Household Hints

this all depends on the local rental market

porcelain bathtubs are always cold and feel like glass and have no give. fiber glass and plastic tubs are warmer to the touch, soft and give if pressed on, Enamel when tapped with the hand sound metallic

Rubbing Alcohol will remove permanent marker from your rug. The best time to work on the stain is as soon as possible. A dry stain may not be removable.

You should get some clean white cloths, dampen one of the cloths with rubbing alcohol and dab the stain with the cloth. Change the cloth frequently to a clean section of the cloth or to a new cloth so as to not spread the stain. As you dab the stain you will be diluting it and transferring it to the cloth. For other stain removal solutions,

Yes. I would. If you are replacing the hot water lines, it is also a good time to drain the hot water heater and get rid of all the junk at the bottom of the hot water heater. That should be done once a year. Your hot water heater must be off when you do that, your hot water heater should be off when you drain your hot water heater. You will see boiler scale come out of your water heater. Leaving the boiler scale in your water heater makes it less efficient. It makes it harder to heat your water. It is the same as throwing money down the drain. If you want to give your money away, you should give it to the Salvation Army instead of the Utility Company.

I have always went and bought several bottles of inexpensive spray paint and painted all of my furniture to match.

buy a cheap pair of canvas shoes and throw them in with it

insulated siding, light colors and good inside wall insulation

I was able to do it by using some common sense and tools. In this way, we can save trees because we don't have to use the paper wipes. This is a good article to take a look at on the link below.

Anything that helps our earth is a good thing.

if your iron does not have a mister an icecube run over wrinkles can add the water you need to iron flat. a better solution is a spray bottle full of water

in non wet environments it will hold up for years as long as its not on a floor. never use water based poly in a wet envitronment.

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you need to bleach the covers first (i don't mean household bleach). once that have been whitened then you can go grey, you will never get yellow to be a light grey

there are humidity controller thermostats for not much money, just buy one, install it (very very very easy) and set the desired humidity level

twin width, shorter length, its the size of a childs bed

there are exterior stick on lights that will do fine in that moisture

Yes

Usually less than a dollar - I just bought 2 yesterday -$1.98.

Where do you not have pressure? At the sink? Probably some rust came loose and is blocking the screen in the end of the spout.

grab your iron, put a piece of aluminum foil over the iron (to protect it) place a paper towel over the crayon and press the iron, on low to medium low heat, over the crayon, it should soak almost all of it into the paper towel, this also works on carpet. then just do a slight touch up paint if needed

lowes and home depot both sell metalic roof repair products for DIY home owners. if you want it fixed right though, call a tin roof pro (not alot of them left) as they will have to fill the split. if you mean that you have a metal room and have a leaky seam then you have a larger problem and you need to call a pro.

I found the best products can be bought from the vets - hope this helps

Anvok Sanitary

yes

Travertine is just like Swiss cheese in its natural state. when it is cut some holes are exposed & others are still under the surface. The exposed holes fill with the slurry from the saw blade or are "Filled" with other materials. If one of those hidden holes breaks through under stress of traffic, it will be empty & exhibit as a hollow space (hole)..

To which the homeowner then asks "why is a hole forming in my Travertine.. The short irreverent answer is because that's the way you bought it... Sorry the sales person or designer never told you or that you weren't listening when they did tell you.

strip the wax and rewax, or apply mild heat and rebuff the affected area.