Recent content by Big Blue Car

There are several ways out there to build a trench drain. They have pre-made drain assemblies (like you listed above) that you select where the outlet will be and they are pre-sloped . These typically end up with the best finished product that looks good and drains well without having any...

Having worked around color concrete for several years I would definitely suggest using a know brand of color. For me I would only use L.M. Scofield http://www.scofield.com/decorativeconcrete.html . There are several different products. I would say to go their web site and read about what...

Typicaly on you would intall the ceiling first, that way the Gyp goes tight against the wall framing then your wall gyp up against the ceiling. For the gap at the floor it is typical to use a scrap of Drywall for the spacer (if you use 1/2 board you would have a 1/2" gap.

Your climent maters where you vapor barrier goes. Rule of thumb is that the vapor barrier goes to the hot side of the wall. So in FL you would have it on the outside of the wall (under the siding), but if you are in the north say NY you want the barrier on the inside (behind the drywall). I...

In commercial construction it is usually specified to have a bond breaker (tar paper or sim) between the bottom track and the concrete. We also usually shoot the track to the floor (ramset, hilti, etc)

Was the footing also poured at the same time or was it poured earlier under non-freezing conditions? If the footing was poured earlier and is sound you could chip the entire wall out (leaving the bars comming out of the footing). Then clean the bars out of the footing (removing all concrete)...

First let me say that I have over 15 years of profesional commercial construction and I have built large concrete structrues (30+ story highrise and 250+ foot Air Traffic Control tower). That is just plain incorrect. The only way to fix this is to take it down and start over again. There...

I personaly would not trust the construction adheasive 100%. If it were me I would glue the 2x4 to the bottom and top (like in the picture, but only the outside) then I would also install at least 2ea carrage bolts per 2x4 to be sure it will never sag.