Mice are a common annoyance at households and apartments, and always seem to be able to find a way through cracks and crevices. Sometimes it can be hard to even detect a mouse problem, since mice are nocturnal and usually scamper around at night.
Concentrated cinnamon oil will help deter mice from entering your home. One way to detect mice is to look for their droppings in places where they may have access to food or crumbs.
A canopy over a bed can make any little girl feel like a princess. However, buying a brand new canopy can make you feel like a pauper. Make this simple canopy from items available at your local department store, and you'll feel like a fairy godmother instead.
Make a Hula Hoop Canopy The wonderful thing about this project is that it is completely customizable and can fit the personality of any little girl (or even a bigger girl).
Outdoor furniture is traditionally more rustic than indoor furniture, making its rough hewn edges more easily reproducible by a variety of woodworkers---both skilled and unskilled. Once you've figured out how to make attractive, functional outdoor furniture pieces, making money on these crafts is not extremely difficult. If you have a knack for building outdoor furniture, you can get your products exposed to potential clients, and from your hobby.
Diagram your prototypes for quicker production and assembly.
A number of things cause odd odors in freezers and refrigerators. A burned smell is characteristic of faulty wiring, shorts or the motor overheating. All should be investigated to prevent your freezer from becoming a fire hazard. Anything causing a burning smell requires a certified repairman to come out and inspect the unit, and make the necessary repairs to ensure the freezer is working properly and is safe. Once done, there are several things you can do to eliminate the burnt smell from the freezer cabinet.
If your dryer seems to be taking longer to dry clothes, it could be because you've got a leak with the rubber seal on your front-load dryer. The seal keeps heat inside the dryer. When torn or broken, the heat inside escapes, making the dryer work harder. Fix a broken rubber seal on your front-load dryer by simply replacing the whole thing. It isn't expensive, and replacing the seal is much more efficient than trying to repair a broken one.
A rolling gate gives you quick access to your yard, driveway or garden. Instead of pulling the gate open or closed and scraping the pavement or grass, you simply roll the gate. The piece uses rolling casters that act as the wheels, which gives it the rolling feature.
Home improvement stores sell gates of this type, but only sell standard sizes. Making your own gate gives you control over the size and the type of wood used in the construction.
Marble tabletops are an elegant and classy addition to anyone's home. Marble is a natural stone that will likely outlast other furniture materials you have due to its sturdy and durable nature. Unfortunately, since marble is a soft stone, it is vulnerable to scratches from common, everyday wear and tear. While preventing scratches within marble is key, scratches within the surface of the marble tabletop can easily be repaired with a few simple products.
Rainwater or snow seeping under your Wayne-Dalton garage door is a good indication the the weather stripping requires replacement. The weather stripping on Wayne-Dalton steel doors is a bulb-type rubber material that conforms to the floor of the garage door opening. Replacing the weather stripping on a Wayne-Dalton steel door does not require disassembling the door or removing spring tension. It might be necessary to have a helper if the door is over 10 feet wide to help guide the weather stripping into the track channel.
Eureka has been manufacturing vacuums and other floor cleaning machines since the early 1900s. From time to time, you will have to perform general maintenance on your Eureka vacuum. This usually includes removing clogs from the vacuum and replacing your vacuum's drive belt.
Disassembling your Eureka vacuum allows for clog removal and basic repairs. In any case, you must be able to partially dismantle your vacuum to perform general maintenance.
There are two related adjustment mechanisms for releasing office chair tension. They are the free-float or rocking release lever and the tension knob. Your particular chair may not have both.
Free-Float Release Lever The free-float release lever allows you to lock the chair from reclining at any tilt position, or to let it rock freely. If your chair has this function you will have a lever on one side of the chair.