PVC pipe can be difficult to cut. Poor technique tends to leave the cut ends off-square with pesky burrs that can hinder the progress of a repair. The good news is that with the proper method and ...

Things have changed since the Greeks and Romans used overlapping tiles as roofing materials. They weren’t unlike the clay and ...

Its ratcheting action allowed us to cut through pipes up to 1⅝ inches through several squeezes of the handles without having to open the jaws and recut. Any decent PVC cutter can make clean cuts ...

We might consider PCB panels as simply an intermediate step towards getting your PCBs manufactured on the scale of hundreds. This is due to, typically, an inability to run traces beyond your board ...

These lab-grown crystals—called ingots—are cut into thin octagonal ... polycrystalline solar panels to help offset the higher price tag of monocrystalline panels. A roof with a higher pitch ...

Instead of simply mixing plasticizers into the PVC, the new process chemically bonds them to the polymer itself. “By grafting the plasticizers onto the PVC backbone, we make it more durable and ...

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Clogged rain gutters cause water flow issues that damage your home’s roof and foundation. Gutter guards function as filters that keep leaves and debris out of your gutters without impeding water ...

Leonardo David is a writer and energy consultant who has worked on projects funded by the Inter-American Development Bank. An electromechanical engineer, he has written about solar energy and the ...