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Decks & Patios: What would you recommend to make ceramic patio tiles skid resistant?
Our outdoor patio area has ceramic tiles that are as slick as glass whenever someone steps on them with wet feet from the pool. It's also very bad news when I walk around in my Croc flip flops while watering the plants! :) Seriously, though, these tiles are a very real hazard at my house that concerns me anytime we have a pool party. We bought a product and applied it last year that was supposed to make it non-skid. It didn't work for the long-term. For now we have 4 rugs out
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CommentedGo to the hardware store, or better yet a tile store, and ask for a matte sealer. A pool store ...»
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CommentedI recently saw a fireplace, 9ft tall like this one, a DIY show...yard crashers I think...that ...»
Gardening: How do I transport houseplants (some are large) across the country without killing them?
My husband and I are moving to Las Vegas the first week of June and he is driving a big truck with everything in the back and I am flying with the dog. How do I get them out from
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CommentedI would go to the nursery and get the paper type of landscape fabric, or you can use large ...»
Painting: So California, Channel Islands Harbor. Exterior Paint suggestions
We need to paint our 3 story beach home. Now it is white on white. Roof is dark charcoal color.
Our 2 neighbors are peach and rust. They both have terra~cotta tile roofs.
Any suggestions??
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CommentedMartine, what a great combo! Be sure you get a primer that is also tinted, so that the yellow ...»
Gardening: Weed or Flower?
My daughter in law dug up some Creeping Phlox from an old abandoned house. In among the phlox were these plants with yellow flowers. Can anybody tell me if this is a weed? It's pretty whatever it is. Thanks for your help.
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Commentedportulaca was my guess as well. if it grows at an invasive rate then you'll know I'm ...»
Home Maintenance & Repairs: In our new addition the drywall is cracked in all corners of the windows as well as the caulk completely separated.
What do we do? What made this happen?
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Commentedthe state you live in requires contactors to post a bond...so that's where your repair $$ will ...»
Pond in a box ?
Ok... I usually do not like kits but we needed a water feature for a recent project and custom was not in the budget. We purchased this "pond in a box" and for around $800.00 it came with
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CommentedOkay, cost aside...and I'm not sure we have the info to decide he over paid...this is awesome! ...»