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Q: I’m repairing a 1920s-era house in Southern Arizona. It has rock walls that are covered on the exterior with poured concrete and then covered with plaster on the inside of the house. There are a ...

We have to spackle hundreds of finish nail holes and caulk hundreds of feet of tiny cracks along the trim to achieve ...

Q: Our home, built in 2001, had what appeared to be “settling cracks” in the drywall — one on the main floor and the other in an upstairs bathroom. The first one runs at an angle from the corner of a ...

Caulking season is on its way. Time to seal those gaps in windows, around doors, and other places to reduce the amount of cold air seeping into your house, which contributes to higher energy bills.

If you've ever filled a large gap with caulk, only to watch it pull away from the edges as it dries, you've experienced one of the primary reasons that backer rod exists. Backer rod does more than ...