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- 'Tis the season for fire ants.
Looking for relief? Here are 5
home remedies to kill those nasty boogers.
5 Things that readers swear kill fire ants…
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Sprinkle
grits around the mound. ...
Updating your home but
don't know where to start? Here are the
top 10 things home inspectors say they find wrong when doing inspections…
Want to give your house the once over to make sure all is well?
I...
Q - I know this isn't a cooking show, but I hear you talking about
natural gas a lot. We purchased a gas
grill earlier this spring and are enjoying it immensely. Is there any maintenance that is required as
we cook...
Q - 4 years ago I had the best gutter covers installed on my
gutters to keep the gunk out. Now my
gutters are over-flowing. Do I need new gutters?
Mary Ellen - Decatur
A - I can't speak to whether you do or...
Tease - Afraid to go out into your own backyard for fear of becoming a
meal?...
I swear I have already swatted a
dozen skeeters this spring. While it
feels like it should be way too early to be telling you...
Q - Last week when I came home from work my house smelled like a
sour locker room.
It didn't smell like that when I left in the morning and I didn't have
any piles of laundry lying about.
Yuck. Help.
Anne in...
Q - Last summer during
my termite inspection, the technician said that one of the vents in my crawl
space was blocked and suggested I remove a cinder block from my foundation so
that the vent could circulate the air...
Q - It's spring and it seems like we have a bumper crop of
carpenter bees. What is the best way to
get rid of them?
Hal in Douglasville
A - Hal, this is one of the best and funnest, (that's a word in...
So it seems we made it
thru a milder than usual winter. And to
think, you had your furnace tuned up just waiting for an extended cold snap.
What happens now? Do we just click off another year on the
life-span of...
Q - The wife would like to change the
flooring in our kitchen from the ugly linoleum to tile. Can I just lay the tile over the
linoleum?
Stan - Villa Rica
A - Generally when I get an e-mail that
starts...
5 Things you can do to cut the risk of a kitchen fire.
-Tend to your cooking. Don't leave your stove unattended. In short - Pay Attention!
-Keep a potholder and a lid handy. Smother pan fires instead of using...
5 Things you can do to save money on your heating bill…
- Clean
your furnace and change your filters.
Clean systems run much more efficiently than dirty one. Find your filter and change it.
- Use your...