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Build Your Own Outdoor Shower: A Complete Guide

Ever since I was a kid, my Mother has been hinting about how much she would love to have an outdoor shower. And this past ...
The Sun

Savvy woman transforms ugly concrete garden walls using £13 eBay find – and others are desperate to try it themselves

A SAVVY woman has been praised after revealing how she transformed the ugly concrete walls in her garden. Shelling out for paint and doing a good DIY job can be an expensive and lengthy process – but ...
Columbus Dispatch

Properly built concrete walls work like steel beams

Q: I’m building a new home and visited the job site a few days ago. I was aghast at a possible defect in my foundation. Parts of the concrete foundation are suspended in midair. The walls are only ...
The Atlantic

The Simple, Ancient Idea That Can Replace Concrete Walls

A dry stone wall is a purposeful pile of rocks, held in place by friction and gravity rather than mortar. It’s one of the oldest building methods known to mankind, used over millennia to construct ...
Columbus Dispatch

Ask the Builder: Poured or block, concrete walls need reinforcement

Q: I've been researching foundation types for both new homes and room additions. I've narrowed it down to either poured concrete or concrete block. Many websites say poured concrete is better than ...