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Is there a special rebar with larger edges (ribbed) for extra holding strength when putting it in concrete bond beam blocks ? Or will regular rebar work just fine ? Thanks

I currently have concrete block walls high enough that when the concrete floor pad is poured and that when the trusses were set on the block walls then I would have 8 foot high interior walls/ceiling. I was thinking about hanging the air exchanger(?) and duct work under the trusses. If I went up...

Well we are building a concrete block wall house (basement house). The footer is 2 foot wide, 12 inches deep and filled with 4000 psi steel fiber mix along with two runs of rebar around the perimeter of the house footer. The footer concrete is also poured on very hard (chert dirt) ground. The...

Does it sound like a good idea to install a clean out toward the end of each drain line ? They could be stubbed up in the 2 X 6 wall about 3 to 4 feet high and capped off just in case theyre needed. Im talking about the highest elevation end of the lines for both the separate lines. I thought...

I have a couple of places where there is threaded pvc. One place is the threaded cap for the clean out and the other place will be below the concrete slab where the feed line from the trap primer enters the floor drain P trap. What is the name or type of product material I need to look for that...

Can someone tell me what the measurements are from the walls for the P trap stub up drain on a shower/tub units ? And how much play room do I have after installation and concrete slab is poured ? Thanks

Well we got all the under slab drains in place up to the outside edge of the house. I will run the rest of it out to the septic later. I hired a guy to help with the plumbing that use to be a plumber. I didnt like the way he was gluing the joints together. I did help where I felt I could. We...

Im going to have a concrete floor in a utility room. Im going to have the concrete slope slightly toward a drain in the middle of the utility room. I dont want to tie this drain in with the main sewer drain because of having to install a trap primer or worry about filling a water trap every so...

Bare with me as I try and word these questions and ask them the best I can. I have concrete block for walls. There will be sill plate sitting on top of the block for the trusses to sit on. There will be a concrete pad floor poured. My question is to be able to determine where the top of the pad...

I didnt know where to ask this question so I thought I would try here:confused: Anyway I have river rock backfilled all around the foundation perimeter and over the french drain ect...and my next step would be to put some dirt over the river rock which would be protected/separated with...

I want to paint the exterior of some concrete block walls. I want to use a spray gun that can spray that textured stuff (rough look-clumps of sand ect...). There is no roof or windows on the house yet and I have not pushed the dirt up against the edge yet. Is now a good time to go ahead and...

I have one ditch dug and one more to go for the 4" drain pipes under the slab. I have more trim digging to do depending on what the distance should be between the top of the horizontal 4" drain and the bottom of the slab. My plan is to dig the ditch deep enough to put a thin layer of sand in the...

Im getting ready to put some plumbing (drain) down for the house before more backfill and then slab is poured. I guess Im suppose to have around .25" drop per foot. Well I have almost 60' from start to septic and the current grade is roughly .40" to .45" per foot. Why would this not be...

I have had two separate roofers say that they would build me a roof using the trusses and then 1X4 laths across the trusses and then lay down this bubble foil over the 1X4 lath and then screw the metal roof directly over and next to (on top of) the bubble foil. In all the information I can...

I have a chance to buy some poplar wood slats of different widths. Same thickness but different lengths and widths. It has been run through a plane so the surface is pretty smooth. What is the reason (if any) I cant just nail them to the 2X4 walls and ceiling ? Do I need to seal them with...

How far apart would you space the concrete block anchor screws on the treated buck boards for a window opening ? Also would you anchor dead center of board or one on each edge of correct spacing ? Thanks PS. I have the Kwiktap flat head screws which means they have the wood screw looking...