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Baker Kitchen Remodel

This is one of my most recent remodel projects, boy I sure like working with quality products! These cabinets are African Mahogany, full overlay Euro style cabinets. This home is ...»

Commented on Apr 03, 2011
Although I agree this looks good, I dont think you should be using African Mahogany, I come ...»
from Africa, and all the old trees have been cut down, and there is just nothing left for the animals to live on. Why not choose something that can be easily replaced instead of a product that is so damaging to the local area.
Also using some accent color would have been better, there is just so many shades of brown.

What is the average life span of a hot water heater? Ours is about 10 years old and beginning to fail.

Commented on Apr 03, 2011
My heater is also 10 years old. I am thinking about a tankless, but have hear different ...»
things. Where is the best place to get good reliable info on water heaters. The manufacturers only tell you what you want to hear.

Gardening: How do you plant a garden in ga?

Commented on Apr 03, 2011
Hi Amanda, you just dig a hole and put a 3.00 plant in and give it some water. Three years ...»
later you have giant plant. Things grow like crazy in Georgia. Come to the Hall County Extention office huge plant Expo next weekend at Chicopee Woods, you can talk to lots of master gardeners, get tons of free advice and purchase all the plants that are not pests that you can image. Go to their web site for the info hcmgs.com

Pest Control: What is the best, non-chemical way to control Japanese Beetles?

Commented on Apr 03, 2011
Buy beneficial nematodes from Plants Alive, you mix them with water and water below the worst ...»
offenders, rose bushes, crepe myrtles, grapes. Do this early fall and again in spring, they eat the grubs and you get a lot less. Secondly take a bowl of soapy water out in the early am when they are not active, and shake off as many as you can they die in water then discard them, (full size crepes you are out of luck). I used to have thousands, and tried those yellow traps, just made the whole problem worse. Last 3 years after doing the above I have not seen one. Of course the very wet winters helped as well as it drowns the grubs.

Bury the downspout

I buried two of my downspout ends under gravel.

*My motivation to do this project:

I wanted to avoid runoff and ice buildup, and get water away from the house foundation.

Last winter, I had a big ice patch (and a pregnant wife - yikes!) on one corner of my driveway because the snow would melt off the roof and pool under the downspout with poor drainage. It would then freeze at night and create a dangerous situation. ...»

Commented on Apr 02, 2011
I had this done in my house, and regretted it. Cleaning out the leaves is almost impossible, ...»
and now the water is backing out the top of the gutter, I have to pull the whole thing out and dissemble it.

How do you clean smoke damage from the front of a stone fire place?

Darby C on Apr 02, 2011

If it is manufactured stone, then you have to use soap and water. Maybe try Windex. If it is ...»
real stone, you could use a diluted soultion of muratic acid and water. Use just a couple of drops of acid.

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