Submitted by: Heather Mitchell

A 72-inch bathroom vanity can be one of the best things to add to your bathroom. This is a large space that can offer several functional things. It will first include two sinks on the top with plenty of counter space for things like a soap dispenser, toothbrush holder and other common items.

The body of the vanity will include a series of cabinets. These include a variety of different sizes for all sorts of storage needs.

The features that come with a 72-inch bathroom vanity can be valuable but it will be best to think about whether or not you can get something like this to fit in your bathroom. There are several standards to consider.

First, you will need to think about the length of a wall that your vanity will go on. This should be the wall that has the water connections that the vanity will link to. The vanity must fit around these spots. The holes at the back of the vanity must also fit in. Fortunately, the holes in a vanity will be evenly spaced out and designed to encourage a better design for the bathroom.

Your vanity should also be good enough to go along a mirror in your bathroom. You should see that your vanity is large enough to where your mirror will easily fit in front of it with little to no adjustments required.

The depth of your vanity is a big point to find. The depth can be at least twenty inches. This is enough to handle not only the sink space but also enough to make the cabinets in the vanity easy to manage with more storage space. This depth should fit through most doorways.

The height of your vanity should not be an issue in most cases. However, you can expect to find a vanity to be about thirty-six inches in height most of the time.

The flooring in your bathroom must also be reviewed. This includes looking to see if the construction of your vanity will overtake anything. You might need to get certain tiles removed or cut.

The floorboards in your bathroom must also be reviewed. You should see if your vanity is large enough to cover a floorboard without having to cut anything up. The best spots will be ones that are less likely to involve replacing items in their entirety depending on what you have.

You should also see if there are any caulk or grout borders that might get in the way of things. These include items like caulk that sets a bathtub or toilet in its place. You should review these points to see if you are getting things placed around as evenly as possible.

The last thing to do is to see if you have enough space for opening and closing doors and panels in your vanity. The things that are inside of your vanity should be easy to access at all times.

You should think about these points when figuring out if you can get a 72 inch bathroom vanity to fit in your home. You can get this kind of vanity to work well in any kind of space in your home if you are careful with it.

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Submitted by: Robert Short

Installing a pre-cast concrete stairway to your homes basement is actually quite an easy project for the advanced do-it-yourselfer or anyone that can coordinate a couple of sub contractors. Doing so will add a water tight weather proof egress to your basement that, in many cases, is necessary to comply with local building codes during a remodel. Either way, this newly added entrance will add much more function to your home and your basement.

First of all it is probably a good idea to explain what pre-cast concrete is. Pre-cast concrete is simply concrete that has been mixed, formed and vibrated in a very controlled plant type environment and then delivered or trucked to its final destination and installed. Despite the fact that some pre-cast concrete products are much thinner than conventional poured in place applications does not mean that the pre-cast products are any less quality and to the contrary they are usually much more durable.

In order to orchestrate this project you are going to need a hole dug, a doorway opening cut into your foundation and the actual pre-cast concrete bulkhead delivered and installed. Your first step is to locate a pre-cast concrete product dealer. A pre-cast concrete dealer can be located in your local phonebook, or better yet, your online yellow pages. Once you have located a reputable dealer you need to visit the pre-cast manufacturers showroom, which usually consists of a giant field full of stairs, bulkheads and culverts. You need to choose the size and style that is right for your project. A standard pre-cast bulkhead will generally cost less than $1000 and this includes the steel bulkhead cover and installation.

Once you have chosen the right product be sure to ask for a worksheet or specification sheet that comes with your particular product. This spec sheet will tell you how much digging needs to be done and what size doorway your concrete cutter needs to cut in the foundation. The digging can be done using several methods. You can dig it by hand with a pick and shovel (not recommended), you can rent a small excavator (cost about $300) from a tool rental outfit and use the machine to dig it out or you can call a professional excavation contractor and have them dig it out for you (cost between $300 and $500). I highly recommend hiring a professional excavator for this part of the project. This process will take a professional less than a few hours and you can shop around for the best price. Please Note: Be sure to notify your areas DIG SAFE program and have them come out and locate any hidden underground utilities before you start your excavation. Also, keep in mind that your excavator will have to remove and dispose of about 50% of the dirt that he/she removes from the hole because the bulkhead to be installed will take up about that much volume of space. If this is not feasible, you may be able to use this dirt somewhere else on your property or you may be able to give it to one of your neighbors. Either way, fill dirt is a very needed and sought after commodity. Hence the old saying: Phil Dirtthe most wanted man in America.

