It all started with an honest mistake. And since I've made some dishonest ones, too, I know the difference. A sprinkler head in our front yard had, at some point, changed direction just enough that ...

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 ...

Most of Chicago’s classic residential porches are attached to pre-war buildings. If you’re fortunate enough to be living in one, it’s likely your porch is as old as your home — and possibly in dire ...

My husband is a fixer. No, not the mafia kind. He’s the wrench-wielding, screwdriver-toting kind who intuitively knows how to fix things. He’s been on a roll in the waterworks department this week, ...

Many older homes are graced by columns supporting a porch roof. As they suffer the effects of age and weather, these columns may need repair or replacement. Sometimes, you'll only need to replace the ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Tucked off Milton Drive, Robert Young calls his home his castle. But recently, that castle came with a costly problem — a front porch repair gone wrong. Young said he hired a ...