Building Materials and Construction Technology
MNilsson1: I am going to renovate my porch as the lower part is mainly rotten. Most of the roof will be kept, new bargeboards, etc. Priority 1 is the posts. I'm considering using a plumb line from the roof (where the current posts are) to see where the piers/post shoes will land. I will probably have to pour my own as the bedrock is very close. I have looked at a design where, among other things, two boards
Davion: [citat] Hello again. I looked around the wall a bit, but when I planned today to remove as much as possible, I discovered that there is a gap (see picture) at almost all boards to the beam in the ceiling, except for the board closest to the outer wall. Doesn't that also indicate minimal or nonexistent load?
KarinMahammar: Hello! We have just started tearing out a parquet floor in a bedroom down in the basement since there were clear moisture damages on the floor and the baseboards (unventilated) had rotted. According to the inspection when the house was bought almost 5 years ago, it was an old moisture damage that had dried. The entire basement has embedded water-based floor heating. We don't know how it is built
Stuff: Run pressure-treated again. Buy those with NTR A classification for the studs that will have ground contact. They are classified to be suitable for placement in soil and in freshwater.
LoweW: [citat] Super, I'll go for it then. Thanks for all your previous tips regarding spackling/seaming! All the seams have held up really well so far (y)
ADNIL044: Okay, yes, it was maybe a bit confusing. Eager to know if it's even worth it. I'll just have a company come and take a look. Thanks for the reply!
Derbyboy: Mm exactly. I'll explore a bit more. But just the casing, motor, and drum cost almost 30k so you want to make sure it works. I also have a roof beam somewhere there :)
Carl Johansson: 8 mm plug is perfect for a brick wall, holds like a rock.
BSOD: If it can't be accessed from the inside, I would guess that someone has fastened it with mortar, or construction adhesive. It's probably just a matter of prying it loose (pulling it straight out); in the worst case, the grille breaks, but a new one costs about 100kr. If a bit of plaster falls off, it can be easily repaired.
AndersS: [citat] Yes, it works and see my previous post regarding foam.
astrix07: [citat] Ok, sounds like a good idea, thanks for that, Lutte. Do I have to cut the horizontal wall plate to replace the sill, or is there a trick to avoid that? The sill has dimensions of 100 x 120 mm which seems highly unusual. Is it okay to screw and glue two 45 x 120 mm studs together and use them as a sill (losing 10 mm in width)?
Trafikverket1: [citat] Thank you very much for your response!
tinatorn23: I have a small house built in '56. I've soon renovated most of it, but now I've reached the old boiler room/laundry room. This room is located in the utility area with the garage and storage. The entire area is built with large stones that, when drilled into, turn into small gravel in the drill hole. Everything has been painted white for a long time, but in what will become the laundry room,
Petter J: [citat] Update. After we began sanding clean to apply Hey'di Top again, we decided we never wanted to endure it again. Despite the sander, it took several hours as the sandpaper clogged almost immediately. Instead, we chose beeswax, and the result was very good! Sure, it doesn't resist citrus as well (it gets stained if you don't wipe it up within 10 seconds), but the advantage is that you only
SågspånPappspikEternit: Sales of products containing asbestos in Sweden (with the exception of brake pads for vehicles) were banned in 1982.
cederbusch: [citat] Funny that my old questions still linger around. :) The balcony construction project never happened. And this summer, I sold the house, so now it's someone else's problem to ponder.
justusandersson: I think it might be cork insulation, quite common at that time. Placed between the cast and reinforced concrete walls and the plaster on the inside. It's important not to paint with diffusion-tight paint because then it will peel. Asphalt was always used on the outside as moisture insulation.
engdahl_86: [citat] Went through duct in the middle floor
engdahl_86: Hello again! We are going to install some roof windows in the ceiling shown in the picture. But this will probably take a few months. And the finish around the roof windows should be "smooth". So no "frame" around it. See the second picture. So to the question, am I doing myself a disservice by installing the drywall in the ceiling before the windows are in place? Will it be difficult to create a
bygges: [citat] Thanks, then I'll install a new drywall; it feels like I've redone most of what the builders have done.
Demmpa: [citat] Trying a bit of "help for self-help," in the following link the material is listed, https://byggmaterialguiden.se/olika-byggmaterial/
JennyStrand: We have a wooden deck, resting on a rock, adjacent to our house where we will build an uninsulated sunroom with glass panels and aluminum profiles. The sunroom will be heated with infrared heat, and to prevent losing all the heat through the floor, the plan is to insulate/seal off the existing decking with boards on the underside of the decking. What type of affordable board is recommended?
FredrikR: [citat] Absolutely not worse. (y)
jonaserik: [citat] Answer no, free-hanging vaults in regular apartment buildings are 15 - 20 cm with double reinforcement 12 mm and in grids of 200 mm. Then, as you want to have storage underneath, at least 20 cm vault with reinforcement in or 15 cm with a pillar in the middle. Then there must be walls that are well-founded to support it. But I won't go into that part. Since you're asking and don't know,
BirgitS: Since they are different rooms, I believe that a dark gray tile in the guest bathroom will appear similar as long as the other type is dark gray, similar in size, and the grout color is the same. Very large tiles may have become outdated in 5 years, so I would avoid them. Terracotta is probably more sensitive, partly a color that isn't always available and partly because it varies more in color.
Mikael_L: Well, the baseboards have been up for almost ten years now, so I guess I'll swallow my pride about not being such a skilled carpenter. :) But in case anyone's wondering, I did end up using a nail gun with T-nails and didn't replace any moldings.