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What Is Sunken Slab | Advantages & Disadvantages Sunken Slab

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The sunken slab is one of the familiar and adaptable ways to maintain architectural design in especially the washroom, as well as laundry areas where water drainage systems or pipes installed below the floor or tiles. Furthermore, all pipe systems remain below the floor. The concrete of the R.C.C.

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How to Kill Tree Roots

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Killing tree roots with boiling water is a very effective and easy system compared to the other systems. In this system for killing the trees, we have to follow some steps. If there are no exposed roots then by digging the soil we have to expose the roots after doing holes on these roots and pouring boiling water on them.

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Water Leakage from Ceiling | water leakage from ceiling | How to Stop Water Leakage from Ceiling

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Water can be the most destructive element for structures that are mainly constructed from concrete. The water leakage problems are due to various issues such as defective plumbing systems. If the lack of drainage system provided due to which the water is getting accumulated and causes the problems of leakages.

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19 Different Types of Slabs in Construction | What Is a Slab

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Slabs are structural elements manufactured from concrete constructed to produce flat surfaces, usually horizontal, in building floors, roofs, bridges. If reinforcement is required, slabs could also be pre-stressed or the concrete will be spilled over rebar positioned within the framework. What Is a Slab? Types of Slabs.

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All About Wood Fence Panels to Metal Posts | How to Attach Wood Fence Panels to Metal Posts | Installing Metal Fence Posts as a Repair

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Level to level the post and the panel and plumb to install brackets. Brackets used can be pipe rail ties – it is the most common wrap around the round metal post. They are not installed in concrete. They are generally installed in the dirt. Either you secure your fence port in the dirt or concrete.

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Tapered insulation systems: The art of roof drainage

Construction Specifier

1 The only exception noted in the code is for a coal tar based roof system. Roof drainage systems The basic roof drainage systems consist of: (1) Roof drains connected to interior drainage piping or (2) Roof perimeter edge with or without gutters and downspouts or through-wall scupper openings with or without a downspout.

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How to Get Rid of Rotten Egg Smell in House

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The smell can be coming from various places like sewage, ground, pipes, water, bathroom sink, etc. Also, read: Concreting in Construction | Classification | Properties | Grades | Advantage & Disadvantage | Quality Control. Plumbing: The plumbing system can be affected and the odour can be coming from the sinks.