Your deck takes a beating. Sun, salt, rain, foot traffic—every season leaves its mark. What starts as a tiny crack or a ...

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 ...

Q: A corner of our concrete porch has chipped off. Is there any way to repair this without replacing our entire porch? McLean, Va. A: It’s definitely possible to patch chipped concrete, even in a ...

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 ...