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 ...

The customer asks you what to do. “Should I replace my concrete drive or can it be repaired and saved? My garage floor is severely pitted from salt damage and water. Can it once again be made to look ...

It's easy to stand in your garage, perhaps marveling at your hot water recirculation system or the web of cables entering your electrical load center, and forget that the bit of concrete you're ...

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 ...

The Opera Lofts condominiums in Downtown Chicago's South Loop have undergone a huge transformation in recent years. Once a warehouse for the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the building has seen renovations ...

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 ...