Help! How do I fix this funky layout?
Natasha George
8 months ago
last modified: 8 months ago
Featured Answer
Sort by:Oldest
Comments (19)
la_la Girl
8 months agoPatricia Colwell Consulting
8 months agolast modified: 8 months agoNatasha George thanked Patricia Colwell ConsultingRelated Discussions
Help. Flipper goofed garage door. How do I fix?
Comments (1)I used "low overhead rollers and brackets". This drops the top of the top section before it hits the joists. Found them at Menards....See MoreHelp! How do I fix this screw-up
Comments (1)Have patience - it wil dry eventually. The reason for the long dry time is that it wasn't stripped firt. This is not really a problem tho....See MoreHelp - how do I fix this tippy fence - did a dumb thing
Comments (6)Yes - the bike rack/fence post support thingie would be on my side of the fence. Both sides look nice, designed to pretty much look the same on both sides. If it works if I can get down deep enough to sink the metal post it will be the perfect solution -stabilize the post AND give us secure place to lock bikes (bike thieves run rampant around here). If not - I wonder, what if I just expand the concrete slab that the post is sitting in, make it larger/wider? Right now its about 2 feet thick but only about a foot wide! I think if it was wider it wouldn't be so moveable. say about 2 x 2 feet square - or larger? Might frost heave up and down but oh well. The posts on either side of it (8 feet distance) are securely sunk down 42 inches. Re: what to use for metal fence post - thinking either black or galvanized iron pipe - 2 inches - attached to the fence via 90 degree elbow at the top and 1 or 2 T joints. Is a 2 inch pipe for plumbing going to be as strong and rigid as a galavanized fence post made specifically for that purpose? Or are they pretty much equivalent, just one is marketed for plumbing the other for fence posts? Those pipe fittings just screw on correct? No glue or welding required? Klem - the brackets you refer to I think are for wood attaching directly to the metal post. I don't think I can get the metal post right up close the wood one, not without drilling through the concrete and gravel that is directly below the wood post That's why I was thinking of having the metal post be 6 inches from the wood one and then attaching it 2 or 3 places via the pipe fittings/flanges. However if it would make for a significantly more secure and stable fence Im willing to give it a go! Ive invested so much time and effort into getting this fence right - what's a few more days, weeks, months. Maybe this will be done by 2016. THANKS ALL!...See MorePlease help: What's wrong with my knock-out and how do I fix it?
Comments (1)I'd guess your rose bushes have been visited by the same rose slugs (sawfly larvae) that tend to attack rose bushes every late spring/early summer. This is usually a temporary problem--then the good predator bugs come along and gobble up the rose slugs, and there is no more problem. However, the bush is often left with ugly damaged leaves. I would just pluck off the worst looking ones, and then wait patiently for the bush to produce new leaves (followed by buds and then blooms). In the future, it would help if you checked the bushes in the late spring/early summer for tiny, tiny green wormlike things--usually on the underside of the leaves. When they are present, squish them. That will keep them somewhat under control until the good predator bugs arrive a couple weeks later. As for the not flowering well problem, that is just part of the normal bloom cycle of any rose. A rose blooms for a couple weeks, then the blooms deteriorate (turn brown) and fall off, then the bush rests and renews itself, then it starts blooming again. Most roses go through several bloom cycles per season. When the blooms deteriorate, the bush will look better if you deadhead it (pick of the brown old blooms). Deadheading sometimes encourages the bush to begin blooming sooner also. Hope that helps. Kate...See MoreNatasha George
8 months agoNatasha George
8 months agoNatasha George
8 months agoNatasha George
8 months agoNatasha George
8 months agoNatasha George
8 months agoDenise Marchand
8 months agoAmber Jo
8 months ago
Related Stories
SELLING YOUR HOUSE5 Savvy Fixes to Help Your Home Sell
Get the maximum return on your spruce-up dollars by putting your money in the areas buyers care most about
Full StoryKITCHEN MAKEOVERSKitchen of the Week: New Layout and Lightness in 120 Square Feet
A designer helps a New York couple rethink their kitchen workflow and add more countertop surface and cabinet storage
Full StorySELLING YOUR HOUSE10 Low-Cost Tweaks to Help Your Home Sell
Put these inexpensive but invaluable fixes on your to-do list before you put your home on the market
Full StoryARCHITECTUREHouse-Hunting Help: If You Could Pick Your Home Style ...
Love an open layout? Steer clear of Victorians. Hate stairs? Sidle up to a ranch. Whatever home you're looking for, this guide can help
Full StoryMOST POPULAR7 Ways to Design Your Kitchen to Help You Lose Weight
In his new book, Slim by Design, eating-behavior expert Brian Wansink shows us how to get our kitchens working better
Full StoryKITCHEN DESIGN15 Quick Kitchen Fixes
Little Changes Will Help You Love Your Kitchen All Over Again
Full StoryKITCHEN MAKEOVERSKitchen of the Week: Soft and Creamy Palette and a New Layout
A designer helps her cousin reconfigure a galley layout to create a spacious new kitchen with two-tone cabinets
Full StoryKITCHEN DESIGNSingle-Wall Galley Kitchens Catch the 'I'
I-shape kitchen layouts take a streamlined, flexible approach and can be easy on the wallet too
Full StoryKITCHEN DESIGNDesign Dilemma: My Kitchen Needs Help!
See how you can update a kitchen with new countertops, light fixtures, paint and hardware
Full Story
BeverlyFLADeziner