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Ask the Builder: Keeping heavy things on walls. It can be done.
I used to swear like a sailor years ago hunting for wall studs for kitchen wall cabinets. I was determined we’d never have to ...
Ask the Builder: Keeping heavy things on walls
Have you ever struggled attaching some heavy object to a wall or a ceiling? You may use a stud finder, hunting and hoping wall studs are exactly where you need them to be. Some just throw in the towel ...
I transformed my drab garden patio for just £50 with two bargain buys – now I sit in the perfect sun trap
A WOMAN has shared her weekend garden patio transformation that cost just £50 on Facebook. As temperatures heat up for the ...
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SCDF officers had to lie on their side and drill through concrete slabs in Myanmar quake rescue
SINGAPORE - Rescuers from the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) had to operate in tight spaces to get to victims of the earthquake in Myanmar, even drilling through concrete slabs while lying ...
Engineers invented an ultra-hard concrete alternative made of fungus and bacteria
A new fungi-based concrete alternative could finally give the construction industry the game-changing material it has been ...
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ACI, PTI Release New Joint Code for Post-Tensioned Concrete
The American Concrete Institute (ACI), in collaboration with the Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI), has released a new joint ...
"It Was Driving Everyone Bonkers With Mystery": 49 Times The Internet Came Together To Identify Weird Items That Had Everyone Completely Stumped
The cycles with this logo were made in the town of Albert in the Somme region between 1906-1913, just before WWI broke out; ...
These 49 Extremely Bizarre Items Never Would Have Been Identified If The Internet Hadn't Come To The Rescue
The cycles with this logo were made in the town of Albert in the Somme region between 1906-1913, just before WWI broke out; ...