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A successful job starts with a moisture test.
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In the flood-prone Gulf region, an elevated home is a no-brainer. The classic poured-concrete slab-on-grade — a simple monolithic pour with nothing more than a thickened edge at the perimeter — is not enough where floodwaters from a storm surge or rising water levels pose a threat. Using a raised...
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Power trowels are great time-savers, but some tasks — like finishing slab edges and around penetrations — have always required a hand trowel.
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Q: A customer asked me about sealing a brand-new garage slab to keep oil drips from penetrating the concrete, in case she decides to have the slab finish-painted in the future. Is this necessary? What product should we use?
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A high-tech floor coating, slat wall, and cabinets transform a single-car garage in three days.
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Before installing flooring over concrete, do a calcium chloride test to make sure it's truly dry.
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Q: My clients want to use as living space the new walkout basement of an addition I'm building for them, but they're concerned about potential moisture-related problems with the planned carpet flooring. I've proposed installing a layer of rigid EPS foam f
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Wet-location protection for hardwood flooring; an old nailing trick; recip blade compass
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Salt-finished concrete
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Q: The proposed location for my client's new detached garage is right on top of a buried service-entrance cable. The electric meter is mounted on a pedestal about 100 feet from the house, and a conduit runs to the house through the area where the garage —