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Cleaning Kitchen Floor with Water/bleach Mixture
Don't know about septic tanks, but I've used dish soap on the floor, ... I don't know anything about a septic tank but I do have a vinyl floor and use ...
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- well one cup of bleach to every 10gallons of water. How do you use bleach in your laundry? Or do you go to a laundry mat? Or do you use bleach? It all goes pretty much...
- Please don't use bleach water around your baby and especially if you are pregnant. I use Basic H2 for almost everything in my house and Basicg G if I need a germicide....
- Regardless of what kind of floor you have, please don't use bleach - in fact get the bleach out of your house. Your baby(s) are going to be crawling on it and bleach i...
Need to Know More About Septic Systems... Help?
15 Sep 2009 ... A septic system consists of a septic tank that fills first -- the "solids" sink to the bottoms and the water drains off through perferated pipes into the ...
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- you have to have it pumped every 3 or so years and it costs around $300 - not a big deal. The issue is where they are placing it. If it is in your back yard then you...
- You will want to ask the age of the system, and when it was last pumped. A septic system consists of a septic tank that fills first -- the "solids" sink to the bo...
- we were told to have ours pumped EVERY year. the issue arises when you don't get it pumped, and then it overflows. ICK. we also use a product called Rid-X once a mo...
Private Septic Advice
25 Sep 2009 ... A septic tank should be pumped out by a septic company at least every 3 years and the ... So basically, buried in your yard somewhere is a septic tank where ...
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- HEllo, I bought a house a year ago with a septic system and was also unfamiliar with it. What I have learned is when you have the house inspected make sure it passe...
- Private septic is just a tank that your waste flows into. Instead of public sewer which is a pipe that everyones flows into and goes to a treament plant. A septic tan...
- HI I'm a realtor in Maine and a septic tends to be more common here than public sewer. leach field is the rainage "field" for the liquid waste and 1250 gallon is the s...
Awful Smell
I've had a plumber check out the pipes in the trailer & even the holding tanks for the septic system. None of the other neighbors are having this problem. ...
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- Something similar happened to us and thank God we caught it in time. It was electricity burning. Every time we used a certain outlet this would happen. We finally n...
- I forwarded your email to my husband for his thoughts. He wrote: Would check to see if the plumbing is properly vented (I think you did that) The HVAC running ...
- sometimes shower drains allow sewer gas to swell up into your house when they are not used and dry out. a/c can grow mold while not being used.
Bugs/scorpions Coming up Drains
If it is a mobile home, you probably have a septic tank. If this is the case, ... I would definitely see about getting the septic tank drained. ...
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- Not sure what to tell you other than spray the outside perimeter and inside your home. The critters are probably trying to get away from the new inhabitants..you..afte...
- try pouring some bleach/water down your drain. good luck T.
- I have the best exterminator ever! His name is Bo Johnston with Big D Pest Control. He takes great care of us, even when I was highly paranoid of pest control with a...
Good Carpet Cleaners?
It is safe for septic tanks. Between the 2 of these products there is no need for any other cleaner in your home and it is safe enough to have the kids ...
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- I have used "Red Juice" from the Clean Team. They are in CA, just east of sacramento and they send out. It is a concentrate and I order several bottles that last a y...
- I have a hoover steam cleaner and it works really well. We have carpet in every room in our house so I need a steam cleaner. These usually run $129 to $150. It has ...
- Hi M....I'm J.. I'm here in Post Falls, and we moved here three years ago. Our downstairs -light gray - carpet was a mess, and I almost tore it out when my daughter,...
Advice on Our First RV Trip
Make sure to back flush your septic too! Especially with the heat! ... Make sure after you disconnect your water that all your tanks are empty too, ...
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- Hi D., I'm a grandma now and we have a motor home but when the kids were young we had a little trailor. If this is your first trip the most important advice I could gi...
- The only things I can think to add as we ran into other campers... know how to do your gray/galley/black water draining know how to start up your water heater test ...
- D., I have many a fond memory of traveling in my grandparents Motorhome as a child. They had an oooooolldd Champion that looked like a Winnebago. It had a factory...
Help Eliminating an Odor. . .
If you have a septic tank, look in the yellow pages under septic tank service... . or call a regular plumber or Town of Cary (or whatever county)water, ...
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- I surely think you need to have a plumber come in.. If you have a septic tank, look in the yellow pages under septic tank service.... or call a regular plumber or To...
- Hi, my husband remodeled our kitchen a year and a half ago. There is a smell under my sink now that is apparently from the glue used to fit the pipes and install the ...
- As you have already heard, the most likely culprit is a dead animal. The smell of a dead mouse/rat/possum/squirrel etc. can linger for positively AGES! As the corpse d...
Looking for Recommendations on Potty Training Videos/books
I didnt use any books or videos I told my son that apoop monster lived in our septic tank and it was our job to feed him all our poop and pee so he wouldnt ...
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- "Potty Training in One Week" by Gina Ford. Short book, very practical. Worked completely. My two boys were literally trained in one week and even out of pull-ups at ni...
- I didnt use any books or videos. I told my son that a "poop monster" lived in our septic tank, and it was our job to feed him all our poop and pee so he wouldnt starve...
- I believe the name is "The Potty" video. Not sure but it has a red cover (if I remember correctly). It's a great video with a catchy song and both my kids loved it!
Whites Laundry and Well Water
7 Oct 2009 ... causes discoloration in laundry toilet tanks and bowls showers etc ... She never got a softening system had the same builder and septic ...
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- We live in Groton and have very hard water. You might need a whole-house filter to get out some sediments from your well before the water reaches the pipes and your f...
- Hi C., Almost 30 years ago we had to have a well drilled. There was iron in the water. We installed a water softner,which used salt (you buy at kmart, walmart, home d...
- We just moved and our neighbor warned us that we would have the same problem. I haven't noticed it yet, but she said they've been using Culligan ( a water company) fo...
