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The extensive foundation (which is usually called raft foundation), is a unified foundation that extends throughout the entire area of the columns. As a rule, raft foundation is used as a building’s foundation when the soil has a low bearing ca-pacity. The behaviour of the raft foundation resembles the behaviour of a strip foundation grate. […]
Steel fixer’s drawing R20 FOUNDATION Steel fixer’s drawing R30 BASEMENT Steel fixer’s drawing R40 GROUND_FLOOR Steel fixer’s drawing R50 LOFT
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 […]
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 (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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
Solar roof tiles are a new invention that can help a lot in saving energy and lowering electricity bills. The solar energy is what can provide so much for your home heat without too many costs. There are many alternative energy solutions that are more and more attractive lately but solar energy is maybe something […]