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Andrew S

Pleasanton, CA
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Gardening: Lemon Tree Won't Bear Fruit

I have a mature lemon tree that hasn't born fruit for the past 2-3 years. The rootstock has taken over. The tree is about 15 feet tall and is losing foliage at the top. There are new ...»
branches, sprouts, etc growing closer to the base. There are many branches that have thorns. There are multiple trunks about 6 inches in diameter coming out of the base. I can't figure out where the grafts started.

Any ideas about what I should do to get the fruit back? Do I just cut any branch that has thorns? Do I remove the trunks that have branches that have thorns?

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Andrew S Pleasanton, CA on Apr 28, 2013
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    Douglas Hunt on Apr 29, 2013
    It sounds to me like the scion has died, or is in the process of it. I would bring in a good ...»
    tree person to take a look. But I've also never heard of a lemon without thorns. My Meyer certainly has them.

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Plumbing: Best High Pressure Low Flow Showerhead

All you plumbers out there, which one do you use?
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Andrew S Pleasanton, CA
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    Commented on Apr 01, 2013
    Thanks guys
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Plumbing: Water pipes "shaking"?

Lately, often when I turn on the shower, the pipes seem to shake and the water pulsates out of the shower head, almost as if it were on massage mode. You can hear the pipes doing this. ...»
The issue usually corrects itself after several seconds, but sometimes you have to turn on the faucet in another area of the house to stop it as this seems to relieve the pressure.

Any ideas what could be going on? Are my pipes about to explode?

I should note that we have very high water pressure. And I have also noticed the bathroom sinks having issues sometimes with slow draining which i can usually fix by plunging them - I suspect my daughters' hair is in some giant hairball down there.

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Andrew S Pleasanton, CA
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    Commented on Feb 21, 2013
    Thanks Woodbridge. Extremely helpful
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    Followed 8 people on Feb 17, 2013

Home Maintenance & Repairs: Why is my water heater losing heat?

Over the past year or two we sometimes have had no hot water in the morning, but the occurrences have been irregular. Over the past month, it has been constant, so I turned up the ...»
temperature on the water heater and now it's working fine.

I am guessing there is something wrong with the gas valve or thermostat or something. Expert opinions welcome.

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Andrew S Pleasanton, CA
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  • Andrew S
    Commented on Jun 16, 2012
    thanks guys!
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Windows & Doors: Can I drill into a vinyl window frame to hang blinds?

I want to hang blinds on the center window in a three-window window seat. There's no wall on either side of the window - just the other window frames. The top of the window frame is ...»
flush with the ceiling so the only other option is to hang the blinds from the ceiling which seems less than optimal.

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Andrew S Pleasanton, CA
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  • Andrew S
    Commented on Feb 15, 2012
    Thanks. As I said above there is no warranty so not a big deal. In case anyone is interested ...»
    I hung the middle blind from the ceiling and it works fine. They forgot to send the extension brackets for the side windows so I am waiting for those to finish the job. I'll post a photo when done.

    Thanks again for all of your advice on this.

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Recommendation for a good front door lock?

Over the past year I have had bad luck with Schlage locks - first one stopped working, I returned it, got a new one and a month or two later it stopped working. I barely even used them.

Any recommendations for a quality lock?

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Andrew S Pleasanton, CA
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  • Andrew S
    Commented on Jan 30, 2012
    This was definitely a DIY install. So i guess this is user-error. Basically after a few ...»
    times using the key, it would no longer open the lock. I tried reinstalling the lock a couple of times and it worked but then it didn't.

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JL Spring & Associates
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    Followed 1 person on Sep 15, 2011

Pest Control: What's the best non-lethal way to get rid of rats?

Have some rats in a grape vine next to my house and would like them to vacate without having to poison/trap them.
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Andrew S Pleasanton, CA
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  • Andrew S
    Commented on Aug 06, 2011
    Per KMS' point I think if I just trap them and release they'll come back. Was hoping there ...»
    was some kind of bait I could put down that turns them off but guess will try ultra sonics.

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