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Mix – IT Yourself

Saturday, February 6, 2010
posted by Craig

Chances are slim to none that you get into a situation that you cannot export concrete from a truck through a pump and into the area needing the cement. But in this case the job at hand proved to be just this challenge. Rental yards have mixers for lease, and the best price i found was $30 u.s. per day, generally the type to be towed to any location, but the wheel span was larger than the 2 side gates we had to pass. So where there’s a will there’s a way proved correct.portable elctric mixer tool

Along comes the Home Depot savior again, in that for $300 u.s. a quite electric tool [110v] 1/2 horse bulldog, this 5 cubic feet beauty paid for itself on the 3rd day of performing [no gas]. It’s capacity to keep up with 2 concrete finishers is uncanny, with a 1700 rpm 3 / 90-lb bag / combination of portable and powerful finesse it’s akin to having 2 more guys on the project. Patio work or a block retaining wall, we love this tool. Also this concrete DIY electric tool can break down and easily fit inside the trunk of your car. After watching this baby working, i would have never believed it. We give this tool a 8.5 out of 10, for sure.

DIY Ceramic tile

Wednesday, December 23, 2009
posted by Craig

A tiledesigner ceramic tile floor is a manufactured piece of hard-wearing material such as ceramic, stone, metal, or even glass. Tiles are generally used for covering  floors, and walls, showers, or other objects such as tabletops. Alternatively, tile can sometimes refer to similar units made from lightweight materials such as perlite, wood, and mineral wood, typically used for wall and ceiling applications. Less precisely, the modern term can refer to any sort of construction tile or similar object, such as rectangular counters used in playing games like a ceramic tile base game. The word is derived from the French word tuile, which is, in turn, from the Latin word tegula, meaning a roof tile composed of baked clay.

Ceramic Tiles are often used to form wall and floor coverings, and can range from simple square tiles to complex mosiacs. Tiles are most often made from ceramic, with a hard glaze finish, but other materials are also commonly used, such as glass, marble, granite, slate, and reformed ceramic slurry, which is cast in a muld and fired.

Tile flooring glass spots

Sunday, November 1, 2009
posted by Craig

Tiling a floor area and adding spots can truly break up the monotony and make a huge statement. glass tile spots for tile floorsThis beautiful accent gives a different illumination to the floor. So on, how to install tile floor with glass spots can be another simple process once you understand the plan of attack. When tile is purchased, typically in squares, each individual piece that goes down creates a larger square, IE four 4″ tiles ends up making an 8″ square. And if the glass spots are 2″ squares then placed in the center of the 8″ square (or middle of 4 surrounding tiles) the inside edge of this four group gets cut at a 45 degree angle to make the smaller glass tile center inside that square. Do a small mock-up and get the idea solid in your mind, be sure to use a corresponding color of thin set adhesive because of it’s transparency the glass tiles will show all that’s underneath.