Before the flooring is put in place, your RFH specialist or general contractor will need to install your system. There are two types of installation — wet or dry. Wet installs layer either a slab of concrete beneath the subfloor or a thin sheet of concrete between the subfloor and the ...
Reluctantly, I decided to put my carpentry skills to work and repair the house myself.It took 6 years to repair my home.I desperately worked every single day, sometimes as much as 17 hours per day. Family and friends volunteered a few hours here and there, but largely I was working alo...
CPVC vs. copper to plumb a house? How about PEX or PP-R?Q. I am an artist and my husband is a residential designer. We have galvanized pipes now and are going to replace them, due to little water pressure. What is safest, copper or CPVC (chlorinated poly vinyl chloride) for plumbin...
In this article I’d like to discuss how to insulate basement walls in cold climates. Insulating basement walls in cold climates is a great way to keep your home warmer and drier. However, special care should be used when insulating concrete (or block masonry) basement walls. Below grade ...
As Kevin Morin said in an interview: "Over time, as energy becomes an increasingly digital given with sensors, while also becoming more decentralized with energy coming from a local solar photovoltaic, wind or microgrid system, users will have even more control and ability to manage their ...
Human beings no longer live in a "jungle" environment, but a "concrete" environment. In brief, as a part of "telling what I'm about to tell you," I am going to hypothesize that the biological evolution of extracellular matrix molecules, stem cells, a stem cell-low oxygen-niche, and ...
This is often in a small concrete box or under a small cover.[4] Sometimes this is the only shutoff valve, but in other cases this is a second external shutoff valve that requires permission from your water supplier and/or a special key to use.[5] 2 Drain the affected water line....
If using a mainline, choose piping made from copper, galvanized steel, PEX, sturdy PVC, or heavy polyethylene. Bury PVC to protect it from sunlight. The size and type of your pipe determines the maximum flow rate. For most homes, ¾" Class 200 PVC pipe is large enough, supporting a ...
Reasons for including word problems into mathematical textbooks were to make the concepts and algorithms more meaningful and concrete, and to link these to real life, but the didactic approach—which surely had good intentions—developed into a school culture, in which inauthenticity and repetitive...