Q Am I right that when sections of plaster break away from the lath, an accepted repair technique is to roughly fill in those gaps with drywall and then drywall over the whole wall or ceiling? — M.H., ...

Q: Last spring, my roof sprang a leak and water stained the ceiling in my daughter’s second-floor bedroom. We fixed the leak and repainted the ceiling. Now the new paint is cracked and, looking closer ...

Q: Last spring, my roof sprang a leak and water stained the ceiling in my daughter’s second-floor bedroom. We fixed the leak and repainted the ceiling. However, now the new paint is cracked and, ...

Question: The plaster ceiling in my condominium in a 1920 building is sagging. I bought ceiling buttons to try to get the ceiling plaster back up, but I am not sure how to use them. Are they driven ...

Looking up and seeing a misshapen, sagging ceiling can definitely be panic-inducing, especially when you are aware of the hidden danger that may be lurking in popcorn ceilings. Whether it seems like ...

Residents at NYCHA’s O’Dwyer Gardens say they’re concerned about the condition of their building’s lobby ceiling, which they describe as cracked, peeling, water-stained, and sagging. The damage is ...