Dozens of ideas, loads of how-tos, and the newest advice on the projects and solutions you will need to increase your house right now, plus unique delivers. These walls are usually created of concrete and they are constructed by placing forms in the designated area and then pouring in the concrete. If you are cleaning a stone retaining wall, invest in some expert-grade degreaser, and put it straight into the reservoir in your garden hose sprayer. Walls more than four ft. tall should be designed by a licensed engineer to make sure sufficient strength. Pros can create greater stone walls, but commonly they need engineering expertise.

The substantially bigger and taller retaining walls are generally constructed along the sloping edges in order to hold the land from eroding or washing away. An crucial note for these in suburban, urban, or places with shared space, such as condos: numerous communities implement height restrictions on stone walls some permit for up to 4′ other folks limit height to 2′. Generally, the length of your rock wall does not matter as lengthy as it does not encroach on another’s home setback specifications. To commence the second course, opt for a stone that will … Read the rest

Ceiling PlanksInitial and foremost, if you happen to be feeling generous nowadays, we’d loooove to have your vote for Ryan’s nursery over at Apartment Therapy’s Area for Color Contest. A tongue-and-groove system is used to let these ceiling planks to be installed more than cracked or textured ceiling surfaces, generating this sort of solution perfect for use in older home’s where the existing ceiling surface is anything but perfect. Here’s a different modest believed: the WoodHaven Ceiling Planks make minimal cleanup as compared to drywall material which creates, dust, dirt, debris and the will need to clean, no thanks! If shooting into ceiling trusses, use a stud finder and mark location of trusses with pencil.

Developed for direct mount applications or for installation with the optional Effortless-Up Track program, installing your ceiling planks is less complicated than ever! View this step-by-step instructional video to find out how to add warmth and the beauty of wood to any ceiling in the house with WoodHaven by Armstrong. The alternatives in types are lots, and we had our perform cut out for us on just deciding what wood we wanted the ceiling to mimic like: rustic knotty pine, weathered driftwood to beadboard. Kevin’s in … Read the rest