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Archive through March 11, 2006

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Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 11:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
In our bath tub/shower, the faucet is missing some of the caulking (and it has for several months). My question is do we have to take down some tiles to see if there is any mold or can we just re-caulk around it without checking?

(the house was built in 2000. We moved in about 18 months ago and I am not sure when I noticed the missing caulk.)

Jagger
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08-07-2002

Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 11:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jagger a private message Print Post    
Julie that is a tough question, I personally would just caulk it up again, but that's just me. Do you have an access panel to the faucets, you may be able to see something there.

Metoo
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02-22-2005

Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 11:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Metoo a private message Print Post    
I would just caulk also.

Jagger
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08-07-2002

Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 11:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jagger a private message Print Post    
Before I would caulk thou I would probably put a fan on it for a day or two in case their is any moisture behind it, it will help it dry out.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 12:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Blow dryer. When our house leaked we used the fans and bil who's in construction, suggested using a hair dryer because of the hot air or something would help to dry it out and kill? mold.

After seeing what water damage could do inside the walls though, if it isn't a huge hassel, I'd pull out a couple tiles first and check. Better to catch it early and deal with it than have it become worse and find it later. Mold in the house can cause some serious problems, not only with the house but with everyone's health as well.

I'm no expert, but after what we went through last year and the mess we were left to deal with and all the work, I'm much more inclined to be check early rather than finding a bigger mess later on.

Skootz
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07-23-2003

Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 12:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
We had a rental house that we purchased and the previous owners let a simple leak from their upstairs bathtub totally ruin a wall and kitchen cupboards because they didn't fix it. The cupboards were not even that old either. I would be inclined to check it out just in case. you don't run into problems down the road.

Jeep
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10-17-2001

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 7:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jeep a private message Print Post    
The old formica kitchen countertops in my mom's kitchen are dull. Does anyone know what I can put on them to put a little shine back on? I tried some car wax on a small spot and that didn't work. Still dull. Just trying to spruce it up for sale.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 7:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
There's some new commercial advertising a product that is supposed to brighten up things like formica countertops and wood floors. I know that doesn't help you (Without having the name), but maybe someone here saw that commercial and remembers the name of the product????

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Thursday, February 23, 2006 - 7:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
http://www.turnto10.com/hometips/1151019/detail.html

Formica polish

Did you know you can polish the finish back up on your Formica or laminate counter with a product called ?Counter Top Polish?? This polish is used to bring back a shine to your laminate counter that may have dulled over the years.

Clean your existing counter with a detergent soap cleaner or Soft Scrub. Rinse very well and dry, than apply the polish. Let set up as instructed and then wipe off like a car polish.

Do this every few months to keep your counters looking new and clean. This polish is available for about $6.50 at most hardware stores or home centers.


Here's a link for buying that polish online:
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Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 9:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
A Cautionary Tale for Ladies Who Have Handymen in Their Lives.

Well Colossus fancies himself quite the handyman, and actually he is. More than that, he is an excellent one-man wrecking crew. It took him one day to totally dismantle our master bathroom, including pulling out all fixtures. This was in October.

Cut to the night before last. The bathroom still looks like it did in October. Colossus doesn't care for the decorating decisions I've made, but he's finally resigned himself to the fact that the bathroom must have a cathedral ceiling and so he needs to take down the crawl space over it.

Stay with me here. Colossus somehow manages to climb into this crawlspace, the opening for which is tiny and located 8 feet high, over his side of the closet. Apparel: blue jeans, t-shirt and respirator mask. I hear all kinds of banging and cussing coming from upstairs, and then Colossus stalks into the downstairs bathroom and puts himself in the shower.

A few minutes later, Colossus struts back upstairs wearing nothing but the respirator mask and a flashlight strapped to his forehead. A look of utter determination is on his face, and there's some itinerate grumbling about insulation and dryer vents. Within five minutes I hear and ungodly crash from upstairs, and call up to see if he's ok. No answer. I run upstairs as fast as I can, not knowing what I'd find, but I thought he'd fallen through the ceiling. I had the phone in one hand to call 911. What I saw was the entire side of Colossus' closet collapsed, with handmade suits buried under piles of racking.

I was so stunned it took me about 5 seconds to realize that my husband's bare ass and legs were hanging out of the crawlspace and he was kicking for a foothold. I can't be sure, but I think I heard some muffled f-words eminating from the ceiling.

I managed to secure his feet on a step stool, and Colossus emerged from the ceiling with respirator mask still secured but the headlamp hanging from one ear. His hair looked like the cat got at it. Yes there was snortling, all from me, and for this I am not proud, but consider the picture with which I was presented.

You know how when your cat is trying to impress you with some new trick and he screws up then gets all indignant, sticks his tail up in the air and swaggers off like that didn't just happen and you didn't just see that? That was pretty much the same impression I got of Colossus, totally silent, retreating down the stairs to put himself back in the shower.

A kindly word of advice for the ladies who have handymen in their lives. Never laugh at a man who is trying to build you a cathedral ceiling. Especially when his bare ass is waving in your face 8 feet over a closet floor littered with his wardrobe. Stuff your fists in your mouths and just swallow the guffaws. Now all I have to do is say the words "cathedral ceiling" the wrong way and Colossus glowers at me while covering his naughty bits. Somehow I suspect that the ceiling's going to stay right where it is.

PS Colossus just realized I was posting this story. I told him the title, and he said I should subtitle it "Beware the Sausage Grinder." ROFL!!

Landi
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07-29-2002

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 9:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
i just have one question. why did he go back up there nekkie?

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 9:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Landi, I have no idea. Neither does he LOL.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 10:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Perfectly logical to me - he didn't want to dirty his clothes.

What a nice nice considerate man to put in a cathedral ceiling!

LOL – That is a great story.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 10:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
You write so well, Goddessatlaw, how funny! You should submit that story to Reader's Digest!!!

Vee
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02-23-2004

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 10:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vee a private message Print Post    
Fun story to read! Now, answer this, how often are you guys in the Emergency Room? Be careful out there!

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 10:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Hukd, if I told that story anywhere but here amongst friends I strongly suspect that I wouldn't get a new deck in the spring, either. I told my Mom the story and she started laughing so hard no sound came out and hung up on me because she had to find a bathroom.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 11:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Just change the names to protect the guilty! I'm tellin ya, it's a GREAT story and written so well!

Heyltslori
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09-15-2001

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 11:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Heyltslori a private message Print Post    
HAHAHAH!! Great story GAL!

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 11:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
ROTF!! I agree w/Huk

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 12:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Rofl Gal!!!

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 12:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Mocha, I think he's still picking insulation out of his hiney. It was stuck everywhere. He was snowing insulation as he shook out his ruffled feathers going down the stairs. Crap, I'm giggling again I hope he doesn't hear me.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 12:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
please tell us there are pics!!!

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 1:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Pamy, if only if only . . . I could ride those suckers all the way to a new library addition.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 1:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
hee hee!

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 2:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
hahahaha