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My exterior wall can only be accessed via my neighbor's fenced yard.
Posted by cipher_six
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Current Resident Updated Get some solid information first about whats wrong and what should be done. Your conjectures at this point seem to be only that - just what-ifs. Just because "no one in Arizona" has gutters doesnt mean you cant have the...
Tool for Cutting Off a Lock
Posted by scarab4life
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jemdandy Updated This assumes that after inserting the key, some of the tumblers are stuck in their 'up' position in the tumbler holes. When inserting the key, the high points on the key pushes the tumblers deeper into the holes and when the key ...
'Neighbors' are throwing trash onto my property!
Posted by Beth Parsons
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rob333 Updated Cameras. Cameras, amuphoebe520
Can this house be saved?
Posted by cedrbp
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toxcrusadr Updated OK, I can see that. I was responding to cpartist's post above that the FL state govt. is 'a step above useless.' Most people have little idea what actually goes on and few think about what services they are actually benefitting...
My Neighbors are very rude and irrespectful...are they racist??
Posted by Amalia77
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sweetmali119 Updated Even I have Polish neighbor. They are very possessive. They try to keep their house and garden clean, but they put their garbage on other neighbor houses. They are quite noisy people in the whole neighborhood. Their kids are alway...
Termite Control
Posted by nannygoat18
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debo_2006 Updated You are welcome.
Gate removal
Posted by jsl1700
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jemdandy Updated Do not lean the gate against their house. Lean it on the fence on the side facing their property. Alternatively, you could nail (or screw) the gate shut. Bridge the gap between the gate and fence (opposite from the hinge side) w...
Fence on neighbors property
Posted by mcbrayer0814
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Russ Updated Check with your local laws. I know in Texas, if I allow access for a number of years, it is as good as deeding it to them... i.e. I like neighbors at my ranch. If I allowed them to drive through my property to get to theirs, which...
Neighbor trashing ONLY MY property continuously
Posted by amuphoebe520
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Russ Updated Add more cameras and adjust others, 2nd that. Once you can determine who, you can act. Until then, I would not send letters. Once you know who it is, you take those photos around and talk to the other neighbors and get them behind...
Termite treatment and sentricon effectiveness?
Posted by tea4all
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debo_2006 Updated We had the option of going the Sentricon way or the trench with Termidor way. We chose Termidor which seems like it would react faster with the termites than having the bugs find bait stations. For that reason is why I wasn't keen...
Mysterious odor! Can a new roof installation make your house sti
Posted by joyjoy45
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wendystanley1965 Updated Thx
Tiny black beetles on kitchen counter
Posted by Roberta_z5
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Lisa Komidar Updated Small ones and I did find a bigger one just now.
Strange 'fishy' smell
Posted by tarajen
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dappachicken Updated I had the same problem for months.then realised it was my wooden light shades.kinda rattan effect ones.wen i turned the light on it would heat up the shade thus creating the smell at diffrent points in the day.usualy at night
baked on goo
Posted by Ninapearl
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pkpk23 Updated Gently scrape off with razor blade.
Dog vomit (yellow bile) on light carpet
Posted by Lucky
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debbie12153 Updated Equalizer....google it. It will remove it but dont get just one can. It might take a couple treatments. This stuff is incredible even on old sit in stains from previous cleaners
Help! what kind of biting insect has invaded my home?
Posted by Cassandra
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stephan_2014 Updated In researching above, I have found the "topix.com scabies site" Just need two or three of me to complete it all! :) Thanks.
Bleach product discolored my kitchen countertop!
Posted by Cyd1900
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n1kk Updated Cleanning chemicals left on my formica counter top left obvious bottom of container stains. I am guessing it was bleach so I tried Connoisseurs Revitalizing Silver Jewelry Cleaner. So far no change stain still there. My counter...
infestation of little black bugs
Posted by nuevomex1
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Sun shine Updated Yes, but Christopher I think the one you're describing is called "Minute Hooded Beetle" which is a common beetle (red brown stripe going across its back). These are fully reddish/brown, and I've never seen them before. I...
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Hair line crack ceiling
Posted by Phillip McCulloch
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lindac92 Updated Ever watch dry wall being installed? I believe what you have is a crack where the sheets of dry wall abut. because you have a texture coat, likely it wasn't carefully mudded and you have a crack developing. Don't worry about, it's...
Bleach stains on bathtub
Posted by wishnwell
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jhndillion Updated Thank you everyone- as suggested above, I poured hydrogen peroxide over the stains and they disappeared. Whew!
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