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How to Make Custom Pavers and Stepping Stones for Your Garden
You can buy molds and make your own pavers in almost any shape you can imagine. By making your own concrete pavers you can get a truly custom design at a fraction of the cost of buying ready made landscaping pavers from places like Lowe's or Home Depo
4 commentsPermeable Pavements for Your Driveway
If you are building a new driveway or replacing an old one, consider choosing a permeable surface. Permeable pavement is attractive, low maintenance, environmentally friendly, and relatively inexpensive. ...
4 commentsHow To Ready A Homesite For Earthbag Walls
There are quite a few websites that discuss building an earthbag home. Considering our specific situation, that became the obvious choice for our acreage in Cochise County, Arizona, a considerably different...
14 commentsHow To Paint A Floor Guide
photography: Robbie Caponetto What You Need To Know Before Painting A Floor No matter the surface, floor preparation is key to successfully painting a floor. Regardless whether it's a newly installed floor...
Types Of Dams
A dam is a barrier built across a water course to hold back or control the water flow. Some dams divert the flow of river water into a pipeline, canal, or channel. Others raise the level of inland waterways...
11 commentsConcrete Sealing – Using Concrete Sealant To Protect And Preserve
Concrete sealing is an excellent way to protect exposed concrete from weathering and the ravages of time. Concrete is a low cost, durable and versatile building material, but it needs treatment to...
18 commentsCanada - Vancouver's famous Capilano Suspension Bridge and Park
If walking along a long 100 year old suspension bridge with breath-takingly beautiful views swinging high above a river captures one's interest, then the Capilano Suspension Bridge and Park in Vancouver,...
16 commentsSolid Concrete Home Construction
If you are in the real estate market to build a new home, I can give you 3 very good reasons your next home should be built with monolithically poured solid concrete exterior walls. 1. Safety Solid concrete...
2 commentsTip to Toe Remodel of a badly abused 1906 Victorian
headquarters of deedsdesign and an environmentally conscious remodelling project in berkley california
Concrete Pre-Pour Checklist
Before proceeding with any concrete pour on a construction site, there are a number of checks required to ensure quality work is being carried out. You should NOT authorize a concrete pour without undertaking the following checks. If you don't do these pre-pour checks and your contractor knows this, they can start taking shortcuts to make life easier for themselves at the expense of quality and (potentially) safety.
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