Q: A corner of our concrete porch has chipped off. Is there any way to repair this without replacing our entire porch? McLean, Va. A: It’s definitely possible to patch chipped concrete, even in a ...

Q: A water leak caused me to have to remove drywall in my basement. I found rows of holes five-eighths of an inch in diameter in my concrete walls. Water is dripping through some of them. What created ...

Hardie Board, WonderBoard and Durock are all classified as cement boards. These sheet goods are made with a mixture of Portland cement and sand instead of the powdery gypsum that’s used in drywall.

Q: I need to replace a cracked-off section of my concrete driveway. My primary concern is that I want the color and texture of the new patch to match as closely as possible to the existing driveway.

The spalled concrete joint repair preparation and installation process when using semi-rigid or sand-modified semi-rigid repair materials is not unlike the initial joint filling process. It’s ...

Learn concrete slab crack repair, including chipped edges, steps, corners, and palled surfaces, with a step-by-step masonry restoration guide. Paradoxically, concrete surfaces cannot be repaired with ...

Q: When we added handrails to our front entry last summer, the contractor had to extend the bottom steps to meet code requirements for the rail supports. The new concrete isn’t the same color, so I ...

HP Concrete is made with select aggregate coated with an enhanced binder containing rejuvenators and adhesion promotors, producing a strong repair that won’t ravel, rut, or separate. When you need to ...