Q: I’m putting ceramic tile flooring in my kitchen and live on a 10-year-old, ground-level concrete slab. Do I need to put any type of underlayment or vapor barrier underneath it? A: It’s perfectly ...

I'm deviating from our bathroom series for one week because it's prime deck-building season and I've discovered something aspiring deck builders should know about. It's a means of cladding your deck ...

Q: I have a problem with flooring. I bought a condo built in 1979 with concrete floors. I want the floor to be easy as I have a bad back and walking on concrete is not the best thing for me. I ...

Q. Our plastic laminate kitchen countertops are in bad shape. They are square-edged instead of the common rounded-edge tops. I saw a television show where a person simply covered the laminate with ...