— R.H., via email. Answer: Changing to poured concrete walls is hardly a reasonable “correction” for someone who already has a concrete block basement. Jacking up the house, excavating the ...

Concrete block design sets the tone at Palm Springs redo. By Lauren Beale. Feb. 16, 2017 7 AM PT . ... Set behind a geometric, three-dimensional concrete block wall, ...

Celebrating the design excellence and building and transportation, the winners of the 2021 Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute 2021 PCI Design Award Winners.

If your basement has concrete-block walls, ... One gallon seals 150 to 250 sq. ft. of poured-concrete walls, and 100 to 150 sq. ft. of concrete-block foundation. Joseph Truini.

Concrete block is a great material when it’s made correctly. It’s artificial rock, when you think about it. Your builder’s statement about it lasting at least 100 years is not far off when ...

A: Poured concrete and concrete block are the two foundation types that dominate the residential construction industry in the United States. I've built buildings using both materials.

I’ve got a choice to make about my new home. The builder is giving me the option of a poured concrete or concrete block foundation. There’s not a huge difference in price, but I’m more ...

New Delhi-based Zero Energy Design Lab has completed a girls' hostel building with a pigmented concrete facade and an exterior staircase in Gurugram, India.

If you are just adding one row of concrete block to the stone foundation, cut pieces of ½-inch steel rebar about 11 inches long. Use a 4-pound hammer to tap the rods into the drilled hole. They ...

Openable concrete panels and sun-shading blinds add dynamism to the otherwise austere facades of the Elcano housing block by Madrid-based practice FRPO.