Remove Flooring Systems Remove Roofing Systems Remove Stonework
article thumbnail

The New American Home 2024: Modern Features, Timeless Comfort

The Pro Builder

“I knew the view from the back of the lot would be great but also a little off-center to the right,” Coletti says, “so I put the kitchen in the left back corner of the floor plan to capture the best view.” The rest of the 7,800-square-foot, single-level floor plan flowed fairly easily from there, he says.

article thumbnail

Protecting lives and our most important heritage

Specification Product Update

The goal was to ensure the window’s ornate stonework and glass would be effectively protected in the event of a fire, balancing aesthetics with the need to ensure safety for town hall users, as well as to protect the culturally important building itself.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

15 Different Types of Cement and Their Uses

CivilJungle

Walls , floor , stairways. Non-Hydraulic Cement: Used for brickwork , cement work and stonework. The other uses of white cement are swimming pools, traffic boundaries , roof tile setting material , tile grouts , etc. #12. Drainage systems. Used in drainage system works and manholes. Bridges and culverts.

article thumbnail

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: An Alternative.

Natural Building

The passive solar aspect has been most rewarding, in that the average floor temperature during the winter has remained at 65 degrees F. One other thing she would do differently is to shed the roof towards the south instead of the north, so that the snow wouldn’t pile up so much, but would melt off instead.

article thumbnail

Find About the Latest News on Steel Used to Build the UK Wedgetail Facility, the Dispute Over UK Parliament’s £22bn Renovations, Innocrete3d Launches UK 3dcp, and a Timber in Construction Roadmap Should Start With Education

UK Construction Blog

Along with steel, the British government obtained 7,000-square-metre (75,000-square-foot) cladding for the E-7 maintenance and mission systems training buildings. McLaughlin & Harvey reported that the 100-million-pound ($124 million) mission systems training facility is being built next to Lossiemouth’s P-8A Poseidon hangar.