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Test Your Skills With Our Construction Quiz
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How much do you know about the complicated business of creating a safe, comfortable and durable building? Test your savvy with our quiz -- no hard hat necessary!
The Ultimate Quikrete Quiz
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Quikrete makes fixing pathway cracks, flood-prone basements or dirty-looking garage floors a simple task. It is inexpensive and saves you bringing in professions to help with your home repairs or improvements.
10 Amazing Green Cities
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Sure, the Emerald City looked green, but you won't need green-tinted glasses to see how environmentally friendly the cities on this list are. What makes a city amazingly green?
How Papercrete Works
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Papercrete is a lightweight alternative to concrete that incorporates paper into its mix. But what are the benefits and limitations of papercrete?
How Carbon Negative Cement Works
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Carbon negative cement could be the solution to the carbon dioxide emissions caused by the production of cement. Learn about carbon negative cement.
How Quikrete Works
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Quikrete is used as an alternative to concrete in many home improvement projects. Learn more about Quikrete at HowStuffWorks.
How Fluid Concrete Works
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Concrete may seem dull and gray. But the superplasticizers in fluid concrete are actually pretty intriguing. How do these little buggers make wet concrete flow like a river?
10 of History's Happiest Accidents
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Where would we be without the accidental discoveries of beer, penicillin or Popsicles? Here is HowStuffWorks' list of history's happiest accidents.
How Efflorescence Works
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Even Michelangelo had to deal with efflorescence -- white deposits that appear on masonry -- while painting the Sistine Chapel. What causes this unsightly problem, and how can you address it if it shows up on the surfaces of your home?
The Ultimate Concrete Quiz
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You have your wheelbarrow, concrete mixer and shovel all ready. But the hard part of making concrete, even with the best of tools, is getting the mixture right. Concrete has been used for centuries, but the concrete mixtures used today have come a long way from the mud mixtures that were once used. Take this quiz to see what you know about how concrete is made.