Recent content by Joe_T

I highly recommend a product called Zip It which can be picked up at home centers. It is a flat strip of plastic about 20 inches long with barbs on both edges. Cost about $2.00 and does a great job pulling out clogs of hair. As for chemicals, a quick horror story. My house was built...

We have similar problems only my home is in central PA. I have wonderful maple trees that shade my backyard 90% or more of the time. I've tried everything in the book but it seems that I can either have the trees or grass, but not both. After three years of planting every type of shade...

When you live in the Great Valley of south central Pennsylvania, radon is a real issue. I have a ranch-style home and half of it is located over the "mother" of all limestone outcroppings. This means I have an earth (rock?) floor under an area about 40 by 50 feet. Radon levels are high...

For Indiana Jones it was snakes, for me it's earwigs. Do they actually seem to be coming from the drain? Or could this be impression given since the drain is the lowest spot and they kind of end up there when they start to scurry? Excluding the vents, the drain line should be a closed...

When I spent some time in Lawton, OK with the Artillery picked up some odd habits for a boy from Pennsylvania. One was to greet folks with a loud "Howdy!" which I have not been able to shake after a number of years. I'm new here but does seem to be some friendly folks around here that are...

Before you buy anything, you need to do some research. First, surf the next and learn about water hardness – what it is and how it is measured. Then you need to know how hard your water is. If you have municipal water the water department should be able to give you this information. If you...

Sounds like this will be a fun place. And I do love to join in on a song or two. Got to go. Talk to ya all later. Joe

I guess I'm another newbie joining the ranks. I've always been a guy that would reseach the heck out of anything new that I was getting into. This used to call for trips to the library and then it was surfing the web. Only recently have I discovered that there are a bunch of folks out...