Energy saving retrofit is the process of installing and/or replacing parts of a building to make it more energy-efficient. Read this guide to find out how you can save energy.
Each end of the tendons has anchors that have clips that secures the tendon and transmits compression force to the structure. Sometimes the length of tendons is more and thus intermediary anchors are used along their length to transmit stresses at joints. A typical steel strand (which is the ...
Mortar is used to lay bricks and with time may need repointing. The preferable mortar mix ratio for pointing is1-part mortar and either 4 or 5 parts building sand. The ratio will vary depending on what exactly is being pointed. For bricklaying, you will usually want a 1:4 ratio with p...
What is Brickwork? What is a Power Trowel? What are Lead Blocks? What is a Steel Trowel? Discussion Comments Bywander— On Oct 09, 2011 @letshearit - It shouldn't be too hard for you to fix the cracking in your cement, as long as you aware that a patch job isn't going to real...