Guys and Gals
A few months ago my wife and I moved into our new home. Neither of us have ever owned our own property before. I am the worst handy man on the planet. The most work I have ever done on anything was picking up the phone and calling a landlord to fix something. Seriously I can barely operate a power drill. I don?t even mow my lawn. A nice Spanish fellow does that for me.
That being said the days of calling a landlord are over and I have some questions for you guys.
? First off there are birds in my office fireplace. I lit a fire and they would go away for awhile. Then I would come home from work and birds would be in the house. They kept flying through the fireplace and into my home. This happened 4 times. So I closed the vent. Bad idea. Now they have nested at the bottom of the fireplace on top of the vent. They are loud as hell and driving me and my pets crazy. Im afraid if I open the vent the entire nest and god knows how many birds will come crashing down into my house. How the hell do I get rid of them.
? Secondly, The last few days Dallas has been hammered by terrible winds. I awoke yesterday to find 3 or 4 shingles from my roof on my driveway. I don?t know where they came from. I don?t see any bald spots. My question is is this a problem?? Should I call in somebody to put them back? If not how many more shingles can I lose before I need to call somebody?
? Lastly. SPIDERS! Cant get rid of them. We live in a new neighborhood and there are empty lots on both sides of my house. I have been told the construction in the area will drive them to us. I have hired exterminators. They have been here twice. The other bugs have gone away since they have been here. But the spiders are still a problem. Last night I was in my garage (clumsily trying to put together some new patio furniture we bought) and I killed six of them! And I was only in there for an hour. One I killed was huge. When I squished it a bunch of baby spiders came out of it! Disgusting. The bug spray I bought says kills all spiders except Black widows and brown recluse. What the fuck is that about? Those are the only two that I am really worried about???
Anyway, if you boys could help out a retard I would very much appreciate it.
thanks:toast:
A few months ago my wife and I moved into our new home. Neither of us have ever owned our own property before. I am the worst handy man on the planet. The most work I have ever done on anything was picking up the phone and calling a landlord to fix something. Seriously I can barely operate a power drill. I don?t even mow my lawn. A nice Spanish fellow does that for me.
That being said the days of calling a landlord are over and I have some questions for you guys.
? First off there are birds in my office fireplace. I lit a fire and they would go away for awhile. Then I would come home from work and birds would be in the house. They kept flying through the fireplace and into my home. This happened 4 times. So I closed the vent. Bad idea. Now they have nested at the bottom of the fireplace on top of the vent. They are loud as hell and driving me and my pets crazy. Im afraid if I open the vent the entire nest and god knows how many birds will come crashing down into my house. How the hell do I get rid of them.
? Secondly, The last few days Dallas has been hammered by terrible winds. I awoke yesterday to find 3 or 4 shingles from my roof on my driveway. I don?t know where they came from. I don?t see any bald spots. My question is is this a problem?? Should I call in somebody to put them back? If not how many more shingles can I lose before I need to call somebody?
? Lastly. SPIDERS! Cant get rid of them. We live in a new neighborhood and there are empty lots on both sides of my house. I have been told the construction in the area will drive them to us. I have hired exterminators. They have been here twice. The other bugs have gone away since they have been here. But the spiders are still a problem. Last night I was in my garage (clumsily trying to put together some new patio furniture we bought) and I killed six of them! And I was only in there for an hour. One I killed was huge. When I squished it a bunch of baby spiders came out of it! Disgusting. The bug spray I bought says kills all spiders except Black widows and brown recluse. What the fuck is that about? Those are the only two that I am really worried about???
Anyway, if you boys could help out a retard I would very much appreciate it.
thanks:toast: