HANDICAPED GRANTS FOR REMODELING A HOUSE.

By on August 19th, 2008

i was wanting to remodel my house to make it more accessable for me i am in a wheelchair i would like to make everything flat where i can roll around. my living room was a garage at one time so there is three steps going into my kitchen, i guess what i am getting at is i need it easy for me and wondering if there was any help.

thanks

Painted Kitchen Countertops - safe to eat off polyurethane .

By on August 18th, 2008

I have been looking into painting my kitchen counter tops. I have found many DIY internet sites but none of them ever state that it is safe to eat from. The final step is a polyurethane finish and I am curious if this is safe. I plan to use cutting boards for food prep anyway, but just want to be aware of the concerns if there are any.

Anyone painted their counter tops . sealed w/ polyurethane . is it safe . Thanks in advance for your replies

Have you ever updated your electrical in your house.

By on August 17th, 2008

Did you do it yourself or did you have a professional install the wiring. In my house only part of the electric is updated and most of the wiring cases are brittle which fall off the leave bare wire. We are remodeling our kitchen and upstairs so part of my house is down to the studs and I feel that this would be the best time to update electricity as well.

About how much does it cost to rewire a home that is about 1800 sq ft. Or how hard is it to do yourself if you have very basic wiring skills.
I have permits for everything that I am doing to my house.

My up and down buttons are acting weird.

By on August 16th, 2008

So I always use my up and down keys on my laptop (Sony Vaio, just 3 days old) as a simple scrolling tool instead of bothering to wiggle the right hand scrolling bar up and down on my screen.

Well, my cat thought it would be fun to step on my laptop while I was in the kitchen. And now whenever I use the buttons, my bar skips to the bottom of the screen and my little word cursor has to travel up and down the whole page to scroll.

How can I fix my buttons to scroll with the bar, and not a word cursor.

should i try to please a picky vegitarian.

By on August 15th, 2008

she wants to go to the park and have a picnic.

and she said she wants fried chicken.

well she invited her friend from out of state to come visit us for a week. and she is a vegitarian.

what should i buy or what is easy to make that could be a main meal for a vegitarian. once while at a conference lunch with her and my mom she flipped out that the company didn’t have any vegitarian meals besides salad and steam broccoli soup.

i feel that i shouldn’t have to go out of my way to prepare a special dish for her.

i mean it is my MOM’s birthday. but this woman is one of her closest friends.

and i dont have a lot of time to make something b/c we are really busy with kitchen remodeling and our house is quite chaotic.

what should i do.

help. my mum won’t clean the house.

By on August 14th, 2008

My mum NEVER cleans the house and i only clean the house once in a while i am 14 for god’s sake no age for being a butler for my mum.
bug’s roam the kitchen carpet, grim all over the cooker and spiders and webs lay under cabinets and other furniture and that is only some of the things which lurk my house.

How do I get rid of tiny moths in my kitchen. After I dumped out my pantry, my exterminator gave me some moth

By on August 10th, 2008

traps. I went back a week later. I was suprised to find over 30 dead moths in one trap and 15 dead moths in the pantry. I am a clean person and even have a housekeeper. How do I get rid of these tiny moths once and for all.

Financing a house question

By on August 9th, 2008

I am purchasing a home for $85,000 I was approved for a loan for 125,000. This is my first home.my question is can I get the loan for 100,000 so I can do some much needed remodeling on my kitchen. Or do I have to re apply for another loan.
the house was appraised at 103,000. but my friends are selling it to me for 85,000. They paid it off several years ago.

IKEA Furniture.good or bad.

By on August 7th, 2008

I’m planning on buying a condo and the kitchen needs to really be remodel…I hate the white old look. I was thinking about going for that glossy red look…. Have any one boute kitchen cabinets from IKEA. Are there good quality. I just don’t want to spend so much money for something that’s going to brake and not last long. Thank you.

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S49823770

Is there any way to fix tile that was never sealed without taking it up.

By on August 5th, 2008

We are remodeling our house, putting down new carpet and painting etc,. Our kitchen floor has tile in it but it was never sealed. The person who owned it b4 us had someone put it in and they never finished the job. I want to know if there is a way I can sand it or do somthing to clean it and seal it so we don’t have to remove the whole floor in the kitchen, hall, and a down stairs bathroom floor. It doesn’t have to look perfect just at least kind of nice. Thanks.