Finishing a new wall or room with plaster or joint compound takes practice. If you have no experience with plaster or its near relative, joint compound, don’t learn in your living room. Experiment ...

A crack in a plaster wall can look intimidating, and even be a cause for concern. While the sudden appearance of a crack in a previously pristine wall should always be approached with caution, they ...

Whether you’ve accidentally knocked your wall, switched up the photo frames in your house, or removed other shelves or ...

Question: We live in a home in San Roque that was built in the 1930s and all the inside walls and ceilings are finished with lathe and plaster. There are several doorways inside the house that have ...

Since different walls are comprised of different materials, the methods you use to repair a hole are often going to be specific and tailored to the wall that needs fixing. Here’s how you might tackle ...

Surely you have gone through the same thought process as every renter: “I’ll just hang a picture now and worry about it when I move out! Who cares!” Well, now it’s time to get your security deposit ...

You’re proudly hanging your first picture on your new home’s antique plaster walls. A few minutes later, it’s no longer hanging. And now you now have a bent nail, a large hole and a new diagonal crack ...

I just bought my first house and am getting ready to run cat5e jacks to the rooms. I have experience crimping and punching things down, but my experience is limited to running cable in nice drop ...

Before you do any plaster patching, rid the rooms of any residual lead. If you try to vacuum up chips or dust, you must use a special HEPA filter-equipped vacuum cleaner. Some tool rental stores rent ...