How to Parallel Park

With a little geometry and a few ground rules, you can snug into just about any spot. Or, you know, you could just pull the handbrake and rip off a J-turn. Rules of thumb and experience help, but we prefer repeatable experiments. And if you see this and laugh, you’re probably not as good as […]

Vented VS Unvented Attics Advantage and Disadvantage

The attic is the huge area that is under the roof as a barrier between the outside conditions and inside (Vented VS Unvented Attics Advantage and Disadvantage). The roof surface protects the home from the rain, sun heat, snow and all weather conditions but it also have an impact to the interior conditions too. That […]

Concrete Mix Design

Concrete Mix Design (IS 10262 : 2009) For proper concrete mix design, the following thirteen (13) points of data are required: Type of cement; Grade designation: Minimum cement content; Maximum cement content; Maximum water-cement ratio; Maximum nominal size of aggregate; Workability; Exposure conditions (Table 4 and Table 5 of IS -456); The maximum temperature of […]

Most Common Column Foundation Mistakes in Houses Projects

People develop the idea of building their house on their own and often they make numerous mistakes (Most Common Column Foundation Mistakes in Houses Projects). The most important mistake is in laying the foundation, which lead to varying degrees of damage to the foundation and walls of the house. Insidious defect in the basement, and […]

Useful Numbers you Should know

Useful Numbers you Should Know for your Bathroom

Arranging bathroom is a little more difficult than it seems at first(Useful Numbers you Should Know for your Bathroom). The bathroom vanities and accessories need specific location and space where to be installed. How much of a space is required so they do their job as it should. The functionality of every single element in […]

Structural Perspective and Other Wooden Work Schemes

Wooden construction needs a lot of knowledge and experience in construction (Structural Perspective and Other Wooden Work Schemes). The connections of the joints, additional metal elements for more stable construction, the height of the wooden planks and whole structural perspective needs more of experience.             Source

Spread Footings and the Details Before Construction

Spread footings Paragraph 1.2.5 provides all information regarding spread footings. The following example con-cerns a simple spread footing with its footing shaped like a box. The spread footing behaves like an inverted cantilever with loads applied in the upward direc-tion. As a rule, a spread footing is a quite rigid element therefore, the applied soil […]

Useful Engineering Information and Formulas

The construction and engineering needs a lot of calculations and shapes knowledge (Useful Engineering Information and Formulas). Every single area has its shape, volume, dimensions that someone needs to calculate, to plan and to construct at the end.