Q Am I right that when sections of plaster break away from the lath, an accepted repair technique is to roughly fill in those gaps with drywall and then drywall over the whole wall or ceiling? — M.H., ...

Have you noticed that lately it looks like your ceiling fan has given up on life? Maybe it's a little wobbly, or the blades are starting to sag. After a long summer of heat and humidity, your fan ...

The weight of water and loss of structural integrity of the gypsum core causes drywall panels to tear away from the fasteners. It usually happens at the worst possible moment. It doesn't take much to ...