Household Hints

Weather stripping on the front door can be replaced by first removing all of the old weather stripping. Then new weather stripping can be put in place using a type that has a sticky side to adhere to the door frame. The weather stripping should be placed on the closest area to the outside lip of the door frame.

Some of the round gliders come with clips that you attach to the curtains. The curtain hooks that you choose need to match the pleats, if any, of your curtains.

During the rinse cycle, the momentum caused by the washer, causes the weight that is hooked to the seal inside the ball to pull the seal open. For details of how the downy ball works see the How Stuff Works related link below, and for even more additional information, see the info contained in the link straight from the mouth of the manufacturer themselves.

Warm colours Soft furnishings Real fire Personal effects ... and a lived-in look. It should never be too tidy.

As long as you do NOT compress the insulation. If your wanting the area for storage your R-value (insulating value) will only be as good as the depth of the rafter you are covering.

If you have frosted/etched shower doors, don't EVER use CLR on them. It leaves white thick streaks that are not coming off with cleaner.

I just had a service technician clean my burner in preparation for the winter. I showed him a product I had purchased at Home Depot called Hercules fuel oil sludge treat. It comes in a one quart container and you put a pint in for a 275 gallon tank just before a delivery. The technician said you would be better off adding one gallon of kerosene prior to the delivery. The kerosene burns hotter and is a higher grade of fuel than home heating oil. He said it would probably do a better job than the sludge treatment product and costs less.

The cord is attached under the shade and runs outside the lamp along the back

A Charger Plate is the plate placed on tables simply for decorative purposes.

Velcro is usually stitched onto the items it is used on.

Lift one corner of one of the pieces of Velcro and you ought to see the thread. Using a sharp scissors, or a blade, cut the thread, taking care not to cut the clothing.

Once the thread has been cut you should be able to lift more of the Velcro away from the clothing. Keep snipping the thread as you go and it will eventually come away.

Do the same to the other piece of Velcro.

When you're finished you will probably need to pull out a few bits of loose thread which willl still be in the clothing. If the last piece won't come out, turn it inside out and see if you can find the knot where the thread is tied to itself.

You can contact the manufacturer. If its a window unit that the plug is missing there are terminals inside where the cord used to be. Black is hot, white is neutral and green is ground. Check the nameplate on the unit to make sure of the voltage and current draw (amps).

If you have taken the lock off the door, then you need to be very careful about opening the lock, there are springs in there, and if they fall out you won't know where they came from, and if you don't know that, you won't be able to put them back correctly.

Try consulting a source like The Readers' Digest Household Repairs book.

Have you access to the floor above it? if you do, try to life some floorboards and see what you can find.

If the ceiling is the bottom of the attic, find a way in and check out the pipes.

If you can't access floor above, ask whoever lives there to have a look for you.

Depending on the type of chemical that is to be sprayed in the spray bottle, the bottle can possible be fixed by running the spray tip under hot water. Sometimes a little pressure with a needle can also fix a clogged sprayer.

Get a good pair of rubber gloves.

If the pan is very full of water, bail out enough to allow you to get yourt hand in without flooding the top of the rubber glove.

Remove any visible material

When all material has been removed, straighten out the triangular part of a wire clothes-hanger.

Holding this double thickness end, poke the hooked end around the U-bend and wiggle, pulling anything which might be blocking it back into the bowl.

Remove any visible matter and repeat this until nothing more comes back with the clothes-hanger.

Pour water from a bucket into the pan... do not flush if the water might overflow. With a bucket you can control how much water gets into the pan,

If the water doesn't subside, then there is still something blobking the flow - out of sight. Do more clothes-hanger wiggling and pulling. If nothing comes, see how far you can push the clothes-hanger - if the obstruction won't come backwards, it might go forwards.

At all times, keep an eye on the water level, it might well begin to go down at some point. When you think you have enough room in the pan, pour a full bucket of water into it. The extra force this water will have may be enough to shift the blockage. Sometimes the water from the cistern doesn't have enough "ooommph".

It is a thin Japanese hand towel made of cotton. It's typically about 35 by 90 centimeters in size, plain weaved and is almost always printed with some pattern. It can be used for anything a towel could be used for eg. as a washcloth, dishcloth, headband, souvenir or decoration. Towels made from terry cloth have replaced many of its use in the household. However tenugui is still popular as a souvenir, decoration and as a head covering in Kendo.

I would recommend using the Clorox Cleanup Cleaner with Bleach. It removes any kind of bathroom stains, it degreases, and disinfects. Also use any kind of sponge or wash cloth.

1) Spray all around the tub

2) scrub with your wash cloth or sponge

3) rinse out the tub with water

4) if you feel you need to repeat the cycle you can ( that is what I recommend.

I hope you find this very helpful!

If the heat from your fireplace is being blown forward, then it shouldn't hurt your TV.

Household temperature, also known as room temperature, is between 68 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit.

The agitator has several functions. It helps circulate the water around the clothes while helping the articles of clothing rub against each other to help clean them. The agitator also helps to expel the water when the cycle is finished.

Not at all. You could put it in at 9 in the morning or 6 at night. It all works exactly the same

It's better to set it at a low temperature if you're not at home and at night. Then, it doesn't have to work so hard to heat the house.

Febreeze :)

electronic devices are not effective long term.

Depends what is squeaking. Is it the balances (things inside the frame that control the movement of the sashes) or the sash vinyl rubbing against the frame vinyl? Wd40 would work for both. I suggest you rub a bar of soap on the weight bearing sides or bottom depending on what type of window it is ie. slider or sash.