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1. How To Make An Efficient Water System At Home Water is life so it is said. This medium is used for drinking, cooking, washing, cleaning and for removing effluent in the home. This is also used to generate hydro electricity. In the home, an efficient water system is vital. Other uses for it... (posted by Andrew 1 year 273 days ago.)

2. How To Form An Arch Using Bricks Over a Wall Opening Arches are decorative elements formed over wall openings in a building. This are erected over door, window or any opening into rooms like lounges or dining rooms. Brick arches can be horizontal or curved. Usually the height is about a foot. They... (posted by Andrew 1 year 274 days ago.)

3. How To Fix a Timber Door Frame Timber door frames have been commonly used in homes for decades. The timber used will range from soft to hard wood. The size of the frame is from six inches to about one foot wide. The thickness is about two to three inches. The size depends on... (posted by Andrew 1 year 281 days ago.)

4. How To Join a Chimney Stack and the Roof In a Home The chimney stack carries the smoke from a fireplace through the roof into the air. This is a long tubing designed to ensure smoke is sucked upwards from the room to the outside. It is usually carried above the roof by a masonry or steel... (posted by Andrew 1 year 294 days ago.)

5. How To Fix Interior Room Dividers At Home The home has interior partitions made up of walls. The rooms formed by the partition are further divided using movable or immovable dividers. This usually changes the setup of the space into different usable areas. The use of any area depends on... (posted by Andrew 1 year 300 days ago.)

6. How To Repair Damaged Bricks At Home Bricks are used for many building works at home. This may include walls, fireplace, floor and decorative features. The damaged bricks may have discoloration, cracks or can be warped. The damage may also result from fixtures on the wall. It can be... (posted by Andrew 1 year 309 days ago.)

7. How To Make a Wendy House At Home For Children A Wendy house is a small hut used by children to play inside. It has a floor, roof, walls, door and window openings as in a normal house. It can be located in the play park or be free standing within the lawns. It should be located in an area... (posted by Andrew 1 year 314 days ago.)

8. How To Leave a Home For Vacation Homes are the dwellings we stay in and sometimes have to be left unoccupied for some time. The home left during a vacation or holiday must be secure and safe. This usually calls for a thorough inspection before closing the house. This should not... (posted by Andrew 1 year 344 days ago.)

9. How To Mix Brick Laying Mortar In brick laying, mortars are mixed for joining each individual unit in the wall. The general quality is to have a mix with good consistency. This allows the blocks to sit correctly within each course of the wall. The mortars consist of ordinary... (posted by Andrew 1 year 346 days ago.)

10. How To Make An Open Carport In a Home Carports are for housing a car and for protection against weather agents. The developers usually provide a parking space for about two cars. This are usually about twenty feet square. This area maybe located at front, side or back of the compound... (posted by Andrew 1 year 351 days ago.)

11. How To Erect Hoarding Around a Construction Site Hoarding is done around a construction site to protect the public and ensure safety. This ensures that also workers are protected when work is going on. This is done by erecting a barrier around the home and adhering to local authority by laws. it... (posted by Andrew 2 years 2 days ago.)

12. How To Fix Boards or Panels To Frames Panels are used to cover frames when making doors, wardrobes or room dividers. The frames are can be in the form of a groove or rebates. The location of the frame is what will determine the the method of fixing. This can be flush mounting with the... (posted by Andrew 2 years 9 days ago.)

13. How To Add Light and Headroom In An Attic Floor Using a Domer Window The attic floor is built into the roof space. This is contained in the triangular space from the ring beam level to the roof ridge. The home owner may intend to convert the attic into a bedroom or study. The room will thus require natural... (posted by Andrew 2 years 14 days ago.)

14. How To Care For Built-In Kitchen Worktops and Cabinets The high quality finishes of a kitchen should be cared for to last longer. This are provided by a developer or are fitted by the home owner. The in built kitchen comprises of cabinets and work tops which are usually covered with a protective foil.... (posted by Andrew 2 years 41 days ago.)

15. How To Make a Shower Compartment In a Bathroom With Only a Bathtub A bathroom consists of different faucets installed. This may be a tub, wash hand basin and water closet. However others may have the shower, bathtub, water closet and washing basins. Old homes and sometimes the new ones may have only the bathtub... (posted by Andrew 2 years 55 days ago.)

16. How To Build a Raft Foundation In Silty Soils Silty soils are unstable and have very low safe bearing capacity. This means that they cannot safely carry foundations. Due to there unstable nature, different foundations are used. This foundations are either piles or rafts. The raft foundation... (posted by Andrew 2 years 95 days ago.)

17. How To Treat the Plinth Coarse For Dampness The plinth course is done about one foot from the existing ground level. This is the area that covers the exposed foundation wall above the ground. This walls house the backfill and hardcore for the ground floor slab to be cast. After the splash... (posted by Andrew 2 years 109 days ago.)

18. How To Prevent Soil Erosion After a Splash Apron A splash apron is usually done around the house with slabs, bricks or stones. This prevents the back splash of rain drops around the home. After it is constructed, water falls on it from the roof. This water flows off into the grounds. This water... (posted by Andrew 2 years 112 days ago.)

19. How To Plan a Kitchen Layout In a Home A kitchen should have a work top, ample storage, washing and cooking area. The storage includes the fridge space and cabinets for utensils. However, this depends on the area of the room. The basic principle is to have a triangular operation. This... (posted by Andrew 2 years 123 days ago.)

20. How To Fix a Fascia Board To Roof Rafters Fascia boards are located on the eaves. They are fixed on the edge of the roof structure at the lowest end. The eaves commences from the fascia to the building wall. The boards are usually made of timber but other materials like steel sheets... (posted by Andrew 2 years 130 days ago.)

21. How To Cover a Leaking Concrete Flat Roof With Iron Sheets A leaking concrete flat roof in a building causes humidity and dampness in a room. It shows efflorescence on the soffits of the slab. It makes the room very uncomfortable during the wet season. There are different methods for treatment of the... (posted by Andrew 2 years 135 days ago.)

22. How To Lay a Traditional Reed Roof Reeds are weaved and used in basket making. However they can also be used for roofing. The reed roofs are done in restaurants or homes in coastal towns. they are traditional roofing materials in some cultures of the world communities. They offer... (posted by Andrew 2 years 157 days ago.)

23. How To Make Rammed Earth Wall Construction Rammed earth walls are made using stabilized soil compacted in a form work. This method of erection using stabilized soil is fast for earth wall construction. The walls are strengthened using posts at the corners and mid points. The height of the... (posted by Andrew 2 years 161 days ago.)

24. How To Make a Sheet Metal Gate House A gate house is located at entrance of a home. The unit is used to house the guard during adverse weather conditions. It can also be used as a small outdoor storage space. The unit can be constructed from different materials. This include sheet... (posted by Andrew 2 years 173 days ago.)

25. 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... (posted by Andrew 2 years 185 days ago.)