The standard house comes complete with a concrete slab for the patio. Most people never do anything beyond sweeping the slab or the occasional power wash to remove barbeque, beverage, and pet stains.

Q: My daughter's house has an unusual layout. The single-car garage is on the same level as the basement and is attached to the basement, but is not under the house itself. It is off to the side, so ...

We left city life behind to live off-grid on a mountain in Spain, spending two years renovating an old stone house and ...

Concrete is one of the most user-friendly building materials around. It’s durable and inexpensive, yet can be made amazingly attractive with today’s new concrete finishes. Learn how to pour a concrete ...

Q: We added a room to our house that has only a concrete slab for a floor. The slab gets so cold in winter, we are unable to use the room. How can we make the room comfortable? A: Cold concrete floors ...

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Q. Our home is 12 years old. Almost from the start the basement floor started getting black blotches which just got larger and larger. In the center it begins to get white and chalky. I have had ...

In a back alley in the 500 block of Centennial Street, in the once blue-collar but now hardscrabble Westside neighborhood of Haughville, is a garage. The garage is nondescript, and it's not important.