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All You Need to Know About Concrete Batching Plants
Concrete has become one of the most important materials used in the construction industry. It is versatile and can be used for a vast range of applications, including pavements, buildings, dams, and roads. In order to...
Chris Winterhalter
Retaining wall or Foundation Contractor Recommendation in St Louis
I have a 120' long and 6-8' high concrete retaining wall that needs to be demoed & replaced (low chance of being repaired). It sits between two complexes and is leaning into my building. Looking for a few solid ...
Wil Reichard
Contractor took down payment and fled
Was getting my kitchen remodeled. We were going to do concrete and had a contractor come to give us a quoteAnd YES I KNOW, we should have checked him out before trying to use him. He estimated $2800 for the job and 50...
Diego L.
Dog urine smell
Tenant let dog live in garage for a year.now smell won't come out of garage floor. We tried vinager with baking soda twice. Does anybody else have recommendations? Thanks
Doanh Mai
Do I need a permit to build a concrete walkway?
Hi all,
I am trying to make improvement to my building in Manchester, NH and building a walkway using concrete. A lady came by today while we were working building a casing and start taking pictures without saying an...
Nick Jude
Permit Question - Minneapolis, MN
I am having trouble pulling a permit for a duplex I own to build a 2 car garage on an already existing concrete pad because I own the property through my LLC (I am not a licensed contractor). Had I put it in my own n...
Kathryn Schauer
Foundation support adequate
In the initial walk through of a duplex I have under contract, we noticed cracking along the outside of the foundation:We asked the owner about this and they said they recently had an engineer out to assess the founda...
Tom Chen
Foundation in the basement seems off...
But my realtor says it shouldn't be a problem? I've been looking at my first few houses in the Syracuse market and this foundation seems bad. Any thoughts?
Gp G.
Retention Wall repair
Hi All,Happy Monday. I have very limited knowledge relating to construction. This is not specific to my location contractor question but a general question. One waterproofing contractor said the retention wall (wooden...
Richard C.
Approximate cost to veneer a chimney?
Looking for a ballpark. Fairly nice house, where for some unfathomable reason they ran a concrete block chimney two stories up the FRONT of the house. It is 24"x24" block, 22 feet from grade to cap.
Any idea what i...