How to Spool Wire into the BNT-40
The BNT-40 rebar tying tool is lightweight and has a compact, easy to hold grip. The tool is well balanced and is designed to tie rebars as fast as you can pull the trigger. This blog post will illustrate the proper way to replace and feed a new spool of wire into the BNT-40 rebar Read more…
How to Change Your Wire Guide on the BNT-64 Rebar Tier
The BNT-64 Rebar Tying Tool is built to reduce tying time needed for securing reinforcing rods together while doing concrete form work. This tool is great for repetitious tying work and reduces the risk of carpal-tunnel and back injuries. The one-handed operation allows your other hand to hold rebar in place. This tool will securely Read more…
How to Change the Grip on the BNT-64 Rebar Tier
The BNT-64 Rebar Tying Tool is built to reduce tying time needed for securing reinforcing rods together while doing concrete form work. It’s great for repetitious tying work and reduces the risk of carpal-tunnel and back injuries. The handle can be used either as a pistol configuration or as a rifle style to reduce bending Read more…
How To Rebuild a DC-20 Rebar Cutter
If you have the best tools, it’s important to know how to care for them properly which is why we’re breaking down how to rebuild your DC-20 Rebar cutter. The DC-20WH is a portable tool that’s intended for effortless heavy-duty applications on vertical and horizontal rebar cutting applications. This portable rebar tool weighs 25.5 pounds Read more…
How to Tear Down the DC-20 Rebar Cutter
To be the best person on the job site, you not only need to bring the best tools but you also want tools that are easy to tear down when the job is complete. The DC-20WH is a portable tool that’s intended for effortless heavy-duty applications on vertical and horizontal rebar cutting applications. This portable Read more…
Concrete Floors in Your Home
Concrete floors in your home are more luxurious and hygienic than carpet. Concrete floors last longer and are exponentially more diverse in relation to options than wood floors because of the almost unlimited color, pattern and texture options. And, in addition to requiring less maintenance, concrete floors in your home are more professional looking than Read more…
Working with Pervious Concrete
What Pervious Concrete Is and Is Used For Pervious concrete is concrete that dries porous. The sieve-like effect of pervious concrete allows water, sand and clay to seep into the ground below. An effect of mix ratios and finishing techniques, the purpose of the pervious concrete is to allow water to seep into the ground Read more…
How to: Concrete Driveway Installation
When it comes to paving, you just can’t beat a material with a 2,000 year history. Developed by the Romans, concrete is one of the most durable paving materials on the market today. It bears up better to heat and traffic than asphalt and can even be used in permeable paving situations. In this post, we’ll Read more…
What is the Importance of a Reinforced Concrete Slab?
With few exceptions, concrete slabs need to be reinforced with either rebar or re-mesh. Concrete has exceptional compressive strength. However, in relation to its compressive strength, concrete has weak tensile strength. That is to say, it is very difficult to crush concrete. It is much easier, on the other hand, to pull it apart. Compressive Read more…
How to Cure Concrete
The Mix Ratio Concrete — the mixing of it — is an inexact science. But, it is a science none-the-less. The reason it is an inexact science is because most people do not understand the variables that determine how to cure concrete correctly. There are three things that affect the curing of concrete: the cement Read more…
