You step into a home and realize something isn’t quite right. As you walk in the entry it feels as though you’re hiking downhill. If you’ve ever experienced this, you might be happy to learn it’s not ...

Editor’s note: Welcome to the Brownstone Boys Reno, a reader renovation diary about renovating a brownstone in Bed Stuy. See the first one here. They also blog at www.thebrownstoneboys.com. In many ...

Beneath the surface of an old lake house the floor began to sink revealing cracked joists weakened by time and age with patience and care we strengthened the structure and brought the floor back to ...

Q: How do you repair squeaking floors? The house is 47 years old, and simply walking across the floors creates a squeak. But it’s only in certain areas, not the whole floor or room. Can we eliminate ...

Hello, I am the new owner of a well worn co-op and am doing most of the renovation myself. My latest project is picking my flooring- the floors in my place are sloping and undulating to say the least- ...