All about bamboo floors

The bamboo is grass type. Being thus, you can think that it as soft and fragile as typical kinds of grasses we know and we can at all can be used as a building material. However, a bamboo has proved very steady and flexible that does by its material for many builders of structure. Cost bamboo floors on the average from $2 and $4 for each square metre that approximately at the same price, as an oak. It is the fair price consideration many advantages which she offers. Installation a bamboo parquet does not demand any special and concrete methods. Really, There are some ways you can to put them on: you can float them, nails on them, or their glue. The bamboo is also easier to receive, than an oak, because only occupies about 3th years that mature, unlike an oak, which can accept till hundred years completely to ripen. It is important to notice that the bamboo not a tree is a grass so we cannot name it of deciduous breeds. However, it can so long as standard deciduous breeds we have around so, probably, why majority of people to accept it as that. To make flat, the firm floor, bamboo pipes to cut strips. This that these cook in a strip from starch. Boiled strips to start drying and lamination process, and then milled to become boards Gaza a floor. Same process that deciduous breeds as a maple or an oak to pass. At last, strips uses of preservatives are considered to slow down disintegration. There is something about bamboo floors that gives number ethnic and terrestrial feelings. As deciduous breeds as an oak darkly enough, and, thus, look too rich and heavy, with bamboo use as your floor does space is more light, airier, and less far-fetched. But, perhaps, is better about bamboo floors that they it is easy to get and establish. Strips of a bamboo flooring are on sale in all shops of building materials. You do not need to search far and widely, that for your hands on them.

Qualitative metal doors

Good stell doors than 2 mm should be collected from sheet of metal in the thickness not less. And to weigh such doors, considering: the framing, strengthening, filling, clasps and т.д, will be more than 50 kg. Therefore first sign of a reliable and qualitative metal door is its weight. And if the loader alone lifts an outer door on the seventh floor, it only door imitation :)

The outer door can select to following signs:

Some consider that not opened doors do not happen and consequently select doors only on exterior, put on panel protection.

On the other hand, always there is a probability that the burglar will prefer the next doors with more simple clasp, therefore we recommend – to establish for a door not less than 2 clasps of a different design, for example: the second – cylinder.

Our council, for the house do not save on outer doors, select qualitative and reliable.

Metal doors - the basic advantages:

1. Metal doors it is made from special patented катанного a profile with four vertical stiffening fins which provide the raised rigidness of a metal door.

2. Thereby given the profile carries out a role directing that allows quickly and to mount or dismantle conveniently refinishing from both parties at assemblage or repair of a metal door.

3. The box of a metal door gathers from special patented о a profile, closed by means of a light beam welding. That gives additional durability and reliability.

4. All structural profiles are made on rolling mills it allows to provide the greatest accuracy and stability of the sizes.

5. Two sealing contours on perimetre of a door track bed and a box are established in specially прокатанные flutes that provides the maximum isolation of a metal door.

6. The base complete set includes warming of a track bed of a door by a mineral cotton or polyfoam. The maximum noise isolation is thus reached.

7. Welding is made in the environment of carbonic gas and argon that considerably improves quality of seams.

8. Clasps of leading world manufacturers (CISA, MOTTURA, KALE) are established. That testifies to good reliability.

9. The wide choice of refinishings allows to create metal doors which are harmoniously entered in any interior of a dwelling unit or the house.

11. On all elements of metal doors and refinishing the warranty from one year is given.

12. The metal door reparation is easy

Guest bathroom with mosaic tiles renovate

Cost-effective design bathroom

Precise tailoring was previously the basis for individuality and freedom around the bathroom renovation. For this reason, until now had been the handle deep into their pockets many a dream of a new bathroom burst.

Thanks to user-friendly bathroom range, such as "Matrix" by the company VitrA, now you can renovate your bathroom and cost individually. You can choose from a variety of different individual elements that are perfectly matched.

This means virtually unlimited design options with the built-in guarantee for an aesthetically pleasing whole.
For a bathroom with an attractive design provides a variety of ceramic components and fittings, bathroom furniture and accessories. Rounding out the atmosphere by purist tub and shower trays.

The size of the bathroom does not matter, because the bathroom range shows even in small rooms a big impact.

