When it comes to choosing their next
home remodeling project, many homeowners opt to look outside to the potential
that lay untapped in their yards. Though retaining walls may seem like a project that’s not quite related to home
renovation, they are actually very important to the overall value and
structural stability of many of the homes they surround, and a remodeling
option that can have positive returns. Retaining walls are constructed to hold
soil back and can be made of concrete, interlocking blocks of stone, treated
wood, or other materials. It is recommended that if your retaining wall will be
larger than three feet tall, that you consult a general contractor or engineer as the structure is meant to hold heavy loads
of saturated soil and also impacts how water runoff interacts with the
landscape.
As there many reasons a homeowner may
need to have glass repaired – an errant baseball through the window, a crack in
a glass shower door, or even a revealing energy audit pointing its finger at
leaky doors or windows – it makes sense that it is a common home project.
Nonetheless, when it comes time to undergo this process yourself, it may feel
like you are not quite sure how best to prepare. The good news is that
regardless of the type of glass repair you are undertaking, preparing for it is
pretty straightforward and when you are done, you’ve helped to make the whole operation
easier for your household and the window repair and
installation professionals you’ve hired.
When experienced concrete contractors
go to work on a large construction project, they work closely with architects,
engineers, and their customers to ensure their portion of the project utilizes
the best cost- and time-saving methods, all while delivering a strong and
lasting final product. With these goals in mind, concrete
contractors in Portland such as The Conco Companies have incorporated shotcrete into
their wheelhouses.
Concrete pumping allows large quantities of concrete to be placed
at a distance. It is one of the major innovations in concrete technology that
has allowed concrete to shape the modern world. Before concrete was pumped, it
needed to be moved by hand, a slow and more dangerous process. Now a large
volume of concrete can be pumped over great distances and heights. The Conco
Companies offer concrete pumping as part of its wide range of concrete contractor
services, and have lent their
expertise to several notable projects constructed over the last several years,
such as the Wilshire Grand Center, the Salesforce Tower, and the San Francisco
49ers Stadium.
