Garage Door Rough Opening – 8′ – 10′ – 9×8 – 16×8 – opening Size

Rough Opening for garage doors

For a garage door replacement project, you need to know how to measure for garage door. But make sure you know the terms like rough opening, rough framing, and finished opening Measuring rough opening of a garage door include measuring the width and height of rough opening along with headroom, side room, as well as … Read more

Crawl space Jacks & Foundation Jacks – (Installation Process & Cost)

If you’re dealing with bouncy or sagging floors, crawlspace jacks also known as foundation jacks or smart jacks are the perfect solution. They’re easily available in different sizes and heights for jacking up floor joists along crawl space. Whether you have a squeaky floor or collapsing joists, you crawl space floor system might be compromised. … Read more

Who Makes Insignia TVs – Basic info of Insignia TV and Manufacturer

Insignia TV

The insignia brand of televisions having Amazon fire smart TV operating system are manufactured by Asian Corporation Hisense system. Insignia Televisions are affordable as they are low in price and offer a wide range of features. In terms of quality their products are in line with other Chinese brands and when compared to other established … Read more

Bulldozer uses in Construction – Types – Blade sizes

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Bulldozers or simply dozer is a machine that is mainly used for digging, pushing, excavating, and for leveling the different materials like soils, coarse aggregate for roads and removal of debris at work site. Different types of bulldozer with varying sizes are available in the market. Among the most common types of heavy equipment used … Read more

Monolithic Slab Foundation – Monoslab – Pros and Cons

Monolithic slab foundation

When we talk about foundations for our home, two of the obvious choices are floating slab and monolithic slab foundation. Well, both the footings are a type of slab-at-grade foundations – aka raft foundations. But both have different set of uses, applications, and pros. Foundation engineers don’t prefer a floating foundation for an entire house. … Read more

Waffle Slab – Here’re some advantages and disadvantages

What is waffle slab?

A waffle slab also known as two-way joist slab is a slab made of reinforced concrete with its ribs running in two directions underside of the slab. Ribs are wide band beams that run between columns spanning the orthogonal direction. That’s the reason why waffle slab is also sometimes referred to as ribbed slab. The … Read more

Rough opening for doors – 24”, 28”, 30”, 32”& 36” – Opening Sizes & Charts

door rough opening

If you’re planning to remodel your kitchen or buy new doors for it, you may have heard the term rough opening thrown around, usually in reference to the door width. However, the term itself can be confusing – what does rough opening mean? And what exactly do rough openings have to do with door sizes? … Read more