Types of mixers

Usually, in the apartment or the personal house we are established mixers of the 2nd types (on ordering) – for a sink or a sink and for a bath. The mixer for a sink has only one having given vent for water – bottom or top. Such mixers are created for washing

Water Disposal

[1] Annex C contains a Glossary of terms that may be unfamiliar to some readers. [2] The terms permeability and hydraulic conductivity are both used to mean the ease with which water travels through saturated, porous media. In this book the term permeability is used pref­erentially. In particular the ‘coefficient of hydraulic conductivity’ and the […]

CARPETING STAIRS

If possible, use a single strip of carpet on stairs, eliminating seams. Stair padding can be many pieces because it will be covered by carpet. For the best-looking job, carpet pile on treads should slant toward you as you ascend the stairs. On ris­ers, the pile should, therefore, point down. If you use several pieces […]

Trench (“French”) Drains

X s wrong right Language Item no. 1 2 3 English geotextile liner slotted drainage pipe permeable aggregate filler German Geotextileinsatz pomse Entwasserungsleitung durchlassiger Zuschlagstoff Spanish capa de geotextil tubo de drenaje ranurado arena fina permeable French recouvrement de geotextile tuyau poreux de drainage agregat permeable Italian geosintetico tubo di drenaggio poroso aggregato permeabile Greek […]

Housekeeping

Housekeeping is something we all grow up with. Some learn it better than others. On the job site, we all must practice good housekeeping because it affects safety and productivity. There are three main housekeeping issues: job site scraps, personnel debris, and tool organization. Job site scraps are the cut-off ends of pieces of wood, […]