What is a balcony drain?
A balcony drain removes rainwater from a balcony or access deck — either as an outlet connected to a pipe, or as a through-flow to the balcony below.
What is an energy-positive home?
An energy-positive home generates more energy over a year than it uses. There is no statutory definition — the assumptions behind the calculation decide the answer.
What is a meander band?
A meander band is the continuous, right-angled folded ornament that runs as a decorative strip along a cornice, frieze or floor edge — also called the Greek key.
What is brush-finished plaster?
Brush finishing means working still-damp plaster with a brush — to key the surface, to create texture, or to apply a translucent glaze over the render.
What is a tube end forming machine?
A tube end forming machine reshapes the end of a pipe — expanding, reducing, flanging or grooving — so pipes fit into each other or gain a sealing face.
What is multifoil insulation?
Multifoil insulation is a thin quilt of alternating bubble film and aluminium foil that insulates through trapped still air and reflection of radiant heat.
What is a formwork spreader?
A formwork spreader is a batten or tube held between two shutter faces that keeps them at the correct distance, so the wall is cast at the intended thickness.
What is a petje?
A petje is a Dutch building term for a framed-out panel above a window frame in the inner leaf, used instead of a lintel where the space to the soffit is small.
What is PET?
PET (polyethylene terephthalate) is a thermoplastic polyester used in construction as fibre insulation, foam core, clear sheet, geotextile and roofing membrane carrier.
Heatwave: keep your house cool without air conditioning (5 to 8 degrees cooler)
How to keep your house 5 to 8 degrees cooler without AC: keep the sun out, vent the heat at night and limit indoor heat. Concrete tips and degrees.