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Where to buy Silica Sand online in Canada?

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

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I want silica sand for my aquarium but I can’t find it anywhere….
I tries PetSmart as well and they don’t have it.

Just look for a swimming pool supply store or w/e and buy pool filter sand… They are really cheap here in the US… 6 bux for 50lbs..

Refrigerator not getting very cold

Monday, August 4th, 2008

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can anyone help my refrigerator doesn’t seem to be very cold at all and sometimes u can hear like a fan start and then stop on off on off on off i don’t get it its a Frigidaire POS

Vacuum off the back and clean your drain tray on the bottom. It sounds like a dust problem in the motor.

Shun knives, All Clad cookware, and Le Creuset cookware – A precise overview

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Shun knives are the most efficient tool that has given a successful venture in the US market. With the increased claim in the market, there only complaint that arises is they are really not able to meet the demands. Knowing the needs of the people, shun knives come will different labels to meet the demands. Shun knives come with different lines and they greatly differ with respect to quality and cost. Shun knives varieties will include different structure and design that includes Shun Elite, Shun Pro, Shun Classic, Shun Ken Onion and other more.

One of the most essential utensils that are really needed in your kitchenette is none other than the cookware. It always good to buy quality and branded cookware for your kitchen use! All clad cookware comes with different size and they price will vary from one line to another. While purchasing the All Clad Cookware, you can also enjoy getting the compliments along with! Le Creuset Cookware comes with large and assorted variety and their price range will vary from one to another. Le Creuset Cookware is designed with the most prominent methodology and moreover they give you the complete safeness on handling. They come with different range of colors and design, whereby you can choose the best design matching your choice.

Top Real Estate Agent in UK

Friday, July 25th, 2008

When it comes to property disposal, Netmovers is at the top of its field. It is a web site that offers to sell your home minus the real estate agent’s commission fees. Simply put in your business, home, or even properties overseas and you should be able to see your listing within 24 hours.

The only charge is the one-time fee of £99 which is exclusive of VAT. This listing remains on the web site for as long as the property is not sold. Netmovers was set up in 2002 and it continues to operate in the UK, Ireland, the rest of Europe, and worldwide. If you are scouting for a house to buy, this is the best site to visit. With its many images and local information, any property that is on the listing will surely be disposed.

If you are interested to sell your properties, just go online and check the company’s web site. Once you post your home’s details, Netmovers looks into its database of registered buyers and tries to find a match. If you are searching for a house to buy, then this site will make a record of your name and will contact you as soon as a new listing is posted.

Making use of Netmovers will guarantee fast and efficient processing; plus, you don’t have to be worried about being conned by a real estate agent!

Lawn full of weeds?

Monday, July 14th, 2008

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No matter what I do my lawn is always full of weeds. Right now there are more weeds than grass. Last year I tried weed killer but ended up with a bare lawn. What am I doing wrong?

cover your lawn with sand and cover completely.water twice a week duringdry season but if raining inspect and pull out all weeds. add inorganic fertiliser after removing weeds

With a blue sectional couch, what shade of green paint for living room should I choose?

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

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I have light brown wood floors and white trim, beige paint right now. The only furniture I have is a blue sectional couch by Lane, and I love green…any ideas?

play around with the Sherwin Williams color visualizer to find something that you like. It is the best paint visualizer on the web, imho. I like how their color palette is laid out, I like that you can search by color family & color name, the “painted” rooms look the most realistic, and it suggests coordinating color schemes. You can literally spend hours:
http://www.sherwin.com/visualizer/

I *love* the color “majolica green” (# 0013). I’m thinking of painting my own living room that color.

You can also take a photo of your house & upload it to the makeover gallery on this website:
http://www.roomvues.com/
You can get color suggestions & they’ll photoshop them onto your room so that you can get an idea of what it will look like.

Cost to replace a heat pump ?

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

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The heat pump in my home is 6 years old (Seimens brand 3 ton?). It heats and cools 1/2 the house (about 1700 sq ft).
It started to kick off the breaker and will not run now. The repair man said it needs replacing.
What is a good brand?
What is a good price ?

First off, why would you replace a 6yr old heat pump? Watch out for companies that want to sell you new equipment. That is where the tech makes most of his money. You need to find a company that want to do service and not just sell equipment.

Second, if you are going to replace the heat pump, then you have to replace the indoor coil to match. If you have a electric airhandler, that means replacing the airhandler with the heat pump. The min standard as of 2006 is 13 seer. being that yours is 6 yrs old, I would guess you have a 10 seer, If that is the case, then a new 13 seer will not work with your indoor coil. The 13 seer equipment is much bigger than the 10 seer equipment and you would have capacity issues. You would have to have a tech out twice a year to add freon for heating and remove freon for cooling. Then we have the issue with the new standard that will start in 2010. All equipment manufactured after Jan, 2010 will be the new refrigerant, 410a. Prices for R22 has over doubled since last your and keep going up as prices for 410a keep coming down.

You need to find a company that will inform you of all your options and let you decide which way you want to go. As for pricing, no one can give you a price that is no in your area. As for brands, all brands are good as long as the equipment is installed correctly by a good company.

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Why is the breaker tripping? Were you given specific information as to why? This could be as simple as a bad capacitor or shorted wire. What was the warranty on this unit? Could it still be in warranty?
This sounds like one of those big conglomerate companies where everything is “shot” and must be replaced, as the tech will get a $350.00 “shot” in the pay check if you do. We follow this bunch around quite a bit.
Get another opinion from a locally owned and operated company

What is a Breaker switches?

