Gravity retaining walls are thicker at their base than at the top. By design, the weight of interlocking building materials such as bricks or concrete blocks is greater than the force of the earth ...

Dimensional parameters for concrete blocks and cement blocks include length, width or outer diameter (OD), and thickness or wall thickness. Maximum use temperature is the most important thermal ...

building a retaining wall is easiest when using masonry blocks that will be stacked no taller than three feet, with no mortar ...

Plans to build a new homes sales centre, after the last one was issued with a removal notice by the council is among the ...

Move over, 3D printed houses. There’s a new game in town, and it is able to use standard concrete blocks to build the walls of a house in just one day. Australian company FBR’s Hadrian X is a ...

Rochel Maday is a contributing writer for USA TODAY Homefront. She specializes in home improvement topics and is dedicated to providing valuable information that empowers homeowners to tackle ...

Whether you want to secure shelves in your garage, hang artwork on an interior concrete wall, or frame walls in your basement, drilling holes in concrete is possible with the right tools and bits.

READ MORE: Concrete and wooden fence replace Greenhill beach wall A spokesperson for ... ‘to prevent people tripping over interlocking features of the blocks.’ The fence has two signs reading ...

We didn’t notice [Nikita]’s post about building a concrete 3D printer, a few months ago, but the idea seems sound: build a basic CNC XY axis and then add a mortar pump and hose to deposit ...

Students from Bilkent University have completed a community centre for Syrian refugees in Hatay, Turkey, in collaboration with their professor Chen-Yu Chiu and his architecture firm Studio Cho.