Q: I've seen a few concrete porches with stucco exteriors being rebuilt around the Bay Area. Can you discuss their construction and what goes bad requiring their repair? I have a concrete porch that ...

Q. I have a cement slab for a front porch and it is badly cracked. I would like to replace it with a composite deck. The problem is that when it rains, the water will run through the joints to the ...

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 ...

A stucco patio area in a small backyard with a fireplace and a metal table and chairs. - Mikvivi/Getty Images Our backyard and patio areas give us access to the outdoors, and it's right at our ...

DEAR TIM: I live in a house with a concrete block foundation. I think the outside of the block has decorative stucco on it because the exterior of the block is not smooth. Some of the exterior is ...

In the past week, Don asked me for advice. He lives in the northeast corner of North Carolina just 15 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. His front porch stoop is in very bad shape. Back in 1949, when the ...

Last fall I traveled with my wife across the USA. We arrived in Los Angeles and a few hours later got to hold our newest granddaughter. It was magical, to say the least. My youngest daughter inherited ...