Q Our plaster ceilings are cracked in a couple of places in different rooms of our house. What does that mean, and how do we fix it? AWell, it probably doesn’t mean much. Plaster is brittle, and what ...

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A former owner had wallpapered the ceiling of my bathroom. I’ve scraped it off but in places, the plaster has come off all the way down to the cement. To patch it, should I use joint compound or ...

Home Improvement Ask the Remodeler: The walls are gone, and the ceilings are cracking Plus, how to retain heat in a 1970s ranch with changing rooflines. Applying joint compound on thick doesn’t help ...