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5 Ideas to Help You Design an Active Senior Community
Staying active is linked to longer lifespans and a better quality of life, and if you are designing a senior community, you may want to integrate elements that help keep residents active. There are a number of design elements that can help. Take a look at these ideas. 1. Smoothing Walking Surfaces Walking paths are essential if you want to foster an active community. You may want paths that go through parks or natural areas, but you also need paths that run through both the residential and commercial parts of your community.
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Factors That Affect the Performance of Waterproofing Membranes
Several factors can affect the longevity and the performance of any waterproofing membrane that has been applied on a concrete surface, such as a balcony floor. This article discusses some of those key considerations that you should control in order to prolong the service life of that waterproofing membrane. Substrate Quality The nature of the surface onto which you apply the waterproofing membrane can impact the service life of that membrane.
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Basic Techniques for Patching Different Concrete Surfaces
These days, concrete is one of the most widely used materials in the construction industry. The sheer strength, beauty and versatility of the material makes it applicable for almost any project that you want to work on. The ability to mould fresh concrete into almost any shape gives it an advantage over other materials such as brick and stone. Additionally, well done concrete surfaces can never succumb to rotting or weathering.
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What you need to know about leaking showers
It seems impossible to go into the shower and get out disappointed. However, if the shower is leaking you are not going to have much fun because leaky showers can cause some problems including: Structural damage: Your walls and floors can soak up water and, in time, get ruined. This ends up destroying the structure of your house. Termites will undoubtedly want to have a piece of the action due to the favorable, moist conditions.
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Why Design Your Own Garden Office Construction Project?
Although garden offices are sometimes nothing more than glorified sheds, it is important not to construct one that is insecure or that has no design aesthetics. Garden offices will often hold expensive computer equipment and need to be fitted out with lighting, heating and even air conditioning. If you treat it as a structure that is on a par with a shed that simply stores a few garden tools, then it is likely not to be up to the job in terms of either comfort or security.
About Me
Hello, my name is Carl and this is my construction and contractor blog. I do not work in the construction business but last year, my wife and I had a lot of work carried out on our summer home which is located on the Gold Coast. Winter storms had damaged the roof and a couple of seabirds had made a nest in there. The place was a real mess but thankfully the contractors did a great job of repairing the roof and fixing up the damage to the loft space. I learn a lot during the repairs so I decided to start a new blog. Enjoy!
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