Mark repairs a retaining wall; Tom talks air compressors; Richard installs a gas dryer. Mark travels to San Diego to repair a crack in a concrete retaining wall with a stucco finish; Tom explains how ...

Q: I’ve got a mess at my home that’s driving me crazy. My three-foot-tall concrete block foundation was coated years ago with a thin coat of cement stucco. There are countless cracks in the stucco ...

Q: How can I repair cracks in my home’s stucco siding? A: If the cracks are no more than about 3/8-inch wide, you can seal them with a high-quality acrylic-latex caulk, sold at many home centers and ...

Q: We have a stucco house. The stucco is in good shape, but some cracks we have tried to repair still show up. Is there a product that we can paint or spray over the stucco to give it a clean, even ...

Dear Angie: The stucco exterior of my 100-year-old house is cracked in several places. How should it be fixed? -- Veronica L., Albany, N.Y. Dear Veronica: Because it's not unusual for stucco -- a ...

DEAR TIM: The retaining wall at my older home is in sad shape. A contractor told me that if I don’t tear it down immediately and replace it, my house foundation that’s 6 feet away will collapse along ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There have been a lot of product innovations when it comes to paints, epoxy coatings, and sealers. Some of them are quite expensive, and with ...

Stucco is one of the most common topics we receive questions about at Rosie on the House. It is one of the most popular exterior home finishes in Arizona. To help us understand stucco’s applications ...