Once the hole for your bulkhead has been successfully dug out and the portion of the foundation that needs to be cut is exposed you need to clearly layout your cut lines with a measuring tape, a bright yellow lumber crayon and a 4 level as instructed on the spec sheet. Now it is time to call a professional concrete cutter and find out what their pricing and availability is (cost is usually $425+/- to cut and drop the piece). They will charge you approximately an additional $100 to jack hammer the piece into manageable pieces and up to $500 to remove the piece from site. In order to avoid the break up an disposal charges, simply have your excavation contractor dig a grave for the concrete at the bottom of your excavation. This way you can just bury it and save yourself some time, money and hassles. Explain to the concrete cutter that you need a standard doorway for a bulkhead. Ask them how much they charge and when they can schedule your job. Ask them for a morning appointment. You are going to have to coordinate the concrete cutting and the bulkhead installation so that as soon as the concrete cutter is done the bulkhead is immediately installed. So you can now schedule your bulkhead delivery and installation for about 12 noon. Most pre-cast concrete product manufacturers will do the installation for you at no additional cost or it is included in the price.

I recommend calling each of your sub-contractors a day prior to their arrival just to verify that there are no scheduling conflicts. This will minimize the amount of problems that will occur and give you plenty of time to reschedule each subcontractor if one of them runs into a problem.

As soon as your bulkhead and metal bulkhead cover have been successfully installed you will need to back fill or replace the dirt that was removed from the hole. This can be done by hand with a shovel by an experienced do it yourselfer or you can make arrangements to have your excavation contractor return once the installation is complete and do the backfilling for you. It is always a good idea to allow this dirt to settle before adding your topsoil or planting any grass or flowers. The ground around the bulkhead should be settled pretty good after several heavy rain showers.

Well, good luck and if you choose to tackle this project congratulations. For more information on this subject just do a search for pre-cast, concrete cutting or bulkhead.

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Submitted by: Marcela Devivo

What is a skid loader?

A skid loader is a stiff frame machine with mechanical arms that can be fitted with attachments for a wide variety of different tools, including a backhoe, hydraulic breaker, pallet forks, angle broom, sweeper, auger, mower, snow blower, stump grinder, tree spade, trencher, and a wheel saw.

Modern skid loaders come in two varieties, a four wheeled system and a rubber track version. Wheeled skid loaders are typically are four-wheel drive and for additional maneuverability, the left and right wheels systems are independent. The track version also referred to as a track loader provides for better digging and pushes performance in higher end models due to less ground disturbance and better traction in un-ideal environments like mud and sand.

History of the skid loader machine

The first three-wheeled front-end loader was invented in 1957 by two brothers, Cyril and Louis Keller, in a small machinist shop in Rothsay Minnesota. The brothers conceived the idea to help a nearby farmer with the ignoble task of cleaning up manure for a pole barn. They wanted to help him, and out of this collaboration the first skidder was born.

This early machine was eventually purchased by Melrose Manufacturing Company and the Kellers brought on to continue development. Since then it has spread to become a highly valued piece of heavy machinery at construction and engineering site around the globe.

What are these machines used for?

Due to the wide array of attachments available for these vehicles , they have many uses, but mostly are employed for scrape material from one place to another, carry materials in a bucket and proceed to load them into a truck or trailer.

Skid loaders can also be used in tight digging situations where factors limit the practically of using a large excavator, like digging a basement under an existing house. In this situation a skid loader would make use of a ramp at the edge of the site. The loader would proceed to use the ramp to carry materials out of the hole. The skid loader would reshape the ramp by making it steeper and longer as the excavation deepened.

Differences between a front loader machine and a skid loader machine

The pivot arms on a skid loader lay behind the driver, alongside the side of the vehicle.

Major machine manufacturers

Major manufacturers for skid loaders include the Bobcat Company, Mustang, Case, New Holland, Komatsu, and Caterpillar.

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