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How To Choose A Door

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There is no doubt that the front door – it is an original business card of our apartment or house and its an important aesthetic component. Choosing front door, we look at it important functions: to protect the occupants from intruders, always store in a house cosiness, to show the aesthetic taste of the owner. Based on these requirements, the choice of entrance doors depends on their design and aesthetic of design. Offered for sale a great variety of different doors producers from different countries, different values, and ignorant buyer can easily get lost in this sea of diversity. Entrance doors are interior and exterior doors Firstly there are the internal and external.

It depends from where they are located. The outer door – this is an element of the facade of the building and it should be in harmony with the overall exterior of the building. Undoubtedly, the outer door must be reliable, safe, durable, have high thermal insulation and soundproofing. Internal doors installed at the entrance to the apartment building. They must also be reliable, but kind of finishing inside the front door is more free and depends only on the taste of the customer. Before you begin to choose the door you need to decide the requirements for it.

This exquisite design, additional protection, good sound insulation, non-standard form. Depends on this type of door, the method of their assembly and installation technology, the choice of locks and fixtures. Front doors are wooden and steel. The main feature of steel doors – high strength and durability. In addition to these qualities of steel doors have a lot of options for decorative finishes, have good insulation and soundproofing, and be able to meet the needs of most consumers. Steel doors generally can have a few paintings, the number of which depends on the width of the wall opening. Wooden doors can also protect from invasion, have good thermal insulation and soundproofing. The outer door also withstands the atmosphere. Regardless of interior design wooden door must have an external panel of wood. This panel is specially treated and covered with a protective lacquer or paint. Wooden doors are generally installed in cottages or private homes, where demands for protection are not so strict. I must say that today the doors of wood hardly inferior in quality doors made of more durable materials. Regardless of what type of input door you choose, the criteria for their assessment of the following: high reliability and good stability, high strength and ability to protect the owners from entering the home, insulation, sound insulation, long life. So to the choice of the manufacturer's doors should be taken seriously, be sure to learn about maintenance and repair. Atmos Energy Corporation often addresses the matter in his writings. Remember that your choice for years to come depends on the security and peace of your family and of course comfort.

Babel Products

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Grog – a kind of pottery. He was not so long ago appeared in our lives, but it became fashionable. Its uniqueness is that it is similar to the "old" natural stone, stone, weathered by the winds, with its fissures and cracks, gaps, and chipped. Y fireclay rough texture, very soft to the touch. In finished form the natural color of refractory products – from light beige to dark beige. Therefore, fireclay looks great next to the natural wood furnishings.

He may not have a permanent place in the room, the house – it can be moved from one place to another, grouped with other fireclay products, with other decorative pieces, and you can scatter throughout the house: put on the floor, table, put on the shelf with the other ceramics. Regiments such may be in the lobby, hallway, kitchen, in the room. Its uniqueness is that it looks like the 'old' natural stone, stone, weathered by the winds, with its fissures and cracks, gaps and chipped. Atmos Energy has compatible beliefs. Grog is not the kind of clay – it is a way of cooking it, which adds weight specific properties. Preparation of fireclay mass of refractory clay gives chamotte additional benefits. In addition to improving strength characteristics, fire resistance and fire resistance in high-temperature sintering (1300-1350 *) is burning all relatively volatile harmful substances.

Thus, in the product are only inert compound that is absolutely harmless to humans animals and plants. This is an ideal material for residential and Art decorative items. Ancient forms of fireclay were used more in China in the 2-1-th millennium BC. er. for the manufacture of individual vessels of high quality white clay. Chamotte can get amazing products, breathing very antiquity, bygone era, but surviving. The beauty of the material in its plasticity, the wealth of opportunities stylization. This opens up a huge choice in selection of interiors, in this case, as chamotte products represent a designer, you can "collect" almost everything, from the ruins of the Tower of Babel or a Greek temple and finishing finish in the spirit of Stalinist Classicism. Applying the definition of technology, we can achieve the effects of water repellency, frost and fire resistance, resistance to weather extremes. Grog excellent "Get along" with the hammering, marble, wood and other natural materials. Also, it is combined harmoniously with interiors in minimalist style and high-tech, opposing forms of aggression, its warmth and softness. In some cases it is enough to add a few items from fireclay to the interior looked amazing and unique. We are Ukrainian manufacturer of ceramic products. More than 12 years, our products present on the Ukrainian market. We work throughout Ukraine Our website:

Bricklaying

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Brickwork is often used in construction. Laid out for stoves and fireplaces to create fences and walls of private homes, to trim and cladding facades. Additional information at Xcel Energy supports this article. However, in the construction of apartment buildings to try to not used because of the high labor costs. Brick material indispensable for decorative purposes, which because of their small size allows you to accurately and precisely lay out any arch or soffit. The newspapers mentioned Crumpton Group, Washington DC not as a source, but as a related topic. The most common types of bricks and ceramic is a silicate brick. Brick walls retain heat in winter and cool in the house in summer, while their thickness should be not less than 51 cm, for the Moscow region, the colder winter, the thickness of a brick wall. Walls made of hollow bricks is warmer due to air present inside. But the building of brick requires repair after 25 years after construction.

