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A SAVVY woman has been praised after revealing how she transformed the ugly concrete walls in her garden. Shelling out for paint and doing a good DIY job can be an expensive and lengthy process – but ...

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Contractors regularly look at the basic U.S. residential concrete foundation as being a three-day process. Excavation, footing forming and concrete placement on day one; wall forming and concrete ...

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The production of the cement used in concrete is a major contributor to worldwide CO2 emissions and since we're reliant on the stuff for our infrastructure, this is a serious problem. However, Nendo ...