As a landlord, regular maintenance of your rental properties is crucial to keep them in good shape and maintain a consistently high occupancy rate. To ensure your property remains rentable, renovations should be done within a reasonable budget. Overspending can prolong the time it takes to see a return on investment. Let us explore the … Read more
If you’re using a 2×4 simple wood ceiling joist, you can span it from 4 to 12 feet. The exact span for a ceiling joist depends on factors like type and grade of lumber, the spacing, the load. Normal spacing of ceiling joist is 16 inches or 24 inches on center. Ceiling joist is a … Read more
Laminated veneer lumber (LVL) is one of the most commonly engineered wood materials used in construction. It is a composite product made of many thin layers of veneer that align the length of the final timber. In our today’s blog post we’ll talk about LVL beam sizes, LVL beam span, LVL beam span calculator, LVL … Read more
If you want your roof to last for a lifetime – of your home, stone-coated steel roofing has a lot to offer. The thick layer of stone adhering on top of the metal / steel not only provides the subtle look but also protects your home against elements. Because of plethora of benefits, stone coated … Read more
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
If you’re thinking about building a new home, you may be debating between concrete block wall foundation and poured concrete foundations. While both of these options provide solid structural support, there are certain advantages to choosing concrete block wall foundation over poured concrete foundations. While you’re planning to build a new home, it can be … Read more
A bridge abutment is a thick vertical end member of a bridge whose function is to take the load of bridge and distribute to soil. Its function is also to resist the horizontal loads which are acting on it due to earth pressure. A bridge abutment plays very important part in duration and life span … Read more
Foundations are of two types when we consider building a home on site one is raised foundation and other is slab foundation. A slab foundation consists of slab of reinforced concrete which is spread over subsoil over which building is constructed. Other is raised foundation which is footing spread around the perimeter of building with … Read more
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
The 8 on 12 roof pitch or 8/12 roof pitch is a pretty common residential roof pitch that corresponds to an angle of 33.690 degrees. It depicts the steepness of a roof such that for every 12 inches or horizontal run there’s a rise of 8 inches in height of roof. We express roof pitch, … Read more