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Getting Into Hardscaping
Getting Into Hardscaping
By Bobby Parks

Expand your deck business by partnering with a patio contractor More

Tags: Workforce, hardscaping, Outdoor Rooms, Pavers, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA
Lineup of Linear Shower Drains
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Lineup of Linear Shower Drains
By Michael Byrne

An installer's look at a selection of current products More

Tags: Bath, Natural Metals, Metal, Sanitation, Drainage
Cost-Saving Insulated Foundations
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Cost-Saving Insulated Foundations
By Lee McGinley

Reduced excavation and forming time make ICFs a cost-effective way to build a... More

Tags: Insulation Materials, Insulated Foundation Systems, Foundation, Insulating Foundations, Drainage
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JLC April Letters
By JLC Staff

Joists in an old floor, repairing a concrete slab in an old floor, and more. More

Tags: Insulation Materials, Outdoor Rooms, Sheathing and Shear Panel, Exterior Finishes, Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA
Epoxy Garage Floor Coating
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Epoxy Garage Floor Coating
By Charles Wardell

Quikrete’s water-based Epoxy Garage Floor Coating kit comes in a 5-gallon pail... More

Tags: Exterior Finishes, Wall and Ceiling Finishes, Concrete Slabs and Floors, Outbuildings, Coatings and Sealers
Insulating Outside the Foundation
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Warming up a Cold Concrete Slab Foundation
By Steve Baczek

Here's how to retrofit insulation to the outside of a concrete slab, which is an... More

Tags: Foundation, Insulating Foundations, Concrete Slabs and Floors, Structural Slabs, Building Envelope
Basement Stairs Transplant
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Basement Stairs Transplant
By Josh Piper

The problem? Cramped quarters and poor traffic flow. The solution? Relocate the... More

Tags: Structure, Basement, Staircases, Finish Carpentry, Dining Room
Heavy Lift
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Heavy Lift
By Rich Sangiorgi

Raising 250 tons of house safely above the flood after Hurricane Sandy was just... More

Tags: Pier Foundations, Drainage, Retaining Walls, Disaster Resistant Building, New York
The Best Way to Repair a Hole in a Concrete Slab Before Tiling Over?
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The Best Way to Repair a Hole in a Concrete Slab Before Tiling Over?
By Michael Byrne

Michael Byrne, a veteran tile installer and consultant, explains two scenarios:... More

Tags: Properties of Fresh Concrete, Concrete, Concrete Slabs and Floors, Drain Entrapment, Pipes
Slab Repair
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Slab Repair
By Charles Wardell

Abatron’s BestBond Crack Repair liquid-epoxy compound goes on with a standard... More

Tags: Cracks, Concrete Slabs and Floors, Concrete, Poured Walls, Structural Slabs
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