My Kids And I Built A 3 Bed 2 Bath House For Under $50K

07-01-2024 • Building in a Box - YouTube.com

My kids and I decided to build a house ourselves. We did hire professionals to do the concrete, plumbing, electrical, and drywall finishing, but we did the rest! You can too with a turnkey house kit!

Space scientists 3D print LEGO bricks with meteorite dust to build astronaut homes on moon

06-25-2024 • Design Boom

3D printed 'ESA space bricks' similar to LEGO blocks

GFRC Explained - Learn the Basics of GFRC

06-15-2024 • Smooth-On -- YouTube.com

Watch this video to learn the basics of Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete (GFRC). We explain the different components, mix designs and the proper techniques needed to create high-quality GFRC. The benefits of Forton® VF-774 are also explained in great

Critical Wood Fence Mistakes

06-10-2024 • SWI Fence - YouTube.com

Avoid these simple but critical mistakes when building your wood fence to get the strongest, longest-lasting fence possible.

Rover aluminum-made capsule house...

06-09-2024 • TikTok

"This video requires you to turn up the volume to feel this perfect little house."

Would YOU LIVE In a SPRAY FOAM House?

06-05-2024 • Bisbone Ranch - YouTube.com

Our house made of spray foam received a lot of controversial comments and left a lot of questions to be answered. So we traveled to the source to meet with Kyle at Promise Domes to do a Q&A. He also gives us a full tour of his beautiful Dome-stead!

Kilometer-tall skyscrapers to double as massive batteries

06-05-2024 • New Atlas

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), the designer of the world's tallest building, Dubai's Burj Khalifa, has joined forces with Energy Vault Holdings to investigate the possibility of creating something even taller: huge 1-km [3,280-ft]-tall skyscrapers

Modular mobile ASTRA Bridge lets highway traffic fly over roadwork

05-25-2024 • New Atlas

A new modular mobile flyover bridge allows vehicles to drive right overtop of stretches of highway roadwork, instead of waiting to go around them. Known as the ASTRA Bridge, it's intended to make life easier for motorists and safer for roadway worker

We Built Our House In 4 DAYS With FOAM!

05-20-2024 • Bisbone Ranch - YouTube.com

Fastest house build in the West! In 4 days, we went from a geodesic skeleton to a fully dried in foam dome house!

Sheathing my 40x50 Dream Shop with Georgia Pacific FORCE FIELD

How To Permanently Repair A Garage Floor Crack

04-24-2024 • Everyday Home Repairs

I am preparing my garage floor to install an epoxy coating with the flake finish but before then I have some repair work to do. First up is permanently repairing a large crack that runs the entire length of the floor. This same fix could be done on

Can I Make Concrete Without Gravel? (Correct Ratio)

04-24-2024 • GizmoPlans

If you have not worked with concrete that often you may be unsure of the exact materials needed to make concrete. I often hear others even use the terms cement and concrete interchangeably.

$300,000 robotic micro-factories pump out custom-designed homes

04-23-2024 • New Atlas

The idea is to provide the tools to empower local ecosystems of communities, contractors, architects and developers to build better homes.

Fill Dirt vs. Fill Sand vs. Fill Gravel

04-23-2024 • Dirt Connections

The three types of fill most consider are fill dirt, fill sand and fill gravel. Each is made up of a unique composition that makes each type of fill better for certain projects.

How Deep Should An Electrical Conduit Be Buried

04-23-2024 • Lesso

Electrical conduits are the lifelines of modern infrastructure, seamlessly transporting power through a labyrinth of hidden pathways. Ensuring these vital channels are safely tucked away beneath the surface is crucial for the well-being of both the e

What Size of Gravel Aggregate Is Best for Driveways?

04-23-2024 • Earth Depot

Gravel driveways are an economical alternative to concrete or asphalt driveways, and they come with their own unique charm.

What is the best concrete mix?

04-23-2024 • Swimming Pool Steve - YouTube.com

Steve talks about what the best concrete mix, and how different mix recipes are used depending on what specific properties you want the concrete to have.

How to Make Your Own Skim Coat for Portland Cement

04-20-2024 • Hunker.com

While the term is more commonly used in reference to applying drywall mud to a surface in preparation for finishing, skim coating is also used in concrete work, as well as with ceramic tile and natural stone installations.

Goldene: New 2D form of gold makes graphene look boring

04-17-2024 • New Atlas

Graphene is a bit like the Novak Djokovic of materials - it's so damn talented that each new achievement feels passé.

Housing market affordability is so strained that Home Depot is selling tiny homes for $63,000

04-10-2024 • Fast Company

Home Depot is following in the footsteps of Sears, which sold over 70,000 mail-order homes between 1908 and 1942.