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Hi All,
Me & my partner have an old house which we are hoping to renovate over the next 24months.
I have been reading through alot of the threads over the last few months but am still at a loss as to what way to go with insulating & heating.
We are going...
Started by Mayo10 on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at boards):
With Using a drylining breathable solution.but you have mass concrete walls? so imo EWI would trump a breathable dry of ewi but there can be....
Thanks No6.
Run your wiring without having to go chasing your mass concrete walls.
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Im just in the process of constructing a house and have beEn given the option of two types of construction material for the blockwork.
It's either standard concrete blocks or“ autoclaved aerated concrete”, which type is best?
Started by ajsp9 on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at udonmap):
Exterior walls inch concrete block with a plastic sheet vapor barrier on the inside of the exterior wall ? We use Q-Con or AAC blocks....
The interior wall is typically drywall.
Or not the cells are filled with concrete.
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If I seal a concrete basment floor, how do I seal the areas undernearth the walls? I have a minor moisture issue in my basement floor. I am going to apply a concrete sealer. However, there are a couple walls (not including the perimeter walls) in my basement...
Started by J. J on
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by 3 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at yahoo):
Fill the trench with clean clay to a point at least 6 inches up the wall and sloping do any interior sealing of the ....
There is no way to get the sealant under the walls without knocking them down foundation.
Seal the walls also.
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Can anyone recommend a reliable wireless room stat must travel through 2 concrete walls and broadband? signal simple stat no tvrs turns off boiler when it reaches set point. thanks
Started by Dannie M on
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by 1 people.
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I am needing to construct a room with a concrete floor and walls. I was hoping someone would have some ideas on how to get that look. I was hoping to just start with standard luan flats as a base. I would like a weathered water stained type look to the...
Started by mostlyhuman on
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by 5 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at indietalk):
The walls need to be moveable to be able to achieve what we are needingIs there a reason ....
But if, for some reason, you need fake concrete walls, I believe there is a textured spray-paint that will look like concrete.
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Video of the week comes from BMW Canada who gives us an exciting, new look at the BMW 1M. The driver, the producer and director, deliver one of the coolest footage of the 1M seen so far.
And yes, some parts of the video are computer generated, but nonetheless...
Started by M3Russ on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at ubermpower):
I had a lamp-post jump out in front of my carFook me thats awesome I wonder how much of it was computer generated, could of been all the walls are computer generated" in the ....
Yet to see concrete walls in the mid of the road, lol.
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Any of you guys ever attach metal lath ( diamond mesh) to pour concrete walls with the styrofoam forms and the plastic webs in them? just wondering if you guys had some good ideas. Tapcon thru the 2" of foam and into the crete? or screw into the plastic...
Started by michiganmason on
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by 2 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at contractortalk):
Use stainless steel concrete screws(tapcons.
I would go right into the concrete if it is only 2".
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New Studio Room will have 3 concrete walls...suggestions for acoustics?? Hey everyone,
In the new townhome I am moving to in a few weeks, the room that I will be setting up my pre-production home studio in will have 3 concrete walls. I have never had ...
Started by septembers1st on
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by 2 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at futureproducers):
Bookmark this page as you will want to return again and again and again and BC: I've been making music since Before... .
Dimensions???
go to The Recording Manual and have a good read on the right hand side of the topics that can be found on the landing page .
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Building a concrete block retaining wall for a window well. wanted to get some opinions on the best way to cut the block. this is a block material, not brick (see page 4 of pdf link)
http://www.countymaterials.com/produ...ethod=download
weighing the options...
Started by itsnotrequired on
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by 6 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at diychatroom):
I've even done those 4" thick....
As for the one's in our link, and the only way to realistically alter them is with a handheld concrete saw or a large wall unit.
Them is with a handheld concrete saw or a large wall unit splitter.
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I am new to this forum and may not have the correct construction terminology, so here goes..
Busy building an outdoor barbecue with concrete block and will make a counter top from concrete. I have already built the 4 walls (rectangular). The corner blocks...
Started by howzitmybro on
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by 3 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at diychatroom):
You really should not use either concrete or mortar for a good job either concrete or mortar for a good job even though people can get away with it in the short term than 8", which is the opposite for....
A while (hour or so) and top it off.
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