Dear Jerry: You have written many times about garage floors and that the best way to repair is to remove the concrete completely. What is your opinion about putting indoor/outdoor carpeting on a ...

Dear Jerry: My home was built in 1980. Over the past 10 years, the house has settled a bit, and as a precaution against further damage, I have since rerouted my gutter drainage pipes (once embedded ...

Q. First of all I would like to thank you for all the excellent advice you have given over the years. I have been and continue to be an avid reader of your column in the Burlington Free Press. And ...

Poor Chicken Little -- scurrying around in circles and crying that the sky is falling -- couldn't have begun to envision the anxiety of a homeowner convinced his house is falling (apart). The ...

There are only two solutions for bad concrete. You can tear it out and start over, or you can cover it. Of those two, the most practical and cost-effective is the latter. Today, many contractors are ...