Construction and repair. Page 8

With the rise in price of building materials, building has become very expensive, so we have to restore old buildings as much as possible, which is much cheaper. There are ways that allow you to strengthen the foundation, and even wide cracks in the walls, thereby stopping

If you want to build a terrace using pillars made of crooked round timber, a problem arises with their installation. The irregular geometry of such supports looks very interesting and advantageous against the backdrop of a country house site, but creates

There are thousands of small household tasks that can be done faster and better if you use a few tricks. Let's look at 6 life hacks useful for the home handyman. You will definitely take at least a couple of them into service.

This life hack will be useful to absolutely everyone who in one way or another deals with paint or other viscous liquids: varnish, oil, etc. If your task is to pour some of the paint from a can into another vessel, then you can’t just do it, because

We have long been accustomed to using purchased cement as a construction binder. But this is not the only material available to us. An excellent binder can be made with your own hands from wood waste.

Installing a drainage system for a roof is quite an expensive undertaking, since special plastic gutters, brackets, funnels, corners and other elements are not cheap. If you have a limited budget, it can be assembled from more affordable ones

If you need to fix a picture, hook or shelf on a tile, a problem arises with drilling it. If you do this incorrectly, it will simply crack. You can drill into a tile without damaging it, and with a 100% guarantee, if you use these

Often there is a need to lay additional communications into an already built house. For example, supply water or remove sewerage. For this purpose, the trench method and digging under the foundation are usually used. What if the yard is already

Chain-link is the cheapest and most common mesh for fences in stores. To make it last longer, it is best to stretch it onto frames made of a profile pipe. This installation method is available not only to those who have a welding inverter. Such

Decorative brickwork looks great near the fireplace, on the wall of the balcony or in the hallway. Usually it is made simply from gypsum tiles, but there is a cheaper way. Let's look at how to imitate brickwork using tile adhesive.

In modern interior decoration, arched and even more complex elements are increasingly used, which are difficult to plaster with conventional tools. But if you have an old trowel with a comb lying around, then you can make a variety out of it

Diamond tile bits for drilling holes for socket boxes, pipes and ventilation are expensive. If you lay tiles for yourself and no longer plan to do so, purchasing them will not be advisable. In that case, do this

To protect a garden or summer cottage from animals and strangers, they are fenced. The market offers the necessary materials, but at a rather expensive price. To cut costs, you can make some of them yourself without the need for special equipment.

When building on a budget, you have to save on everything. A significant part of the costs falls on the floor screed, as well as the foundation. For a small extension or a one-story house, you can make them using old tires and construction waste.

To arrange paths in the garden, you can make concrete slabs with your own hands. It will cost very little and will not take much time. It can be laid closely, or you can make walking paths.

Based on scrap ABS plastic, you can prepare glue, which, in addition to gluing, can also work as a filler for voids and chips in plastic products, or used as polymer paint. It is also suitable for casting various plastic

Concrete walls, screeds and blind areas often have small cracks. Precipitation gets into them, freezes in winter, expands and tears the concrete. To avoid this, even narrow cracks need to be repaired. This can be done quickly and easily using sealant.

Last year, I was faced with the task of replacing almost the entire sewer system connecting the bathroom of a private house with a septic tank. Due to the fact that the volume of work was to be large (it was necessary to dig up pipes located on

Bugatti ball valves are considered one of the best available for sale in our stores.For this reason, they are often counterfeited. Moreover, fakes are of very high quality, almost indistinguishable. But there are still 3 points on which you can

Once started, a container of polyurethane foam dries out within a couple of months. It is not possible to squeeze polyurethane out of it, even after cleaning the tube. In this case, quite a lot of still liquid foam may remain at the bottom. To remove it, you can make a simple device.

During construction, it is very important to adhere to precise horizontal and vertical lines. Even constant use of a bubble level does not guarantee that everything will turn out smooth. This instrument is often sold defective, or its settings are lost.

When making a greenhouse, it is important that each pipe arch has the same bending radius. If you have a pipe bender available, then preparing identical parts is not a problem. In its absence, the required level of accuracy can only be achieved by collecting

When laying laminate flooring, a situation may arise when a vertical water supply, heating, or gas pipe interferes with the wall. This is one of the most difficult areas, but it can be laid beautifully. Bypassing the pipe is done simply, although it requires

Granite, and most other types of natural stone, are much more difficult to drill than concrete or metal. Since this rarely needs to be done, most simply do not know how to do it, as well as how to install fasteners into the resulting hole.