Working with concrete mix in a bag will provide great results if you follow some simple tips. Knowing how to mix concrete is very important. Too much water can weaken your concrete mix. Practicing concrete finishing should be done on a sample section on concrete.
Tim Carter takes you on a small tour of the site where he'll be building a shed.
Pressure Washers are a great cleaning tool, if use properly. Cleaning the wrong material or using the wrong pressure settings can ruin your deck, siding or patio in seconds.
Concrete cracks of any type are the bane of many a homeowner. Concrete has fantastic compressive strength, but usually only ten percent of that in tension when you try to pull or stretch it apart. This lack of tensile strength explains, for the most part, why concrete cracks.
Proper hold down anchors are required when building a deck or a screened-in porch, that is being added to an existing patio. The manufacturers of the hold down anchors sell the correct bolts, screws, fasteners to make up a system that will provide you with all the structural integrity you need for both jobs.
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Concrete piers are vertical structural elements that support the weight of a building or structure. Their design and installation must consider the weight being supported and the frost line in your area. There are preformed concrete pier forms that provide you with the properly shaped concrete pier foundation.
The crown or top of your chimney is an important element of your chimney. The chimney crown is designed to keep your chimney dry. If it is cracked, water can get into your masonry.
Tim Carter stumbles upon an excavator moving rocks along a lake.
Tim Carter describes a precast concrete paver patio system. While the stones at first seem random and individual, Tim shows how they are clever interlocking pieces of colored concrete.
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