The design of the toilet assembly

When planning a bathroom should be taken to ensure that the right and left of the toilet is about 25 centimeters square. This is especially true when a wall adjacent to the toilet. Otherwise, the user has the feeling of being very cramped.
The wall-mounted WC-assembly has the advantage that it saves space and the floor can be cleaned at the same time easier.

Instructions for glass mosaic wall design

Mosaic tile laying
Mosaic tiles can be wonderfully adapted to individual bath shape. The selection of colors and designs for glass mosaic is huge. To glue the tesserae, the surface must be treated the same as set in the conventional tiles.

Tile stress-old tiles in the new dress

Tile stress

Each morning, packed the horror in the bathroom? - The old-fashioned tile designs and tile patterns, mainly signal but the colors of the tiles, that your bathroom is showing its age.

Shades of color who were in the sixties, seventies, eighties "in" can make your bathroom look quite old now. And unlike today's light color it can also be combined or bad with different contrasting colors.

Bright tiles in the bathroom. That was that, you're probably thinking. To then to think further: to noise and dust and dirt. And above all, of course, also of money and nerves, so does a bathroom or cakes usually modernization. But schabiges brown or similar "dirty" colors can bath or kitchen too high "unattractive" to make spatiality. You must not re-tile to add a bit of fresh air, say the new, light-color to conjure up in your home:

Instead of buying new tile and basically intact, but hate stately old to knock on the wall, you try it once with tile tile primer and paint! This works' s guarantees quick and easy.
Tile stress yourself with tile paint

The matter, however, let himself quite well in your hand when you further? How to do it. Critical condition: The surface must be clean and free of grease. This can be achieved by thoroughly treated with a soap or vinegar cleaner.

Then the tiles are roughened evenly? Strength. Darfur is a classic sandpaper or - better yet - abrasive pad, which is commercially obtainable.

The paint job consists of two layers. For both - primer and finish coat - epoxy paints should be used. You can mix the professional handlers in any desired color shade and are characterized by special Strapazierfahigkeit.

old tiles
old tiles

Primer
Primer

Painting
Painting

The new bathroom
The new bathroom

Epoxy paints are two component systems consisting of Harter and paint. These are combined and applied verruhrt thoroughly, then windy with a roller or brush. In the market there but also buy special tile paint kits, where everything is included, what Requires.
Tile paint and bath paint in various colors

Tile paint

We have compared various tile coatings and have come to the conclusion that the solvent-free 2-component belongs to the system of Westfalia all-round talent in the paint. With the paint can enameled surfaces of bathtubs and shower trays are treated just as professionally as tiles came from.

The tile paint enough for 2.8m? (One or two bath shower trays) and is obtainable alpinwei in the colors? (Also obtainable in the XL package), Pergamon Manhattan Grey, Bahama Beige.

After 5 days of drying time can the tub or tile mirrors are re-used again.

This professional set consists of:

* 2-component paint
* Brush
* Foam roller
* Coating pan
* Descaler
* Cleaner
* Tack cloth
* 4 sheet sandpaper in 2 grain revisions.

Here you can buy online our winner for about 75 €:

Gate before the strike

Somehow it was time sweating to make the gate in tandem, as the facade was renovated. And so it remained until it was high time: gray and it looked ugly anyway out (Fig. 1), but now was the old paint has also become brittle and cracked. The paint is leafed and in some places the wood was no longer protected.
Gate stress

Gate after the strike
Gate after the strike (photo: Deutsches Institut paint)

That meant rolling up the sleeves, but now! The old paint was sanded off, and "naked" wood, which was already graying due to weather influences, had to be handled with the orbital sander until his natural color was to be seen again. Then, a solvent-based primer is applied. Because of the raw wood. Only then let prevented that water-soluble dyes of the wood later "bleed through". After further grinding - but this time only slightly to roughen the surface - the door was painted with a lustrous silk, acrylic solvent-poor-weather paint.
The hinge bracket, which were painted in the end, received the same darker shade of blue as the frame of the front door. Shall adapt and blend together both in "soft" contrast to the truss (Fig. 2).
Good time to renovate

The German paint Institute recommends that you wait for renovation with paint not until the last moment. For the worst enemy of fittings, furniture made of wood - so many more doors, windows, beams - Is moisture. Once the lacquer coating is not more "dense" is, Wet penetrates into the fibers. Let them soak the wood and is also the preferred living element of microorganisms, which destroy the wood.

