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(CBS/ AP) Has been reporting another real problem on the isle of Haiti, it’s there children and the lack of family to see over them, another report say’s others are selling these kids for $ 20 dollars to what they describe as foreigners? Lacking volunteers as well as resources to stop the mayhem. The smallest survivors of Haiti’s catastrophic earthquake are growing into one of the biggest problems in its aftermath. 
Many of the countless thousands of children scattered among Port-au-Prince’s makeshift camps of homeless have nobody to care for them, aid workers say, leaving them without protection against disease, child predators and other risks.
“They are extremely vulnerable,” said Kate Conradt, a spokeswoman for the aid group Save the Children.
She said U.N. experts estimate there may be 1 million unaccompanied or orphaned children or youngsters who lost at least one parent in the Jan. 12 quake.
Some young Haitians are even being released from hospitals with no one to care for them - there just aren’t enough beds for them.
“Health workers are being advised to monitor and send separated/unaccompanied children to child-friendly spaces,” the U.N. humanitarian office said in its latest situation report.
My story is this: I believe that we all can help to make a difference here, “change a light” is the vessel that can help produce something a little extra in time of need. Your purchases via our e-store affiliates will generate a commission from the sale, and that commission is going to the Haiti relief fund, plain and simple every dime could help change somebody’s dire situation. Thank you in advance for participating.![if your going to do it, anyway's!!! [energy efficient lighting]](http://www.my-diy-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/645e3e5f1c185e2a.jpg "if your going to do it, anyway's!!! [energy efficient lighting]")
Glass shower doors
***BED and BATH TIPS***
**Shower Doors**
When installing any type of shower, provisions must be made to make sure the water stays in the shower area. This can be most easily accomplished by use of either a shower curtain or a shower door.
Shower curtains have the advantage of being generally inexpensive and easily replaced, but their disadvantages are that they are hard to clean; they lack durability and wear out rather quickly. Light doesn’t penetrate them well. Most important, they’re also usually inefficient at holding water in the shower.
Fixed doors solve all of these problems. Clear or etched glass, swing in or swing out, DIY and design any thing you can envision. Chrome, brass or bronze you call the finish.
Shower doors are sold in a variety of configurations depending on the opening that they are designed to cover. This may be the opening over a tub, the open side of a one-piece enclosure, or the doorway to a custom shower.
Shower doors may operate as sliding (bypass) doors, swinging doors, or a combination of both (bi-fold). The choice depends largely on personal preference, but also on the layout of the bathroom.
DIY for resale
Upscale Projects best ROI
- Siding Replacement (fiber-cement or foam-backed vinyl). With the economic slump, home buyers aren’t being dazzled by bells and whistles as much as they are improvements that will ensure lower repair and utility bills. Although replacing current siding with fiber-cement has lost value from 2007, it still nets an astonishing 87% ROI. If you prefer a foam-backed vinyl product replacement instead, you can still look to recoup 80% of your cost.
- Window Replacement (vinyl or wood). Windows are not only an aesthetic feature. For most homeowners, they represent one of the easiest ways to lower home heating and cooling bills. By replacing your current windows with more efficient vinyl or wood ones, you can save on your utility bills, attract future home buyers and net a nearly 80% (vinyl) or 77% (wood) return on your investment.
- Bathroom Remodel. Depending on the size and amenities of your desired bathroom, you could expect to pay over $50,000 to tear out walls, repair joists and wall studs, change structural elements and make major layout changes, such as switching a toilet and shower. However big the price tag, you can still expect to recoup nearly 71% of the cost (which would be $36,400 if you have a $50K bill) when you go to sell. This project increased its value since 2007, while its sister project – adding a complete bathroom – fell in value.
- Major Kitchen Remodel. Kitchens are typically the most frequently used room in a home, so it makes sense that investing money here is going to pay off when it comes time to sell. While a major kitchen renovation is usually the most time-consuming and expensive home improvement job (averaging more than $110,000), it’s also one of the most profitable. Regardless of the size of your financial layout, you can expect to get a nearly 71% ROI
- Win/WIN/WIN and DIY today. BTW how has the stock market been working for you?
Bathroom sink info
Materials used for manufacturing bathroom sinks fixtures include enameled cast iron, china for traditional baths, plus metal, glass, crystal, stone, and solid-surface resins for a contemporary style. When making a choice, it’s important to save the most delicate sink materials–glass and crystal for example– for little-used bathrooms, such as powder rooms and guest baths where making a design statement is more important than durability. 
