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Keep pipes from freezing

When you are having extremely cold weather, let a little water run through faucets near exposed pipes. That can help keep pipes from freezing.

You can also use insulation and electrical heating cable on exposed pipes.

If you have frozen pipes, heat the pipes with a heat gun, a hair dryer or a heat lamp. Open a faucet and then work from the open faucet

toward the frozen zone.

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Room decor

Q. I have two boys, ages 13 and 11, with different tastes. One likes camouflage, the other likes bold colors like red and wants to go with a racing theme. I'm trying to decorate the room they share with something that will appease both of them. I've searched the Internet for over an hour, but most of those sites only have one child in the room. They have bunk beds and each have a dresser. It's a basement room in a split-level home so it has that "ledge" on two of the walls. Windows are small, so light is a problem. Is there any ideas how I can decorate the room that would be appeasing to both?

A. I think you should go with a neutral khaki or gray on the walls. Get each boy bedding in the style/theme/colors they like and decorate the top of each dresser with accessories in their theme. Each could have posters or wall art on their wall space. I think each of them probably only really cares how "his" space is decorated. They probably won't care that their beds don't match.

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