Making concrete yourself is not an easy job. Moreover, problems begin at the start, when you begin to deal with the amount of materials that will need to be purchased. First you have to guess how much concrete / mortar will be required. Then it turns out that the proportions are given in mass fraction. And even considering ...
Few people today give the construction of a house entirely to a team or organization. To be sure of the result, you need to control the work. To do this, you have to understand the terminology, technological processes and design features. Girders are common in building structures, but they are very similar to beams. ...
One of the easiest ways to make a well for any purpose is to assemble it from concrete or plastic blanks. Concrete is more familiar and reliable, so it is usually a priority. But in order to determine the design, you need to know the size of the rings for the well. They are defined ...
Until you are faced with the choice of a pipe, it seems that there is nothing complicated about it. There is a size, and you need to select the material for it. This is so, but you can measure it both inside and outside. So which measurement is correct? Surprisingly, …
Landscaping is a complex and expensive business. One of the headaches is how and what to pave the yard, paths, parking for the car. Paving slabs were popular for a while. But it has a significant drawback: it is slippery under the snow, it is difficult to chuck it off ...
Not all finishing processes can be called easy. The development of technologies allows them to be made not so physically difficult, and / or to reduce the time, to improve the result. But since the materials and technologies are new, there are many speculations, errors in use. Today we will figure out what Betonokontakt is, ...
Any very high-quality repair can be ruined by poorly chosen little things. One of these little things is the plinth. It must be chosen so that it does not look foreign, but logically completes the picture. In this case, let's talk about an aluminum skirting board.
Welding is, of course, good, but it cannot be used everywhere. In this case, riveting is used - this is a mechanical connection of parts using special fasteners. This fastener is called rivets, they are made from different materials, there are different types.
During repair and construction work, it becomes necessary to make paint, mastic, putty not so thick. For this, solvents are used - special compositions that do not change the properties of the starting material. One of them is white spirit. This is probably the most inexpensive and popular remedy ...
Technology does not stand still and very often new building or finishing materials appear. One of them is geotextile. This material has appeared quite recently, but it is already advised to use it when constructing foundations, paths, roads, and landscaping a site.