Garage plans are essential to your new home creation. Your garage will receive much use in a variety of ways. Most garages have far too little space, inadequate garage doors and little if any garage storage area. Planning your perfect garage with the ample space you will need will save you years of discontent.
New construction blues for builder and homeowner can be avoided if you select all features of your new home first and nix change orders. New home construction can suffer cost overruns, time delays and price gouging by a contractor when you decide to change some aspect of your job while work is in progress.
Mold prevention in your home is managed with simple materials and techniques as you build. Mold, mildew and wood rot problems can be circumvented with good and proper workmanship. Toxic mold prevention can be accomplished by utilizing the good building practices of many older homes, which created an air gap between the exterior of your home and the structure behind it.
Air conditioning units in your home have to be properly sized to fit your home. Your heating and AC contractor (HVAC) figures out how many supply ducts and return air ducts need to be in each room for the best air flow.
Your wall size or thickness will determine how much insulation you can apply for greater energy savings. A thicker wall upgrade depends on many factors, such as costs of insulation, heating and cooling your home, temperature differences between the inside and outside, etc. Whether a thicker wall will benefit you can be calculated, and best decided before you build that home.
Clear mortar sealer applied to brick and masonry houses will allow the release of water to stop rot and damage to the walls behind them. Now you can apply a water repellent to the outside of existing brick walls with a clear masonry sealer.
Ice, frost and other condensation need to be removed from your attic. Mold, mildew or rot can occur. Exhaust them with turbine vents.
Basement insulation may help keep your first floor warmer. Is insulation added to basement ceilings between the floor joists worthwhile? Insulation slows heat transfer, but choosing to insulate your basement ceiling is not the most efficient. Basement wall insulation may be the answer.
Masonry walls made from stone, concrete block, brick or a combination of the materials can look fine, but wind-driven rain can really cause waterproofing problems. Massive amounts of water can enter through invisible passageways.
Concrete homes have many benefits, including a maintenance-free exterior. Concrete is very durable, but can come with a large price tag. Concrete forms, concrete blocks, precast concrete walls and cement stucco are some other options to use in building your home in place of cast in place concrete. They will provide the sound practicality of concrete, but be more financially forgiving.
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