Traditional Gray Slab When you think of concrete countertops, this might be the first image that pops into your mind. This is about as traditional concrete as you can get. The countertop is ...

You use treated- lumber floor joists that are raised off the soil at least 6 inches. It also allows you to deal with critters that might want to set up a homestead under the shed.

As an underlayment for wood flooring, 1/4-inch cork is laid down on the concrete. Laminator "engineered" wood flooring -- basically, a very thin plywood or substrate topped with a layer of ...

A home insurance crisis is forcing builders to rethink designs. This has some looking at concrete where a trend is breaking ground and alleviating some drawbacks of wood-framed homes.

The Blueprint Over 90% of U.S. homes use wood framing, despite its limits. Concrete offers superior durability, fire and storm resistance. Precast concrete reduces labor, cost, and environmental ...

Green says that the modern wood materials have been around for around 20 years, but until recently they’ve been quite niche or used only in low-rise buildings. What has changed is the way in ...

Production of the cement used in concrete is a huge source of CO2 emissions, so the more that we can recycle existing concrete, the better. That's where a new study comes in, which indicates that ...

Concrete from wood Date: July 5, 2017 Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Summary: Houses can be made of wood, as they were in the past – or of concrete, as they are today. To build ...