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Roof terrace waterproofing: redo it before the summer
How to tell a waterproofing that has had its day, prepare the deck, lay a two-layer bitumen membrane and get the upstands right — where leaks nearly always begin.
Guides, step-by-steps and trends
What our advisers explain at the counter, written down so you can read it again on site: the right quantities, the right order, and what not to do.
Insulation and summer heat: a cool house without air-conditioning everything
Where the heat gets into an Algerian house, in what order to fight it, and what each fix really buys in comfort.
Choosing large-format tiles well
A 60 × 120 tile makes a room look bigger and cuts the joints, provided you know what it asks of the floor, the adhesive and the laying.
Renovating a bathroom in 10 days
The day-by-day schedule for a fully redone 5 to 6 m² bathroom, the order of the trades, and the drying times you do not shorten.
Working out your concrete: cement bags, sand, gravel and water
From the size of the job to the number of bags: the method for ordering the right amount, without running out of cement mid-pour or paying for three cubic metres too many.
Tiling a wall with faïence, row by row
The set-out that avoids botched cuts, the right adhesive and notch, and the moves that make a straight wall even when the floor is not.
Choosing a façade paint, and making it last
Reading the state of a wall, choosing between acrylic, siloxane and lime, preparing the surface and counting the litres: a façade is painted for ten years, not for one summer.
Self-building floor by floor
Building a house at the pace of your savings is an Algerian reality. Here is how to do it without weakening the structure or paying twice for the same materials.
Tile formats, from zellige to 60 × 120
Small, medium or large: what each size changes in a room, in the budget and in the laying — and why the right format depends as much on the floor as on taste.
Lot reservation: batch, shade and calibre explained
Why two boxes of the same tile may not match, how to read a box label, and how to keep a whole job in a single lot.
Getting ready for a crane-truck delivery
Measure the street, choose where the pallets go, warn the neighbours: a prepared delivery takes twenty minutes, an improvised one a whole morning.
Zellige, terrazzo, cement tiles: the return of materials
The materials of yesterday’s Algerian house are coming back into today’s interiors. Where to lay them, how to combine them, and what upkeep they ask for.