The process of building a new home can be exhilarating when you can customise the structure. On the other hand, this project can be expensive and stressful unless you have made explicit budget plan. One of the aspects that can be easily forgotten when planning is site preparation. This refers to the process of making your site ready for actual construction. You should understand the tasks involved as a potential homeowner so that you will plan for the expenses.…
If you have employees who work on scaffolding, height safety is a huge part of keeping them safe. However, you don’t just have to think of the safety of the people on the scaffold, you also have to think of the safety of the people down below. Here are six essential items that can help keep your workers on the ground safe:
1. Hard hats
Of course, in any construction zone, people should wear hard hats.…
Holding an event outdoors can be quite expensive. Your main priority is ensuring the comfort of your guests. This will typically entail making decisions on the décor, whether to hire tents or a marquee and more. All these cost money. As such, most party planners will be looking for ways to cut costs so as to keep their event within the budget. Toilets are not something you can overlook when holding an outdoor event.…
Any home can benefit immensely from the installation of skylights. These little additions can improve the indoor aesthetics of your living spaces, make your house a healthier place to live in and even lower your monthly bills. Read on to see how you can achieve all this and much more just from installing skylights.
Unlimited natural light
With skylights, you will enjoy uninhibited sunlight coming into your rooms during the day.…
When it’s time to replace a garage door, or if you’re having a new garage built, you want to take the time needed to find the perfect choice. Doors will vary in their appearance but also in their durability and even the security they offer. Note a few tips for choosing a new garage door for your property.
1. Weight
Metal doors may offer the most security against a break-in, but consider if the automatic opener were to break for your overhead door.…
Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) refers to drilling into the core of the ground without going in a vertical direction. In this case, it involves digging sideways instead of downwards. This article discusses why you should consider HDD in case you are drilling to lay utilities, exploit minerals like oil or construct underground roads or rail networks.
It Reaches Where Vertical Drilling is Impracticable
You may wish to tap underground water reservoirs but those reservoirs are located underneath a highly populated area like a university campus.…
Finding the cause of a leaky shower can be tricky. Here’s how to track down the source of a leak, before calling out a contractor to fix it.
Signs of a leaking shower
When you’re looking for the source of a leaking shower, don’t necessarily expect to find it in the bathroom! Water naturally flows downhill. This means that a leaky shower pipe could result in staining on your kitchen ceiling or even water dripping through a light fitting in your lounge.…
Even if you’re careful to prevent food debris and hair from entering your kitchen or bathroom plugholes, blocked drains can still occur. It’s practically impossible to stop 100% of these things from being drained away into your pipes, and over time a blockage will build up. Of course you can buy a harsh chemical drain cleaner, but these cleaners should always be used sparingly, since they can damage your pipes. In the case of plastic pipes, they can eat a hole clean through the side!…
If you have found a new place to park your car and are ready to assign your carport a new job, consider turning your old carport into a beautiful and relaxing patio area. First, however, you need to soften up this quasi-garage and make it inviting. Here’s what your carport needs to become an outdoor covered lounge:
1. Outdoor curtains
To soften up your carport, start with fabrics. Outdoor curtains can be purchased in a range of colors and patterns, and they can be easily adhered to any of the sides of your carport to create extra shade and privacy.…
One drawback to concrete pavement is that the material sometimes gets very brittle, such as in cold weather, and it cracks. If the ground underneath the concrete shifts or the crack is very deep, this can cause the concrete to become uneven, so that part of it is actually raised up from the ground, creating a tripping hazard. You typically cannot fill in this type of crack with concrete filler, but you must first grind it with a grinder so that it becomes level and even.…
