Home remodeling

Home remodeling

Do-It-Yourself (DIY) home improvement projects.

Industry: Construction

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Slab

Construction; Home remodeling

Concrete floor placeddirectly on earth or a gravel base and usually about four inches thick.

Self-tapping concrete screw

Construction; Home remodeling

These are hardened steel screws designed to cut threads in pre-drilled holes. The head styles come in Phillips, flat or hex-washer. Typically used in poured concrete, concrete block or masonry.

Single-pole switch

Construction; Home remodeling

Controls power to lights and devices by turning off the hot side of the circuit. Mounted in an electrical box. Has two brass terminal screws. Controls current from one circuit from one point.

Slip-joint pliers

Construction; Home remodeling

General utility pliers with two jaw-opening size adjustments. They are used to tighten and loosen nuts and bolts and some have a shear-type wire cutter to cut small-gauge wire.

Sliding t-bevel square

Construction; Home remodeling

Used for locating and transferring any angle between 0 to 360 degrees. It has a movable blade that can adjust to any angle by loosening and tightening wing nut or locking mechanism. Also used for ...

Uses a circular blade that is pivoted and/or tilted to the correct angle, then dropped onto the material, which is clamped stationary on a plate. This saw also has a sliding action that allows it to ...