House Construction

15 Jun Clear and simple philosophy

Posted at 07:27h in House Construction
Plugwise has a clear and simple philosophy: the Greenest energy is the energy you do not use. Plugwise is not just a system to monitor and switch off appliances, it is a comprehensive, efficient and simple-to-use system, to reduce energy consumption and therefore save you money, across your business...
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10 May Your Modular Office & Building Experts

Posted at 13:36h in House Construction
Since I knew Mark needed to find space for 50 new employees and fast I focused first on how to transform the empty warehouse area in to office spaces. But how could I build a space like that in such a short time frame that could also house this many employees? The answer, modular. Modular constructi...
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10 May Special Retrofits Methods for Hillside Homes

Posted at 13:33h in House Construction
HOWARD COOK: Many people in the Northridge Earthquake were, in fact, killed in these homes, and you're going to see why. You're also going to see what you can do to make sure this kind of damage does not occur to your home or to the homes of your friends and neighbors. The information that you're go...
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10 May Hoop House Construction 1 Layout

Posted at 13:25h in House Construction
Here in southeastern Utah we have a lot of high winds, they start in March and they end in June sometime. And so it's - it's been my experience that you need to have something that's fairly sturdy, but I kind of avoid those commercial high tunnels to a certain extent; I wanted to have a do-it-yourse...
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10 May Hoop House Construction 2 Arches

Posted at 13:20h in House Construction
I'm Ron Patterson with Utah State University Extension in Carbon County. We're going to move into our next phase of our high tunnel construction; I've got the T posts all in place now and I need to make the arches. So what you need to make the arches, you need PVC - some inch-and-a-half PVC - there ...
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