Category: Concrete
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How To Paint Concrete Surfaces in and around your Home
Although Concrete is acceptable without a surface coating there are many times that you can benefit from applying paint or other coatings to increase its performance and appearance. In basements you may want to apply concrete paint as a sealer if you would like to reduce humidity levels. On Garage floors you can apply an…
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How To – Inspecting Your Home For Structural Foundation Problems
If there are two parts of your home that are most important that would be your roof which keeps rain out which will ruin everything in your home and your foundation which supports your home. Foundations can be built in a variety of ways Many homes have a full basement with solid poured concrete walls…
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What is Cement, Concrete & Mortar
Concrete and Cement are often thought of as the same product but actually Cement is just one part of Concrete. Concrete is a mixture of Aggregates and Binders (Rocks and Cement). Depending on your needs you can use larger or more aggregate to get a harder product or you can use smaller aggregate to allow the…
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How To – Is A Sub-Floor Necessary To Install Carpet In Your Basement?
Many people finish their basements to add a playroom for the kids a recreation room for the family or even another bedroom for family and guests. When converting your basement to a finished living space there are many considerations including whether to put insulation in the walls, whether to drywall or add a drop ceiling…
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Insufficient Building Standards Contribute To The Disaster in Haiti
Home owners and builders may have given a thought of thanks to their building officials this week after seeing the earthquake disaster in Haiti. Although ridged concrete and brick structures often do poorly in earthquakes the lack of building standards along with cuts in design standards due to corruption are being blamed on elevating an…