Posts tagged: trap
How to Make a Cheap and Easy Wasp Trap
By DIY Maven
The Garden Grapevine shows us how to turn a plastic soda bottle into a wasp trap. Chances are you have everything you need to make one! Oh, and it'll trap other flying insects too--but no mosquitoes.
What you'll need to make one:
- 1 plastic soda bottle, either 2 or 3 liter
- wire or string to hang the trap
- cotton balls or 1" x 1" pieces of sponge
- a few drops of fruit flavored soda, but I'm guessing Kookaid would work too
- scissors
- nail or punch
Weekend Project: Disappearing Trap Door Pool Table
By Doug Aamoth
Summer's over, the kids are back in school, and weekends are starting to slow down a bit, right? So why not take the weekend to dig yourself a giant rectangular enclosure right in the middle of your living room, add a big lifting mechanism, and drop in a nice pool table?
I have no idea how hard it'd be to set up a system like this, but I'm pretty sure you'd want to know what's directly below the floorboards and be confident that you'd » READ MORE
DIY Fly trap from a plastic bottle
By intouchoz
Sick of nasty blow flys and house flys. Here is a method to make an efficient fly trap from one of your used plastic water bottles (How cheap is that?). This is great for domestic flys, blow flys and fruit flys. 1.5 to 2 litre (3-4 pint) plastic bottles are ideal. It can vary up or down in size. Just some scissors and electrical tape will do the job along with a small piece of chopped meat or even doggy poo and water. My wife showed me how to mak » READ MORE
How to catch a mouse with a toilet paper tube.
By DIY Maven
Awhile back Chris Glass had a mouse in the house. After the little critter got a little too cheeky, Chris decided they could not coexist. A toilet paper roll, a cracker and a dab of peanut butter and an hour later, the interloper was captured...humanely. Here’s how he did it.
1. Get a toilet paper tube and crease two lines to form a flat sided tunnel.
2. Put a treat on one end of the tube: A cracker and dab of peanut butter works great.
3. Get a » READ MORE
Bathroom sink is clogged again? Replace that p-trap!
By alexrussell
Standing by in frustration to watch the water in a clogged bathroom sink drain will not make it go any faster. There is a clog, and it needs to be dealt with. But before you make that call to enrich your local plumber, try replacing the p-trap under the sink yourself. Most likely the clog is there, and when you remove the old one you'll know right away if a tangle of hair and grime is the problem.
A sink's p-trap is there to seal off the pi » READ MORE
