When you notice a crack in your ceiling, it can be quite alarming because there are several unknowns hiding behind that crack ...

Unsightly crack in drywalled ceiling seam - Grace Cary/Getty Images It can be very disconcerting to see a crack forming in your ceiling, leaving you wondering whether you have costly repairs ahead of ...

Q Our plaster ceilings are cracked in a couple of places in different rooms of our house. What does that mean, and how do we fix it? AWell, it probably doesn’t mean much. Plaster is brittle, and what ...

The crack in our upstairs hallway comes back no matter how many times I patch it. What's the right fix? Seasonal cracks in drywall and plaster are tough to repair. As they open and close, one of two ...

Q: I have a month-to-month tenancy in a ground-floor studio in an older, three-story apartment building. Within the past year I had termites in the ceiling. The landlords called in termite inspectors ...

The ASI is repairing Jagannath Temple’s Ratna Bhandar after 46 years, finding severe damage. Puri king Dibyasingha Deb oversaw valuables' shift to a temporary strongroom. Sudarsan Patnaik, part of the ...

Dear James: I have an old house with plaster walls and many cracks that need to be repaired. How can I fix these so they stay fixed and are invisible? — Julianne T. Dear Julianne: Many older houses ...

Concord High School's auditorium will be closed for 4-5 months for repairs to the ceiling, which will require performing arts classes and groups to use alternative locations for their performances.