Constantly be refreshing strength coatings provide not only for glory and beauty, but also ensure the projects a long life.

Garage stress yourself and paint

Choice of colors and paints for painting garage

There are now some special paint garage door locations (eg from Hammerite). You can also use ordinary metal polish. The garage door paint thoroughly before use umruhren.

Garage door paint can be directly coated on zinc. Metal protective coating needs, however, zinc and other nonferrous metals, an undercoat with special primer (eg from Hammerite).
1. Preparation of the garage door

Sandpaper and wire brush

Thoroughly remove all dirt at first, salt deposits and grease with an appropriate detergent. Loose rust from the Torflache with sandpaper and wire brush to remove. If these unablosbar, the old paint should be sanded thoroughly, at least.

Garage door paint preparation

Flat metal cleaner (for example. By Hammerite) Clean and degrease. Working for bare zinc surfaces with a scouring sponge. Subsequently? End rust with Rust Blocker (for example. By Hammerite) deal in spots. Extremely smooth surfaces should be anrauht lightly with fine sandpaper.
2. Garage door paint

Garage door paint

(. Z.Bsp of Hammerite) garage bands of paint applied with a soft flat brush or paint roller from the top down - directly on zinc.

Let this layer dry for at least 2 hours and then remove a second coat of paint on the garage door. Under certain circumstances, a third coating layer is in track. Wash brushes and rollers after each string operation immediately thoroughly.

Source: Dulux / Hammerite

Special metal garage doors

Garage doors of non-ferrous metals - such as aluminum garage doors and gates - still mark a special primer as a primer before painting.

Fur is powder-coated and plastic-coated surfaces must be prepared specifically for the strike. Check this best with the manufacturer.

Design Garage

The garage as a design element facade
Garage integrated into the architecture

Who wants to give his house a coherent overall picture, attaches importance to the harmonious interaction of all components. In this concept increasingly the garage is built. It has emancipated itself from its traditional functional role and now serves esthetic needs.

The garage is an integral part of the overall architecture
This garage door (Automatic Sectional LPU 40 L-bead) is an integral part of the overall architecture

The object of Rainer Blumrich clear from Filderstadt claim to the garage to see as an integral part of the overall architecture. In planning the house it was first necessary to bring the requirements of the development plan (maximum height 7.50 m, roof pitch 30-35) with the space needs of the client in line.

To avoid the execution of dormers and to realize a continuous band of windows, so the first floor of the building has been restored. In this way, had a ceiling height of 2.20 m achieved.

In the area of the ground floor of the concept of visual separation in different structures of the superior part of the building will be continued. The color of the house in white tones, light gray and blue building this structure increase.

Particularly striking is the prominent color blue front facade above and beside the garage door. She draws attention to itself, emphasizes the brick architecture and integrates the gate into the architectural concept.

The design of the garage door - a high quality automatic sectional door manufacturer Hörmann - corresponds in color and large-scale form this concept and contributes to the clear structure of the building. The design of the side door was in color and lamella division (large bead) matched to the garage, so here is a uniform overall appearance entsteht.http: / / www.hoermann.de/
Gate and door configurator - fits the new gate to the house?

In www.hoermann.de / configurator and at numerous specialty retailers from March 2008 is an easy-to-use software that you can use to plan the new devices quickly and easily. The gate and door configurator guides you step by step through the planning of a new garage door or a new house.

For example, garage doors can be of the types of doors - by playing on the surface variations and sizes to individual types of glazing and door color to a number of combinations, they discuss the same with the family and choose the right thing - or sectional overhead door.

virtual gate and door planner
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But the virtual gate and door planner can do even more: To identify owners, whether their favorite door or the garage-Favourite fit the architecture of the house, gates and gate to existing exemplary facade environments are used.

An even more accurate impression of the client receives when he uploads a digital photo of your house. With just a few clicks of the mouse, the selected product is used in the photo and thus offers a perfect insight to the result in the domestic front. Sun developers know before renovations as it looks behind and missing purchases can be avoided.

So that the user always has an eye on costs, the software displays the suggested retail price Manufacturer of him just configured to the gate or door variant. In this way the client knows if desired front door and garage door are also requested in his budget limits.

More information on garage doors are available at Hörmann.