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How To Make a Masonry Gable Wall Gable walls are the triangular shaped built after the ring beam. This walls are follow the triangular roof trusses. They are pitched to the on both sides. They conform to the roof pitch. This walls offer the cover at the end of buildings where... ( added 1 day 9 hours ago.)

How To Build Parapet Walls On a Concrete Flat Roof Parapet walls are built on concrete flat roofs. The height of the walls is three to four feet high. They are built on the edge to secure the flat roof. This is done to protect people from falling off the concrete slab. The construction uses... ( added 2 days 9 hours ago.)

How To Make An Interlocking Slab and Post Fence Interlocking slabs and posts fences can be fabricated at home. This consist of precast slabs fixed on concrete posts. This posts have grooves for slotting the slabs inside. The height of the fence depends on how high the fence is required. The... ( added 3 days 9 hours ago.)

How To Fix Mesh Gabions On a Sloping Garden Sloping gardens can arise due to the land terrain. The soil has to be retained to make level benches for walking and sitting area. Mesh gabions can be used with other modes of landscaping to assist in holding the soil. This retention of soil is... ( added 4 days 10 hours ago.)

How To Make Features On External Plastered Wall Surfaces Plaster is used to decorate external wall surfaces. This surfaces have smooth facades which should be weather resistant. Paint or resin coats can be used as a final finish to the wall plaster. In the finishing of buildings, the externals should... ( added 6 days 9 hours ago.)

How To Protect a Swimming Pool From Leaves and Dirt Swimming pools are good recreation facilities in a home. They are located usually on the open spaces of the compound. Once the home is finished, the landscaping may be hard and soft. This will include trees planted to offer shades and for... ( added 8 days 9 hours ago.)

How To Make Light Features On Gypsum Ceiling Ceiling lights can be placed in various positions in a room. The normal areas are at the central point in a room. In living rooms, the illumination required changes over time. When meals are over, a quite environment can be created. This is by... ( added 10 days 10 hours ago.)

How To Make a Steam Room At Home Steam rooms are built for relaxation and as a recreation place. The room has jets that bring in the steam to the desired temperatures. This is achieved using a regulator fixed in the place. The room can be constructed within the home or as a... ( added 15 days 9 hours ago.)

How To Make a Winding Concrete Staircase Winding staircases are usually constructed where the space is constricted. This is when a straight flight with a normal landing is not possible. The house design will have the upper floor with a normal height as for a straight flight stair. It is... ( added 17 days 9 hours ago.)

How To Finish the Edge of a Timber Floor and Masonry Wall On a Split Level Floor Timber floors are fixed on top screeds laid on concrete. When slit floors are made, there are two to three courses of masonry feature wall. This rise from the lower to upper level. The edge of the timber floor has a skirting piece fixed round the... ( added 19 days 10 hours ago.)

How To Finish the Joint of Timber Door Frame and Masonry Walls When frames are fixed on the door ways, a joint is formed in between the timber and masonry. This joint should be covered since timber and masonry do not bond. In buildings, different materials fixed together have joints that require to be... ( added 23 days 9 hours ago.)

How To Fix and Make a Window Opening A house is constructed with different rooms and all these have window openings to let in light. During the normal use of a room a new window maybe required. Windows are made of different materials like timber, steel or aluminum. Before any works... ( added 26 days 6 hours ago.)

How To Fix Timber Balustrades and Hand Rails On An Upper Family Room Family rooms are resting living areas usually located on upper floors in a home. This rooms are are used for watching television. This areas do not have walls on the side next to the stair well. This requires railings and balustrades to be fixed... ( added 32 days 8 hours ago.)

How To Repair An Earth Road Driveway Earth driveways are made of the soil being cut and rammed to form a firm ground. Due to use and the rains, the road undergoes wear and tear. The pot holes start appearing and during the rainy season, vehicles get stuck in the mud arising. Usually... ( added 36 days 9 hours ago.)

How To Reduce Weight In a Suspended Concrete Floor Suspended concrete floors are found in storeyed buildings. The self weight of concrete without additional live loads is great. In buildings where the spans are large, weight reduction is done to avoid buckling of the floor. This buckling is where... ( added 40 days 8 hours ago.)

How To Make a Glass Fan Light In a Timber Door Frame Fan lights are found on top of a long door frame. They are usually made of glass with a vent of one inch above the glass. They allow light and air movement in and out of a room. They are normally fitted on door ways of all rooms except wash rooms... ( added 42 days 6 hours ago.)

How To Lay Clay Vent Blocks Clay vent blocks are used in walls where light and air movement is highly required. They are laid in stairwells, laundry rooms, kitchen stores, verandas and balconies. The blocks are mostly eight sided polygons or circular in shape. They are laid... ( added 43 days 8 hours ago.)

How To Lay Polished Terrazzo Floor Finishes Terrazzo is a cement based finish using granules or marble chippings. It is used on wet rooms or high traffic areas. It consists of colored chippings. This is laid on wood floated surfaces. Colored cements are also be used to give the desired... ( added 50 days 7 hours ago.)

How To Tie Reinforcements In a Structural Beam A beam is a horizontal structural member in a building. This are made from timber, stone, universal steel and reinforced concrete. They are used to carry a building load across a span with or without a wall below. They span from one wall or column... ( added 54 days 8 hours ago.)

How To Fix a Glass Curtain Walling Curtain walling is a finish mounted on the external walls. This is used as a sun screen, for aesthetics and external sound acoustics. The glass curtain wall can be clear or tinted. The mounting is done using aluminum framing. The glass used should... ( added 55 days 8 hours ago.)

How To Make a Split Level Sunken Lounge or Dining Room Floor A sunken lounge or dining room is made by splitting the floor levels in the house. This is by having the floor lowered by one foot or more from the actual level. The level difference creates a good feature for the whole house. The ceiling heights... ( added 56 days 7 hours ago.)

How To Cast a Concrete Floor In a Veranda or Balcony Concrete floors are the bases on which other finishes are laid on in a house. In the construction of a building, the walls rest on this base. This is cast level across the whole floor be it ground or upper floors. Form work is normally done to a... ( added 60 days 8 hours ago.)

How To Add Reinforced Concrete Columns To An Existing Building Reinforced concrete columns are mainly used to carry loads of a building. They transfer these loads to a suitable safe soil bearing capacity. Sometimes a building may have only the load bearing walls. These structure may not safely carry an... ( added 62 days 8 hours ago.)

How To Lay Clay Floor Tiles Clay floor tiles are made from soil burnt in a kiln to form the different shapes and sizes. These can be used on verandas, balconies, walk ways or entrance lobbies and areas usually with high human traffic. They give a rustic floor finish. For... ( added 67 days 8 hours ago.)

How To Make Decorative Concrete Beams Decorative beams are made from concrete cast in form work designed with features. This features are different from the normal down stand rectangular beams. They can be arched or feature beams. The concrete structural strength is retained and only... ( added 69 days 9 hours ago.)