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Five videos about how to install a subfloor over thick insulation without sleepers. The insulation can be over a concrete slab, or not...
Concrete & Masonry
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Aug 22 2016
Long rods, a BIG drill, oversize washers, and an enormous wrench unbuckle a badly bowed wall. Notice the lack of 'excavator' on the list?
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Aug 10 2016
Details // Concrete & Masonry, HVAC & Mechanicals, Plumbing, Electrical, Insulation & Air Sealing, Kitchens & Baths
Direct the heat toward the feet
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Aug 3 2016
Letting the brick dry evenly is the key for old masonry walls that want to leak less energy
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Jul 18 2016
Adding brick to the outside of a house complicates insulating outside a slab. So Insulate inside.
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Jul 13 2016
The demo digs deep into the house to repair the rubble foundation and rework the workflow
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Jul 11 2016
An affordable insulated slab foundation suitable for climate zones 4, 5, and 6
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Jun 26 2016
Plug holes in walls—even walls with active leaks—and then paint over the patch
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Jun 24 2016
Being safety conscious doesn't make you a sissy.
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Jun 15 2016
You can't stop heat flow, but you can keep your floor from becoming a big ol' heat sink
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May 28 2016
Can't get your bricklayers to answer the phone? Call SAM (Semi-Automated Mason)
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May 25 2016
To suck air from under a slab, the slab must be airtight
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May 23 2016
Stone masonry is the art of preparing a rock to take its seat within a portion of a structure with perfect composure
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May 19 2016
Our Latin America Editor is on the ground in Ecuador and sending updates on construction technology, codes, and temporary housing
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May 9 2016
An affordable insulated slab foundation suitable for climate zones 1, 2, and 3
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Apr 3 2016
Homemade bricks ready to become walls
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Apr 2 2016
Kirk Giordanos, aka, Mr. Plaster Fantaster, shows us yet another way to kill time, and amaze your kids, while waiting to get into a job: Spin a hawk on a trowel.
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Mar 28 2016
Thermal shorts and good design don't mix
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Mar 5 2016
This weekend's video treat is all about suspending gravity with bricks, mortar, and craftsmanship.
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