Turn the last stud on the first wall sideways and overlap it about halfway past the connecting wall to create drywall backing ...

Each World Block concrete block uses 1/8 yard of concrete, or 2 square feet. Parrish estimates that this particular project used 1,200 yards of concrete for 19,000 square feet. This amounts to ...

The concrete block has void spaces to make them lighter and easier to lay in a wall. Poured concrete started to be used in the early 1900s in the Midwest in both residential and commercial ...

One way is to face the concrete block opening with treated 2-by-10 material. This lumber should be within 1/8 inch of what the width of the concrete block wall is now when you add the thickness of ...

It’s quite difficult to anchor this 2-by-10 to the cores of the concrete block wall. Many contractors might tell you that you need to embed anchor bolts in concrete that’s poured to fill the ...

News; Features; Creating a doorway in a concrete block wall Sat., April 30, 2016 These concrete blocks will be removed to transform the pass-through into a door opening. (Jeff Selvidio) ...