Homeowner Forum / General / May 2004

Does anyone have any ideas for how to keep ants and birds out of the
vegetable garden?
The birds are large black ones, I'm not sure if they are crows or not. I
tried growing tomatoes last year and they ate them, I also had a problem

We are getting mortgage through the subsidiary of the builder that is
building our new house. When we asked about the current rate on 30
year fixed and 10 year ARM (both jumbo) the mortage cancellor assigned
to us gave the rates where 10 years ARM was much higher (more than

I currently own a home 1 hour away from where i currently live.  I
have had it up for sell for 4 years now.  Market information for the
community of approx 4 thousand shows 250 houses w/o utilites, house
movement is under 10 per year.  I really need to get rid of this house

I have a home office with multiple PCs that generate a lot of heat.
To help with this situation, I bought a portable a/c unit to help keep
the room cool (at least while I am in there).
It works very well.  However, when it kicks on it really drops the

I need some info.  Previously I have purchased 2 homes and sold 2 homes in
the state of NJ.
Each time I purchased and sold I hired a real estate attorney and the
procedure was basically after the contract was signed we went into the

I'm picking out a new cooktop, and I like the look of
the Dacor cooktop that has six burners and front-
mounted controls. But it has a big drawback - all
the burners are full-size 15,000 Btu units.

My lawn mower shot out all the grass to the yard. So after the mow,
the yard looks pretty ugly with streaks of dead grass. Especially when
it gets dry, it's really bad. So I'm wondering if there is some kind
of bad I could buy to tie up to the place where the lawn mower shoot

I have these wide gaps
- where the garage floor ends and driveway begins
- at end of driveway, there is a concrete walkway inclined to meet the
street.

Anyone know of the pros and cons of 100% leather to leather/vinyl?

My Kitchen Aid dryer stopped working yesterday (after successfully
drying 5 loads of clothes). It doesn't get warm and I've checked the
lint trap (clean) and the vent is connected. Any trouble shooting
ideas?

What do I look for when shopping around to have my 8 year old deck washed /
cleaned / sealed?
I have seen advertisements that specifically mention that they dont use
sprayers. Why is that?

I'm looking to buy a new Whirlpool dryer and found a couple at Lowes
that seem promising:
Whirlpool GEQ9800LW ($437)
Whirlpool GEW9868KQ ($597)

hi there,
i just bought a house with two 4 meter long refridgerant copper tubes
pre installed for adding air conditioning.
i noticed now that instead of being seperately insulated both tubes

I need to tint an epoxy paint that I'm using on the tile in my bathroom.  I
can't seem to find a color guide anywhere on the web.
Any suggestions?

I'm installing a new cedar mailbox post.  Should I treat the part that
will be buried with anything?
                Dan Lanciani
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