Build Your Own Smoker: from Oil Drum to Brick Smokehouse (complete step-by-step guide)
Want to build your own smoker? Discover 5 build methods, the right temperatures for cold and hot smoking, which wood to use, plus curing and smoking times per product.
How to build a rocket stove that actually rockets
Building a rocket stove? Learn the right ratios (1:2:4), how to insulate the heat riser and the carbon monoxide safety rules. A complete step-by-step guide.
What is a septic tank?
A septic tank is an underground tank in which domestic wastewater is pre-treated by settling and digestion. How it works, rules in the Netherlands (IBA class I), maintenance and common mistakes.
What is Sendzimir galvanizing?
Sendzimir galvanizing is a continuous process in which steel strip passes through a zinc bath before being formed into products. Difference with hot-dip galvanizing of finished parts, coating, uses and tips.
What are self-healing materials?
Self-healing materials repair minor damage such as hairline cracks by themselves. How self-healing concrete with bacteria works, other examples, possibilities and limitations.
What is a segmental arch?
A segmental arch is an arch shaped like part of a circle, smaller than a semicircle. Shape, forces, use above windows and doors, and tips for building one in brick.
What is a sectile tile panel?
A sectile tile panel is a tiled picture in which the tiles are cut along the main lines of the image, like leaded glass. Developed at De Porceleyne Fles around 1900, features and maintenance.
What is secco painting?
Secco is a painting technique in which you paint on a dry, hardened plaster layer using paint with its own binder. Difference with fresco, binders, durability and tips for restoration.
What is an external screen blind?
An external screen blind is exterior solar shading with a vertical roller fabric for windows and glazed doors. How a (zip) screen works, fabric types, why external shading beats internal and tips for choosing.
What is a schuurberg?
A schuurberg is a Dutch hay barrack with a brick or timber lower section that serves as a barn. Build-up with poles and adjustable roof, the difference with an open hay barrack and tips for conservation and reuse.