This hub covers the home and the buildings around it, including DIY and building guides, fixings, cleaning schedules and how long appliances last, with a section on architecture and house styles. Each page credits the creator, sets out the full guide as text and checks quantities and ratios against supplier and trade guidance. Popular pages include types of screws and bolts, how much ballast and cement you need for concrete, a render mix ratio guide, an appliance life expectancy chart and American house architecture styles since 1600.
The 16 infographics here fall into two groups. The practical ones cover concrete and render mixes, screw and bolt types, predator proofing a chicken coop, a bed cleaning schedule, fabric care, how long home systems last and the history of the lawn mower. The rest are about buildings, with house styles in America and around the world, how long famous structures took to build, steel landmarks, the New York skyline, Kowloon Walled City, the seven ancient wonders and an 1884 chart of high buildings.
For building work, TJC Transport's How Much Ballast and Cement Do I Need for Concrete gives a 1:2:4 mix for 20 MPa concrete and puts a cubic metre of it at 320 kg of cement with 1,800 kg of sand and aggregate. All Division Building's Render Mix Ratio of 6 Parts Sand, 1 Part Cement and 1 Part Lime sets render at 6 parts sand to 1 part cement and 1 part lime, mixed with water. Bolt Depot's Types of Screws and Bolts, Heads, Drives, Washers and Nuts names 61 fasteners and features, including 19 screws and bolts and 16 nuts.
The Appliance Life Expectancy Chart for Home Systems gives lifespans for 27 parts of a home, based on a National Association of Home Builders study. Dishwashers and microwaves last about 9 years, refrigerators 13 and kitchen cabinets 50.
For architecture, Pop Chart Lab's American Architecture Styles of Houses, 1600 to the Present sorts houses into 40 styles in seven families, from Postmedieval English homes of 1600 to the McMansion. RubberBond's How Long Did It Take to Build 32 Famous Structures has the Leaning Tower of Pisa as the longest build at 199 years and the Space Needle as the quickest at 1 year. Adolfo Arranz's Kowloon Walled City History, From Fortress to Park for the South China Morning Post shows the walled city growing from about 700 people in 1898 to 50,000 by 1990.
House styles, skylines and famous buildings also have their own section, Architecture.
TJC Transport gives 320 kg of cement, 600 kg of sand and 1,200 kg of aggregate for a cubic metre of 20 MPa concrete, mixed at 1:2:4. Its infographic also gives 1:3:6 for 10 MPa and 1:0.75:1.5 for 30 MPa.
The Appliance Life Expectancy Chart for Home Systems puts most major appliances between 9 and 15 years. Dishwashers and microwaves last 9 years, washing machines 10, dryers and refrigerators 13, and ranges 13 to 15.
RubberBond's graphic of 32 famous structures lists the Leaning Tower of Pisa as the longest at 199 years. St Peter's Basilica comes next at 144 years and St Basil's Cathedral at 123 years.