Q. An ice dam left a small irregular brownish area and a crack in a bedroom ceiling. How do I fix it? A. You don’t mention if it’s a textured ceiling, the width of the crack, if there’s any ...

A crack crawling across your wall can be super concerning. Read these tips to find out if it's something that needs to be repaired right away or not.

Have you noticed a crack (or two) in your ceiling? We asked our in-house carpentry expert to explain what these different cracks might mean.

Q: My house has had no heat for four days, and now I see some cracks in the ceiling, usually following the edges of the tape that was applied to the drywall seams. They aren’t wet and are in a part of ...

Use Abatron’s Krack Kote plaster and drywall repair system to fix the problem once and for all. Step 1: Fill cracks and crevices greater than 1/8 inch wide with joint compound.

Some people recommend widening the crack and then filling it with compound. This is usually just a short-term fix because the wall or ceiling will continue to flex at that spot and crack again.

Typically, to properly fix a crack, the crack is widened and the old popcorn scraped off down to the drywall. A special popcorn-repair material, such as is included in the Homax Acoustic Ceiling ...

How to fix cracks in plaster walls Like repairing a plaster ceiling, this DIY project only requires six tools, and you can do it yourself with a little time and patience, says Don Reed, custom ...