How to Repair a Leaky Roof Vent Pipe Flashing – Part 1

How to Repair a Leaky Roof Vent Pipe Flashing – Part 1

This tutorial explains how to diagnose and repair a roof leak caused by a cracked boot around the plumbing vent flashing.
I became aware of a possible leaky roof when I noticed water stain on the drywall ceiling. The water stain occurred during a period of record rainfalls and extensive flooding in the metro Atlanta, Georgia [...]

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How to Add a Room Air Duct for Heating & Cooling – Part 2

How to Add a Room Air Duct for Heating & Cooling – Part 2

This project is continued from Part 1.
The insulation was brushed away from the ceiling cutout for the new register.

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How to Display Adsense Ads in the Wordpress Index Pages for Fresh News by WooThemes – Part 2

How to Display Adsense Ads in the Wordpress Index Pages for Fresh News by WooThemes – Part 2

This tutorial is continued from Part 1.
Summary of Code Changes to index.php
The index.php file is the theme template that displays the Featured Posts and Post Summaries (Excerpts) to paint the body of the Front Page and Index Pages. Source code logic is added to index.php to display the Google Adsense Ads at the appropriate position [...]

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How to Display Adsense Ads in the Wordpress Index Pages for Fresh News by WooThemes – Part 1

How to Display Adsense Ads in the Wordpress Index Pages for Fresh News by WooThemes – Part 1

This tutorial explains how to display Google Adsense Ads in your Wordpress post index pages to generate revenue from this prime area of web page real estate.
Revenue Opportunity for Front- and Index Page Ads
I use the Fresh News 2.0.7 theme by WooThemes for the primary look and feel of www.handymanhowto.com and wanted to display the [...]

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How to Build a 2×4 Deck Rail on a Concrete Patio – Part 3

How to Build a 2×4 Deck Rail on a Concrete Patio – Part 3

This project is continued from Part 2.
Attach the 2×4 Rails to the 4×4 Posts
I pre-drilled the screw holes with a slightly smaller diameter bit than the screw to prevent the wood from splitting.

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How to Build a 2×4 Deck Rail on a Concrete Patio – Part 2

This project is continued from Part 1.
Setting the Concrete Anchors for the 4×4 Posts
The centers of the posts are marked with a + on the concrete as shown near the drill bit. In my case the deck rail is 43″ long. A 4×4 post is actually 3.5 inches x 3.5 inches. To find the distance [...]

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