Household Hints

Take the lock to a locksmith. It will save you money oppose to him coming to your location will cost more. Or just purchase a new lock that comes with keys. Depending upon how expensive the lock you're trying to replace will determine the least expensive way to go. Example don't waist your time or money trying to get a locksmith to make a key for a lock that cost under $20.00. Just replace the lock.

reduce wear by having people take their shoes off, aside from vacuuming it do a spot clean it but don't use too much water and don't scrub too hard, rent a machine, don't use bleach you will take the color of the area rug away, and when you clean and deodorize the rug be sure to open the windows to air out the area...

Well I have done it 2 ways in the past. First way is with a kit that 3M makes and uses double stick tape which you affix to the trim around the window and then apply a sheet of plastic to the tape. After you put the plastic up you use a hairdryer to heat the plastic and it shrinks tight. It's a really nice way to do it but it's pretty expensive per window. The other thing is come spring, its not easy to get the adhesive off the trim. The other way I have done it is to buy a roll of sheet plastic ( like painters use) cut a piece a few inches larger than the area you want to cover. I stick it in place with a few pieces of tape. Then, I use thin strips off wood and tack those all around the window trim to hold the plastic in place. Works great and I don't have sticky adhesive to clean up in the spring!

The transformation of compostable materials into organic matter is what indicates that compost is ready and ripe. The composting process leaves no colors, shapes, and sizes left other than dark-colored, fresh-smelling, nutrient-rich, soil-like humus.

Graduation gowns are usually made from a very flimsy material that is not colorfast. It cannot withstand hand or machine washing. It is best to let a dry cleaner handle a wax, or any other kind of stain, on garments like this. Even dry cleaning may not be 100% successful.

You unscrew the two long screw from the inside of the door knob plate, this allows the handles to come off, now you can push the latch out. Replace opposite way, but carefully. Some latches have to be up a certain way. The locks instructions are usually very good.

WD40.spray on and work in with fingers,then work off with wet cloth.

Make a carpet cleaning recipe using 1/2 cup (118 ml) of an all-purpose.

I'm not being stupid, you just change it. How ever it is installed, threaded on, sweated or compression fitting, remove and replace. I'm assuming water. There is another shut off valve further down the line. If it is the main shut off in the house, there is one at the meter. Shut the water off, drain the pipes and change it.

To replace the supply lines for a bathroom sink, turn off the main water supply valve. Turn on the faucets to dissipate any left over water in the pipes. Locate the area where the supply lines meet the main pipe and loosen the fittings. Loosen the fittings under the sink. Put in new lines, insert plumber's tape around the pipes and tighten the nuts. Then turn on the main water supply and let the faucet run for a few minutes to get rid of air.

Bring it to a recycling center

The floors in most trailers is chipboard. Sawdust and glue. Drop something like the leg of a bed or table and it cracks it and over time it will sag. In the past, I have used sheets of metal to go over the hole or sag. The metal needs to be enough bigger than the hole so that you can nail or screw it into sound floor. You could fill the dip with floor leveler used to even out floors before linolium is put down. Another option is to go underneath, cut the fabric sheet that covers the bottom of the trailer and add a 2x4 or 2x6 edgewise under the sag. Possibly put a piece of 3/4 inch thick plywood up first and then the 2x under that.

Yes you can. It is not plastic,so it can be put in a garbage cointanier.

Whatever breaks down to carbon and nitrogen, can be trimmed into small pieces, decomposes within a year, and is non-metallic and unprocessed is what can be composted from what is used at home. That includes fabrics, furnishings, and papers which contain no dyes as well as some plastics.

Rubbing olive oil on your leather jacket can help make it soft and moisturized. But make sure to use cotton or a soft piece of cloth for this purpose. Try to test it on a small patch before applying it to the entire jacket. Leave it overnight and you’ll get rid of that uncomfortable stiffness in your jacket.

After dry cleaning it once every 2 months, make sure to treat it with good quality leather conditioner and moisturizer as it can make the leather soft and help you get rid of the stiffness.

It depends on what is going on with the system. If it is operating normally and you are getting an odor out of the roof vent there are filters available that can reduce the odor. If your system is failing IE. foul smelling water coming up out of the ground call in a septic service professional. If you are getting sewerage odors in the house you should not be as they should be prevented from getting into the house by traps on each fixture in this case call a plumber.

You find them in contractors hands or trucks. You can buy them in stationary stores.

Yes and you could have burned up the well pump and you could have also frozen your drain line. If you don't have water pressure at this time I would suspect your pump is toast from running to often. Electric motors are only designed to start so many tyimes an hour without burning up.

It would depend on the stain and how fast you can get to it. The faster you attend to a stain, the more likely you'll get it out. Also, each stain requires different stain removal processes... NO CLEANING PRODUCT is effective to ALL TYPES of stains.

Example is blood on carpet, you cannot use hot water otherwise you'll be setting the blood into the carpet.

Another example is grease stain, you need to use isopropyl alcohol first to remove the oils.

Important thing is not to rub the stain as it will just spread the stain.

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The difficulty in removing stains is subject dependant on the type of stain and how fast you can get to it. The faster you attend to a stain, the more likely you'll get it out. Also, each stain requires different stain removal processes... NO CLEANING PRODUCT is effective for ALL TYPES of stains. For example, if you try to remove a blood stain from carpet, you must use cold water otherwise you'll set the stain. Conversely, if you try to remove grease from carpet, heat is required in the stain removal process but your best to treat the stain first with isopropyl alcohol.

The simple rules when removing stains are:

1) Act quickly and remove as much of the excess as you can

2) Blot the stain with a clean white towel or paper cloth until there is no further transfer of the stain to the cloth

3) I recommend finding some professional stain removal instructions from here on. If you can't access any stain removal instructions, then sponge with half a litre of luke warm water and a few drops of dishwashing detergent. Blot with a clean cloth. Rinse by sponging on clean water and blot again, putting as much weight on the stain as possible for maximum absorption.

Take one part water and one part Clorox bleach and pour it on top of the trash cans and inside as well, if needed. I just did this today as it has become so hot and humid and the gnats were having a field day.

No, the fibers that make up the yarn become entangled when the item is felted, and the process cannot be reversed.

It will not work, the ac unit needs to blow the heat removed from indoors to outdoors. Running a window ac unit without venting it outside will make the room hotter.

Three to six (3 - 6) months is how long it takes to turn food leftovers into compost. But the breakdown will take longer if proper procedure is not followed with regard to size as well as to aeration, heat, light, and moisture requirements.

Yes, I guess so...I use it in my sewing of clothes and they get washed regularly!