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Laundry Tips Using Vinegar (Part 1)

I have found 5 great tips using vinegar to help with your laundry. Tips using vinegar to clean your washer, keep clothes from bleeding and as a fabric softener! See the rest of the tips ...»

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Cleaning & Organization: How do I clean my dishwasher? I've tried bleach. I don't want to call a professional and my dishes are coming out dingy.

Commented on May 28, 2012
Speaking of hot water, I was told that the heater used by dishwashers to warm the water is ...»
inadequate--you really need to have hot water running into the dishwasher from the beginning. I run my kitchen faucet until the water comes out at least warm before I turn on the dishwasher. Not wanting to waste the water, I run it into my plant watering can. :-)

Home Maintenance & Repairs: Help! I'm told that I need a trench dug through my house to fix a pipe problem in the slab. Is this the only way??

Water is leaking up through the grout of my kitchen floor when I stand in a certain place. My plumber tested and said it wasn't the water pipes, it is the drain pipes. A camera sent ...»

Commented on May 28, 2012
Thanks for all the advice, guys and gals! I obviously need to do some more work on this before ...»
my floor is torn up.

Cleaning & Organization: Mold and mildew?

A good friend of mine had a water leak and (to no surprise of mine) State Farm has rejected her claim. Im trying to help her.. guide her the best I can and i fear she is being taken ...»

Commented on May 12, 2012
I had a mold problem in my kitchen, along the back of the cupboard walls. It had obviously ...»
been going on for a long time, so State Farm refused to pay (they also didn't pay for my sewer mainline obstruction--do I see a pattern emerging here?). I hired a firm that specializes in mold abatement. I was impressed with their work. Because my home was built in the 50s, there was asbestos in the walls, so they had an asbestos team remove the wall boards; those guys were very, very careful, suiting up and down in a special little cubicle they put together in my kitchen. A wall of cupboards (including drawers) had to be removed to reach the mold, and when everything was completed and tested out safe, they "rebuilt" the cupboards. From start to finish cost me around $5,000, but I feel confident that the issue was resolved in the best way possible. If anyone in the San Diego area needs this kind of work done, send me an email and I'll happily recommend this company.

Gardening: Tree roots in sewer line?

I'm having a clogged main sewer line repaired, and was told that the roots that caused the problem could come back again after a while. There are no large trees anywhere in the area, so ...»

Commented on Jan 22, 2012
Woodbridge--It looks like lining the pipes is my best option to avoid future issues. The ...»
lining they showed me actually creates a new "pipe" inside the existing one. This lining is stronger than the cast iron pipes there now. Budgeting for this repair is not an option, however, since the repair needs to be done now. So far, we're up to $7000, and that's the good news--if the hydroflushing doesn't work and they have to dig the 10 feet down to the pipe, I'm in for a much bigger bill. :-(

Home Maintenance & Repairs: Land line

I know I am still living in the stone age, but please help anyway. My phone is not working at all and AT&T claims the problem is inside. I've been checking all phones and jacks and am ...»

Commented on Jan 21, 2012
I have no information to add--sorry!--but I thought I'd let you all in on a land line story: I ...»
was living out in the boonies for a time, and I had my land line hooked up to an answering machine (and you think you're living in the stone age, Mary!). My phone started calling 911 (honest--my phone really did this) and the police starting coming way out to the house to see what the problem was (in the middle of the night, of course). AT&T came and found issues in the line outside, so we thought that fixed it. But, sure enough, my phone called 911 again. To make a long story short--or is it too late?--after several more visits from the police and AT&T, the technician finally thought to check my answering machine, which was fairly new. Well, that's what was causing the problem--there was some electrical issue in the machine that caused it to call 911 periodically. Needless to say, I now have voice mail--on my cell phone.

Bathroom: Why does the cauking around my bathtub always get moldy? I have tried different caukings and this always happens..

Commented on Oct 08, 2011
Is removing the old caulk fairly easy to do? And what if the mold has affected some of the ...»
tile grout as well?

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