Q. An ice dam left a small irregular brownish area and a crack in a bedroom ceiling. How do I fix it? A. You don’t mention if it’s a textured ceiling, the width of the crack, if there’s any loose or ...

Q:We are getting ready to repaint our home office. The walls and ceiling were cracked during the 1989 quake and poorly patched before we moved in. We had the roof redone this summer, and the banging ...

There are two kinds of cracks in old lath and plaster walls. Both can be repaired, but one is a much more serious problem. By Ronda Kaysen Q: Our Gramercy co-op was built in 1929. The thick plaster ...

Q. This is the first-floor ceiling of our daughter’s home, which she purchased in 2020. We think it was built in the 1940s, and it looks to have been remodeled 15 years ago with the addition of a new ...

A leaking roof may ruin the ceiling. One has to repair it before the situation gets worse. I remember in 1999 when would move around the village saying the rosary in different homes, I saw a Christian ...

A house rarely shouts when something goes wrong, but it often whispers long before serious damage shows up. Foundation ...