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Building Maintenance in Florida

CIC Experience provides janitorial services to several of South Florida?s most prominent health care facilities, Class...

0 comments posted 17yrs

posted by poy.calip_at_gmail_dot_com

0 comments posted 17yrs posted by poy.calip_at_gmail_dot_com

Septic question for Dave Jeeves or others

We're building a new house - 2500 sq ft., 4 bedrooms, 4 occupants. The county in Ohio where I live set requirements...

8 comments posted 17yrs

posted by v8z

8 comments posted 17yrs posted by v8z

Big Box/Costco type of construction details

looking for plans/sections/details of some typical big box type of buildings. Vector Works or AutoCad formats ok. Heigh...

1 comments posted 17yrs

posted by timkoelle

1 comments posted 17yrs posted by timkoelle

green roofs in Mexico

I am looking for info on construction and viability of adding a green roof to a house in the Yucatan, Mexico. It is a v...

7 comments posted 17yrs

posted by timkoelle

7 comments posted 17yrs posted by timkoelle

Where can i buy an 8' length of 30" diameter pipe ?

I have a project that requires 30" or greater diameter pipe ; it can be metal or fiberglass . I can even use culvert pip...

8 comments posted 17yrs

posted by IlBeBauck

8 comments posted 17yrs posted by IlBeBauck

Footings for Shed

Hello, I'm about to build a 12' x 12' shed. I've drawn the plans, elevations and sections in AutoCAD an...

32 comments posted 17yrs

posted by jcarwile

32 comments posted 17yrs posted by jcarwile

Double Pole Circuit Breaker Not working

I am not an electrician, but I thought I could figure this one out for myself, obviously not. I have a 35' fifth wh...

3 comments posted 17yrs

posted by mark_sosebee_at_hotmail_dot_co

3 comments posted 17yrs posted by mark_sosebee_at_hotmail_dot_co

A Horrible Mess with a Construction Project

I bought a 10 acre lot roughly in the mid-west of California in 2001. It took almost a year to get my first appointment...

8 comments posted 17yrs

posted by RF

8 comments posted 17yrs posted by RF

New Build Foundation Errors

I recently bought a new construction home in September of last year. I noticed recently that my 3rd car garage is suppo...

9 comments posted 17yrs

posted by paul.hendricksen

9 comments posted 17yrs posted by paul.hendricksen

Foundation question

I have a proposal to pour a stem wall footing ontop of an existing footing. The prior contractors who did the footing p...

2 comments posted 17yrs

posted by jloomis

2 comments posted 17yrs posted by jloomis

Sharing facilities and household appliances?

For my final thesis I'm reasearching about the potential of reduction of energy consumption in the residential sect...

6 comments posted 17yrs

posted by phidias81

6 comments posted 17yrs posted by phidias81

Adding bacteria to the septic tank

How does one know if its suitable and appropriate to use additive type bacteria to the septic tank via the drain system...

5 comments posted 17yrs

posted by NONE

5 comments posted 17yrs posted by NONE

UNIONS ON GAS PIPE

I have never heard more different opinions on anything. Can you use unions to connect gas pipe? Or rather, is it LEGAL...

10 comments posted 17yrs

posted by tcconde

10 comments posted 17yrs posted by tcconde

Anticipating an addition

Planning to build a 3-season cabin in northern WI (sandy soil, 100' from a lake, weather extremes but no earthquake...

8 comments posted 17yrs

posted by no

8 comments posted 17yrs posted by no

Sub panel ground wire size ?

I'm going to put a subpanel in a garage. I'm going to run #4 copper off a 70 amp breaker for the hots and neutr...

12 comments posted 17yrs

posted by jamesgangnc

12 comments posted 17yrs posted by jamesgangnc