Teras rumah biasanya merupakan area semi terbuka. Letaknya bisa didepan rumah, disamping atau dibagian belakang rumah. Teras atau beranda merupakan area transisi antara ruang terbuka diluar rumah dengan bagian dalam rumah. Teras atau beranda biasanya adalah bagian dari rumah yang menghadap atau berorientasi keruang terbuka seperti halaman atau area terbuka hijau didalam kawasan hunian perumahan.
Layaknya ruang-ruang didalam rumah, teras atau beranda sebaiknya ditata sedemikian rupa agar nyaman. Kenyamanan ini perlu dipertimbangkan mengingat sebagian keluarga menggunakan teras atau beranda sebagai area untuk berkumpul dan bersosialisasi, baik sesama anggota keluarga maupun dengan …

Installing a septic tank is not that hard with the right instructions.
The first thing you need to do when installing a septic tank is visit city hall and find out the rules and regulations. Every municipality has codes that deal with the size and placement of the tank. If you tell the inspector how many people are in the house the inspector can tell you the size of the tank required.
Nowadays they may also require that the tank be made out of a certain material. Concrete has been the traditional …

Awning or canopy are a way to shade patios and decks for years. With an awning, you can both block sunlight and heat from store down through a patio door or shadows while you relax outside on a lazy Saturday afternoon. You will also find that awnings can be a big hit window and used as a way of protecting furniture and carpets from direct sunlight, which can lead to blurring.
In fact, during the hot summer, using a canopy (awning) to block the heat, you can create as many as …

Skylights offer a number of benefits in that they can provide more lighting for your home, improve the ventilation, they look great if installed correctly, and they can help increase the value of the home. When choosing the right type of skylight, keep in mind that they should take up a minimum of 10% of the rooms total square footage. However, before you start cutting holes, you want to check with your local building code to ensure you choose the right type of skylight to coordinate with ventilation and natural …

A landscape is never complete if its soft elements are not completed correctly by its hardscape. Hardscape or “hardscaping” is composed of inanimate elements of landscaping, particularly the work of masonry or carpentry. For example, stone walls, concrete or brick patios, tile roads, bridges made of wood and wooden trees would all be considered as part of the hardscape. But hardscape goes beyond large-scale projects like these. Any non-life ornamentation in your landscaping is technically part of the hardscape.
Without the clever arrangement of stone and other components hardscape, the most …