Diana Strzalka

This story contains corrected material, published Jan. 24, 2008. Q: My house is 40 years old. I have lived in it for the past 15. Maintenance was apparently done only...

Q. We live in a town home that is 32 years old, and all ceilings (except bathrooms) have popcorn ceilings. We have several cracks in these ceilings along the taping...

Q We want to redo our bathroom floor ... again. It originally had linoleum on the floor; we put down about 20 years ago the 12-by-12-inch squares on top of...

Q We hired a firm to fill under our cement porch because rabbits had dug under it and left holes. Instead the workers lifted the perfectly done concrete and caused...

Q. I recently removed drywall from my basement walls and found the walls in terrible shape. The walls that are brick are crumbling and there are termite tunnels covering the...

Q. I have a 1954 ranch house. I have had water seepage in the basement for many years, I have had several difference procedures done and none worked. I have...

Q. We have a brick house built in 1948 with interior plaster walls. On the second floor we have corner windows--one window faces west, and two face north. As long...

Q. During a bathroom renovation, a careless tile setter left dried mastic that resulted in "cement" blotches of gray on my white bathtub. I've tried low-odor mineral spirits to dissolve...

Q. I have a bungalow with plaster textured walls. About five years ago there was extensive cracking and a painter used joint compound. He built up the texture way too...

Q. I've replaced the wax ring on my tenant's toilet several times. It still leaks and has ruined the drywall in the ceiling. Is there anything else that I can...