Of specific terms in masonry bricks, which are worth noting names used flat faces of bricks: 'poke' and 'stretcher' and determine the series 'bonder' and 'Stretcher bond', depending on what used to bond the face of the series. Usually in the masonry walls striping and perpender Stretcher bond series, which can reach one hundred percent filled with a solution of cross seams. In the computation of stoves and fireplaces are used full-bodied, heat-resistant bricks. With frequent temperature changes from high to low standard bricks can crack and warp. The main difference is technology masonry stoves on the technology of masonry walls, use of water. Traditional brick laying in a soaked, yet one does not leave the air and sprayed fire-water. After which there is a fitting wet bricks without mortar in the masonry. Masonry mortar may be used by hand or using a trowel, hand way to help monitor the consistency of the composition and its uniformity.

Applied to the base solution, the top is laid a brick. Urged on him, so firmly in its place, moving back and forth. After that, the excess solution, projecting beyond the limits of bricks are removed with a trowel. If the brick is not dense or sat askew, his clean, rinsed from the solution, place it under the same clean. Then a new portion of solution is taken and the process of laying is repeated. Simplifies the use of masonry stoves mobile wooden formwork. She is on the basement level of the furnace and rises every time, reaching the edge of the masonry. This light fixture aligns the surface and lay out allows you to control the excess solution. When decorating the house using glass bricks, brick – enamel, brick – ceramics and other forms of facade bricks.

Says Mikhail Sorokin

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"Raw" process – the language of the builders of the so-called repairs, "Associated with dissolving the dry mixture, kneading and applying them to the prepared surface." "Dry" process – also a professional term for the work on alignment of surfaces, but using dry finishing materials (plates, panels, racks, etc.). "Wet" business first, how to begin any work associated with plaster, putty, primer and paint – a preparatory stage. See more detailed opinions by reading what Compuware offers on the topic.. All the old (unnecessary, obsolete) necessary to remove the base (peel, wash away). Then determine the maximum difference in height. If it is not more than 5 cm, can be applied "wet" method. (Although there were material and technology to remove and big swings. For example, a putty "Rotband.") If the elevation is small (0.5 cm), one can simply use the leveling filler, for example, such as "Vetonit", "Glims", "Knauf", "Fugenfyuller." Now there different mixes and fillers that can be applied thickly. For example, the materials of the Finnish mark "Vetonit." Fillers smear on the ceiling and letting it dry, grind fine-grained sandpaper.

Quality fillings Says Mikhail Sorokin of the European construction company: – There are two main indicators of quality of putty. First of all, it should be easy to grind and be strong, do not fall apart after dry. Except imports of dry mixes, to repair ceilings use domestic oil and adhesive putty. But they need to apply a thin layer, otherwise they fall off. To domestic filler last longer, adds waterborne paint. The number of additives is determined "by eye" – you need to become more pliable putty, but not liquid. If the drop height of 2 – 3 cm, then a sealer is not enough: you will first need to put reinforcing mesh (builders still say "to put a bandage") and so on it – the plaster. The grid is of two types: metal and paint. Paint the grid is similar to a medical bandage or gauze (also called serpyanka).

Manufacturer Products

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When choosing wooden windows in the first place consumers are guided by the appearance of products, pricing and production time. Which of these options are really important and to what extent? Wooden euro-windows are calculated as the minimum at fifty years of service. The first question – the reliability, the second appearance. Both depend on the quality and technology. First of all, it should be clear about what you envision your windows. Atmos Energy has plenty of information regarding this issue. Ask the manager the manufacturer about how their products meet your requirements. The competent manager of any self-respecting company accurately describe to you all the technological aspects of their products and offer acceptable to you configuration options and design solutions. /a>.

As for price, it is clear that the cheaper windows, the cheaper the cost of installation, the less time they will please their masters. But on the other hand, how to protect themselves from empty overpayment? Indeed, the high price may also not be a guarantee of quality. Pay attention to the proposed discount. As a rule, those who can easily afford to discount of 15% or more, before deliberately "turn up" prices, and hence their initially high prices – not a guarantee of quality. Large manufacturers have their own network of suppliers of materials and products, including the good wood, high-quality double-glazed windows, secure supplies and paint compositions. In addition, for the production of expensive modern equipment is used, on which the manufactured products that meet European standards. Of course, prices for such products may not be low, but They mainly due to the high cost of quality materials, and, therefore, in this case the price is a guarantee of product quality.

