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Jan
26

I am replacing garage door and I am confused about r-ratings for insulation those garage doors come with. Have seen from r-6.58 to r-18. Have seen several with the r-6.58 rating and am wondering if the ones with the higher rating is overkill.

I live in Ohio and there is living space above and next to the one car garage, so I’m concerned with having it insulated as well as possible, because I don’t want to pay a lot for energy and heating. I don’t want to heat the winter.

Jan
26

My *sweet* little dogs have developed this liking for chewing on the insulation of our garage door.
I’ve heard there’s a garage door insulation kit so you could just pop out a panel and put in a new one.
Problem is, I can’t find one anywhere. I’ve been to Lowes, Home Depot and even started searching on the internet.
I heard this might be a seasonal product – anyone know where I can get it, or at least when it will be available at Lowe’s if I can’t order it online somewhere right now?

If I can’t find it, I might want to have the dogs pretend they are garage door insulation.

Thanks everyone!

Jan
26

I need to get on a healthy cooking, so I wonder what are some good recipes to start with. I hope they are tasty. My biggest favorites are pork chop casserole dishes, but I’m not so sure pork is a healthy food to eat. However, I must admin it’s tastier than chicken breast or turkey… or maybe that happens just because I don’t know how to cook them.

Jan
26

Real estate was one of the industries most affected by the financial and economic crisis, and the Romanian market was no exception. Bucharest, the capital of the country was affected, as well as other large cities, where prices for residential buildings collapsed in the beginning of the year and maintained a descendant trend ever since. Apartment rental prices also decreased, as more and more companies and individuals were affected by the crisis, therefore being forced to downgrade their standards. This trend was recorded in most counties such as Timis, Dolj, Constanta, Prahova, Sibiu or Cluj and it affected the transactions of old apartments, built before 1980, as well as newer buildings.

As the market became stagnant, owners had to re-evaluate their pricing strategy, many of them giving up the safety margin they were usually adding to their desired price, in order to leave room for negotiations. Even so, with all major banks not willing to give mortgages so easily, there were not so many buyers with enough purchasing power, so the transactions volume in the commercial sector dropped by 75% in 2009 compared to 2008. These figures come from a statement made by a Colliers International Romania representative at Zilele Biz conference in November 2009. The same source mentioned that the profit margin for the real estate agencies went down from 25% in 2006-2008 to only 12%-15% in 2009.

This is a sample of apartments rental prices for Ploiesti, Prahova, split by property type and location, as found on real estate classifieds websites in December 2009:

Inchirieri garsoniere Ploiesti (one room apartments):

  • Ploiesti Ultracentral: 200 EUR – 400 EUR per month
  • Democratiei: 200 EUR – 300 EUR per month
  • P-ta Mihai Viteazu: approximately 250 EUR per month

Two room apartments:

  • Ploiesti Ultracentral: 350 EUR – 400 EUR per month
  • Democratiei: 250 EUR – 350 EUR per month
  • P-ta Mihai Viteazu: approximately 400 EUR per month
  • Republicii: 350 EUR – 700 EUR per month

Three room apartments:

  • Ploiesti Ultracentral: 500 EUR – 750 EUR per month
  • Democratiei: 350 EUR per month
  • P-ta Mihai Viteazu: 500 EUR – 600 EUR per month
  • Republicii: 300 EUR – 700 EUR per month

Four room apartments:

  • Ploiesti Ultracentral: 1500 EUR per month
  • Democratiei: 500 EUR – 600 EUR per month
  • Republicii: 600 EUR per month

Of course, prices for apartment rentals vary not only with the location, but also with the renovation degree and with the furnishing and appliances provided such as dishwasher, washing machine, vacuum cleaner, refrigerator or air conditioning systems. The floor where the apartment is situated may also play a role in setting the price, as many people shy away from ground floor and from the last floor. Discounts may apply in case of long term rental contracts, but this is not necessarily the rule.

Jan
26

I consider myself to have quite a healthy diet already, eating a lot of fruit and cereals. However, I find myself cooking a lot of omelettes and baked potatoes for dinner because they are cheap and easy to cook. Does anyone know any recipes with similar characteristics that have more variety and are healthier? I’m tired of eating the same things over and over again.

Jan
25

I have started to grow these herbs from a packet including a small propagator and after i watered the herbs today i found that there are these really really tiny worm things crawling in the wet soil. i feed my plants with baby bio just to add. so will my herbs turn out well? what are these things? what do i do? please help!! If this is bad then I just don’t know what herbs are good for.

Jan
25

I want to cook healthy but I don’t know any recipes can anyone give me a few healthy recipes or point me in the direction of some tasty ones? I’m willing to try new things, so I don’t mind even unusual ingredients or spices.

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Jan
25

I am too lazy to change my diet, so I’d like to know if there are any specific antifungals/probiotic supplements that work pretty well to destroy an intestinal yeast infection…?
If you managed to cure a Candida/yeast infection, what products or drugs did you take? How well did they work?
I REALLY need help on this as I am faced with a serious health problem that may or may not be Candida overgrowth, but without medical insurance, I can’t get extensive testing done to figure out what condition I really have. However from my own research, it seems likely that Candida is a major component of my longterm illness, if not the whole thing.
Can you treat Candida effectively with supplements/drugs, without making significant dietary changes?
I’m getting all sorts of symptoms now that keep increasing, something like IBS (I feel things moving in my digestive system, and constipation is severe) and blurry vision/eye pain/bloodshot eyes, water retention, fatigue.. I need some help!

Jan
25

I am experiencing symptoms of candida. Ive never had it before so im not 100% sure. IS it safe for me to try out some medication without consulting my doctor

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Jan
25

I would seriously like to do whole-body cleanses but supplements are expensive and I don’t really trust a lot that ar on the market today? Does anyone know of natural ways to do candida and colon cleanses?