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12 votes
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Norwegian bridge collapsed ten years after it was built – all because designers focused too much on making it look good
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Wooden fence building recommendations
My wooden privacy fence was blown over in a storm (Houston, TX), any recommendations for the best way to rebuild? Currently thinking of Shadowbox, fence hanger brackets, three rails, with a...
My wooden privacy fence was blown over in a storm (Houston, TX), any recommendations for the best way to rebuild?
Currently thinking of Shadowbox, fence hanger brackets, three rails, with a rot/kick board.
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How the Berlin Wall worked
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Trying to get a better idea of what goes into having a house built
So I'm looking to get out of apartment living in the next couple of years, so I browse housing listings semi-frequently just to get an idea of what's out there and what I can expect cost wise. My...
So I'm looking to get out of apartment living in the next couple of years, so I browse housing listings semi-frequently just to get an idea of what's out there and what I can expect cost wise.
My boss made an offhand comment about buying a lot and getting a prefab installed on it, so I started looking into it, but I came back with a lot of questions.
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Home builders seem to have preset floor plans. Every time I try and find a prefab house, all I can find are blueprints for purchase. Do you find a plan you like and then find someone to build it?
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Home builders I find all build giant houses. I always see comments online about how "Builders can't build affordable homes because of red tape," but I don't understand how that means they can only build 5B/3Ba houses. I cannot find anyone that has preset plans for a 2B house.
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How much about getting a lot "ready" would be up to me vs a builder? Is that gonna depend on the builder and what they offer? Is that all done out of pocket, or would that be included in the construction loan?
For reference, I'm in Atlanta, though I imagine a lot of these answers will be "It depends on the builder."
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California High-Speed Rail: Floral Avenue grade separation construction progress
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Joe Biden administration commits $6B to cut US emissions from high-carbon industries
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Why small developers are getting squeezed out of the housing market
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Liberal visions and boring machines – The early history of the Channel Tunnel [the railway tunnel connecting the UK to France]
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All aboard the bureaucracy train
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The world’s largest earthquake simulator, and how it works
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France could soon build several nuclear reactors in Sweden, according to a letter of intent signed by the two countries' energy ministers
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Construction spend on US manufacturing plants jumps to more than 18 billion in 2023
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The engineering challenges of Grand Paris Express, Europe’s largest transport infrastructure project
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Journey to EPCOT Center: A symphonic history
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The evolution of tunnel boring machines
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Analyzing Frank Herbert's Dune from an architectural perspective
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A closer look at Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong, the most densely populated place that ever existed
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Every construction machine explained in fifteen minutes
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California workers who cut countertops are dying of an incurable disease
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Growing fire risks, rising insurance costs, home owner concerns, spell opportunity for fire hardening and prevention industry
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Widening US highways doesn't fix traffic. So why do we keep doing it?
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As Washington state's ferry fleet ages, why aren't we building new boats?
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Blocklayer - A compilation of homebuilding and construction calculators and templates
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New Jersey Portal North Bridge project 25% complete, on schedule
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Building a furnace insulated with wood ash to smelt iron in
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What affordable housing actually means
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This building nearly broke Taipei. The Taipei Performing Arts Center; Over budget, a decade under construction, and one of Asia's most important cultural buildings.
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T20 bits and screws, what am I doing wrong?
I am putting a new surface on my Deck. I am using Trex and 2.5" composite specific screws. These are small head screws with a T20 torx bit. [img]https://i.ibb.co/MchtXPx/20230628-175119.jpg[/img]...
I am putting a new surface on my Deck. I am using Trex and 2.5" composite specific screws. These are small head screws with a T20 torx bit.
[img]https://i.ibb.co/MchtXPx/20230628-175119.jpg[/img]
I am 7.5 boards in out of 25 boards and I have destroyed 5 bits, 3 of them brand name impact rated bits. I am making sure to stay cammed in, and weight on top of the screw. I am lining the drill up with the angle of the screw. I am also predrilling every hole.
I feel like I have to be doing something wrong. I just don't know what else to do.
Edit - these are the exact screws I am using - https://www.homedepot.com/p/Grip-Rite-9-x-2-1-2-in-Brown-Star-Drive-Pan-Head-Coarse-Composite-Deck-Screw-10-lbs-Pack-N212CSB10BK/207193648
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How to ensure you won’t have public transportation
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Making a mountain hot spring
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Camp Century - The Hidden City Beneath the Ice
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Canada’s $30bn gamble to become an energy superpower
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Philadelphia I-95 bridge collapse explained
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Who really wants megastructure cites?
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Process of making beautiful Korean-style house
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Building a thatched shelter to make bricks in so that they are protected from the rain before they are fired
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Urban development company Atrium Ljungberg has unveiled plans to construct the world's largest wooden neighbourhood in Stockholm
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Doomsday prep for the super-rich
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Why is everything so ugly? The mid in fake midcentury modern
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Birth of a nation
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At the University of California San Diego, there's the Shake Table; an earthquake simulator with the heaviest payload capacity in the world
8 votes -
Building a cathedral without science or mathematics: The engineering method explained
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DIY ‘90s van to modern tiny house
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The world’s longest suspension bridge is history in the making. After 2,000 years of political and technical hitches, Italy says it’s finally ready to connect Sicily to the mainland.
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Inside the lab that tests elevator free-falls – we sent Fred down the world's deepest elevator test shaft in Tytyri, Finland
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The build-nothing country
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Potash buildings
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Megacities: Reality or fiction? Architecture in sci-fi
4 votes -
China’s global mega-projects are falling apart
8 votes