Stop the mold from growing on my ceiling and walls!
eks6426
12 years ago
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Growing a carrot I saved. Mold growing. Help.
Comments (1)Are you growing it for seed? Then cover the red all the way with soil. The plant probably needs less water, more sun. I do that with all root vegs to get seed the same season. Cut about an inch below the top, eat the bottom part, replant the top. It will seed the same season. If you are trying to grow the root part again to get another carrot out of it, I don't think that works. All you will get is hairy rootlets growing from the edge of the carrot....See MoreNow what? Crown moldings are 1/4' to 1/2' from ceiling.
Comments (19)Just because it's a "Style" does not make it right. I hate the look frankly, and yet no one even notices it in DS's room. It was a very expensive mistake for the contractor (May he rest in terminal heckfire) (he's not dead, just fired). I should have had it taken down the day I saw it frankly, and I'd advise you to do the same. It's worth the wait to do things right, it is, and this from a chick who's working on a three year (NOT DIY) remodel. Mine looks like it was done on purpose, so it's ok. I live in a house on pilings so I can understand the idea of floating the molding, I just don't care for it. In other rooms, where the ceilings aren't remotely flat, there are some gaps in the crown to ceiling but they're hidden in the shadow line (it helps that my trim is tint de'negre which is brown so dark it appears black). So in these rooms, you don't see at all where there is a gap unless you're on a ladder with the crown in your face. Since firing the contractor I've found some areas where his wife caulked on our baseboard. She didn't worry about the fact that he obviously didn't nail it into studs so there are big gaps between wall and trim, instead she just filled the gaps with caulk. They look like crap, really really bad. I'm going to redo all of these rooms myself to correct the problem, which involves cutting through the caulk, then pulling the molding off the wall, hopefully not damaging the wall to badly, then new molding, paint blah blah...I'm not a little peeved about this issue. If you do decide to keep it, I really do suggest repainting the ceiling which helps immensely. I had a white ceiling in my son's bathroom and changed it to a color called parchment by ralph lauren. It flows well with the wood and somewhat hides the issue to the naked eye. It's so much better than when it was white with a huge contrast. The difference being mine was purposely hung to float...so It's somewhat "ok" since it's just a style issue...it sounds like yours might just be more error than anything...in that case, I just wouldn't live with it. here are pics of my bath to show it sort of disapears with the ceiling painted... and in this pic there are areas where the crown does not touch the ceiling due to slope issues (particularly the inside corner you see here...and yet it's rather invisable): In this room the ceilings really have slope...we just tented it :oP Another option heh heh...See MoreWhere to stop the tile backslash on my wall?
Comments (6)I saw on another thread where you mentioned that. It doesn't seem right to me. I think it's the same principle as when you change paint colors on a wall--you want to make the transition in a corner. Here you're making the transition on the bump-out. I don't like how it stops at the top of the door as that is the "box" that makes up the pantry. The box should be consistent. I definitely wouldn't recommend tiling over the doorway as it doesn't make much sense. You're not splashing that far! Maybe rebunky or oldbat2be could photoshop it. Speaking of oldbat, I noticed she hasn't been around for weeks. Maybe if we yell loud enough she'll hear us. ;)...See MoreIs mold growing in my succulent terrarium?
Comments (8)Toss the whole thing. If either pests OR mold, the plants are failing. Succulents are a very poor choice for a terrarium!! First, they need very sharp drainage, which a glass terrarium (or ANY terrarium, ftm) simply does not provide. They also want a very gritty, fast draining and non-water retentive potting soil, which does not seem to be present in this case. And they need good air circulation which the curved walls of a terrarium prohibit. Even without any pests, the plants would fail....See Moreeks6426
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