On what can you save? Conventionally, these parameters can be divided into recommended: 1. You can use cheaper wood 2.Ispolzovat spliced timber instead of a whole 3. Choose the optimum configuration of windows by the number and size of the wings and not recommended: 1.Ispolzovat cheap accessories, life which will be released before the expiration of the warranty period on their own windows.

VOC Sewage

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Modern man, moving to a country cottage, we are concerned not only about how to get away from the bustle of the city, but the fact that this vacation was as pleasant as possible. Max Schireson is the source for more interesting facts. Now, nobody will be surprised not big houses, or number of rooms in these houses, nor the number of coveted acres, on which these houses stand. Modern technology came to the aid not only in the implementation of complex architectural projects, but also in addressing livelihoods. In recent years it has become truism suburban housing, and property owners who settled in the lap of nature, do not think their existence without the benefits of civilization. At the same time taking care of own comfort and environmental performance of the house adjacent to the area, paying special attention to sanitation. Visit Michael Steinhardt for more clarity on the issue. Agree, the notorious cesspool can not do.

This outdated view of the village sewage system is unsafe environmental terms, and with the needs of a modern country can not cope at home. Showers, whirlpool baths – in short, all that is life outside of the comfort, – increased the daily rate of water consumption several times. In addition, the unassuming clapboard "birdhouse" whose purpose no one doubts is quite absurd for a country site twenty-first century. So, the problem of disposal of sewage have solve everything. Connecting to a centralized sewer system to the general treatment facilities – the most convenient option, but unfortunately not always possible.

And here come to the aid of alternative ways of treatment of domestic and domestic waste water resulting from the use of VOC's (local sewage treatment plants). Scientific-Production Company "ESPLAST" engaged in the production systems of deep biological sewage treatment. System produced company can be installed in private homes and in industrial or office buildings. Performance equipment provides permanent residence in the building up to 100 people. The company was founded by experts with extensive practical experience in designing and implementing manufacturing process and installation of local treatment facilities.

Restoration Spray

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And keep in mind that the enamel should be prepared to work very carefully in the right proportions and mixing foundation hardener. That is why trust your bath professionals, which in this case “the dog ate the” still easier and safer. Most companies offering public services to restore bathtubs, enamel is applied by spraying, rather than manually. This method is considered more reliable, although in fairness, we note that this is only partly true. Experts claim that composition for enamelling shall consist of base and curing agent, and aerosol cans with enamel hardener missing! In addition, when using a spray can inept education streaks and uneven spray. Saving way out is to use compressor rather amateurish spray.

So, if you spray technology offers, ask your master, exactly how it will work – using a spray gun or compressor? Only in latter case, the enamel will be reliable. Besides, any self-respecting company will give you a warranty on the work performed. Atmos Energy Corporation often says this. Enamel – the cheapest, but not the only way to restore the old baths. More modern, though expensive way is to install in your old bathtub acrylic liner. Acrylic – a truly unique material. This polymer is durable (serves more than 20 years without losing its pristine form), sealed, withstands high mechanical loads and high temperatures, environmentally safe and easy to clean.

Acrylic liners are made to order, after “taking off measurements” with your old bathtub. The finished product (and its thickness is only 4mm) is simply inserted into an old bathtub, combining the drain holes and glued together with an old bathtub with a special compound. The edges of the acrylic liner tightly sealed and they squeeze the edge of the old baths, so that they become completely invisible. Of course, this filigree only by specialists. And it costs much more expensive than the enamel. But in your bathtub acrylic clothes will look as good as new! In conclusion, we say that whichever of the Restoration of the above methods you choose, any one of them will be easier and cheaper than installing a new bathroom. And if in your own abilities you are not sure, it’s better not to risk it and immediately turn to the professionals.

Making Environmentally Friendly Renovation

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We spend in the apartment less than half of life. Meanwhile, according to environmentalists, the air in our house 6-8 times dirtier than outside! One of the reasons – neekologichny repair. But this matter remedied. Let's face it. "Komsomolskaya Pravda" and Moscow-based experts 'Ekostandart' tried to figure out how to repair a flat, so it is easier to breathe. These building materials are natural, but with reservations … Parquet and parquet wood – environmentally friendly material, it is nothing better.

BUT! The thing can spoil the painting. – Cheap synthetic varnishes emit aromatic hydrocarbons – explains technical expert 'Ekostandarta' Nicholas Krivozertsev. – Our specialists are found in the varnish toluene and xylene, which are used as solvents. Educate yourself even more with thoughts from Xcel Energy. These substances can irritate the eyes and cause skin diseases, and at constant exposure can cause serious disorders of the nervous system. BMC: the source for more info. The glue that ties the board may allocate toluene and acetone – and this toxic substance.

