Construction and repair. Page 9

If the roof begins to leak, it is not necessary to replace the broken sheets with new ones. A hole in any roofing material can be easily and quickly repaired using a universal method. It is very reliable, fast, cheap and simple.

Very often water flows into the gap between the chimney pipe and the roof. Conventional cement mortar repairs solve the problem until the first winter, after which the sealant cracks and the problem returns. The proposed composition has greater durability,

In that article, I explained how, using three special tools, you can dig a deep, narrow trench without spending a lot of effort, time and money. The work then began with a deep hole, or rather a well, which was also completed with

An LED lamp consumes several times less energy compared to an incandescent lamp. And for a small glow of LEDs, only a few hundred microamps are enough. Therefore, very often you can notice the glow of an LED lamp after turning off.

From the street, door and window openings can be plastered with cement mortar. This type of finishing is very cheap in terms of material costs, but allows you to simply transform the facade. This kind of work looks complicated at first glance, but it can be done

Roofing materials, especially slate, often have holes from fallen branches or old nails. Water flows through them into the attic or into the attic insulation. Such holes can be filled very quickly, and as they say, for centuries, and quite

Arches can be used to create openings between rooms without doors. They are made from plasterboard, after which they are puttied with reinforcing tape, painted or covered with wallpaper. At first glance, the task is simple, but still has a lot of nuances.

For fastening to walls made of loose materials, as well as concrete structures close to the edge, it is best to use a chemical anchor. Unlike a spacer, it does not break out or chip the base, so choosing it is a guarantee

When renovating a bathroom, toilet, as well as when decorating a kitchen backsplash, the cladding can be done not with tiles, but with ordinary gypsum plaster, simply properly decorated and painted with a protective compound. It's many times cheaper, but look around

When wallpapering, the most difficult areas are behind the radiator. Not only is it narrow, but the brackets on which the battery hangs are also in the way. For this reason, many simply do not put wallpaper there, or do it as it happens. There is a small

Concrete garden paths, house blind areas, areas in front of the garage, etc. are subject to constant mechanical loads, exposure to precipitation, temperature changes and other factors. Let's consider the procedure for pouring concrete and methods of processing it so that it

It is impossible to measure the exact distance from corner to corner with a tape measure at one time, since the tape needs to be folded, which gives an error of a couple of millimeters. A special clothespin will compensate for this shortcoming of the tool. It is done simply.

Plaster and putty can be applied to walls using a compressor. This is the easiest way to achieve uniform distribution of the composition over the surface. To do this, you need a special gun, which can be quickly assembled from plumbing fittings.

The cause of dripping from the mixer is wear of the faucet axle box. Many people simply change it, because they do not know that it can be easily repaired by replacing the fluoroplastic pressure washers with new copper ones. The proposed method makes it even easier to repair the crane axle box,

Polyurethane foam is not as simple a material as it might seem at first glance. Its scope of use is not limited to filling gaps. Let's look at a couple of useful tips and tricks for using it.

When rewiring polypropylene pipes, the old fittings have to be thrown away, since it is no longer possible to solder them to the new pipe. This is very sad, because American ones, taps and mud pans are not cheap. Using this method, you can

The use of a blind area in the construction of a separate standing building is an important engineering point. The blind area of ​​a technical building performs certain functions. Positive ones: this gives strength to the structure or wall of the structure; This

To conceal electrical wiring in the wall, you need to make a groove. In the absence of a wall chaser and a vacuum cleaner, this task is accompanied by a huge emission of dust, especially if you use an angle grinder. Using this trick, you can

I decided to make a shower room at home. Warm floors are needed to make the room warm and comfortable to walk on the tiles with bare feet. The advantage is that the heat comes from below and warms up absolutely everything. In the shower room there is increased

Sooner or later, every owner of a small apartment has a problem with kitchen renovation. Old kitchen cabinets that have served their purpose are thrown away. The kitchen is being renovated. The Khrushchev era looks ridiculous against the backdrop of the renovated kitchen.

The simplest solution for heating a room is to install an electric heater. Moreover, you can do it yourself, using inexpensive available materials.

When making reinforced concrete products, it is very important to use screenings or sand of the same fraction, so it must be re-screened to remove large inclusions. The easiest and fastest way to do this is on a vibrating sieve, which can be done

The construction market offers a wide variety of plasticizers that make the solution more plastic with less water included. In theory, their use should contribute to less shrinkage and increased strength, but is this true?

The idea to make glue from cottage cheese did not come to me right away.Having tried recipes with various components, I settled on the curd-ammonia composition. The main reason was the cost of the final product. And about the ease of manufacture