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	<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Stacking firewood with T-posts?</title>
		<link>http://www.how-to-home.com/stacking-firewood-with-t-posts.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I was watching a show about the bar-b-que places around the country. One of the guys at one od the places was talking about the importance of the wood. Then they flashed a picture of rows and rows of firewood all neatly stacked. I was envious. The ends were nice and square. I looked close [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Installing electric baseboard heater</title>
		<link>http://www.how-to-home.com/installing-electric-baseboard-heater.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The primary heating in our house is electric baseboard heaters. The house is a post &#038; beam style, so not much else would work well. Last eyear I replaced all the old thermostats with newer programmable ones. They are very good, and help keep the temperatures more consistent.
In our bedroom area, there were two baseboard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving firewood</title>
		<link>http://www.how-to-home.com/moving-firewood.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The guy I called about firewood is supposed to call me back next week to arrange a time and day to drop off the first of two cords. Its going to cost me $70/face this year. Think about the same as last year. I still have a cord of wood leftover from what I bought [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buying firewood</title>
		<link>http://www.how-to-home.com/buying-firewood.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year I bought 3 full cords (9 face cords) or firewood. But January was warm, so we didn&#8217;t end up burning all of the wood. We still have about a cord of firewood left. So I have been looking to buy another 2 full cords.
The guy we bought the firewood from the last two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caulking a bathtub</title>
		<link>http://www.how-to-home.com/caulking-a-bathtub.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.how-to-home.com/caulking-a-bathtub.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When we moved into our house, the caulking on the bathtub was in poor condition. I removed the caulk, and recaulked it with non-silicone caulk. It lasted quite a while (about 4 years), but after a while separated some letting water in. The first sign of this came yesterday when I asked my wife why [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Threaded rod anchors</title>
		<link>http://www.how-to-home.com/threaded-rod-anchors.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.how-to-home.com/threaded-rod-anchors.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[With all my research into how to attach my ledger board to my cement block foundation, it keeps coming back to the threaded rod anchors. That being settled, the hard part is finding the things. Home Depot and Lowes don&#8217;t carry them. The carry Red Head anchors, but Red Head doesn&#8217;t make the threaded rod [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wedge anchors wont work</title>
		<link>http://www.how-to-home.com/wedge-anchors-wont-work.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I swapped a bunch of emails with a guy from Red Head, and he suggested the wedge anchors wont work for me. He thought that they were too strongs, and that they might potentially crack the cement blocks. Apparently they are designed for solid concrete. His suggestion was aither the sleeve anchors, or the epoxy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Concrete anchors</title>
		<link>http://www.how-to-home.com/concrete-anchors.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2007 14:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been debating about what kind of anchors to use to attach my ledger board to the cement block foundation of my house. I have been comparing epoxy anchors versus wedge anchors.
The epoxy anchors seem to be much more expensive when figuring in the cost of the epoxy. I was concerned about whether the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DeWalt hammer drill</title>
		<link>http://www.how-to-home.com/dewalt-hammer-drill.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2007 12:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that I have my deck raised back up and levelled, I need to reattach the ledger board to the cement block foundation. I have been researching different types of anchors, but they all require that I drill into the cement blocks. So I am going to need a hammer drill.
I checked Harbor Freight. They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expansion anchors or epoxy anchors?</title>
		<link>http://www.how-to-home.com/expansion-anchors-or-epoxy-anchors.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I went to Home Depot and was looking around. I checked out the deck book again, and saw that they recommended inserting the thread studs into the concrete blocks 3 inches. Other than that, there was no new info.
I tried to find someone to ask, but could find no help. I found some Red Heard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to attach the ledger board to the foundation?</title>
		<link>http://www.how-to-home.com/how-to-attach-the-ledger-board-to-the-foundation.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.how-to-home.com/how-to-attach-the-ledger-board-to-the-foundation.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.how-to-home.com/how-to-attach-the-ledger-board-to-the-foundation.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that I have my deck raised back up, and sitting on temporary supports, I need to figure out the best way to attach the ledger board to the cement block foundation.
I found a book at Home Depot on decks, and it showed how to drill a hole through the ledger board, and into the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raising my deck</title>
		<link>http://www.how-to-home.com/raising-my-deck.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[My deck collapsed a month or two ago. Just a foot or so in the middle next to the house. I pulled some of the planks closest to the house to diagnose the problem. Apparently the ledger board had not been adequately attached, and became detached from the foundation.
I don&#8217;t want to rip apart the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ADT security system</title>
		<link>http://www.how-to-home.com/adt-security-system.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.how-to-home.com/adt-security-system.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We have had our ADT security system for almost as long as we have owned our house. There was an alarm system in the house when we moved in, but it was older, and probably hadn&#8217;t been used in a while. The tech guy came in, and found many of the components didn&#8217;t work. They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New drip bowls</title>
		<link>http://www.how-to-home.com/new-drip-bowls.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.how-to-home.com/new-drip-bowls.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A while back I screwed up and replaced the drip bowls on our Kenmore stove with new drip bowls. They were generic drip bowls that I bought at the grocery store. I threw the old drity ones away. The new drip bowls didn&#8217;t fit right. The mis fit was subtle. The bowls didn&#8217;t sit totally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Melnor aqua timer</title>
		<link>http://www.how-to-home.com/melnor-aqua-timer.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.how-to-home.com/melnor-aqua-timer.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 00:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to set up my sprinklers on some sort of timer so they would automatically turn on for a little while every day. I went to Home Depot, and they had some fancy looking timers for $40. But there was a more simple looking timer for $25. That was the Melnow Electronic Aqua Timer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sprinkler timer</title>
		<link>http://www.how-to-home.com/sprinkler-timer.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 14:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been watering my lawn for about 15 minutes every morning, and it is really starting to look great. When I don&#8217;t water it, it begins to look like junk. It&#8217;s not like I live in Arizona or something. I live in Rochester NY which gets the same average rainfall as Seattle. Our soil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burglar alarm</title>
		<link>http://www.how-to-home.com/burglar-alarm.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.how-to-home.com/burglar-alarm.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 12:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning about 4am, our burglar alarm chimes three times saying that a door was opened, or the glass break detector was triggered. We didn&#8217;t have the alarm set as if someone were trying to break in, the dog would bark anyway. When the chimes went off, the dog went to investigate. I was sleeping, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reattaching ledger board to house</title>
		<link>http://www.how-to-home.com/reattaching-ledger-board-to-house.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.how-to-home.com/reattaching-ledger-board-to-house.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2007 17:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I stopped at Home Depot this afternoon. I picked up one more tube of window glaze, and also a few vegetables to plant in the garden.
I also tried to find someone to answer some questions about my collasped deck. But I couldn&#8217;t find anyone who seemed to be free to talk to me. A few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jacks to lift deck</title>
		<link>http://www.how-to-home.com/jacks-to-lift-deck.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2007 12:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the ledgerboard for our deck became detached from our house, the center part sunk. It appears to have been very poorly attached. I don&#8217;t particularly want to rebuild the entire deck. I have pulled off some of the decking surface boards closest to the house to expose the problem. I hoping to lift the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deck detached from house</title>
		<link>http://www.how-to-home.com/deck-detached-from-house.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 00:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, we have finally had some dry weather, and the deck has dried out enough that I wanted to take a look at it. I got my pry bar and hammer out, and started prying up planks. I started with the board closest to the house, where the deck is collasped.
Well, I figured out what [...]]]></description>
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