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

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switches that control the electricity in ur house, its mostly in a box and labeled for all the switches parts of where they give the electricity

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It is a breaker in your panel, that is used for switching certain types of loads. It is no different from the other breakers, except it is used as a switch also.

Ways to clean my room and get rid of stuff?

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

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What are some ways I can clean and organize my room, and get rid of stuff I don’t use?

Start from the top up…get together three piles. Ones you want to donate, ones you wanna toss and one you wanna keep. Then put the ones you wanna keep that you also want to hide in cool designer boxes or get those long clear boxes you can put under your bed. Maybe get files to go into your desk if you have one to keep all your paperwork organized, make one of those bulletin boards with ribbons on it for your wall to hang pics and odds and ends on. Stuff like that…I would kinda need to see what your room looks like to give you specifics but this is a start (if you need more help take a pic of your room and email it to me and Ill send more ideas!)

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I’m totally sure that this tips ill give you will help you to clean you’re messy room just follow this steps good luck as you perform them

Cleaning Your Room! Fast and Easy
Cleaning a room (your room) really isn’t as hard as you may think or believe.
Just follow these easy steps to completely clean your room.

Step one: The bed
Step two: The Laundry
Step three: The nightstand
Step four: Random stuff
Step five: Dressers and closets
Step six: Bookshelves
Step seven: computer desks
Step eight: The floor

Step One: The Bed
Making the bed makes a room look good fairly quickly.

1-Remove stuff from bed, and wash if necessary.
2-Replace and tuck in sheets.
3-Place warming blanket (down or otherwise (unless its summer out)).
4-Place the decorative blanket.

Step Two: Laundry
1-Retrieve laundry from around the room
2-Sort in light, dark, colored, and towels/rag piles
3-Send a load down to laundry, and place the rest of the piles on the bed

Step Three: The nightstand
1-Remove items from nightstand, and sort
2-Clean glass/top of stand, and apply a wood-oil if necessary
3-Place sorted items in respectable places, and throw away garbage

Step Four: Random junk
Move random junk to their respective places, and vacuum where they used to be if your going to place them in their original places.

Step Five: Dressers and Tabletops
1-Remove and sort items from dresser/table tops
2-Wipe down dresser/table
3-Replace sorted items, and remove garbage

Step Six: The Bookshelf
Remove stuff from bookshelf, discard garbage, and sort items into different piles, the ones shown here are:
1-wires/electronics
2-tools/knives

Step Seven: The Computer Desk
1-Stash headphones, cameras, and other portable electronics
2-Remove garbage and dishes
3-Clean surface of desk

Step Eight: The Floor
1-Remove garbage, and sweep floor with a magnet for BBs, and look for nonmagnetic objects
2-Vacuum the floor, starting with rugs, which you should roll up and store on the bed while vacuuming the floor
3-Vacuum the floor, and replace the rugs
4-Use the extension tool for your vacuum to get around edges

Step Nine: Relax!
1-Put all the tools you’ve used to clean your room in their respective places, and go downstairs and get a Coke!
2-Look at your beautifully clean room!
3-magazines
4-school stuff
5-hardback books
6-paperback books
7-product boxes
8-stray CDs
9-Jewel cases
10-pens/pencils
11-packages

How to get stain off of silk?

Somehow, Fantastik spray and ink from a road atlas page stained onto a silk top. I immediately poured very cold water over the spot and pushed down on it with a paper towel. The ink stain is mostly gone but now half the top is wet from water and fantastik cleaner. I am giving this to the cleaners tommorow morning, but will they be able to get everything out, and also, is there anything else I can do until then to keep anything permenant down?

I dont think they can remove the remaining of the stain, silk is a natural fabric and ink get into the treadand the can damage the garment. U dont need to take to the dry cleaning, try woolight and iron it before is copletely dry. I am a dry cleaner the water mark and the cleaner should be gone.

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until you get it to the profs, let it sit & soak in tepid water–you could add a mild soap I would think–but DO NOT use vinegar! — it SETS dyes!

A Contemporary Office Setup

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Imagine this you have just brewed the perfect business that would rake in much income; you have prepared mentally and emotionally for the rigors of business life and already have the office space to set it all up yet through all this, you do not have any idea on how to start dressing up the area. All your works would definitely be futile if the business space would not be a come on to clients.

There are many ways to prepare a place and make it ready for all the furniture and stuff that it would have. Begin with the basic tables, chairs, carpet, reception desk, shelves, etc. Since it will be a modern office, make sure that most of the materials are made of steel or vinyl that is the in thing to do nowadays. Glass is also a common material used for most tables; and you have the option to use the colored ones or just the crystal clear ones.

Once you have come up with an idea on the tables that would be used, it is time to think of the office chairs. There are many chair designs to choose from but with a contemporary setup, make sure to match the conference tables and reception area table with the chairs. Mismatched chairs and tables would be a major turn off to potential customers.

One of the freshest ideas to furnish a new office would be to purchase recliners. This could be placed in psychiatrists’ offices or even an ordinary office where the visitor could get to relax in a corner while waiting for something or someone. A recliner shows good taste and style so no modern office should go without it. A variation of this type of furniture is the modern La-Z-Boy. Every big boss deserves one at a cozy corner in his private office.

A bookcase would also make a good impression on potential clients (especially for law offices, psychiatric clinics and the like). Bookcases evoke a feeling of professionalism and knowledge. These should not be meant to intimidate them, though. Just make sure that these bookcases do not eat up the entire room (this would have a looming effect on office visitors!). This piece of furniture should be in a corner, noticeable yet barely overwhelming.

Commercial furniture has to be chosen well. The good news is there are now mortgages that take care of office improvements. Business owners can now concentrate on designing the office and preparing it to receive the people that would make it run