor of my living room was covered in not only ants but flying ones and all.

The powder worked, but today I have just been into the kitchen and there are flying ants every where . Up the walls and on the floor, it's creepy. I have put more powder down but I'm not hopefull that by tommorow they wont be back. Any advice as how to get this sorted? - thanks

2007-07-31 08:04:35 · 16 answers · asked by Eye see! 6

You know, do laundry at a certain time or on a certain day, but not limited to that only one.

2007-07-31 07:50:18 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

Want to pull a wire from one side of house over roof to other

2007-07-31 07:41:36 · 18 answers · asked by rseegp 2

HI there, I am looking to move a gas cooker to a different location in a kitchen but leaving the connection where it is, if that makes sense, can you get extension pipes??

Thanks

2007-07-31 07:26:27 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I had a new thermostat installed and it allows me to set several different time blocks during the day to specific temperatures. As an example, I can have the house at 72 degrees from 6 am to 9 am and then at 85 degrees from 9 am to 5 pm and then back at 72 from 5pm to 12 pm and so on. My fiance thinks that it is more energy effecient to leave the house at a constant temperature all day so the the air conditioner does not have to work as hard to cool down the house between temperature changes. I think it is a waste to cool the house all day long when we are not at home, and that "recooling" the house once in the evening takes less energy than maintaining the same temperature all day. Any thoughts on who is right?

2007-07-31 07:18:08 · 7 answers · asked by JMH 1

How do you calculate the square footage of a house?- Do you count closets and attics or do you only calculate livable finished areas?

2007-07-31 06:54:30 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

We just bought a new american standard 13 seer air conditioner, and we always keep it set around 71, 72 and never really turn it off. it does cycle so its not continously running, but i was wondering if by runnning it a lot would it wear it out faster?

2007-07-31 06:13:11 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-31 05:46:09 · 34 answers · asked by Chaziieee 1

2007-07-31 05:36:52 · 2 answers · asked by grannycaa@sbcglobal.net 2

2007-07-31 05:32:32 · 9 answers · asked by A True Gentleman 5

If so, what is it like for you? How did you adjust? I have lived in cities all my life but I am dreaming of a small-town life. I like the idea of the peace and quiet, owning a house I can afford, having a garden. But, I don't know how I would adjust. I am 32 years old and just feel ready to settled down. I am so used to traffic and being on the run. What was your experience?

2007-07-31 04:24:29 · 8 answers · asked by Alexis A 2

there was a huge one on my wall this morning!

2007-07-31 04:14:08 · 1 answers · asked by bannabeauty 2

Currently, my house has a forced air heating system being run off a furnace that's in a 4-foot crawl space. The cooling is through in-wall AC units. I'm a little nervous about carbon monoxide spreading, both under the house through the open area crawl, or through the forced-air ducts. I'm looking into getting a heat pump. If I also get an electric tankless water heater for my hot water needs, will I still have a need for the furnace or can I remove or disable it? Also, I read the existing duct work can be used for the heat, but is it really efficient to have the cool air coming out of the floor also?

Thanks.

2007-07-31 02:53:51 · 3 answers · asked by justAguy 1

It's 30 years old and the door insulation is cracked and broken off and it barely cools any more. As long as it's running I won't get a new one. I need to find a way to ruin it for good without it being obvious so I can get a new one.

2007-07-31 02:21:45 · 6 answers · asked by Pamela T 2