Q: My house was built in 1953. It was a ranch, until we enlarged it in 1996 to a Colonial. I just noticed that the sill in my original picture window has started to rot and the sills in the upstairs ...

Wet rot turns wood spongy – and it will soon spread, compromising the strength and security of the window. Therefore it's best to deal with it as soon as possible. Find all the rot first. Apart from ...

If you walked into Julian Thomas’s Brooklyn apartment, you’d find DIY projects everywhere. He’s hand-painted a black-and-white mural, hung and designed an impressive gallery wall, and even made a ...

You know what it is like – you don't go out in the back garden often and when you do, there is always something needing to be done. Had the ivy not grown up and over the window sill, you'd have seen ...