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Sarah W

Snellville, GA
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Home Maintenance & Repairs: Animal accidents on wood flooring....

I believe that my old dog had a few accidents on my wood flooring in the hallway, and every now and then I think I might smell a trace of urine. It has been cleaned many times, there are ...»
no apparent stains, but on a humid day there is just this slight smell.... Is there any solution that will not remove the finish on the floor, or am I going to just have to replace it?

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Sarah W Snellville, GA
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    Commented on Mar 16, 2012
    Thank you for the ideas! I have not had much luck with Nature's Miracle but they do have a ...»
    product for wood flooring now, so I will give it another try-- then probably move on to these other suggestions. Thanks so much!

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Home Maintenance & Repairs: Is there really supposed to be standing water in a p trap?

I am asking this specifically regarding my upstairs shower, which always has about 2 inches of standing water in the drain. It drains, except for one day when it backed up a little bit. ...»
My local Home Depot guy recommended that I treat it with something similar to Drano, but after two treatments, it still has standing water. Another trip to HD and a different guy later, I am told that there should always be some water in the P trap. Can anyone tell me about this?

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Sarah W Snellville, GA on Mar 14, 2012
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    KMS Woodworks on Apr 04, 2012
    Sodium hydroxide in the most common ingredient in drain cleaners...some even throw in metal ...»
    "shavings" that combined with the heavily exothermic reaction "provide scrubbing" like effects.

    In my book that is a chemical "bomb" with shrapnel. I will pull the p -trap fish out the hair ball (95% of the time it is a hair ball) and be back on line in about 10 min.

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Home Maintenance & Repairs: What is the best material to use to seal up squirrel holes in the attic?

I am asking this for a friend who has a couple of football sized holes on one wall of her attic. She has tried live trapping the squirrels, with no luck, and they continue to gnaw on her ...»
house. She wants to do the repair herself, so does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks!!

Sarah W
Sarah W Snellville, GA
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  • Sarah W
    Commented on Jan 08, 2012
    Thank you very much...I am passing this on to her in hopes that it will help!
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Home Maintenance & Repairs: I just got an estimate for adding blown in insulation to my attic and would like some input.

There is old insulation which has been there since 1991- stepped on, moved around, and soiled by rats in past years.. Even found a new, dead rat while getting the estimate, which was not ...»
a nice surprise. Anyway, they are suggesting that all old insulation be removed, due to rat feces, etc, and blow in new..for a total of about $3500. I am now thinking of waiting until it cools down, remove the old insulation myself (can it be put int the garbage?) and then have somone blow new in. I am a 53 year old female do-it- yourselfer, but not thrilled about messing around up in that attic, especially if there are more furry surprises...

Any thoughts on how to do it better, and cheaper??

Sarah

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Sarah W Snellville, GA
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  • Sarah W
    Commented on Jul 25, 2011
    Thank you all for your suggestions! I had the house sealed almost 5 years ago but I think when ...»
    the new roof was put on it could have created some new openings (?). So, I will deal with that again and consider everything that you guys have said. I am not a young person, and not looking bad back so I have some thinking to do! Thanks again!

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Bathroom: Anyone know an easy way to replace the "stopper" in a bathroom sink?

Don't know the technical name for it, but it is like a flat circle sitting atop a post with a curved edge at the bottom, which connects to a bar in the drain. Someone here managed to get ...»
it out, to clean the sink, but I can't figure an easy way to get it back in!! Any advice is appreciated!

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Sarah W Snellville, GA
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  • Sarah W
    Commented on Jul 19, 2011
    Thanks, Tim, for the nice thought...
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Pest Control: what is best way to get rid of bugs while at night on patio

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IRWIN Smyrna, GA
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  • Sarah W
    Commented on Jul 19, 2011
    I agree with Tim's idea about strategically placed fans- especially those tall ones that stand ...»
    on a base. I have one on my deck and am never bothered by bugs when it is blowing.

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