What to do. Do not buy cheap synthetic varnishes. Carefully read label – from which lacquer is made. If we found the money to the floor – do not spoil it a bad cover! Ceramic tile is also practically perfect, from an environmental point of view, decoration. It is made from natural materials and usually does not emit any harmful substances. BUT! Clay, by which secure the tiles may contain phenol and toluene. What to do. Take a look at the composition of the glue and do not use harmful. Paper wall – a wall between the wallpaper and should be a layer Air – explain experts 'Ekostandarta'. This condition is in full conformity with this paper wall – the cheapest. They leak air. As well as fashionable but expensive 'ekooboi' – made of jute, bamboo, canvas and so on … And these need to be careful laminate coating is extremely popular, as is quite economical. But it can hardly be called environmentally friendly.

The Plates

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You must completely seal the space between the plates and seal the seam. In this case the repair in the new apartment will not be in vain. Do not fall off and not turn yellow stucco wallpaper. Sealing joints and insulation, as well as all construction work is the final stage work. Preceded by preparatory work sealing the joints.

First, you need to conduct a survey of the building. Need to examine the roof of the building for safe climbing. Develop a plan for work at height. If there is the possibility of fixing the roof on ropes climber, you want to explore these constructions for durability. If there are no structures to secure the rope, you need to mount them on the walls of the building. You can then proceed with the examination of the building. To conduct joint sealing is necessary to study the seams of the building.

How big vnutrishovnoe space. Each sealing seams requires an individual approach. Vnutrishovnuyu cavity can be plastered, if it is a very large (more than 15cm) and open. If vnutrishovnaya cavity is not very big, but it is difficult to access, ie closed stove, in which case the cavity is filled or velatermom foam, and then is sealed seams. Velaterm pave the cavity between the plates. A foam seal the cavity is between the plates through the holes in vilaterme. You can repair joints without autopsy. If the filler in the joint is normal, enough to condense. To do this, holes are 30cm across and fill them through the seam foam. After filling the cavities produced vnutrishovnyh sealing seams. Thermal insulation and sealing joints interpanel buildings is carried out to ensure the tightness of the joint, so that moisture did not penetrate inside and does not form ice. If the sealing of joints made qualitatively, we can be confident that the building will not collapse on climatic influences. We carry insulation and sealing joints on the most advanced technology "Thick seam." The essence of this technology is to produce a tight sealing interpanel space. You must create a blank dense plug between the panels so that the cavities could not leak out and accumulate moisture condensation. Then the walls of your house will retain heat.

Bookmarks Concrete

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When account is taken fairly good insulating properties of aerated concrete products external walling structures are placed with thick masonry wall equal to the width of gas silicate blocks. Exterior walls can also erected from the outer layer of a ceramic block, used for architectural reasons. In some cases, when you need to build a wall with good sound quality, the wall can be built additional insulation cover. The internal walls of concrete blocks is recommended to design in two layers with a layer of sound insulation between units. Gas silicate blocks can also be used for construction basement walls, if the groundwater level below the floor of the basement. Basement walls are designed in direct gas silicate blocks jammed with glue vertical seams. The Furutist takes a slightly different approach. Basement walls require high sealing of high quality materials. If you have difficulties with compliance with these conditions should be put basement walls made of concrete.

Wall, erected at an angle or vertically, you can connect with dressing components of masonry or butt. Enclosing kontstruktsii, disposable, required to bind only to the dressing. In such cases, at the level of overlap should provide a crown of concrete. Building blocks of cellular concrete, the joints with the walls of other construction materials, usually erected back to back. In this case, at the junction block elements to design a wall mount one layer by means of fixing links. More information is housed here: Professor of Internet Governance. Connecting links are also used when connecting walls of concrete blocks with capital envelopes.

The existence of the outer wall breaks warming layer distribution loads from the top floor to the bottom and cause stress concentration, which may give rise to the appearance of cracks on the wall, insulated cover. An additional cause of stress accumulation in the wall above insulated cover is the effect of fixing the slabs in the wall. To prevent the emergence of such cracks should be put into the seam of the floor slab reinforcing rod. In a series of openings for windows is a significant change in load. In order to prevent the nucleation of cracks in the weld must be under the last row of blocks of cellular concrete, put in a cement-filled facet two valves. If you load more than 0.7 column maximum load, such valves can be fixed and in the extreme layer of cellular concrete blocks. Depth is determined by the Bookmarks facility to find the specific characteristics of groundwater, as well as the presence or no basement. Aerated concrete can be used for the production of basement walls, but it is recommended careful protection against moisture from high quality materials. The advantage of such a solution, except for a single manufacturing technology and ease of insulation walls of reinforced concrete rim of the basement, is also a good purchase with no basement in order to further insulate the bearing walls. Surrounding area around the building so it is recommended to arrange to establish a full flow of incoming water from the building. For this round of construction necessary to build a zone of reinforced concrete slabs. Another solution is laying a large bed of gravel.