I like learning new DIY skills through various home improvement projects. It gives me both a source and excuse for practicing things like wood working, electrical wiring, and basic plumbing. I built a large awning for our back porch last year and my wife has been making positive comments about it ever since. When that […]
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My brother cut corners building his large concrete front porch last year
I was instantly worried because my brother never has brilliant ideas and I knew that the concrete wouldn’t hold with this sort of setup. My brother has always been the type of person to cut corners in the situations in life where it’s the least conducive. When he was trying to impress one of his […]
My class is studying the different aspects of building design this month
I told my parents that I wanted to be like my grandfather before he started his landscape development company. My mother’s father went to architecture school after being inspired by the gorgeous buildings he saw in Japan right after World War II when he was an Army Paratrooper. He went to the big state university […]
I like to use old build materials to make new things out of them
I was happy when my uncle said I could have whatever I wanted out of his old workshop. Since he was moving his equipment to a new facility, he needed to get rid of old metal fittings, piping, PVC, HVAC ducts, wood, wire, rebar, and other various building supplies. I learned in college how to […]
I am working for a highly rated building developer now that I am out of school
I wasn’t sure if college was the right decision for me. I considered being a car mechanic like my father, but he was always cynical about the future of his profession. He hated how car manufacturers were making their systems both digital and proprietary, making automobiles even harder to repair for both the mechanic and […]
The deck of my new Tiki Bar has reinforced galvanized steel rebar inside
This type of rebar tie wire is resistant to long term corrosion from both salt and moisture As a new bartender in my early 20s, I had no ambitions to own a business, let alone a beach bar. Back then I just wanted to make enough money to both pay my bills and always have […]
Newer coastal buildings are utilizing new kinds of rebar tie wire to prevent disasters
When my parents took me on a cross country road trip to visit my grandfather’s subtropical condominium, I had no idea what to expect. My sister and I had only been in our midwestern state and had been on short car road trips only. We were told that we would see the ocean for the […]
Why use different gauges of rebar wire for different projects?
I thought that I could simply build a loft in my high-ceiling living room with little to no help, but that was a mistaken assumption. I was told that I could get in a lot of trouble by doing any structural modifications without the proper permits and inspections to insure that the work is being […]