Crappy Situation

Time for some home maintenance that can be pretty crappy sometimes. Recently I had a family get together at my house with 20+ people. We all together we had a great time eating and drinking and just having a good time. The next morning I got up like I normally do and went downstairs to get a some sock out of the dryer and I noticed some water coming up out of the floor drain. Wouldn't you know that my drain had become clogged. I went up stair and yelled at my wife to wrap up her shower because he had a plumbing problem. After a plumber came out to the house and $100 later, we found out that one of the kids at the house put a wad of TP down the toilet and clogged the drain out to the sewer. LET THIS BE KNOWN! TP can clog toilets if it's wadded up too much. Next time I will put a little sign up and let the kids know to only use a few squares! Lesson learned!

Winterizing the Lawn Mowers

In the winter you want to make sure that you winterize the lawn mowers. There is a process for this and if you do it every fall before it gets too cold, it will help your lawn mower to last longer. Add fuel stabilizer to the gas in your lawn mower engine before it gets too cold and you store it for the winter. The gasoline inside of the engine begins to degrade in as little as a month. This can cause clogs in the fuel system in the spring.

Hanging Christmas Lights!

Hanging Christmas lights on your house is a holiday tradition! Sometimes it can be a very taxing task. Hooking up your Christmas lights on your gutters for instance can be hard if you don't have the right kind of gutter hooks! If you are hanging bigger bulbs you will need hooks that meet them;

Usually they tell you the recommended gutter hook on the back of the Christmas light box. Sometimes they don't though, this is where you should really look into it. It sucks when you get home and you think that you are good to go and you realize that you have the wrong hooks. A little research saves a lot of time. 

Garbage Disposal replacement!

This past week I went over to my fiancés mothers house to work on her garbage disposal. It turns out that it has died, probably due to it being rather old. Usually changing out a garbage disposal is a easy process, but when you are dealing with one that is quite a bit older you can find that the fitting are not the same as they used to be. This was the case with her mother's. Thankfully if you follow the directions on the inside of the box it's very much a DIY project. The one thing that would suggest it making sure you work on this project during the day. Many times when you're working on plumbing you will find yourself short one item. It's important that the hardware store is open so that you can get this item without having to be without a sink and dishwasher until the next day. 

Raking the Leafs!

A tradition of fall is raking the leafs! While this can be a very taxing task, there are alternatives to raking. Mowing leaves into your lawn can help increase the health of your grass. It is a misconception that you have to rake all the leaves in your yard. Does it look better? Yes. It doesn't really help though. The nutrients that your yard can receive from mowing the leafs up are better than if you just rake everything up!

Check out this website for more information!

http://www.finegardening.com/improve-your-soil-raking-less

Cleaning Windows!

As with tradition at our house, this weekend we did a little cleaning. The task that we really tackled this weekend was cleaning the windows. The windows in your house can get a lot dirtier than what you would think. Cleaning the windows in your house will help brighten up your home in those cold winter months. This extra sunlight can help keep your home warmer and utility bills lower!

How to Remove Pet Urine Stains From Hardwood Floors

Recently we have been renovating one of the bedrooms in our house. We
have repainted all of the walls in this bedroom and pulled up the
carpet. When we pulled up the carpet we found that there were a few
spots where the previous homeowners pets left stains. This is very
disgusting and usually ends up with a dark spot on the hardwoods. Doing
some research we found a video that really helped us to minimize these
stains! Check out the video! It really seems to working in our house!