House

In this review, the author shows the process of building a red brick fence. It should be noted that the fence, on the one hand, is ordinary, on the other hand, it is original. But here, as they say, a matter of taste. The most important thing is that to make such a fence with your own hands is as easy as shelling pears. Although, of course, it is desirable that there are basic skills in bricklaying.

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Did you buy roller blinds on a plastic window, but didn’t find the instructions for installing them in the kit? In this review you will find all the necessary information. Roller blinds (they are fabric blinds) are a window sun protection system, which consists of a canvas and a movable shaft. In this case, the author attaches the roller blind to the balcony door, but if you need to install it directly on a plastic window, then do the same.

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Traditionally, homemade seals for the winter are made in glass jars - the packaging is reliable, durable and environmentally friendly. That's only when transporting seals from the kitchen to the cellar, you can accidentally touch the corner of the house or drop the container, and the bank will inevitably break. Agree, this is not pleasant enough? Moreover, the fragments will then need to be carefully collected.

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Typically, the visor above the gate is made of a wooden or metal crate and roofing material: tiles, profiled sheets, metal tiles, slate, ondulin, etc. But Vietnamese builders believe that the visor above the gate should be exclusively made of concrete. So what? Reliable and durable. The first step is the installation of the crate.

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In this review, the author shares another cool and useful idea for a summer house and a private home. And we will talk about how to make a bench with a shoe rack with your own hands. A great option for a small hallway. For the manufacture of such a shop will require such materials: profile pipe, square rod, plywood.

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Going in for sports is always beneficial. And if you don’t have the opportunity to go to the gym every day, then you can go the other way - make a simple 2-in-1 outdoor exercise machine: horizontal bar and parallel bars. In this review, the author shows in detail how to make a simulator with your own hands. There is nothing complicated here, but there is a certain specificity.

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What do we want most on hot summer days? Right! Breathe freely and do not sweat. And if an air conditioner or a fan helps out in a living room, then there is no way to install climate equipment in open areas. However, there is a solution! For example, on outdoor terraces, summer areas for recreation and in arbors, you can use the fogging system.

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In hollow blocks or bricks to hammer an ordinary dowel will not work. More precisely, it is possible to hammer it, of course, but such fasteners will be unreliable. But what if, for example, you want to pull a clothesline between the walls, and your walls are made of bricks or blocks with voids inside? In this case, it remains only to "chemical" something with your own hands.

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The visor above the porch of the house is not just an essential item, but its presence is still desirable. Why? Firstly, it reliably shelters the porch and front door from the rain. Secondly, the visor will help the owners of the house to hide from the weather. To make a simple design on your own even by a novice master.

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In the country or in a private house, there may be no electricity. This often happens during accidents on power lines or transformer substations. In order not to sit in the dark, you can use candles or an alternative light source, which can be made from a burned out lamp. In fact, this is an ordinary kerosene lamp, but made in a modern manner.

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In this review, the author shares his own idea - how to make a simple fixture for the manufacture of plastic bags of different sizes from improvised materials. To make such a device, the author uses pieces of laminate for this, connected together using two furniture hinges. A stainless steel sheet (or ordinary sheet steel) 1 mm thick is also required.

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It is really not always easy to equip a motor home really at home and as comfortable as possible. For example, ordinary pots with plants can break or fall, shaking will damage fragile leaves. But unpretentious succulents will well survive the difficulties on the road. The author presents an original idea of ​​how to make a reliable planter for a trailer from a PVC pipe.

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Building aerated concrete blocks are characterized by good hygroscopicity, so they "pull" any moisture into themselves. How to protect aerated concrete from moisture so that it does not get wet? For this, the author suggests using cement waterproofing. In this review, the author demonstrates the effectiveness of the method. Therefore, if you are interested in this topic, read on.

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In this review, the author shares his personal experience on how to make a simple “hat” with your own hands to protect a concrete pillar from precipitation. It is not only budgetary, but also simple. If you want to make a cap for a pillar, everyone can. The first thing, of course, is to assemble a mold for pouring concrete. To do this, the author uses four bars, sawn to the desired size.

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In this review, the author shows how you can make an imitation of wild stone on the fence posts. This is easy to do using a cement-sand mortar. This technology is simple and most importantly - it saves money, since you don’t have to buy a wild stone for facing. In order to be able to apply this technology, the poles must be concrete.

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In this review, the author makes a metal stand for a 20 liter water bottle. A metal hoop is fixed at the top of the makeshift stand - for installing a bowl. It should be noted right away that the author made this stand for his old mother, so that it would be convenient for her to pour water from a large bottle into a bowl.

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In this review, the author conducts a small experiment, during which he shows how to increase the burning time of an ordinary candle by almost 100 times. For this experiment, you will need a glass and any, even the cheapest vegetable oil. The point here is that a candle is placed at the bottom of the glass, and then it is poured with oil so that only the wick sticks out.

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In this review, the author demonstrates an unusual solution for installing a sink in a bathroom, which saves up to 50% of water. The solution itself is very simple - you just need to install a sink over the toilet. Then it will be necessary to connect flexible hoses, and also make a drain so that water is drawn into the tank through the sink.

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In this review, the author talks in detail about cheap and environmentally friendly insulation for a private house made from hemp fires - this is the so-called bonded concrete. The author positions bonded concrete as an alternative to polystyrene boards, which are often used for wall insulation. The thickness of one block of bone concrete is 70 mm, the width is 200 mm, the length is 500 mm.

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