Deck-mounted models, which can be set into or on top of a vanity or a freestanding frame, allowing storage below, whereas most pedestal and wall-mounted sink styles require storage to be handled by separate cabinetry. Integral bowl sinks, like their kitchen counterparts, form part of a countertop and come in many prices, colors, and materials, including fiberglass, solid surface, vitreous china, concrete, and cast polymer.
Console sinks, which offer an expanded deck space for sundries, a bathroom sink piece of furniture to create a stylish, spacious look. Some bathroom sinks come with holes bored for the faucets, in 4 or 8 inch layouts . For more about bathroom sinks, check the variety on Amazon or Home Depot to name two online sources we use and prefer.
Plumbing fixture repairs
Plumbing is something we use every day and which most of us know little about. As long as everything is running smoothly, we don’t much care about our plumbing or bother to contact a plumber for periodic “health checks”. But once it starts acting up we’re very frustrated and confused at what exactly we should be doing about this. But with the right plumbing supplies and plumbing tools, we will be back in the bathroom doing our daily routines! 
Maybe you don’t have any ‘plumbing problems’ but are looking to upgrade the look of your bathroom with new plumbing fixtures. If you want to change that old 1970s style faucet to some ‘bold’ new plumbing fixtures, we’ve got a plumbing fixture section that will help you understand how to repair and replace faucets! Putting in new plumbing fixtures, such as faucets, clawfoot bathtubs or sinks will update your home’s look.
Self rimming bath sink
Before completing the materials list, one option in bathroom sinks is the Self-rimming (top-mount) sink and they sit in appropriately-shaped holes roughly cut in the countertop (or substrate material) using a jigsaw or other cutter appropriate to the material at hand and are suspended by their rim. The rim then inherently forms a fairly close seal with the top surface of the countertop, especially when the sink is clamped into the hole from below.
The user(s) with this particular style of bath sink is less apt to get any extra water on the countertop because of the higher setting profile. Almost every type of bathroom sink will be available in bowl size, shape IE., oval, round or square, as well as colors. Accentuate the new bathroom remodel with a vibrant new bathroom sink.
Bathroom fixtures for lighting
With every bathroom comes a place to see yourself in the mirror, but only when the lighting is done correctly. As bathroom fixtures
can create ambiance as well as good down lighting washing across our faces, it is here to note that some of these are located either too high on the wall or too far behind us above, so it makes a darkened shadow at the viewing mirror as you approach it.
As some up lighting bathroom fixtures may bring high style and design, unfortunately they wont assist much for accuracy while putting on make up, not all baths have a well lit window aiding us. If remodeling the relocation of electrical boxes is fairly simple, but if just changing the light fixture in the previous spot, then the challenge is to select the one that best suites your needs, like a bar light with 4 or more bulbs that will flood down instead of up.
Bathroom fixtures
A shower / tub combo is in just about every home in the modern world today, and given options on how to get the cleanest the quickest is not only sprucing up the design notch but creating a more efficient environment to bathe in. A bathroom fixture that comes to mind is the removable/ adjustable hand held shower head. All the better proven manufacturers make these in any finish you desire and they will bolt up and retro fit any almost all our existing showers.
From the kids to stretch (DAD) the height of the head on a slide bar, can remain hands free for comfort and proficiency enabling each rotating new user the ease of location. And when want or need arises just grab and undo for the hand held wand version of rinsing at will. Typically 2 brackets with 2 holes for the slide bar mounting and the water line fastens right into the existing plumbing. You’ll never come clean like this again!!
Bathroom fixtures has options
Today’s bathroom fixtures certainly are not what a lot of our grandparents had in their home, with ever changing lifestyles today plumbing has been keeping right up. Pedestal sinks for instance may have been around for a while and still today bring that traditional feel, you might like a corner pedestal sink. With so many of us DIY home improvers in today’s market the plumbing fixture’s can be installed with ease.
The parts can be purchased in a kit form with instructions and fittings made for absolutely no soldering or sweating pipe, and a bit of imagination your dream bathroom turns to a special reality in a long weekend. Matching pairs of bathroom fixtures are on display for all to pick and choose from. Styles, colors and finishes can be had at most of the bigger home improvement centers. Ask with the belief that you will receive and you will receive!