The home infrastructure in America is aging; the building materials of the baby boomer generation are beginning to break down, and require some significant repair. And when a homeowner thinks about rehab rarely do they consider the structure of the foundation. In fact, on the surface of most older homes […]
Concrete is environmentally friendly. It’s a unique and efficient building material. Concrete is primarily made from limestone, which is one of the most abundant minerals found on planet earth, but it can also be made from waste products—waste from a power plant or other manufacturing-type facility. And because the ingredients […]
Weekend-warrior types abound; the big box stores have moved in, offering everything from an endless supply and choice of building materials to courses on home improvement, and, for many, the confidence level for routine home improvement work is high. And it’s for good reason, because those tasks we once outsourced […]
Concrete does age, and when it comes time to be replaced, it can be a difficult job to remove the old slab. There are several tools that work efficiently to break down concrete, although the two that work best are probably the jackhammer and the sledgehammer—oftentimes both are used on […]
Usually, it’s the shoulder seasons—both Spring and Fall—that have the best temperatures for a concrete pour. The reason is that temperatures are usually neutral, and milder. Two things to be cautious of in these seasons are precipitation, and that temperatures don’t swing dramatically in either direction. Sometimes, especially in the […]
Concrete is a terrifically durable building material, although one added component that can only make the concrete even more resistant to weather, to long exposures to water, to abrasions and other similar damage, is to apply a quality concrete sealer. And although concrete does have a natural beauty on its […]
A quality concrete sealer is a vital component for a quality concrete job. The concrete sealer makes concrete resistant to weather, exposures to water—yes, concrete is durable and is meant to handle the elements, but long exposures can break down nearly any building material—abrasions, and deicing salt. A quality concrete […]
Concrete is relatively easy to mix, use, etc., but very few people can get it absolutely perfect; there’s an underlying experience level (Maybe even a level at which it becomes an art form?) to skillfully working with concrete. But there are a few tips and tricks to working with concrete […]
Yes, concrete floors. It’s a trend in modern building. There are numerous benefits to building a home with concrete floors. And while the benefits are many (we’ll discuss exactly what those benefits are in a few…) there are a few drawbacks, although the drawbacks are not nearly as numerous. The […]
Concrete is unique in that, like a mirror, it displays its strength, its weakness, its age, etc. and one of the most common things to happen to concrete is that it develops a crack/fissure/fracture. What are the differences between the three? The differences are in the severity of the damage; […]
