While your home's interior obviously has a major impact on its value, many buyers are also looking for a comfortable and long ...

Q: We are getting bids for an addition to our 2007 home. I was asking for anything but concrete on the patio as the current patio is awful. Cracks everywhere started 18 months after we moved in. They ...

Within the realm of exterior home renovations, patios are perennially popular. If you’re looking for an affordable, relatively easy-to-install option, consider a concrete patio in particular. It may ...

If you have old, cracked, uneven, or non-level concrete slabs on your patio, you may be thinking about removing the concrete ...

We are going to have a bluestone patio installed in our backyard. Our contractor recommends laying the bluestones in a concrete bed. After installation the concrete will only be visible in the small ...

Q: We bought a house that requires an immediate patio repair. The brick patio in the backyard is warped and looks like a wave ran under it. We want to replace it but don't want it to end up like this ...

Do you have a wide, unsightly crack in your concrete sidewalk, driveway or patio? The concrete may have cracked all the way through the slab, and now one piece is higher than the adjacent piece. These ...

Q: My shady back yard could not support a ground cover, so I installed a concrete patio, poured in four sections, about 15 years ago. It is in great shape and appears to be stable, without any ...

Dear James: I had painted a concrete patio before, but it peeled off over time. I want to decorate my new patio by my garden. How can I add a pale pink tint to the concrete surface? — Cindy R. Dear ...

Question: I am thinking about pouring a large cement patio around my live oak trees in my yard. I live in Rockport. How far should the edge of the cement be, from the base of the tree? Will the patio ...

QI have a patio paved with large square concrete pads inset with pebbles. The pads are separated by gaps of about 1 3/4 inches. Long strips of wood were set in the gaps, but these have been consumed ...