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Show I nest ah Jl : sM. ty Roger C. Whitman QUESTION: Is the periodic use of yeast helpful or detrimental to a septic tank? What effect will the use of drain cleaners have on a septic sep-tic tank? Is there any specially designed de-signed product on the market to keep septic tanks in better working order? ANSWER: Small quantities of a drain cleaner can be safely used, but large quantities will stop bacterial bac-terial action. In such cases, a large volumn of water should be run into the tank to carry off the chemicals. Bacterial action can then be restarted re-started by dissolving six cakes of yeast in lukewarm water In a washbasin wash-basin and flushing it into the tank. QUESTION: There is a little crack directly over my sink where it forms a joint with the plaster wall. The white plaster used for filling the crack always comes out. What can be done? ANSWER: Before the war it was possible to get a neat, flexible metal moulding that was made for a crack such as yours, or to cover the crack at the top of a bathtub. If you cannot can-not find any of this, fill the crack with a light-colored caulking compound. com-pound. This resembles putty, but never becomes hard or brittle. After Af-ter forcing it into the crack, run your finger along the surface to smooth it, and after a few days, touch it up with enamel to match the wall. QUESTION: Is there any way to remove the discoloration on my new plasterwork caused by rain soaking through the sheathing and insulation? insula-tion? ANSWER: Stains on the plaster from the rain have gone all the way through and cannot be removed. After the plaster has dried out you can paint the walls. The alternative alterna-tive is to cut out the stained part of the plaster and replaster. |