Construction Business Owner

MARCH 8, 2012

Home » Blogs. These violations ranged from the simple – walking through water and mud rather than taking a slightly longer way around through dry ground – to the serious – walking under and in between multiple JLG lifts in operation. I was given the opportunity to start, so I asked about water and mud removal.

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Natural Building

AUGUST 30, 2020

When Cyclone Amphan tore through Bengal, India, Linus Kendall and Rupsa Nath’s house, built with mud, thatch and bamboo sustained minimal damage. Fondly christened ‘Kancha-Paka’ (Raw and Ripe), the Swedish-Bengali couple’s home has some conventional elements, like a Reinforced Concrete Frame and concrete floors.

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Natural Building

MAY 28, 2020

Over half of all homes in India are constructed of mud, and this is for economy as well as preference. Mud houses have several advantages over modern materials, and here are 7 reasons why they better: 1. Mud brick can be a solid and durable construction material for walls and floors. It can last for centuries.

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Natural Building

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The mud was remixed with straw and water, eventually becoming sticky enough to be applied on the walls of the fort. The cooling pipes were first covered by a two centimetre-thick layer of mud, then coated again once the base plaster had dried. Meanwhile, the rammed earth that makes up the floors of the fort were mixed with sand.

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Natural Building

MARCH 24, 2021

The flooring of an adobe house can be similar to a modern home. In southwestern North America in the 17th century, slightly sloped flat roofs with parapet walls were customary, built using logs covered with twigs or fabric and then adobe mud. appeared first on Natural Building Blog. The post Are Adobe Houses Sustainable?

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Natural Building

MAY 6, 2020

Our construction materials ranges from using locally baked bricks, regionally quarried stones, vernacular mud walls to native seasoned timber,” says Tejesh. To further reduce the heat, they painted the terrace in white and did the flooring with Indian Kota stone. It was challenging to build a house on the 1400 sq.ft

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Pro Builder

JANUARY 6, 2023

I gazed down at a vast array of wire trimmings on the floor. Just last week, on yet another field walk, I happened upon some drywall mud-filled electrical boxes—an all-too-common observance. The house is painted, the carpet and flooring are in, and you’ve arrived to “trim-out” the switches, outlets, and receptacles.

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